As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Friday, October 29, 2021

Journalists should ask questions – not think they have all the answers

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/22/cnn-joe-rogan-covid-ivermectin-mistake-credibility/

 

From David Von Drehle:

 

“Among media critics (and who, after all, is not a media critic — there is so much to criticize), one sees a dangerous trend. Reporters are increasingly urged to be definitive, to call out “liars” and defend “science” and hurl all sorts of Zeus-like thunderbolts adjudicating the Truth. This is a terrible idea.”

 

“It is not the journalist’s job to tell people what to think. The job is to question, to learn and to share those learnings — as well as their limits. In weighing the credibility of sources, we must first examine ourselves.”

 

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