Tuesday, January 17, 2017

The reading list

Here are some editorials to read, plus my comments below.

1. USAToday, "Whites killed MLK. Now we honor him: Column": I firmly reject the premise of this editorial. If Oliver Thomas wants to accept the blame for MLK's death, he can feel free. I was 3 years old when MLK was shot and killed.

2. The Federalist, "If The Comey Letter Sank Hillary, It’s Her Own Fault": Editorialist David Harsanyi, as usual, speaks truth to power, and common sense to the stupid.

3. Reason, "Why Aren't More Americans Moving?": Answer: Government discourages it. Yet more reason to stop government meddling.

4. American Thinker, "The 'News' Media as We Knew It Is Finished": This is a sharp analysis of the failure of the mainstream media during last year's election. However, I disagree with the title of Barry Casselman's editorial, based on this comment by him:
The icons of the golden age of news reporting such as The New York Times; the Washington Post; and the major TV, cable, and radio networks are today often caricatures of news reporting.  They survive only because their primary audiences are in large urban centers, where their bias coincides with their readers, listeners, and viewers. 
As long as they have an audience, they will survive, even if the audience is urban elitists.

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