Then why is CBS "News" handling it at all? If they're not even trying to be journalists, then why bother with the "news" framing? Bring in Ryan Seacrest or whatever, so people understand this is an entertainment event and it is not intended to keep them honestly informed.

CJcharles.littlegreenfootballs.comSep 28, 2024 9:08pm

CBS News Says It Will Be Up To Vance And Walz To Fact-Check Each Other In Veep Debate In other words, Vance will be allowed to spew a firehose of lies with no pushback from “moderators,” who won’t actually moderate anything because CBS is scared of the right wing reaction.

CBS News Says It Will Be Up To Vance And Walz To Fact-Check Each Other In Veep Debate

CBS News says it will be up to the candidates, not the moderators, to fact-check each other.

I am in awe of the craftiness of the NYT reporter who pitched her editor on spending the paper’s money to have her travel like Eric Adams so she could describe the experience to readers. (If the story was actually an editor’s idea, I want to write for that editor!)

Lie-flat Seats and Chilled Champagne: Testing Eric Adams’s Upgrade Life

The New York mayor is accused of accepting free luxury travel in exchange for political favors. How large was he living? A writer puts the experience to the test.

the right sister looks significantly older than the left one

I do not have the bandwidth to blog a full rejoinder to Zeynep's latest NYT piece. So I'm gonna write it as a quick thread instead. Her thesis is that the effectiveness of mass protest (particularly campus protest) has waned, and social media is the main culprit. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/o...

Opinion | How the Powerful Outmaneuvered the American Protest Movement

It’s time for organizers to invent a new model.

Soup for brains

This is, honest to God, the future Republicans want. It’s not even like with abortion bans, where they pretend to reject the obvious consequences of their policies. They see cops questioning your teenage daughter’s friends about whether they’ve seen each other naked and think “good, more of this.”

GBgbbranstetter.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 1:12pm

In order to determine whether a 15-year-old volleyball player was transgender, Florida police sought out her medical records to determine any changes in her body weight and asked her teammates if they had ever seen her nude. One detective referred to the girl as "it"

And while the district tried to fire Elizabeth’s mother, “Adults who’d abused children had served one- and five-day suspensions. A teacher who’d slapped a child received a letter of reprimand.”

GBgbbranstetter.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 1:12pm

"Police talked to Elizabeth’s middle school guidance counselor and asked her to tell them about Elizabeth’s transition. The counselor said she was worried she’d break the law if she did, but an officer told her 'I am the law.'" wapo.st/47HSqBu

Her trans daughter made the volleyball team. Then an armed officer showed up.

Half the country has banned trans girls from competing in girls sports. Jessica Norton didn’t suspect she’d be punished under one of the bans.

isnt russel brand english?

srsly, who are these people?

wild election problems going down in arizona

On private call, Arizona’s top Democrats debated a ‘dire’ ballot dilemma

The three state officials learned a computer glitch meant 98,000 voters had not provided proof of citizenship. In a candid phone call, they debated what to do.