Category Archives: News Media

On Vibes and Economics

Posted on December 6, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

There has been yet another round of posts in the ‘is the dissatisfaction with the economy warranted or not?’: here are some interesting posts on the subject. As some asshole with a blog has noted, there are valid economic reasons … Continue reading →

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And the Beat (Sweetener) Goes On…

Posted on October 24, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

It now appears Republican Rep. Jim Jordan won’t be the next House Speaker, but it’s still hilarious to see the political press corps write beat sweeteners–puff pieces that make their subjects look good, in implicit exchange for access later: “Exclusive: … Continue reading →

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The Failure to Ask about Long COVID: The BBC Edition

Posted on September 6, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, the BBC interviewed former NIAID director Tony Fauci about the prospects for COVID this fall and winter, and Fauci uttered: Even though you’ll find the vulnerable will will fall by the wayside, they’ll get infected, they’ll get hospitalized, and … Continue reading →

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The Contagious Disease That Shall Not Be Named–According to the NY Times

Posted on September 5, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

The NY Times recent coverage of a ‘mysterious’ illness sweeping through the U.S. Open in Forest Hills, NY is surreal. Here’s a taste (boldface mine): Jabeur, who reached the U.S. Open final last year, is among several players who have … Continue reading →

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The Media Are Still Failing to Ask Serious Questions about Long COVID to Policy Makers

Posted on August 11, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Over the last week, there have been a number of interviews in different kinds of media, podcasts to legacy media, with policy makers, including both politicians, public health officials, and those pundits who serve as unofficial (or official) advisors about … Continue reading →

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One Reason the Press Corps Might Be Describing a Reasonably Good Economy as ‘Poor’

Posted on July 14, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s because their own personal economies are not doing so well and are very precarious. From an article about the implosion of the NY Times’ sport desk (boldface mine): There was a retirement party Sunday night for longtime San Francisco … Continue reading →

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In the Battle for the ‘New Twitter’, I’m Rooting for Injuries

Posted on July 7, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

My HAWT TAEK on the Twitter Wars is that I’m rooting for injuries. Because we would all be better off if there wasn’t One Social Media App to Bind Them All. One reason Twitter became so gross (even pre-Elongated Muskrat) … Continue reading →

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Learned Credulousness

Posted on June 5, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

At the Washington Post, Catherine Rampell has a piece about the complexity of bureaucratic requirements for various kinds of government assistance. She writes (boldface mine): A government letter sent to an out-of-date address. An exhausted mother unable to make it … Continue reading →

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Trump and the Missing Eight Words

Posted on May 8, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

S.V. Date has a must-read article about the role most news outlets have played in the normalization of Trump’s auto-golpe (self-coup; boldface mine): Donald Trump is the only president who used the threat of violence and then actual violence in … Continue reading →

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The Successful, If Hidden, Anti-Trans ‘Activism’ of the NY Times

Posted on April 27, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

By way of Commandante Atrios, we come across this excellent point made on the Twitterz (even on Elongated Muskrat’s Twitter no less!): As many people who spend much more time dealing with anti-trans bigotry repeatedly note, the number of articles … Continue reading →

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