Tag: Maine

John Terhune (image source: Maine Public)

1,922 words

To say that there’s something wrong with the media is as obvious as saying that water is wet. Good journalists are almost as hard to find as unicorns. The bad ones are Public Enemy Number One. In an article called “America’s 15 Most and Least Trusted Professions,” journalists were rated just ahead of lawyers — ouch! This was according to (ahem) Newsweek. They added in conclusion:

In the 21st century, the 24-hour news cycle, rise of Fox News, and online publications that ape journalistic outlets without adhering to basic standards have blurred the line between pundit and journalist for many Americans. (more…)

2,166 words

The Ritualized Defacement of Robert E. Lee

Although it often gets lost amid the subsequent media hysteria and toxic infighting that followed in the wake of August 2017’s hyper-ironically titled “Unite the Right” rally, the event’s initial intent was to prevent a massive bronze sculpture of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from being removed by the members of a largely white-hostile and seemingly illiterate city government in Charlottesville, Virginia. (more…)

Ryan Palmeter

2,401 words

Thanks, Asshole: Neckbearded Fat Boy with Swastikas on His Rifle Kills $3 Worth of Blacks at a Florida Dollar Store

Election Season is heating up again, so of course some white guy with a swastika-emblazoned rifle had to go and shoot himself some black people so that next year, there would be rioting all across the fruited plain just like there was in 2016 and 2020. (more…)