Final word on the Obama New Yorker Cover

The two best commentaries on the New Yorker Obama cover kerfuffle I came across this week came from comedians, appropriately enough. Baratunde Thurston and Jordan Carlos led a discussion on the Brian Lehrer show, and Jon Stewart nailed cable news for propagating rumors and innuendo as part of their daily public service. (Baratunde has a … Continue reading »

The Media’s Alex Rodriguez Lie

I open with this with the caveat that sports journalism in and of itself is irrelevant, but its odd proclivities reveal telling things about journalism as a whole. That send, the sports media’s obsession with spreading falsehoods about baseball player Alex Rodriguez may tell us something about the ways in which professional journalists spread misinformation. … Continue reading »