Tag: Reporting
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Thoughts on 2025 04-16 Wall Street Journal
This article OH MY GOD: https://www.wsj.com/politics/elon-musk-children-mothers-ashley-st-clair-grimes-dc7ba05c?mod=hp_lead_pos7 Phenomenal reporting. Separately, Dear Mike Gallagher, didn’t you used to have a job where you could have done something about this? Like, very recently? https://www.wsj.com/opinion/time-for-accountability-on-the-covid-lab-leak-coverup-fauci-gain-of-function-194730d4?mod=opinion_lead_pos6 Read more
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RIP Capital City Sunday
Sad to hear — Capital City Sunday was one of the few outlets that seemed to get a good cross-section of state legislators for interviews. They were never particularly incisive interviewers, but it was one of the few places to hear Vos directly without tuning into talk radio bullshit. Not surprising, of course. We’ve heard… Read more
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Thoughts on: John Carreyrou’s latest investigative report in NYT
Amazing reporting, as to be expected from this guy. This is why I subscribe to newspapers! I got some hobbying done — or more accurately, partially completed — over the holiday break. I’m really hoping to use this blog as motivation for that. However, I have busied myself with tying up loose ends in my… Read more
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Thoughts on: Our Willful Disinformation Ecosystem
Frank Bruni’s recent column (which I thought was the past Sunday, but is dated December 19) is dead on. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/opinion/donald-trump-promises.html Donald Trump and Republicans simply will not, and cannot, be ‘held to account.’ These are people who believe verifiably false information. Trump will claim victory no matter what the actual conditions or consequences of his… Read more
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Thoughts on: WSJ 2024 12-26 Covid Lab Leak Article
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/fbi-covid-19-pandemic-lab-leak-theory-dfbd8a51?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink I read this reporting with great interest this morning, but on first read it does not contain any new information beyond naming a source within the FBI that believes in the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab leak theory of Covid-19 origins. It also, I feel, conflates a ‘lab leak’ with the more pernicious idea… Read more