Outrage,
Inc.: How the Liberal Mob Ruined Science, Journalism and Hollywood – Derek
Hunter (Broadside)
Back in 2001, former CBS News reporter Bernard Goldberg
set the news media industrial complex on it’s ear with his bestselling expose
of the network news business’ clearly left leaning tilt in the book Bias. Goldberg’s colleagues cried
hysterically and denial in reaction to the examples of the liberal slanting of
the news.
Now 17 years later, conservative columnist, blogger and
contributing editor Derek Hunter has served up a kicked-up version, that not
only details media bias, but how the media world has changed dramatically in
the intervening time; where clueless comedians masquerade as newsman and are
taken seriously, low IQ nitwits can air their grievances online and Twitter, Twitiots
can take down CEOs with a concerted #hashtag campaign.
In Outrage, Inc.:
How the Liberal Mob Ruined Science, Journalism and Hollywood, Hunter cites
chapter and verse examples of how even the minimally aggrieved have run amok as
mobbed up, often anonymous tyrants who aren’t satisfied until they utterly
silence those they disagree with. It not enough to have public debate and
discourse, if you dare to differ, you will be pummeled.
Liberals love to claim conservatives “hate science”, but
who has done more damage to actual science than nitwits like children’s
television host Bill Nye or Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astro-physicist who
masquerades as a climate science “expert”. The clueless cabal can’t be bothered
to ask what makes these two circus clown experts about what the preach when it
comes to climate science. If you dare to question, be prepared to forever be
labeled a “denier”.
Unlike the lefties he takes down brick by brick, Hunter
actually backs up his theories with countless examples that get backed up with
actual, reliable sources. Imagine that!
Fake
News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies: How to Find Trustworthy Information in
the Digital Age – Donald Barclay - (Rowman and Littlefield)
It used to be a cornerstone of primary education that
students were taught critical thinking skills. It was what would form the basis
for something (depending on your age) that your parents or grandparents would
label common sense. In the mad rush in public education, to make sure Johnny
feels good about himself, critical thinking skills were tossed off the
education island so a couple of generations (at least) have gone lacking when
it comes to common sense.
So much of the national machination over what has been
popularly dubbed “fake news” it gets lost that if you bring even a bit of
critical thinking skill to the table, much of this stuff falls apart under its
own weight. Leave it to a librarian to serve up what I can only call a needed
lesson in common sense and critical thinking in the form of Donald Barclay’s Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies:
How to Find Trustworthy Information in the Digital Age.
Barclay kicks it old school and offers great examples of
not only the current state of propaganda, but also the historical use of the
form. He also points out how we as news consumers can fine tune our bullshit
detectors and raise good, thoughtful questions about what comes across our
screens on a daily basis. In my humble opinion, question everything should be
the starting point for, well, everything.
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