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Covering Trump: The Presidency and The Press in Turbulent Times

By Mark | December 14, 2016

Continuing our recent conversation about how to exist in the post-fact word of Donald Trump, I thought I’d share a few brief notes from a panel discussion I attended at the University of Michigan a couple of weeks ago titled Covering Trump: The Presidency and the Press in Turbulent Times. The panel, which featured Craig […]

Posted in Photographs, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alt Right, birther, Bloomberg News, Boston Globe, Breitbart News, Buzzfeed, Covering Trump: The Presidency and the Press in Turbulent Times, Craig Gilbert, Donald Trump, elections, fact check, fake news, Hillary Clinton, Jon Morgan, Katie Zezima, Knight-Wallace Fellows, Laura Heckler, lies, Lynette Clemetson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, New Deal, normalization, Pentagon Papers, Politico, polls, realigning election, Steve Bannon, the black vote, the female vote, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism, the white vote, threats to journalists, Tracy Jan, University of Michigan, Vincent Hutchings, Wall Street Journal, Wallace House, Washington Post, Wisconsin | 14 Comments

How to survive in a world without facts

By Mark | December 1, 2016

The utter disregard for truth that we’re seeing with Trump isn’t something that’s completely new… I just went through the archive here and found a number of instances over the past decade or so, where we’ve lamented the fact that truth was becoming a thing of the past. Back in 2008, I apparently even posted […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, History, Ideas, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alison Camerota, Barack Obama, Birthers, citizen journalism, CNN, conspiracy theories, Detroit Free Press, fact check, free press, Glenn Thrush, global climate change, Hannah Arendt, Hillary Clinton, House Committee on Science Space and Technology, James Fallows, journalism, Judith Miller, Lamar Smith, lies, lying, Margaret Sullivan, media literacy, New York Times, post-truth, press, Scottie Nell Hughes, swift boating, the future of journalism, The Origins of Totalitarianism, the sad state of journalism, totalitarianism, voter fraud, voter impersonation, Washington Post, Ypsi-Arbor Progressive Book Club | 97 Comments

So, what happens on November 9?

By Mark | October 17, 2016

During this past weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack, I talked at some length with Scott Hagerstrom, the Michigan director of the Trump Pence 2016 campaign, about both the possibility of polling place discord on November 8th, as a result of Trump supporters attempting to suppress the vote in “certain areas”, and the likelihood […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Pop Culture, Rants, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, ACORN, assassination, birther, Boston Globe, Breitbart News, Cincinnati, conspiracy theories, Dan Bowman, Donald Trump, election fraud, endorsements, facts, global climate change, Global Warming, GOP, hacking, Hillary Clinton, hot mic, illegal immigration, independent press, investigative press, Jared Kushner, Married with Children, Matt Bevin, Media, media literacy, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, President Camacho, Presidential politics, pussy, pussy grabbing, racism, reality television, rebellion, reform, Republican Party, revolution, rigged elections, RNC, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Scott Hagerstrom, sexual assault, Steve Bannon, Steve Schmidt, tea party, Tea Partyfication, the collapse of the Republican party, the hijacking of the Republican party, The November 9 War, the sad state of journalism, the short attention spans of Americans, threats to journalists, unshackled, Values Voter Summit, Vladimir Putin, vote tampering, voter suppression, voting, voting rights | 47 Comments

Discussing the future of libraries with the AADL’s Josie Parker, the scoop on the Depot Town train stop, and plans for Ypsi’s Little Bird cafe… on episode 42 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | April 11, 2016

I’m still playing catch-up, trying to get the most recent episodes of the Saturday Six Pack posted here. I’m sorry that it’s been taking me so long, but life keeps getting in the way. The episode I’m posting here tonight was our 42nd, and, if you’re the kind of person who likes hearing people talk […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor News, Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged 5th Avenue Press, A2 Stories, AADL, Americans for Prosperity, Amtrak, Andrew Carnegie, Ann Arbor District Library, anti-tax, austerity, Beth Ernat, Beth Kwiatkowski, Chris Sandon, CivCity, civics, Dave Sharp, dioxane, ebooks, Gelman plume, Gelman Sciences, Jim Cherewick, Josie Parker, Koch brothers, librarians, library collections, Little Bird, Melissa Kuz, millage, podcasts, public space, pulp, Rail, the future of journalism, threats to the library, trains, Wolverine | 13 Comments

Motor City Muckraker’s Steve Neavling on the importance of investigative journalism in Detroit, the launch of Ypsi’s new IB elementary school, the campaign for the Riverside Park playground, and talking improv and cancer with Pointless Brewery & Theatre co-founder Tori Tomalia… on episode 41 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 27, 2016

I’m still playing catch-up, trying to get the most recent episodes of the Saturday Six Pack posted here. I’m sorry that it’s been taking me so long, but other projects keep getting in the way. [Speaking of which, we’re set to close on that building I was telling you about by the end of the […]

Posted in Detroit, Education, Media, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Adams Elementary, cancer, Cara Talaska, Cassandra Sheriff, Detroit Fire Department, Detroit Public Schools, IB, IBSOM, improv comedy, independent journalism, International Baccalaureate, Karla Graessley, lung cancer, Motor City Muckraker, playgrounds, Pointless Brewery & Theatre, Riverside Park, Steve Neavling, Teresa Gillotti, the sad state of journalism, Tori Somalia, Tori Tomalia, YCS, Ypsilanti Community Schools | 17 Comments

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Covering Trump: The Presidency and The Press in Turbulent Times

How to survive in a world without facts

So, what happens on November 9?

Discussing the future of libraries with the AADL’s Josie Parker, the scoop on the Depot Town train stop, and plans for Ypsi’s Little Bird cafe… on episode 42 of the Saturday Six Pack

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