To emphasize that the media doesn’t decide elections, Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh released the photo below. Needless to say, like all the other lies emanating from the Trump camp, it’s a fake. The Washington Times never ran such a headline. (Why would it? The Washington Times i[...]
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Meet an All-American voter
The election is over. Now let’s hear from two voters in Erie County, Pennsylvania. But first, let’s take a look at that area. “Residents describe Erie as a diverse, blue-collar, working-class county where people look forward to time at the beach and fishing at the surrounding lakes[...]
November 2nd, 2020 - 1:32 pm § in News Media
Today’s OTHER news
It took some searching to find stories that aren’t about the election, but … SUCCESS! BBC: Is the world falling out of love with the super-rich? Should we ban billionaires? (Read it here.) CBS: A cop injured by an unknown protester sued the protest organizer. The Supreme Court threw out [...]
October 29th, 2020 - 1:48 pm § in News Media, Politics
The nuts and bolts of how media calls elections
Condensed from Vox (read full article here): “For decades now, news agencies … have been projecting presidential election winners … before all the votes are in. It’s an important service that greatly speeds up our knowledge of who’s won … without having to wait for the fi[...]
October 28th, 2020 - 8:49 pm § in News Media, Politics
Who the newspapers endorse
Yes, someone tracks that information (here, with links to the endorsement editorials, should anyone out there actually want to read them). Two major newspapers that don’t endorse presidential candidates are the Wall Street Journal and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Several smaller papers don[...]
New York Times asks voters to “end our national crisis”
The Case Against Donald Trump BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD The Editorial Board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. THE VERDICT Donald Trump’s re-election campaign poses the greatest t[...]
“Hunter Biden emails” probably are Russian disinformation
A clumsy smear attempt against Joe Biden is falling apart just 24 hours later. The New York Post ran a cover story on Thursday, October 14, 2020, alleging that Biden’s son, Hunter, dropped off three damaged laptop computers at an obscure computer shop miles from his home, never returned for th[...]
October 15th, 2020 - 10:49 pm § in News Media, Racism
How to tell the world you’re dumber than a box of rocks (video)
It’s easy, just tell a reporter on national TV that you believe Hillary Clinton drinks baby blood. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
October 12th, 2020 - 2:27 pm § in America, Donald Trump, Environment, Health, Humor, Misc., News Media, Science
FAKE NEWS: Man did NOT cheat on his wife with a goat!
“Beatrice, AL | An Alabama woman had the surprise of her life when, while surfing the web, she fell on videos involving her husband and a goat in sexual foreplay,” the headline screamed in World News Daily Report, a satirical fake news website whose motto is, “Where Facts Don[...]
October 6th, 2020 - 7:45 pm § in Donald Trump, Economics, Health, Law and Courts, News Media, Politics
10/6/20 Headlines
Top military brass in quarantine. Read story here. Trump pulls plug on relief bill negotiations. Read story here. Trump’s staff racist Stephen Miller tests positive. Read story here. Biden doesn’t want to be in a room with a germ-spewing Covid spreader. Read story here. Georgia man who p[...]