Reddit is Being Manipulated By Big Financial Services Companies Web Publication: Forbes, by Jay McGregor Information bedbugs For those of a certain vintage, you may not be familiar with Reddit other than name recognition. The average age of a Reddit User is 23.03 and the median is 22 according to one bright young analyst. Additional […]
Archives for February 2017
Truth-Bot
Part 2 – Fake News In my piece ‘Fake News Checkers and Misplace Priorities’, I suggested we need to go beyond blanket condemnation of news outlets and instead, authenticate or condemn specific news stories. We have the technology. Immediately after the election, we heard about fake news authored by kids running junk websites. Just three […]
Fake News Checkers and Misplaced Priorities
I came upon an interesting expose piece about dubious fake news checkers on a site that is itself dubious. But since there are plenty of quotes and details that can be researched and it’s heavily hyperlinked, I thought I’d go ahead and use it as a springboard for some crucial thoughts about the fake-news war. […]
The Trump Scorecard 2/22/17
This is a summary look at hot news issues surrounding Trump during the past week. To summarize the past week of Trump, we’ll call it ‘The Education of Donald’. He is slowly finding out that Washington will do him no favors nor reward him for his abrasive business style. At face value, this is good […]
TIR 2/21/17: Seven Days in February
TIR 2/21/17: Seven Days in February Seven Days in February Web Publication: National Review, by Victor Davis Hanson Amidst all the bi-partisan hate going around, Victor Davis Hanson takes a step back and does a compare-and-contrast of some of Trump’s moves compared with his predecessors and a 1964 work of fiction ‘Seven Days in May’. […]
The Press Conference
The press conference held by Trump on Thursday has kept the news cycle spinning for several days and it’s still going. I have a confession to make here. I watch virtually no live speech or press conference events although I’ve caught some chance segments on radio. This has included all presidents as far back as […]