Category Archives: Journolism

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Democrisy! If Tim McBride and Will Thomas can be accepted as women, why can’t Hannah Gann be accepted as black and ‘Palestinian’?

The credentialed media amuse me greatly , and none of them more than The Philadelphia Inquirer. After an article on Monday attempting to normalize transgenderism, which included a hyperlink to the newspaper spending “several months chronicling the lives of two transgender women making their way in rural Dauphin County,” Tuesday saw the editors tweeting about having given OpEd space to Rann Miller, an educator and freelance writer based in South Jersey, telling us, in the words of John Prine singing about Dear Abby, “You are what you are and you ain’t what you ain’t.”

Sorry about that convoluted sentence, but I missed the article last Friday!

Hannah Gann’s deceit makes the work of Black and brown justice activists harder

If Gann had truly been committed to the justice movement, she would have known the troubling history of white infiltrators in Black organizations who attempted to sabotage the struggle for freedom.

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I admit it: I never knew that Glenn Greenwald was a rabid anti-Semite!

I confess: I had previously thought of Glenn Greenwald as a journalist and a strong advocate for Freedom of Speech and of the Press. I never knew that he was a raging anti-Semite.

Mr Greenwald tweeted:

What was this IDF soldier doing in the West Bank?

The journalist knew, of course, exactly whet the “IDF soldier” was doing in Samaria, because the CNN article he linked told him: Continue reading →

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You in a heap o’ trouble, mom and dad! So much stupidity involved in this case.

We have previously noted the murder of William “Billy” Schmidt over pure stupidity, a street theft of a cell phone. It took the Philadelphia Police a few weeks to identify the killers, but once they were, one of them fled the state. The alleged killers are minors, but now the parents of one of them are in trouble:

Parents accused of driving teen charged in Penn State student’s killing to Colorado ordered to stand trial

The judge’s ruling came after prosecutors presented evidence on how they allegedly helped their son evade capture following the June killing of William “Billy” Schmidt.

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You in a heap o’ trouble, boy! Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass "Go," do not collect $200.

Jacolby Williams, mugshot via WKYT-TV, because the Lexington Herald-Leader wouldn’t publish it.

We have noted, dozens of times, the McClatchy Mugshot Policy. Though I have never been able to find it officially published, when it was first emailed to McClatchy reporters and editors, a couple of the recipients sent it out via Twitter, which is the source of the image to the left, with the full text being printed in the footnote.[1]McClatchy Mugshot Policy: Publishing mugshots of arrestees has been shown to have lasting effects on both the people photographed and marginalized communities. The permanence of the internet can mean … Continue reading The policy is meant, as stated, because “The permanence of the internet can mean those arrested but not convicted of a crime have the photograph attached to their names forever.”

But it seems that what my best friend used to call the Lexington Herald-Liberal extends that to those convicted of crimes, serious crimes, as well. Continue reading →

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↑1 McClatchy Mugshot Policy:

Publishing mugshots of arrestees has been shown to have lasting effects on both the people photographed and marginalized communities. The permanence of the internet can mean those arrested but not convicted of a crime have the photograph attached to their names forever. Beyond the personal impact, inappropriate publication of mugshots disproportionately harms people of color and those with mental illness. In fact, some police departments have started moving away from taking/releasing mugshots as a routine part of their procedures.

To address these concerns, McClatchy will not publish crime mugshots — online, or in print, from any newsroom or content-producing team — unless approved by an editor. To be clear, this means that in addition to photos accompanying text stories, McClatchy will not publish “Most wanted” or “Mugshot galleries” in slide-show, video or print.

Any exception to this policy must be approved by an editor. Editors considering an exception should ask:

  • Is there an urgent threat to the community?
  • Is this person a public official or the suspect in a hate crime?
  • Is this a serial killer suspect or a high-profile crime?

If an exception is made, editors will need to take an additional step with the Pub Center to confirm publication by making a note in the ‘package notes‘ field in Sluglife.
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Killadelphia Yeah, the murder rate is lower now, but it's still high

We previously noted the killing of 78-year-old Steve Alexander, killed by what reporters Ellie Rushing and Jesse Bunch called a “stray bullet” as four men jumped out of an SUV and fired more than fifty rounds “toward a group of young men on the sidewalk.” The Philadelphia Inquirer has been very careful not to call it a gang hit, at least in the articles I have seen so far, but they have at least stated that the 30-year-old victim, previously referred to as being 31-years old, was the actual target.

Over 50 rounds fired, three people struck, only one killed, and he wasn’t even the target, but just collateral damage. Gang-bangers are deadly, but still notoriously bad shots.

On August 10th, the city’s George Soros-sponsored, criminal-loving and police-hating District Attorney, Larry Krasner, said, after six homicides the previous weekend, “We had a bad weekend. We’re not having a bad year.”

Well, the bad weekends are continuing: Continue reading →

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Journalism differences between the Lexington Herald-Leader and Philadelphia Inquirer. ** Updated! ** When a poor newspaper outclasses a wealthy one

The First Street Journal has twice reported on the mass shooting in Charles Young Park in Lexington, Kentucky. We also noted the murder of a 78-year-old man in North Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon.

But there’s a significant difference in coverage between two newspapers to which we subscribe, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Lexington Herald-Leader. The Lexington newspaper is, to put it frankly, dying. Staff have been cut, there have been three General Managers in just a few years, and the paper, which once covered most of eastern and southeastern Kentucky, is a mere shadow if its former self, almost entirely restricted to Lexington now, and print publishing only thrice a week. Continue reading →

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Yet another immigration sob story If they're here illegally, if their asylum claims ar not approved, they've got to go

Once again, The Philadelphia Inquirer, our nation’s third oldest continuously published daily newspaper, and the past winner of twenty Pulitzer Prizes, uses their brand of journolism[1]The spelling ‘journolist’ or ‘journolism’ comes from JournoList, an email list of 400 influential and politically liberal journalists, the exposure of which called into question their … Continue reading to try to create sympathy for an illegal immigrant, sympathy for people who have broken the law. Continue reading →

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↑1 The spelling ‘journolist’ or ‘journolism’ comes from JournoList, an email list of 400 influential and politically liberal journalists, the exposure of which called into question their objectivity. I use the term ‘journolism’ frequently when writing about media bias.
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‘Sportswriter’ injects race into his argument, because Sophie Cunningham is white and makes sense

If there’s one thing our good friends on the left cannot stand, it’s an uppity, mouthy, attractive woman who doesn’t toe the liberal line. That’s a demographic problem for them, as even The Washington Post reported that “Conservatives really are better looking.”

Sophie Cunningham isn’t rejecting politics. She’s cashing in on them

by Howard Bryant | Sunday, August 2, 2026 | 5:00 AM EDT

Conservatives once demanded sports stay apolitical. Now they’ve embraced a new culture-war politics, and Sophie Cunningham has become one of its most valuable stars

Invoking a wounded innocence that their desire for sports to be simple, just like they used to be, conservatives for a decade and a half have dreaded the word “politics”. Now they cannot get enough.

Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio has spent 40 years in the National Football League unknown except for his defensive schemes, but last week opened his press remarks mocking the congressional testimony of Dr Anthony Fauci, jokingly invoking the Fifth Amendment before taking questions. Apropos of nothing, President Trump publicly surmised that LeBron James might be a racist. Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham is now in the act, accepting the role as the right’s anti-Black, anti-transgender culture war ambassador, the role originally intended for Caitlin Clark.

BZZT! Wrong answer! At what point was either Miss Clark assigned, or Miss Cunningham accepted, “the right’s anti-Black” ambassador? Both ladies play in the WNBA, a league which has a significant number, and perhaps a majority of black athletes. Have either of those ladies said anything negative about black teammates or opponents based on their race? Continue reading →

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We should never release murderers until their victims come back to life!

Tuesday morning’s lead editorial in The Philadelphia Inquirer is a complaint that President Trump is fighting a war on the truth by claiming that the credentialed media often publish #FakeNews, while at the same time publishing, as an ostensibly ‘straight news’ story that is actually a sob story about a convicted murderer who wants to get out of prison. Continue reading →