To support independent journalism and beat back marketing propaganda, for starters Many people have taken to loudly bemoaning the supposedly sudden arrival of “fake news” since the 2016 presidential election… while becoming belatedly aware of the accompanying slow decline of print newspapers that are—whatever else one might say about them—the beating heart of […]
SOMERVILLE MAYORAL RACE: ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
“It’s hard to judge because we haven’t had a mayor’s race in 10 years.”
LO KEY ENDORSEMENT
Why would Somerville Mayor Curtatone be seen with this guy?
BULL: DECIPHERING THE VIRAL ‘SOMERVILLE NEWS WEEKLY’ STORY ABOUT AN ALLEGED FBI PROBE OF CURTATONE
All this says is that Tauro contacted and complained to the FBI. Which is different than an FBI investigation, or so we thought.
#MEDIARANT: INSPIRED BY WEEK OF WATCHING SNOW COVERAGE
As for working journos, I’m here to rep for y’all. To rep for indies, and to kick the #mainstreammedia w/out the cheap right-wing vitriol
DEAR READER: A RIHANNA STORY, A PRIMER ON PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND A LESSON ABOUT FAKE NEWS
We will never purge fake news; in a way, it’s the only kind of information that a lot of people ever get.
