“Long-running internecine media feuds, emblematic of the degradation of mass media as they are, are merely the smoke set off by the burning desire for one, all-consuming narrative….The only story we need to get straight is the story that really matters. Grounded in that story, the greatest ever told, we can deepen our understanding of ourselves and our world.
“…there have been some moments of poor behavior as people have realized they may not be able to easily purchase some of life’s necessities.
“Anti-Semitic attacks are increasing at an alarming rate in the New York area, and NBC New York seems to think Hasidic and Orthodox Jews have somehow created this problem by … living there.” - W. Post
“At the end of every year, the Associated Press polls its reporters and editors to determine the year’s top stories. To help us in looking back, here, in order, are the AP’s top stories of 2019” - Gene Veith
“The incident in Fort Dodge, Iowa, when two protesters shouted ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’ toward Buttigieg, who is openly gay and identifies as Christian, prompted a bit of a rebuke from MSNBC analyst Zerlina Maxwell” - Faithwire
“Photos and time-lapse footage clearly show many thousands(an estimated 100,000—some say two to three times that number) showed up for this annual rally in DC for the unborn.” - AiG
“Joshua Emerson Smith, a reporter for the San Diego Union-Tribune, has picked it up, and the U-T gave his story prominent placement: ‘Climate contrarian uncovers scientific error, upends major ocean warming study.’ … Smith reports that the original study’s authors acknowledged their error and thanked Lewis for pointing it out and have submitted a correction to Nature.” - Cornwall Alliance
“Funny how hundreds of thousands of people, year after year, can stand together in the worst weather, and few in the fourth estate can be bothered to notice.” - Washington Examiner
“A New York City grand jury has indicted Christian Media Corp., the publisher of evangelical news website The Christian Post, and William Anderson, its former chief executive, on financial fraud charges, along with Etienne Uzac, who ran Newsweek magazine’s parent company.” - RNS
“’Most U.S. adults, including more than 9 in 10 Republicans, say they personally have lost trust in the news media in recent years. At the same time, 69 percent of those who have lost trust say that trust can be restored,’ the analysis says, noting that the biggest criticisms were lack of accuracy and bias.” - W. Times
