Media: Sob stories
The media has an odd policy of framing sob stories about illegal immigrant deportations – even when the deportee has served 25 years for murder.
“Attention Economics” – how media’s use of “alarming” words inflates reality
“Attention economics” and media headline escalation drives click bait stories. Everything now has a dramatic, scary headline.
Much of today’s “news” is just blog posts
Author cites a situation 30 years ago about lack of health care in Casper WY – a city that today has Wyoming’s only Level 2 Trauma Center and a full suite of specialists. Citing something from 30 years ago that is no longer true is not a good way to make a logical argument for rural health care issues.
Social media: Reminder – the purpose of social media is to make a fool of yourself
TheTransitGuy argues the US is bad because it costs almost $500 to fly between 2 cities, ignoring that taking a bus is about $45, or renting a car is less than $100.
CNN Falls for parody account post on X
CNN falls for parody account of fictitious Rep. Jack Kimble and shares his satire quote on air as if it were real!
Demographics: Gen Z ok being American but not “attached to America”
Interesting.
Social: LinkedIn scores your posts to determine visibility to others
How LinkedIn works to decide if it shares your post or not. LinkedIn works very differently than other social media platforms.
Media: Incredibly common real estate news error
Another real estate news report, with the same old errors of all the others.
Independence Day, July 4th, 2026
Media: Reporter has no knowledge of past history
Writes about Gen Z and Social Security, unaware that the issues raised by Gen Z were also raised by late phase Baby Boom and Gen X in the 1980s. There is nothing new here.