Journalism’s role in distorting reality Sometimes it’s hard to avoid wondering if the politically tainted mainstream media in North America has finally abandoned the meanings of words as long defined by […]
Words matter
Rage fuel
Researchers from Yale University went exploring in the Twitter sewer and guess what they found? Voracious Twitterati fed by their fans. Think of the relationship between restaurant waste and the sewer rats […]
Iditarod, take two
If Alaska’s largest newspaper is to be believed, you can now add the so-called “Last Great Race” to the filmed events of which you must ask “is it real or is it […]
Real(ity) tales
If a reality TV star’s latest version of events is to be believed, the media tale of former President Barak Obama eating a bear-killed salmon while on his 2015 global-warming tour of […]
Masks and guns
If you live in Alaska, there are situations in which a firearm just might save you from being mauled or killed by a grizzly bear. With the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the loose, […]
Playing with ice
Why is it so many spend so much time worrying about social media providing a platform for “fake news,” and so few if any seem concerned about the same media facilitating the […]
Propagandists
The Russians are not to blame for this country’s fake news problem. It’s the damn old folks. “On average, users over 65 shared nearly seven times as many articles from fake news […]
Explosive question
When well-meaning Alaska lawmaker Geran Tarr decided to join the collective of state legislators around the country considering increases in the minimum-wage, she turned to her official Facebook page to open a […]
Truth or confirmation
Do you want to know what journalists think? Or would you prefer they keep their views hidden and let you guess at their opinions?
No it didn’t
Forty-one years ago, a now defunct newspaper – the Anchorage Times – declared the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was created to “commemorate the historic trip made by 25 mushers to deliver […]
