There has never been a time when we’ve been more connected and in the know. Think about it. Settlers often didn’t know about an approaching blizzard, people didn’t have days to prepare for a hurricane and, even after 1962, we didn’t fully comprehend the near disaster of the Cuban Missile Crisis. But are we really […]
Category: Commentary
Unnamed sources: anonymity and Beltway bloviating
My, my, oh my. Things have really changed in Washington. Now a fired FBI director admits under oath that he leaked sensitive documents to an intermediary to give to a reporter. Wow. Novel. Amazing. And standard operating procedure in Washington D.C. Anonymous sources are the lifeblood of reporters who aspire to the “Hallway of Heroes,†[…]
Don’t let facts get in the way
We all learned in school that it’s good to back up your argument with facts. If you don’t justify yourself, then people may not believe what you are saying. Simple enough. But how does that work in today’s warp-speed world with constant actions, reactions and rebuttal to broad spectrum statements voiced by thousands of people? […]
Fake News Is Real. Or Is It?
There comes a point in many people’s careers when some of their core opinions, views and perceptions are shaken by events or change. Take, for example, the issue of fake news. Is it really that new to discuss the legitimacy of a news story or whether or not the reporter got the facts right? In […]
Fake news: How disinformation works
Ask the Russians or any other country Fake news. Is that like true facts? Some people will argue that using “fake†with “news†is redundant. Others, thankfully, still believe that news gathering is a tried-and-true, fact-based profession. But, alas, here comes the internet, where anyone can dump anything onto a website, blog, message board, Facebook […]