tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post8725516649394679840..comments2024-03-14T04:06:54.124-04:00Comments on GENKAKU-AGAIN (adam fisher): the rest of the newsgenkakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-42588389149414246852018-01-04T17:07:25.912-05:002018-01-04T17:07:25.912-05:00On a related topic we have an article in Slate Mag...On a related topic we have an article in Slate Magazine rejecting the notion were living in a “post-fact,” “post-truth” era.<br /><br />Lengthy but cites some science and how good science withstands correction.<br /><br />https://slate.com/health-and-science/2018/01/weve-been-told-were-living-in-a-post-truth-age-dont-believe-it.htmlAndy Shizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15215297395548845513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-88727731049631485262017-12-30T18:30:24.034-05:002017-12-30T18:30:24.034-05:00Perhaps this is a bit more relevant to a considera...Perhaps this is a bit more relevant to a consideration of the current state of Journalsm;<br /><br />Amid all the reports about fake news infiltrating our world in 2016 and stealing the election comes a damning piece in the Columbia Journalism Review detailing the damage real journalists did last year.<br /><br />https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/12/30/1722647/-Report-New-York-Times-coverage-of-2016-was-more-harmful-than-fake-news<br /><br />Briefly, a study done by the Columbia Journalism Review concluded that one of the most respected mainstream media outlets, The NY Times, actually portrayed Clinton more negatively than it did Trump.<br /><br />https://www.cjr.org/analysis/fake-news-media-election-trump.php<br /><br />* * * <br />Regarding the story itself, I’m not disagreeing with the CJR’s conclusion or the NT Times’ editorial decisions. I think Clinton had too much baggage for the Democratic Party to have backed her. Personally, I didn’t think she was Progressive enough. But, she would have been far superior president to Trump in every way.<br /><br />I’d disagree with some of her her policy decisions. Some of that would have been hard to get past. However, I find Trump’s very existence disagreeable. <br /><br />Having shown himself to be a habitual liar, anti-environment, and an insane bigot. I can’t trust anything he says, much less does.Andy Shizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15215297395548845513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-47577020044835179662017-12-30T13:26:59.094-05:002017-12-30T13:26:59.094-05:00The Case of The Penny Wise But Pound Foolish Proct...The Case of The Penny Wise But Pound Foolish Proctologist<br /><br />I’d be equally interested in seeing whether the patients were billed for the catheters.<br /><br />As to your wondering about ill effects, it probably depend on how he washed the catheters did he simply run soapy water through or did he also put them through an autoclave? It also depends on the stamina of the patients, use of antibiotics as a matter of course, etc.<br /><br />It’s probably reasonable to assume that the guy who was so cheap he didn’t get fresh onetime catheters didn’t bother to use an autoclave.<br /><br />Could the one time catheters even withstand the repeated heat treatment of daily autoclaving day after day.<br /><br />This is probably not the situation to use in the criticism of the state of journalism; rather it may be a good instance to use to train a journalist to be more thorough.Andy Shizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15215297395548845513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-33381919700959862772017-12-30T10:16:28.454-05:002017-12-30T10:16:28.454-05:00Too big to fail. Too big to challenge. The truth...Too big to fail. Too big to challenge. The truth is what big brother says it is. Never mind the facts. Fact finding in the face of the announced paradigm is subversive and punishable. Keep your head down and your mouth shut or face the consequences of heroism.<br />olcharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309255390011851502noreply@blogger.com