It's a small consolation that I'm not the only person who's rubbish at predictions.

#lfc #fedifc #pundits

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c1j27y7leelo

Premier League predictions: How accurate were BBC Sport pundits?

Last summer, 33 BBC pundits - plus AI and Opta's 'supercomputer' were asked to pick which teams would finish in the Premier League's top four, and in which order. How did they get on?

BBC Sport
Can we declare a moratorium on whiny, bloviating, hypocritical “apologies” from obtuse, self-styled #pundits who were dumb enough to be taken in by stupefyingly obvious conmen, and then irresponsible enough to promote then? #TuckerCarlson et al
#American #pundits and #publicintellectuals are doing a good job at analyzing the collapse of #democracy and the rise of #fascist #authoritarianism in the #US. They’re just not doing very much to stop it …

MAGA’s ‘Manifest Destiny’ Coalition Has Arrived

Warring factions of right-wing #influencers and #MAGA #pundits can finally agree on something: American #imperialism.
#ManifestDestiny #rightwing

https://www.wired.com/story/maga-manifest-destiny-coalition/

MAGA’s ‘Manifest Destiny’ Coalition Has Arrived

Warring factions of right-wing influencers and MAGA pundits can finally agree on something: American imperialism.

WIRED

Zack Polanski not appealing to Marina Hyde is good thing. Kind of a relief actually.

I'm remember Bonnie Greer's review of her act, "she's funny, but so what?"

#ZackPolanski #MarinaHyde #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Pundits

Don't listen to the Disabled, listen to political commentators instead 🤡

#Labour #Ableism #Disability #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Austerity #Pundits

A quotation from Molly Ivins

The odd thing about these television discussions designed to “get all sides of the issue” is that they do not feature a spectrum of people with different views on reality. Rather, they frequently give us a face-off between those who see reality and those who have missed it entirely. In the name of objectivity, we are getting fantasy-land.

Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1987-03), “Killing the Messenger,” The Progressive Magazine

More info about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/79898/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #balance #bothsides #debate #discussion #journalism #pundits #reality #truth

Essay (1987-03), "Killing the Messenger," The Progressive - Ivins, Molly | WIST Quotations

The odd thing about these television discussions designed to "get all sides of the issue" is that they do not feature a spectrum of people with different views on reality. Rather, they frequently give us a face-off between those who see reality and those who have missed it entirely. In…

WIST Quotations

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

#CharlieKirk , Redeemed by #EzraKlein , #GavinNewsom , and the #Political Class | Vanity Fair

By ignoring the #rhetoric and actions of the #TurningPointUSA founder, #pundits and #politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
#politics #tpusa #turningpoint

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/charlie-kirk-ezra-klein-tanehisi-coates

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed by Ezra Klein, Gavin Newsom, and the Political Class

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

Vanity Fair

If pundits tell you something is true, and you don't have the critical thinking skills to evaluate their statements, then you are putty in their hands, as they shape your world view to their will.
-- Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson)

#Wisdom #Quotes #NeildeGrasseTyson #CriticalThinking #Pundits #Truth

#Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Books

How Minnesota shooting conspiracy theories hijacked social media

In the hours after the weekend shooting spree targeting Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, information was still just trickling out.

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