Friday, July 13, 2018
Headlines for July 13, 2018
Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes.
Worst and Most Misleading Headlines (WAMMH) -- July 13, 2018
CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”:
*Germany Imports Gas From Russia. But Is It a ‘Captive’?
Really, NYT? You’re going to treat this absurd statement by Trump seriously?
Senators criticized for spending July 4 in Russia
Another case of “oh no, peace might break out”. It is, of course, ironic that it is now Republicans working for peace with Russia, even if it is undoubtedly partisan and not principled.
*Mexico's AMLO Ditches Bodyguards to Foster Man-of-People Image
Maybe it’s not an “image”, maybe it’s actually reality. Media is so used to politicians cultivating an “image” they can’t conceive of anything else.
Madeleine Albright: ‘The things that are happening are genuinely, seriously bad’
Says the woman who said the deaths of 500,000 children was “worth it”.
‘It’s a Terrible Vote’: Red-State Democrats Face an Agonizing Supreme Court Choice
Why? “if their votes put the president’s choice on the court, it could hasten the move to the left by the party’s aggressive activist core”
CANDIDATES FOR “MOST MISLEADING”:
*What might a socialist American government do?
And who’s going to tell us? An actual socialist? No, Conservative George Will, who seems to think socialism is a combination of social democracy with all the worst features of American government. He doesn’t seem to understand that a government free of corporate influence on its decisions will make very different decisions.
From drag artists to dreamers, meet UK’s coalition of anti-Trump protest
Decent article, but the headline is clearly written to sensationalize and trivialize. Zero mention of groups like labor unions, Momentum or SWP who will undoubtedly be organizing the vast majority of the 50,000 expected, just Vegans against Trump and Trumpeters against Trump.
CANDIDATES FOR “FUNNIEST”:
*U.S. State Department calls out Russia on "eroding press freedoms"
Why? Because Russia fined RFE/RL for not registering under its FARA act!
*I don’t know Kavanaugh the judge. But Kavanaugh the carpool dad is one great guy.
Well, I’m sold.
*Pompeo Sharpens Tone on North Korea: ‘The World Is a Gangster’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shot back at North Korean officials for characterizing American diplomatic behavior as gangster-like, saying on Sunday that if that were true, then “the world is a gangster”. Actually he's correct, if he's using "world" in the same sense that American media and politicians use the phrase "world opinion", which actually means "the opinion of the governments of the imperialist countries". So yes, that world is a "gangster", no question.
