by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 10, 2016 | Culture, Politics
Liberal journalist/blogger Matthew Yglesias jumped into the recent “fake news” fray with a tweet that blamed capitalism: Fake news is the natural manifestation of financial capitalism in the media industry. If he wrote “is a” instead of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 9, 2016 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
This morning, one of my political friends shared a “meme” in a political group, and asked for comments about its validity, lack thereof, and so forth. It was an easy dissection, and far less interesting than the notion that combining a phrase, sentence or...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 5, 2016 | Culture, Election, Opinion, Politics
Among the gazillion reasons and rationalizations put forth to explain Trump’s improbable victory is the supposed proliferation of “fake news.” If you spend any time on the Internet and social media, you’re bound to come across sensational...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 4, 2016 | Election, Politics
In an election seemingly chock-full of paradigm shifts, one involving the press’s traditional role as “gatekeepers” of information bears special attention. Traditionally, politicians pass information to the citizenry through the press. Since both the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 2, 2016 | Politics
If you ask Democrats and liberals who are still in shock over the Trump victory about their feelings since November 8th, you’ll find many who cite fear as their biggest emotion. Fear for the future of the country. Fear of losing so many of the gains their side...
by Peter Venetoklis | Nov 29, 2016 | Opinion, Politics
Fidel Castro died last week. Good riddance. While I’m normally loath to speak ill of the dead, there are justifiable exceptions. Castro, who killed tens of thousands of his people and kept millions in abject poverty while amassing a billion dollar personal...
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