Captain Renault

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JD Vance wrote the “My Pafology” of poor white people. It features every stereotype of ignorant rural folk and was clearly written to appeal to East Coast media keen on showing it is concerned about the struggles of the working class. It’s the perfect book for those who want to tsk tsk over the pitiful rural folk while feeling infinitely superior.

I’ve read the New York Times all my life, and I worked in the newsroom for ten years, and I’ve never seen the news department along with the editorial department commit to a nakedly partisan political crusade, as they are now. Evidently they are more outraged by Biden’s determination to continue running for re-election than they have ever been by Donald Trump.

#NYT https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/112741426032898617

I need an explanation, I really do. I'm not mad.

I've been playing guitar for over 50 years; I'm about 13 months of good for a person with no talent but a lot of persistence.

I have discovered in the last day that string lubricant is like a new drug and no one told me. Was it kept from me? I don't bother anyone!

It's not Tuesday yet but I'm filling in for Big Planet Noise on @WFMUDrummerStream from 9pm-12am. Come join me for some groovy tunes right here https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141076
Helter Swelter -- Fill in for Big Planet Noise: Dark Night of the Soul with Julie

Audio & playlist from June 17, 2024

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Will Lewis must go. The Washington Post publisher’s actions cast doubt on his newsroom’s credibility. https://presswatchers.org/2024/06/will-lewis-must-go-the-washington-post-publishers-actions-cast-doubt-on-his-newsrooms-credibility/
Will Lewis must go. The Washington Post publisher’s actions cast doubt on his newsroom’s credibility. | Press Watch

Publishers are not supposed to interfere with their newsrooms’ coverage of issues in which they have a personal conflict of interest. Lewis crossed the line.

Press Watch