Scripting News: Wednesday, August 14, 2024
If you don't buy the new rules for journalism because the liars will tell lies about you, the journalist -- well, you get that either way, no matter what you do, so I don't see the problem. And if you want people to trust you, you've got to tell the truth. Your reputation gets destroyed by their lies if you pass them through. Doctors can tell you to stop smoking to save your life and the tobacco companies will accuse them of lying or whatever and some people (such as myself, earlier in life) will continue to smoke. You still have to do what's right if you want people to trust you. #I am so impressed with how well the new Democratic Party is running this campaign. Latest innovation, they're going to do at least one public rally during the convention, so everyone can be part of the celebration, and I plan to watch every minute of it. What I don't want to witness is what the journalists try to provoke. I've been to two DNCs and later heard what they were talking about on CNN, and my god they invented crises that simply didn't exist. Who's going to have time to call them out because no one at the convention is watching TV. #
I heard on a podcast yesterday that it's weird that Harris is polling as well as the generic Democrat, which they felt was odd because she's not a white man, which made me think that in 2024, she is the face of the Democratic Party. Obama and Hillary Clinton knocked down those barriers, and now it would feel strange if the candidate at the top of the ticket were not interracial and female.#
I'm proud that my country has nominated such an attractive group of talented people with such fierce competence and humility. For these moments I wish I had a new graphic to put in the margin to symbolize the United States. We're strong, and we win, and when we don't we get back up and fight. Uncle Sam is a great symbol. But we've yet to create the interracial and female version that symbol. #
One more thing, there are a lot of white male voters to be courted and welcomed back into the fold. Trump has had the advantage there, but it doesn't have to be that way. A hand reached out in brotherhood could turn this election into the kind of landslide we need to cleanse our political system its flirtation with fascism. #
Linkblog items for the day.
Kamala Harris doesn't owe the national press anything. dailykos.com
Sources go direct: "We had expertise to share that wasn't getting out through journalism." scripting.com
Musk's new Grok upgrade allows X users to create largely uncensored AI images. arstechnica.com
Kamala Harris is taking power back from the press corps. editorialboard.com
Time Lapse Drone Video "Climbing" to the Top of Mt. Everest. kottke.org
Have We Learned Anything Since 2016? (Voters have. The Democrats have. Journalists? No not even a teeny bit.) vanityfair.com
2003: Are you your stories? scripting.com
Liz Truss Fumes As Lettuce Stunt Crashes 'Pro-Trump' Event. huffpost.com
For no particular reason I'm thinking of Jon Postel this morning. He held up the internet for its earliest years, and died way the fuck too young. People should know who he was and what he did for us. wikipedia.org
Photos: The Statue of Liberty, Mother of Exiles. theatlantic.com
Big Gas: New Paltz's First Legal Cannabis Dispensary. chronogram.com
This could be the theme song for the Harris campaign. youtube.com
Hamptons residents are desperate for cell phone receptions. nypost.com
Hey, Patreon: Don't Let Apple Win This Round. tedium.co
2016: "Why can't journalism make a direct and true statement: The candidate called for the assassination of his opponent." scripting.com
The truth about Trump's press conference. (He's a lunatic.) theatlantic.com
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