CSotD: Responsible commentary in a polarized society
Jen Sorensen explains the interplay of polarization and bothsidesism. We used to joke about the mainstream media’s obsession with presenting…
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CSotD: Elsewhere in the news …
The current question for political commentators seems to be “Can you walk and chew gum at the same time?”…
CSotD: The Serious Business of Journalism
American/Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed yesterday while covering an Israeli Defense Force raid on a Palestinian neighborhood…
CSotD: Freedom, Responsibility and Rent
Tomorrow is World Press Freedom Day, and, as Ann Telnaes notes, it couldn’t come a moment too soon, a point…
CSotD: Intruder in the Days of Dust
Derf Backderf’s short comment, as he wrapped up this year’s MOCCA Festival, was enough to send me scrambling to…
CSotD: You can quote me
An apt mood-setter from Pros & Cons (KFS): Whether we’re entering a new Dark Age or a new Golden Age…
CSotD: A mixed bag
It’s appropriate for Tank McNamara (AMS) to lead off today, because sports coverage tends to drift between entertainment and politics,…
CSotD: Effective Commentary
Mike Smith (KFS) makes his own State of the Union report. There are empty store shelves all around the world….
CSotD: Journalism takes stepping out of the water
Sherman’s Lagoon (KFS) plays with a fairly well-known saying, that fish don’t understand the concept of being “wet” because they…
CSotD: Life Imitates Art Imitating Foolishness
Tank McNamara (AMS) not only gets a laugh regularly but also merits a “Wait, what?” from time to time, since…
CSotD: While making other plans
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans,” Lennon wrote, but today’s Pearls Before Swine (AMS)…
CSotD: I wonder what the peasants are doing tonight?
Nick Anderson (Counterpoint) manages the only tasteful riff I’ve seen on that accidental movie set shooting. It’s not a real…
CSotD: Reality intrudes
Reply All (WPWG) brings up internships, sparking my memories of interns who did more than collate. I placed two interns…
CSotD: Nits, and larger beasties, Picked
Start here: It seems that the Border Patrol officers may have only been whipping their horses, not the refugees they…
CSotD: Preserving Our Right Not To Know
The perceptive little girl in this Christopher Weyant cartoon asks an excellent question for which her father — judging by…