Broken Press

668 examples of press incompetence

Posted by @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social •

One more: Not just opening but shattering the Overton window, The Times unilaterally declares that the attack on higher education "has gone from fringe to mainstream." No. Fascism is still fringe everywhere but in the .

A Tiny Conservative News Outlet Pioneered the Attack on Higher Education Campus Reform was founded years ago to expose what it calls leftist bias on college campuses. The online site’s cause has gone from fringe to mainstream.
A Tiny Conservative News Outlet Pioneered the Attack on Higher Education Campus Reform was founded years ago to expose what it calls leftist bias on college campuses. The online site’s cause has gone from fringe to mainstream.
Posted by Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis)@mastodon.social •

Perhaps worst of all are these throwaway lines in a story about Trump's World Capital Germania White House ballroom: "flexing" his presidential power in a "winning streak" of "pet projects" otherwise known as FASCISM. Wake up and smell the blooming linden trees, .

Mr. Trump has been on a winning streak this summer, emerging victorious in a series of Supreme Court rulings, signing a massive bill to carry out his domestic policy agenda and winning concessions from some of America’s top trading partners. Now, by checking off a long-sought item on his list of pet projects, Mr. Trump is showing that he apparently feels emboldened to continue flexing his presidential power.
Mr. Trump has been on a winning streak this summer, emerging victorious in a series of Supreme Court rulings, signing a massive bill to carry out his domestic policy agenda and winning concessions from some of America’s top trading partners. Now, by checking off a long-sought item on his list of pet projects, Mr. Trump is showing that he apparently feels emboldened to continue flexing his presidential power.