There was a lot of speculation, when this controversy persisted, that this would be its downfall. Do you think this is the case?It certainly affected his ranking in the race, probably more than any other comment he made. It was not an attack on Hillary Clinton. It was an attack …
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publisher secures rights to Voynich Manuscript, a book no one can read | Spain
It is one of the most mysterious books in the world, a centuries-old manuscript written in an unknown or coded language that no one has deciphered. Scholars have spent their lives wondering about the Voynich Manuscript, whose intriguing mix of elegant handwriting and drawings of strange plants and naked women …
Read More »The journalist and the voyeur
It should hardly be necessary to point out that Talese’s credibility should be less important than the rights and lives of Foos motel guests. The question is not only whether he reported accurately, but the nature of the event he was reporting. Journalistic ethics are less important than ethics. You …
Read More »John McLaughlin, television expert and Nixon speechwriter, deceased at 89
John McLaughlin, the conservative talk show host and pop culture lightning rod who ran the longtime Roundtable TV show The McLaughlin Group, is dead. He was 89 years old. The McLaughlin Group The Facebook page reported the news. “Earlier this morning, a beloved friend and mentor Dr. John McLaughlin passed …
Read More »Everyone’s pissed off at this straight reporter who used Grindr to hook gay athletes out in Rio / Queerty
A straight journalist is criticized for using Grindr to essentially eliminate gay athletes in Rio. Nico Hines covered the Olympics for the Daily beast. As part of his reporting, he thought it would be hilarious to create a fake profile on the dating app and then see how many gay …
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