Everything is awful: Doomerism in the headlines
The media: Everything is awful and something bad happened to someone, sometime, someplace.
Media: Back to the “average cost of weddings” is $33k B.S.
The “average” wedding costs $33,000 or $35,000? No it doesn’t.
Media: Democrats win in Democrat strongholds
Democrats winning elections in jurisdictions where Democrats have usually won elections, is not a strong argument that the electorate has made a major flip in choices.
Media censorship: BBC altered Trump speech
The BBC edited Trump quotes, from an hour apart, to make it appear he said something he did not say. The BBC Director General and the BBC News CEO have now both resigned.
Misogyny alive and well at The Daily Beast
They denigrate women by referring to them as “Barbie”.
He calls himself an “honest pollster”
Famous pollster who calls himself an “honest pollster” is not honest.
Media: Drop in beer consumption due to Trump?
Consumption per person has declined since the 1980s, was stable for a while, and now, a majority of Americans view even drinking in moderation as bad for health.
Media: The Begging the Question Fallacy
Jezebiel publishes column urging witch’s curses on Charlie Kirk 2 days before his assassination – and then says this “is not who we are”.
Doomerism: Americans feeling better about retirement prospects but let’s spin negative!
This is bad – the article documents things are better, but the original title was “Retirement will ‘take a miracle’ for 21%.
Media miss: Covid-19 vaccinations
CDC changed Covid vax recommendations to align with the rest of world. Surprisingly, almost no one was still getting Covid vaccinations in 2024.