Trump sues the Des Moines Register Donald Trump has put his sights on yet another media outlet. In his efforts to suppress any media coverage that could be be seen in any way as oppositional, he has put forth a lawsuit against newspaper The Des Moines Register. The suit also targets parent company Gannett and pollster Ann Selzer. Of all things,… Read More
Now CBC news joins the obedience brigade I was listening to the top of the hour news on Canadian broadcast outlet CBC on Saturday, and was disturbed enough by something I heard that I had to go back and check it again. CBC reporter Michelle Song was telling a story about how India has accused a number of Canadian colleges and universities… Read More
Electoral-Vote.com Calls Out Premature Obedience From electoral-vote.com: Sometimes Trump doesn’t even have to threaten a lawsuit to get the media to fawn over him. Publications sometimes comply in advance voluntarily, consider The Wall Street Journal. It is owned by Rupert Murdoch, but was always an independent conservative voice. In the past, though, it had some integrity. It took positions that it thought were… Read More
BLINK TWICE IF YOU NEED HELP: Editor announces TIME Person of the Year As we mentioned earlier, TIME Magazine named Donald Trump the 2024 Person of the Year. The reveal was made on NBC on the TODAY Show by TIME Editor-in-Chief, Sam Jacobs. Sam seemed a bit under duress…… Read More
Comedian Sarah Silverman on Kissing the Ring Comedian Sarah Silverman on the mega-rich engaging in pre-emptive obedience.… Read More
TIME MAGA-zine Kisses the Ring Yesterday, Donald Trump was named TIME‘s “Person of the Year” for 2024. That means he is now a two-time member of a distinguished club that also includes Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Vladimir Putin. TIME Magazine characterizes the qualifications for Person of the Year as “The individual who, for better or for worse,… Read More
LA Times owner blocks anti-Trump op-ed Soon-Shiong has been fostering an atmosphere at the paper more favorable to Trump, according to LA Times staff, leading to the departure of three employees, including major op-ed contributor Harry Litman. It would seem that he is one of the many falling like dominos in a race to be more ‘balanced’ in the wake of… Read More
Hosts of ‘Morning Joe’ kiss the ring and make capitulating apology on-air Morning show hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago shortly after the election to “restart communications.” The duo had previously been critical of Trump, and Scarborough called Trump a fascist just a year earlier. Critics from Vanity Fair, to the NY Times, to The View were suspect of the timing… Read More
Out of the Mouths of Bayes: An AI Primer on Media Appeasement in the Early Stages of Hitler’s Rise to Power OP: I am noticing that since Trump won the election that major media outlets are pivoting to be in line with him. Did this happen with German media when Hitler came to power? ChatGPT said: The dynamic between media and political power can vary greatly depending on the historical, cultural, and institutional context. Comparing the… Read More
Op-Ed Writer Harry Litman Resigns from the Los Angeles Times Harry Litman chose to step down as Op-Ed contributor at the Los Angeles Times a few days ago. He cited the paper’s decision to not endorse any candidate and owner Patrick Soon-Shiong‘s pressure to shift towards more sympathetic coverage of Trump, despite outward objections by staff. Litman claimed this also led to the resignations of… Read More