Posted on March 17, 2023March 14, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags , , , , , , ,

Bank Failure! Cats and Dogs Marrying! Handling Screaming Headlines

Basically, stop clicking on them. If you don’t want the media feeding you a steady diet of nonsense then stop eating it. You know full well that many titles are clickbait but you can’t quite stop yourself from clicking to ‘just find out’. That’s perfectly natural and completely self defeating. Here’s the thing – this is one of those cases where you really can have your cake and eat it too. Yes, I’m serious. Here’s how. You see the post … Continue reading “Bank Failure! Cats and Dogs Marrying! Handling Screaming Headlines”

Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , , , ,

Looking on the Bright Side – Legacy Media Edition

The legacy – I mean Democrat – media to the rescue! Saving the Biden administration one lie at a time.

The legacy – I mean Democrat – media to the rescue! Saving the Biden administration one lie at a time.

Posted on September 23, 2021Categories CurrentTags , ,

Journalism is Dead: The Media is Not a Good Replacement

Polls done by news outlets are not news – news is the stuff that happens, not the stuff that news outlets do so that they have something to talk about. Polls done by news outlets are seldom done well but that’s another issue. The point here is that when the media covers itself it is almost never telling you anything important or information you need to know. Media is not news. If you want to know about your favorite celebrity … Continue reading “Journalism is Dead: The Media is Not a Good Replacement”

Posted on September 6, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , , , , ,

Fear the Reaper – Do Not Fear Information; The Media Maybe

The media makes its money on fear. We tune in to hear about the crisis; we don’t tune in to hear about the city counsel meeting. The media – from the local newsletter all the way to the multinational conglomerates – knows that. Advertisers pay for views – they always have. When the only media was a single sheet of paper hung on the church door, some enterprising merchant somewhere paid to have his business’ name written in on the … Continue reading “Fear the Reaper – Do Not Fear Information; The Media Maybe”