I have no idea why the New York Times keeps elevating racist dumdums to the status of philosopher genius or why the fact that someone deemed worthy of such a portrait "reads books" is notable. He's super smart, and he reads books!
The Times has been doing this for years. At some point Occam's Razor applies in explaining why the Times covers things they way they do. They like Republicans. They like racist conservatives. Their "liberalism" is simply a marketing tool (not that I have ever really thought the Times was liberal over and above rich New Yorker liberalism which isn't really liberal, but their readers think it is).
Monday, December 04, 2017
Sunday, December 03, 2017
Aggro Tom
"Fuck that."
Tom Friedman on criticism of his Mohamed bin Salman article: "fuck that" (the whole clip is really something) pic.twitter.com/vv3psVHzay
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) December 3, 2017
Hockenberry
In a way this story is less about him and more about how management treated the women.
But that's usually the case in these stories.
Kudos to Kim writing this piece. Buy her book!
As for the three co-hosts who reportedly did let WNYC know they had problems with Hockenberry, the first, Nigerian-American broadcaster Adaora Udoji, was gone after eight months. (She declined to comment; she reportedly signed a nondisclosure agreement with the station.) The vacant seat was filled, for about four months, by African-American journalist, Farai Chideya. Initially Hockenberry was friendly, she said, but when it seemed like she might become a regular, he “got nastier.” One day, after a story meeting in which Hockenberry became argumentative, she said, he called her into his office. “You shouldn’t stay here just as a ‘diversity hire,’” he told her, according to Chideya. “And you should go lose weight.” Chideya said she recounted the incident to CEO Walker, who called it “horrifying” but didn’t propose any action. A few weeks afterward, Chideya decided to leave The Takeaway. She is now a program officer for journalism at the Ford Foundation, but she said the experience “derailed” her for a time: “All these decisions have consequences. Public radio doesn’t become more diverse if you keep protecting people who abuse women of color, or just women.”
Her successor, African-American Celeste Headlee, said she came into the job hearing about the conflict between Udoji and Hockenberry, and she had hoped that she’d be able to handle him better. But as Headlee laid out in emails to her superiors in April 2012, Hockenberry was professionally “sabotaging” her; he interrupted her on air, “trampled” her lead-ins, didn’t “allow guests to finish answering questions [she] posed.” If she tried to discuss it with him, he’d blow up, she told the station, insulting her publicly. As a solution, her boss arranged sessions for Headlee with a “radio personality” coach, who Headlee said focused mainly on teaching her how to deal with a “difficult personality,” how to keep from getting “rattled.” (As far as Headlee knows, Hockenberry was not asked to get any coaching, which isn’t surprising, she added, because one of the station’s execs told her that the only reason Hockenberry was “misbehaving” was that she wasn’t doing her job well.) Four months after she filed a formal grievance, the station decided not to renew her contract. “How did John keep his job for so long?” she mused. “Men like John are protected for decades.”
But that's usually the case in these stories.
Kudos to Kim writing this piece. Buy her book!
It's Gonna Be YUGE
If this thing doesn't go bust quickly it will prove I know nothing about what the people want.
It. Has. Smell-o-vision.
NORTH JERSEY, NJ — The $5 billion American Dream Meadowlands will have some of the most impressive attractions available in the country when it opens in March 2019.
It. Has. Smell-o-vision.
A movie theater that will allow moviegoers to smell scents in the films they watch.
Morning Thread
Oh what a tangled web we weave. When first we practice to deceive.
Some advice for you know who.
Some advice for you know who.
Saturday, December 02, 2017
What Now
I do not know!
Theresa May has been warned that the EU will block progress in the Brexit talks if the Irish government decides that her proposals for the border with Northern Ireland are “unacceptable”.
Can't Do Anything Without 60 Votes
I see a lot of optimism that the Democrats have learned their lesson and if we survive the apocalypse and manage to elect some then there are all kinds of fun things that can be passed with reconciliation.
I do appreciate the optimism of youth.
I do appreciate the optimism of youth.
Garbage People
The Tea Partiers didn't stop screaming at Dem congressional offices until Republicans won.
Friday, December 01, 2017
Evening Thread
With reading material:
I wish I were making this up. This is the version of the #GOPTaxScam the Senate votes on tonight. Handwritten text up and down the margins. pic.twitter.com/MnC4eyHAlU— Chad Bolt (@chadderr) December 1, 2017
Okay this is absurd. One page of the new #GOPTaxPlan is crossed out with an ex. Another page is just a line. Is that a crossout? Is this page part of the bill?— Senator Bob Menendez (@SenatorMenendez) December 1, 2017
WHY AM I ASKING THESE QUESTIONS HOURS BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT?? #GOPTaxScam pic.twitter.com/57Qbi7gT5F
No, I haven’t had time to read the 500-page #GOPTaxScam bill that we’re voting on tonight. I couldn’t read it if I tried – and I did. pic.twitter.com/WgoAT6rxuo— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) December 2, 2017
According To Two Sources Close To Jared And Ivanka, This Is Not True
BREAKING: Jared Kushner is the “very senior member of the presidential transition team” mentioned in the statement of offense as speaking to Flynn on
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) December 1, 2017
Dec 22nd about the UN resolution regarding Israel, two people familiar with the matter tell @NBCNews
The Kids Today
"Generational war" is more the tool than the motive, and I certainly recognize that not all seniors in this country are rich, but given the voting realities - old people vote conservative, and plutocrats bankroll those conservatives - this is about picking the pockets of the younger people and mostly leaving older people alone. When they come for Social Security they'll phase it in so that current beneficiaries will be mostly protected and the youngs, who never had defined benefit plans, will be left with little. Homeownership is the other way people "save" for retirement, and while that has never been a particularly ideal part of our policy, it has provided some additional retirement insurance. That's going away, too, for the youngs. Not much left.
The Pee Tape Is Real
“But justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” Amos 5:24 https://t.co/o89PSY1YBd
— James Comey (@Comey) December 1, 2017
Well Then
ABC News’ @BrianRoss reports that Flynn is prepared to testify President Trump directed him to make contact with Russians https://t.co/Mtt1n8DYi0
— Joy Lin (@joyindc) December 1, 2017
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