"It’s fun to jump on the latest story that confirms our biases or suspicions. And it’s a lot harder to reserve judgment and continue to read up on stories after they’ve left the mainstream consciousness. But it’s vital that we do."
Now convince everybody (anybody) left of center! Good luck with that!
I am the neonatal nurse in Broward County FL that was sounding the alarm about the pill 💊 mills. There is much more to the story than what was seen on American Pain (CNN). What didn’t make the cut for the show is the corruption of the FDA We need change at the state and federal level. STOPPNow (Stop the Organized Pill Pushers) Now. We finally got the PDMP in FL there was great opposition from then Governor Scott but we were promised from then Senate President Mike Haridopolos that it would pass and it did. It took another few years to make it mandatory for doctors to use. It is a slow process and the consequence is so many deaths. Calling for legislators with integrity.
Knowing James O'Keefe's background, I wouldn't take his insult too personally, Ken. He just gets off on provoking people. I'm glad I've never had a boss like that.
Seymour Hersh has broken some extraordinary stories like My Lai and Abu Ghraib, but he's also made other sensational claims that have never been confirmed. It's notable that he published his latest report on his own Substack, so it wasn't subject to the kind of editing and fact-checking process that a mainstream outlet would have demanded.
Good point about it being "boring advice (and boring TV)" to tell people to withhold judgment. It's distressing, but telling, that TV news folks even think about the news in terms of entertainment value.
I didn't take his insult personally. Not because it was provoking, which I don't think was his intent. Actually, "provoking" in a way is what investigative journalists should be doing. Most are doing PR & political activism. I think he just doesn't get some social cues .... I'm no expert of people on a "spectrum" but he's on one.
Sy Hersh is an interesting one. You're exactly right ... he's broken national stories and this one is a "maybe". (I mean, after all, Biden & the State Dept. did in fact hint that we might destroy it, using barely coded language.) While I've grown to trust individuals as mainstream outlets have burned their credibility, you're right about the process. The reporter/editor process evolved for a reason, and I spent many years at Fox telling great reporters, "No. You think you have it, but you don't."
"It’s fun to jump on the latest story that confirms our biases or suspicions. And it’s a lot harder to reserve judgment and continue to read up on stories after they’ve left the mainstream consciousness. But it’s vital that we do."
Now convince everybody (anybody) left of center! Good luck with that!
I am the neonatal nurse in Broward County FL that was sounding the alarm about the pill 💊 mills. There is much more to the story than what was seen on American Pain (CNN). What didn’t make the cut for the show is the corruption of the FDA We need change at the state and federal level. STOPPNow (Stop the Organized Pill Pushers) Now. We finally got the PDMP in FL there was great opposition from then Governor Scott but we were promised from then Senate President Mike Haridopolos that it would pass and it did. It took another few years to make it mandatory for doctors to use. It is a slow process and the consequence is so many deaths. Calling for legislators with integrity.
Knowing James O'Keefe's background, I wouldn't take his insult too personally, Ken. He just gets off on provoking people. I'm glad I've never had a boss like that.
Seymour Hersh has broken some extraordinary stories like My Lai and Abu Ghraib, but he's also made other sensational claims that have never been confirmed. It's notable that he published his latest report on his own Substack, so it wasn't subject to the kind of editing and fact-checking process that a mainstream outlet would have demanded.
Good point about it being "boring advice (and boring TV)" to tell people to withhold judgment. It's distressing, but telling, that TV news folks even think about the news in terms of entertainment value.
I didn't take his insult personally. Not because it was provoking, which I don't think was his intent. Actually, "provoking" in a way is what investigative journalists should be doing. Most are doing PR & political activism. I think he just doesn't get some social cues .... I'm no expert of people on a "spectrum" but he's on one.
Sy Hersh is an interesting one. You're exactly right ... he's broken national stories and this one is a "maybe". (I mean, after all, Biden & the State Dept. did in fact hint that we might destroy it, using barely coded language.) While I've grown to trust individuals as mainstream outlets have burned their credibility, you're right about the process. The reporter/editor process evolved for a reason, and I spent many years at Fox telling great reporters, "No. You think you have it, but you don't."