What’s in a Headline – on Unbiased Journalism

Michael Westergaard’s Homepage Does unbiased journalism exist? It is possible to present a story without imposing your personal opinions? As I asked the question in the first paragraph instead of the headline, let’s forego Betteridge and appease the Facebook generation by jumping straight to the conclusion: no. I do not believe so, and I think […]

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Why Americans care more about Robin Williams than Iraq

Or Ebola in Africa or war in Ukraine. In short: fuck all the “look how good I am for posting about the random death of some random celebrity” feel-good do-gooder exhibitionists. It’s human nature. It’s also an unfortunate aspect of modern American foreign policy. http://ift.tt/1pzukzi […]

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