Blame Reagan.
Back in the Cronkite Era the Fairness Doctrine insured that anytime a station put on an editorial it had to provide equal time to the opposing point of view.
Reagan deregulated the FCC and made it easier for big companies to own and operate radio and TV stations. And he made sure that the emerging cable companies could put on anything and call it ‘news.’
https://bookshop.org/p/books/harlem-shuffle-a-novel-colson-whitehead/d5174b9b66fe68f0
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead.
It’s funny, informative, exciting, and not like any other book you’ve read.
A Harlem businessman has to do a little fencing to keep his furniture store open. He’s a good family man who just wants to serve the community by selling good products at a reasonable price. Too bad he has to manage crooks, corrupt cops, and other problems.
Tanith Lee.
Neil Gaiman stole his style and most of his best ideas from her.
“Red As Blood” is a short story collection where the princesses are the evil ones. Cinderella is a witch and Snow White is a vampire.
“Night’s Master” is an Arabian Nights-style story of a demon prince who loves to seduce and/or torture humans.
That’s a depressing book.
not all issues are equal. backing genocide is a hard pill to swallow.
Your words.
If you weren’t talking about Harris you should have made it plain.
Or are you saying AOC is backing genocide?
I see what you did there.
I don’t know why you did it, but your intention has been recognized.
If you’re not sure what the conversation is about, you are allowed to ask for clarification.
And I’m not sure where you got proof that Harris was going to do four.
Maybe you can provide actual proof and not just vibes?
You’re not sure how five is larger than one?
“A Scandal In Bohemia”
https://youtu.be/ZaDfTP7zohQ?list=PLe4nxylNvRwfBW6paWe_1fPtB85tPMizu
“The Redheaded League”
“The Man With The Twisted Lip.”
Those are, imho, the ones worth reading. Personally, I read them all, but the Doyle stories are pretty hit-or-miss. Doyle actually killed Holmes off in “The Final Problem” but ended up bringing him back from the dead.
Here’s a modern take on Holmes. “The 7% Solution.” The movie was directed by the man who wrote the original novel. Both are worth the time, even if you’re not already a Holmes fan.
Don’t get played.
If she had actually changed she wouldn’t have resigned; she’d have stayed in Congress and fought them.
She slid out at the perfect time. She’ll be a well paid talking head in the midterms and go on a lucrative lecture tour afterwards. She’ll probably run in the 2028 primaries and go into the Convention with enough support to make a great deal for herself.
When it was advantageous for her to play the rube she played the rube. Now she is playing at reform.
Another thing that annoys me is that people act like them not voting is a powerful statement.
The GOP is working 24/7 to restrict voting, but BoTh SidES aRe THe SAme.
And now you have five genocides going on, and the original one has been dialed up to 11.
If we want to make any progress a lot of people are going to have to get over the idea that every politician has to be perfect 100% of the time on every issue.
I don’t know why AOC voted the way she did, and I don’t care.
If I agree with someone 51% of the time, I’ll vote for them.
Escaped slave Frederick Douglas supported Abe Lincoln over a candidate who was pushing for immediate abolition of slavery. Douglas knew that it was better to win and be able to influence the sitting President than to lose and have no power.
Go all the way or don’t go at all…
The ‘father’ of modern Conservatism was William Buckley.
He was a Catholic who ignored the fact that back in the day Catholics were widely discriminated against.
He also ignored the fact that the only reason he was well known was that he had a show on Public Television.
They are in favor of change as long as it benefits them.
“Exactly.”
Funny story.
The movie ‘Fantastic Voyage’ was from an original screenplay written by Harry Kleiner, based on a story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby. Isaac Asimov has nothing to do with it until they decided to do a novelization.
But because Asimov was a big name everyone thought the movie was based on one of his stories.
It’s amazing how people are still angry with Ronnie just because he destroyed the middle class and imported tons of cocaine.