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Great Boston Globe example of Fake News
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F
The economy is going well, taxes are down for almost everyone, unemployment is at very low levels, workers are re-entering the workforce by the hundre.... Read more
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Poll finds teens are easily propagandized
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C-
There are reasons young people cannot vote. When someone becomes older, they develop some life experience and some wisdom. We want voters to be adults.... Read more
Boston Globe protects NYT’s journalistic malpractice
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F
A year ago, the Senate confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during a very contentious process which included late accusations of sexual mis.... Read more
Globe teases Warren but delivers Harris et al
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B
[Mini-Warren Report #260-2019] I was excited to be able to review today's Warren Report, teased on the front page of the Boston Globe. Imagine my d.... Read more
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Why Trump is right to take China on over trade
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N/A
I really like reading the Wall Street Journal. It’s news and opinions are completely separate, and I find the news reporting very balanced. Now, I may have blinders on because the Journal’s editorial pages lean conservative, so there is a danger .... Read more
Some “apology”
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N/A
Joan Vennochi has some nice blinders over her eyes. She thinks it is time to remake Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Warren, a socialist, needs to be rebranded as a moderate. This will be tough and I don’t think it is really doable. She has been described.... Read more
Article Reviews
Medical racists!
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F
The Boston Globe is on a cultural journey of convincing its readers that America is racist, white people are racist, Trump supporters are racist, and now, doctors are racist. You see, everybody is racist. The only people who aren't racists are "brown.... Read more
Immigrants not denied drivers’ licenses.
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D
We have a funny mix of Boston Globe tricks used in this article to promote their agenda. First, another rally is being covered, this time to promote the idea that illegal immigrants should be given drivers' licenses. The Globe loves Liberal rallie.... Read more
Boston Globe may have published erroneous Warren crowd estimate
PE Bias Grade :
C+
[Warren Report #256-2019B ] The Boston Globe ran a second article featuring Sen. Elizabeth Warren in this issue on page A8, covering Warren’s “town hall” rally in Austin, TX on Tuesday. It’s opening paragraphs gave a very favorable impress.... Read more
Investigative Journalism
Boston Globe may have published erroneous Warren crowd estimate
PE Bias Grade :
C+
[Warren Report #256-2019B ] The Boston Globe ran a second article featuring Sen. Elizabeth Warren in this issue on page A8, covering Warren’s “town hall” rally in Austin, TX on Tuesday. It’s opening paragraphs gave a very favorable impress.... Read more
Read Elizabeth Warren’s climate change rationale
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N/A
I vacation in North Conway, NH, the state with the first primary, and I subscribe to the Conway Daily Sun, an excellent little newspaper. Today’s issue has a Letter to the Editor from Elizabeth Warren. She promotes the Green New Deal and explains h.... Read more
Warren Report #233-2019
PE Bias Grade :
F
Sen. Elizabeth Warren apologized the other day for “missteps.” The Globe covers this breaking news by judging its effect on how Native Americans feel about it, I guess because they think cultural misappropriation only hurts the members of the cul.... Read more
Media Criticism
Respecting authority
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N/A
I heard a story on TV the other day that some school district in California was going to prohibit teachers from sending unruly students in their classroom down to the principal. I guess the idea behind it was that this action was allegedly unfairly t.... Read more
Leaving out the accuser
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F
House Oversight Chair Elijah Cummings started it. He went after a member of the administration (the director of Homeland Security) and personally attacked him with charges that kids and illegal immigrants are standing in their own feces at our detent.... Read more
Boston Globe attacks!
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N/A
Doing a front-page spread about Donald Trump’s alleged racism is the highlight of the Boston Globe’s year. But this cover, comprising three articles and eight photos, should be seen in the context of another full-page spread, the one before the e.... Read more