THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024 Thinking slow and slower: Professor Daniel Kahneman died yesterday. Headline included, the start of the New York Times obituary provides some basic background: Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90 Daniel Kahneman, who never … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024Thinking slow and slower: Professor Daniel Kahneman died yesterday. Headline included, the start of the New York Times obituary provides some basic background:Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90Daniel Kahneman, who never to … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024 Disputation within the tribe: Sometimes, representatives of two warring parties may engage in disputation. During the long-abandoned "Crossfire era" of American broadcast news, that was the familiar nightly practice on American "cable news." Some member o … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2024 What's up with the New York Times? Misinformation has been playing a very large role in our modern-day politics. (Sometimes, the misinformation qualifies as disinformation. It isn't always easy to know if that has occurred.) At any rate, the promulgation … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2024What's up with the New York Times? Misinformation has been playing a very large role in our modern-day politics.(Sometimes, the misinformation qualifies as disinformation. It isn't always easy to know if that has occurred.)At any rate, the promulgation of … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2024 Musings from the gurney: Does it matter? Does it matter how we characterize a misstatement? Does it matter if we call the misstatement a "lie" as opposed to (let's say) a simple "falsehood?" What the heck is in a word? Does it matter which word we use? Y … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2024Combatting falsehoods (or possibly lies): We'll be absorbing a medical procedure tomorrow morning. For that reason, we don't expect to post again until Thursday. As of this very afternoon, we had shut things down for the day! Still and all, we were drawn in … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2024 Combatting falsehoods (or possibly lies): We'll be absorbing a medical procedure tomorrow morning. For that reason, we don't expect to post again until Thursday. As of this very afternoon, we had shut things down for the day! Still and all, we were drawn i … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2024 Concerning the size of the bond: For us, the story started yesterday with a post by Kevin Drum. The size of Donald Trump's bond had been reduced! Headline included, the Drumcat offered this: Trump fine cut in half—for now Donald Trump has been let off the … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2024Fox's Joe Concha proves it: In this morning's report, we asked you the following question:Is RICO a crime?As we noted, this latest tribal semantic dispute arose last Wednesday, during the latest, and possibly the last, impeachment inquiry concerning Presiden … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2024 Fox's Joe Concha proves it: In this morning's report, we asked you the following question: Is RICO a crime? As we noted, this latest tribal semantic dispute arose last Wednesday, during the latest, and possibly the last, impeachment inquiry concerning Presi … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2024 Friends, is RICO a crime? Dearest readers, please riddle us this: How about it? Is RICO a crime? We ask the question because Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently said that RICO isn't a crime. On the red tribe's Fox News Channel, she's been ridicule … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2024Cable star can't figure it out: Yesterday morning, in the 7 o'clock hour, Joe Scarborough gave voice to a long-standing bit of puzzlement.At this site, we're puzzled by Scarborough's puzzlement! That said, here's the question Scarborough posed to Michael … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2024 Cable star can't figure it out: Yesterday morning, in the 7 o'clock hour, Joe Scarborough gave voice to a long-standing bit of puzzlement. At this site, we're puzzled by Scarborough's puzzlement! That said, here's the question Scarborough posed to Michael … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2024First the toad-smoking expert, now this: The kind of programming being offered by the Fox News Channel is truly hard to believe.As we noted yesterday, Jesse Watters' latest book was finally published this week. We saw "finally" because Watters has been promo … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2024 Toad-smoking expert, now this: The kind of programming being offered by the Fox News Channel is truly hard to believe. As we noted yesterday, Jesse Watters' latest book was finally published this week. We saw "finally" because Watters has been promoting the … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2024The candidate feeds on such meat: Briefly, let's recall the basic facts which were established in yesterday's report.Last Saturday, Donald J. Trump made an array of familiar yet very strange claims during his campaign rally in Vidalia, Ohio:At the start of h … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2024 The candidate feeds on such meat: Briefly, let's recall the basic facts which were established in yesterday's report. Last Saturday, Donald J. Trump made an array of familiar yet very strange claims during his campaign rally in Vidalia, Ohio: At the start o … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2024Toad-smoking expert expounds: What happens on the Fox News Channel program, Jesse Watters Primetime? According to the channel itself, this is the basic thumbnail:Weeknights at 8pm ET, Jesse Watters brings his fresh take to Primetime. Each night, he’ll spea … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2024 Toad-smoking expert expounds: What happens on the Fox News Channel program, Jesse Watters Primetime? According to the channel itself, this is the basic thumbnail: Weeknights at 8pm ET, Jesse Watters brings his fresh take to Primetime. Each night, he’ll sp … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2024So did Ali Velshi and his erudite guest: Judged by any traditional standard, Donald J. Trump made some very strange statements during one of his endless speeches at a recent Ohio rally.The candidate spoke in Vidalia, Ohio last Saturday afternoon. In this r … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2024 So did Ali Velshi and his erudite guest: Judged by any traditional standard, Donald J. Trump made some very strange statements during one of his endless speeches at a recent Ohio rally. The candidate spoke in Vidalia, Ohio last Saturday afternoon. In this … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024MacCallum thinks she may know: Why did Donald J. Trump say "bloodbath" during last Saturday's speech?Thanks to Acyn's early alert, the use of that word triggered a wave of blue tribe pundit reaction. Fox News veteran Martha MacCallum thinks she may know w … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024 MacCallum thinks she may know: Why did Donald J. Trump say "bloodbath" during last Saturday's speech? Thanks to Acyn's early alert, the use of that word triggered a wave of blue tribe pundit reaction. Fox News veteran Martha MacCallum thinks she may know … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024Donald J. Trump versus Yale: Donald J. Trump is smarter than we are, Michael Moore has now said.For ourselves, we can't swear that the Oscar-winning film-maker is wrong! Headline included, here's the start of Ron Dicker's report from HuffPost concerning w … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024 Donald J. Trump versus Yale: Donald J. Trump is smarter than we are, Michael Moore has now said. For ourselves, we can't swear that the Oscar-winning film-maker is wrong! Headline included, here's the start of Ron Dicker's report from HuffPost concerning … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024He puts a smile on your face: Every night, at the end of the 9 o'clock hour, Sea Hannity signs off in the way he did last night:That's all the time we have left. In the meantime, let not your heart be troubled. Greg Gutfeld is standing by to put a smile on … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024 He puts a smile on your face: Every night, at the end of the 9 o'clock hour, Sea Hannity signs off in the way he did last night: That's all the time we have left. In the meantime, let not your heart be troubled. Greg Gutfeld is standing by to put a smile o … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024Segregation by viewpoint: We lost large chunks of time yesterday afternoon and then again this morning. This will likely be our only post today. We did want to highlight one presentation from the war of the past few days concerning Trump's "blood bath" comm … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024 Segregation by viewpoint: We lost large chunks of time yesterday afternoon and then again this morning. This will likely be our only post today. We did want to highlight one presentation from the war of the past few days concerning Trump's "blood bath" com … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2024The New York Times gets it right: We were struck by a front-page report in this morning's New York Times.The report discusses a culture shift we've been struck by at the Fox News Channel. The headlines on the Times report say this:Piety and Profanity: The Ra … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2024 The New York Times gets it right: We were struck by a front-page report in this morning's New York Times. The report discusses a culture shift we've been struck by at the Fox News Channel. The headlines on the Times report say this: Piety and Profanity: The … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2024...perhaps improved his skills? As a courtesy, we're going to show you the fuller text of what the candidate said.Our guess would be that he knew what he was doing—that he was employing one of skills—when he used the word we highlight in this bit of transcri … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2024 ...perhaps improved his skills? As a courtesy, we're going to show you the fuller text of what the candidate said. Our guess would be that he knew what he was doing—that he was employing one of skills—when he used the word we highlight in this bit of transc … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2024It seemed like every program: We didn't exactly hate yesterday's Daily Howler. But it did leave us disquieted.Partly, we were dealing with fatigue, based upon the loss of an hour last Saturday night. Thanks a lot, President Biden!We're willing to call spad … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2024 It seemed like every program: We didn't exactly hate yesterday's Daily Howler. But it did leave us disquieted. Partly, we were dealing with fatigue, based upon the loss of an hour last Saturday night. Thanks a lot, President Biden! We're willing to call s … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2024...concerning the CNN smear: Did Aaron Rodgers really say that the murders at Sandy Hook were a government hoax?Yesterday, we discussed CNN's report to that effect. Then, shortly after 8 o'clock last night, we saw the Fox News Channel's Jesse Watters turn CN … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2024 ...concerning the CNN smear: Did Aaron Rodgers really say that the murders at Sandy Hook were a government hoax? Yesterday, we discussed CNN's report to that effect. Then, shortly after 8 o'clock last night, we saw the Fox News Channel's Jesse Watters turn … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2024As always, blue leaders ignored them: It's as we noted yesterday. Midway through his State of the Union address, President Biden described his stance regarding the southern border.He went all the way back to Day One. This is what he said:PRESIDENT BIDEN (3/7 … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2024 As always, blue leaders ignored them: It's as we noted yesterday. Midway through his State of the Union address, President Biden described his stance regarding the southern border. He went all the way back to Day One. This is what he said: PRESIDENT BIDEN ( … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2024 ...the planet's least plausible claim? Did Aaron Rodgers ever believe the planet's least plausible claim? In a new statement posted today, Rodgers has seemed to say that no, he never did. On the other side of the ledger, we direct you to a partially first … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2024 Lives are at stake, he said: Mercifully, President Biden devoted little time, last Thursday night, to the silly "shrinkflation" "issue." Mercifully, he barely mentioned the topic at all! According to the AP transcript of his spoken remarks, he did say thi … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2024Lives are at stake, he said: Mercifully, President Biden devoted little time, last Thursday night, to the silly "shrinkflation" "issue."Mercifully, he barely mentioned the topic at all! According to the AP transcript of his spoken remarks, he did say this … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2024 A peculiar report in the Times: How many black votes could Donald Trump win in November? It's a scary topic! This morning, a report on that question appears above the fold on the front page of the New York Times. In print editions, the dual headlines say … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2024A peculiar report in the Times: How many black votes could Donald Trump win in November? It's a scary topic! This morning, a report on that question appears above the fold on the front page of the New York Times. In print editions, the dual headlines say … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2024 The main things the senator said: Senator Britt got blown off the map by yesterday's Robert Hur hearings. Briefly, let us say this about that: Did President Biden exhibit a memory problem when he was interviewed by Hur? Almost surely, there's no real way … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2024The main things the senator said: Senator Britt got blown off the map by yesterday's Robert Hur hearings. Briefly, let us say this about that:Did President Biden exhibit a memory problem when he was interviewed by Hur?Almost surely, there's no real way to … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2024 It depends on who you ask: Did President Biden have memory problems when he met with Robert Hur? The transcript of their interviews has been released, but it runs 250 pages. As we perused a few initial reports, we were struck by differences between the Was … | Continue reading