I present an amplification to some earlier thoughts re: the Coronavirus pandemic. In the first week or two or three of the crisis, there were some ways that we had unusual cooperation. I described this as a ‘quiet’. Of course, there was some dissent and of course always politics, but we all started out with […]
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Observations on rhetoric in news media, ca 2020
In deeply polarized news media, social media, and among vocal consumers of the same that form an equally visible participatory feed-back loop, I’m observing unwritten ‘rules’ of engagement that are deeply flawed. Here are a few of them: First. When a major media outlet publishes a story first (obscure outlets don’t count), they assume unto […]
Beyond Coronavirus, III
A next installment of C-19 ruminations was prepared and left to the wayside. This one is more needful. I’ve had a sense of discomfort throughout most of the pandemic lockdown, not due to the discomforts of upset to daily life and restriction (even as my circumstances are really quite livable). I’ve felt a gnawing lack […]