Some thoughts about why Americans who watched the presidential debate last night should be engulfed with feelings of profound sadness and unbridled rage.
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The Quality Standards of OTC Drug Thieves
Some insights on why shoplifters avoid CVS-branded OTC drugs, the Washington Post and CNN do Al Jazeera proud, another reported major failing of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and an academic validation about why investors should be wary of companies professing the highest morals and ethics.
WaPo Reporters: Legends In Their Own Minds
My contrarian and uncharitable view of what became of the Washington Post under the leadership of recently departed editor Sally Buzbee.
Wells Fargo’s Big Brother Mouse Scandal
My thoughts on the latest Wells Fargo wrongdoing, which hasn’t received the critical media attention it deserves.
New York Times: All the Adultery That’s Fit to Print
The New York Times’ damning takedown of Nicole Shanahan, the running mate of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., revealed as much about the former newspaper of record’s institutional character as it did about Shanahan’s.
Ford University: Higher Ed for Auto Sales & Service
Determining how best to harness and apply AI is all the rage these days, and CEOs are paid the big bucks because of their supposedly superior smarts to figure it out. At Ford, whose CEO Jim Farley received more than $60 million in compensation these past three years, the company plans to use AI to create Hollywood quality “edutainment” videos that it hopes will steal viewers from Netflix and Amazon and bolster the sales and service capabilities of its dealerships.
Let’s just say I’m a tad skeptical.
DOJ’s McKinsey Criminal Probe (LHOL)
The Wall Street Journal recently reported an “exclusive” story that the Justice Department is investigating McKinsey & Co. for its opioids consulting work. Here’s why the story reflects poorly on the Journal and the Department of Justice.
NPR’s Lily-White Audience Despite DEI Hires
In the minds of the leaders overseeing America’s mainstream media outlets, all is well, and they are mighty proud of the journalism responsible for the credibility decline of their organizations.
Edith Chapin, NPR’s chief news executive, serves as a poster person for the leadership delusions.
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden’s FDA Triumph
The FDA thought it was very clever three years ago maligning a drug called ivermectin as veterinary medicine. Here’s the story how a Houston ENT doc made the FDA look like a horse’s derriere.
The False Media Prosecution of Yanping Chen
Conspiracy theorists are promoting a false narrative that a judge ordered former FOX and CBS news reporter Catherine Herridge in contempt and fined $800 a day to reveal a confidential source as retribution for pursuing damning stories about President Biden. In fact, the judge’s ruling stems from Herridge allegedly doing the wrongful bidding of the U.S. government.