Inside Information

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More Reporting, Less Reading

“[A]verage Americans are suspicious of how their tax dollars are being spent and observe Washington insiders operating at ever-greater levels of power and secrecy. The irony is that policy journalism in Washington is thriving. It’s just not being written for you, and you’re probably never going to read it.” 

—John Heltman, trade-press journalist, “Why the Public Can’t Read the Press,” The Atlantic, 2015 

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

• Editorial Comment: Our tax dollars at work.


PeezPix by Ted Pease

The Buoys of Christmas



 








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“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard
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Opening Up

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Beyond Entertainment

“My ideal as an interviewer is to be the person who gets it. Like somebody can tell you something really personal. You can ask them something that can help them comfortably move to the next place and go deeper. Hearing someone speak really personally, and having that affirm your experience as a sexual person, or as a sick person, or just as a person trying to get through daily life, is really valuable. And I think that’s why we turn to literature, I think that’s why we turn to film, beyond the entertainment it gives us.’’ 

—Terry Gross, WHYY interviewer and radio host, “Terry Gross and the Art of Opening Up,” The New York Times Magazine, Oct. 21, 2015

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

• Editorial Comment: A breath of fresh air.

PeezPix by Ted Pease

Mendon Peak in the Mist








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“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard
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Out of Touch

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Media Criticism

“The New York Times editorial … it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch.’” 

—U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, GOP presidential candidate, on the Times’ Page 1 editorial calling for gun control. It was the first Times Page 1 editorial since 1920. “Ted Cruz, Conservative Media Blast ‘Out of Touch’ NY Times for Front-Page Gun Editorial,” The Wrap, Dec. 5, 2015 

Ted Cruz, Conservative Media Blast ‘Out of Touch’ NY Times for Front-Page Gun Editorial - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

• Editorial Comment: Guns, Bias and the Front Page. Just Thursday, someone was complaining on one of my FB posts that the NYTimes is a biased and unreliable source in its reporting about guns. Friday, the NYT did something it hadn’t done since the 1920s — a front-page editorial on "The Gun Epidemic." This may be conclusive evidence of the NYT's bias, or it could be an example of leadership in public discourse on an issue of overriding importance. See for yourself how out of touch: “End the Gun Epidemic in America,” The New York Times, Dec. 4, 2015, p. 1.

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Sadie Stare










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“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard
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Russian Reality

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Conspiracy Theory

“[F]ollow the Russian media over any time period and you soon begin to see patterns in the reporting of news. Nothing ever just ‘happens.’ Every event is always part of a larger story, usually a conspiracy theory. Russia, or rather a plot to destroy or undermine Russia, always lies at the center. Elements of reality are included in the story, but distorted with virtual reality in order to suit the story line.”

—Anne Appelbaum, Pulitzer-winning author, “Putin Spin Cycle,” Slate, Nov. 25, 2015

• Editorial Comment: What a load of borscht.


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Beer Needed












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“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard
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Barred from Office

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Campaign Rhetoric

“[I]t is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible to any public office of trust or profit in the Republic.” 

—H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), journalist, author and curmudgeon, A Mencken Chrestomathy, 1949

 





• Editorial Comment: Overqualified.





PeezPix by Ted Pease

December sunrise, Cache Valley, Utah, 2010





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Ted Pease, Professor of Interesting Stuff, Trinidad, California. (Be)Friend The WORD

“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard
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