This photo appeared on the front page of the Sunday New York Times April 7, 2019 to illustrate an article about the Brazilian soccer club illusion. It appeared above the fold and just below the masthead…took up a quarter of that top part of the page
Do you suppose it would have even made the […]
My local paper, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, ran a story on the front page of today’s print edition about the Mueller report. The article was written by staff writers from USA Today, their parent company. Included in the article, fortunately in the continuation on page 8, was a photo of a ‘thoughtful’ Robert Mueller and […]
Media Misses The Lede On The Robert Kraft Story
Robert Kraft! Robert Kraft! Robert Kraft! It felt like every third item on the Blogging Blue Twitter feed was about Robert Kraft. It felt like every fourth item on my Facebook timeline was about Robert Kraft. Robert Kraft was all over my news feeds. Robert Kraft was the top headline on every media site that […]
No, really. Something that occurs nearly every year will occur again Januray 1, 2019, and everybody at the margin knows it’s going to happen and will probably just shrug.
But here is the headline as it appeared in the Ideas Lab section of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday October 24, 2018. Social Security Taxes […]
Brett Kavanaugh Is NOT Fit To Be A Supreme Court Justice.
Professor Christine Basey Ford’s testimony was telling…it was credible…it was believable…and I believe her.
But after Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s behavior in his afternoon testimony, this whole thing should be a moot point. After the anger, the crying, the counter accusations, the obfuscation, the boldfaced lies, it is obvious that Judge Kavanaugh just flat out isn’t […]
Now admittedly this should be small potatoes given the whole world of issues in the big picture USA. And maybe Blogging Blue has provided enough comment and background already but it just feels like this is a symptom of a major disease afflicting Milwaukee directly and the nation as a whole.
Reprinted in its entirety […]
Trump Completes His Employee Performance Review
President Donald Trump went to Helsinki Finland and met privately, for two hours, with Russian President Vladimir Putin for his employee performance review. President Trump is making great progress on completing President Putin’s agenda:
1: Disrupt the European Union by supporting and undermining Brexit at the same time.
2: Threatening and undermining NATO, the […]
When I was a youngster growing up in rural Waukesha County my parents subscribed to the Milwaukee Journal, Waukesha Freeman and Lake Country Reporter. All print media with the most recent news from their self described bailiwicks. News also arrived via the radio and TV. We didn’t watch the evening network news per se, but […]
Saying goodbye to 2017
It’s that time of year again. It’s the time of the year when we look back at 2017 and reflect on the joys, pains, and sadness of the year. Here is a collection of 2017 look backs I thought you might enjoy:
A friend of the blog suggested that MJS was paying attention and used the proper type face for this headline. But that brings up two more issues!
What the flock is this page three feel good story doing on the front page above the fold when the White House continues to thrash around asea […]
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