Update: The possibility of a McClatchy company bankruptcy suggested here last week is now being bandied about by the mainstream media. “Newspaper Publisher McClatchy Teeters Near Bankruptcy,” Bloomberg headlined today. The story […]
Down, down, down
Withering news
What a spooky week for news about news. First comes the Friday announcement that Facebook will launch a new headline-news site to push “deeply-reported and well-sourced” journalism from credible news organizations.
Not a seal
Trending today, the seal that isn’t. Fox News got it wrong. CNN – “Seal attacks kayaker with octopus” – got it wrong, too.
Identity politics
UPDATE: This story was edited on Apri 7, 2017 to reflect exact voter turnout numbers in South Anchorage Iraq war veteran Albert Fogle’s foray into Alaska politics ended in narrow defeat, but […]
Russia at it again?
Commentary Is it possible Russia is trying to co-opt Americans with fake news once again as the Washington Post charged shortly after president-elect Republican Donald Trump upset Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton in […]
