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The Continuing Decline of Journalism

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 15:07:12 +0000

A number of authors have written probing criticisms of modern journalism, notably Bernard Goldberg, James Fallows, and Bob Kohn. Now award-winning journalist Sharyl Attkisson adds The Smear, an insightful account of the most recent, shameful, and dangerous episode in journalism’s decline. What the public receives as news today, she explains, is in fact propaganda crafted [...]

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Remembering that Words Matter

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:04:18 +0000

In times past, there was universal agreement among thinking people that words matter and therefore should be used honestly and with precision. However, from time to time many people have forgotten or ignored this precept, so reminders have been needed. G. K. Chesterton provided one in Orthodoxy (1908) when he wrote, “Most of the machinery [...]

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Memo from the National Liberal Journalists’ Association

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:28:48 +0000

[Author’s note: The sender of the following memo evidently mistook me for an NLJA member] Dear NLJA member: I needn’t tell you what a difficult time we liberals have had since the 2016 election was decided. That fact makes it all the more urgent that we adopt a strategy for maintaining our campaign message that [...]

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