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"Lacking – method and form, nuance and depth, a right to exist."
It's just a snapshot, but I've found it to be a positive day of news judgment at some of the biggest news organizations in the United States.
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Ross Gianfortune
"What starts out in the nighttime follows you in the morning light."
It's getting harder to ignore our gerontocracy.
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Ross Gianfortune
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August 2023
"All the small boats on the water aren't going anywhere."
The Jenni Hermoso/Luis Rubiales affair has burst my bubble a little, but it may also be bursting other people's.
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Ross Gianfortune
"It's dangerous to go and listen what they say."
Debates are dumb and made for TV. Don't watch them.
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Ross Gianfortune
"It's the same world, but everything is new"
We should be freaking out more about the fires on Maui.
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Ross Gianfortune
"Strange things I have seen. Strange things I have done."
Donald Trump has been indicted. Again.
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Ross Gianfortune
July 2023
"No one told me how bad it was outside. No one told me how much it sucks."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a conspiracy theorist and should be covered by the media as such.
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Ross Gianfortune
"Hell resides within, looking to surprise."
No, Threads isn't going to replace Twitter as the "global town square." The end of that era of the Internet is upon us, like it or not.
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Ross Gianfortune
"The forging of change makes no difference."
It didn't take long for news organizations to move on from the ethics questions about the Supreme Court.
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Ross Gianfortune
June 2023
"We are not conquerors. We float with the tide."
Deep sea pressure does not care if you are very rich. Unfortunately, the news industry does.
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Ross Gianfortune
"Golden were the apples of desire, a hope that there was something more to taste. "
Stop giving coverage to small groups of screaming weirdos, especially when causation/correlation is in question.
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Ross Gianfortune
"The big keep getting bigger and their hearts keep getting harder."
Chris Licht's tenure at CNN is over. It was not successful through the lens of either ratings or journalism.
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Ross Gianfortune
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