Tag Archives: the future of journalism

On the eve of Montana’s special election, the Republican candidate, tech millionaire Greg Gianforte, assaults a journalist on tape, throwing him to the ground and punching him in the face

By Mark | May 24, 2017

Sadly, I suspect it could help him with some percentage of the Republican base, but, earlier this evening, Greg Gianforte, the tech millionaire running for Montana’s single House seat, literally attacked a reporter from the Guardian, throwing him to the ground and breaking his glasses in the process. Reports are sketchy, but it sounds as […]

Posted in Politics | Also tagged assault, CBO, Congressional Budget Office, Donald Trump, First Amendment, Greg Gianforte, healthcare reform, Hitler, lying press, Montana, Obamacare, Rob Quist, threats to Democracy, threats to journalists, Trumpcare | 21 Comments

White Power shoutouts from the White House

By Mark | April 30, 2017

As everyone else is writing about the Trump’s first hundred days, how he didn’t accomplish anything that he’d said that he would, and how he just responded with yet another lie, telling the American people that, despite what we might hear from the “lying press,” he’s kept his promises, I’ve decided to spend my time […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged accusations of racism, Anderson Cooper, Breitbart News, Cassandra Fairbanks, date rape, Donald Trump, future of journalism, Gateway Pundit, grab them by the pussy, hand signs, hate symbols, Hillary Clinton, Jeff Gannon, Jim Hoft, Leslie Jones, lies, Lucian Wintrich, Mike Cernovich, Milo Yiannopoulos, pedophilia, Pepe, Pepe the Frog, pizzagate, propaganda, pussy grabbing, racism, rape, Russia, Sputnik, Susan Rice, the gay, the sad state of journalism, trolling, Twinks for Trump, White House, white power | 41 Comments

And, as if by magic, good economic news is no longer fake news

By Mark | March 11, 2017

Back when Obama was our president, Donald Trump would greet positive job growth reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics with skepticism…. Actually, it was more than just skepticism. He said that they were fake numbers. “Don’t believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment,” Trump said in February 2016, when […]

Posted in Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged alternative facts, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Donald Trump, economic indicators, fake news, jobs, lies, Obama, post-truth, Sean Spicer, unemployment | 6 Comments

Three months ago, Sean Spicer said that banning media outlets from presidential press conferences is something that dictatorships do. Yesterday, the White House did just that.

By Mark | February 25, 2017

At some point prior to the 2016 election, Donald Trump, angered by what he perceived to be negative press coverage, banned reporters from the Washington Post, Politico, and Buzzfeed from his campaign events. When asked this past December by Politico’s Jake Sherman whether or not we might expect to see the same kind of aggressive […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged blacklist, Breitbart News, Buzzfeed, CPAC, Dan Rather, Dean Baquet, dictatorship, Donald Trump, fake news, First Amendment, free press, journalism, New York Times, Politico, Sean Spicer, the press, the sad state of journalism, threats to Democracy, Washington Post, White House Correspondents’ Association | 11 Comments

This week in lies… the “dishonest media” isn’t telling you that the murder rate has never been higher, no president has ever been as disrespected as Trump, and terrorist attacks are taking place all around us

By Mark | February 10, 2017

Usually, when I talk about the administration’s lies, I try to provide context. I make it a point to explain what it is that I mean by “lies,” and offer some kind of justification as to why I think it’s important that we acknowledge these events. Today, though, I’m just going to jump right into […]