Scripting News: Monday, August 12, 2024
Monday, August 12, 2024 A new rule for journalists. End the interview on the first egregious lie. Turn the lights out, switch off the recorder, get up and leave. And your report should state clearly that this is why the interview was terminated. It never should have been tolerated in the first place. # The new rule is getting a great response on Threads , Mastodon . # I listened to a bunch of podcasts this morning about how freaked out Trump is. If a president freaks out over something like this, how would he handle a Cuban Missile Crisis ? Remember the phone call at 3AM? We saw what he did with COVID, he froze , like he's freezing now. # When the NYT makes Trump sound like a reasonable candidate that a sane person might vote for, remember this day. # When Google tells you it's easy to convert a site to HTTPS they're wrong. It's an insurmountable job for scripting.com. 30 years of writing is on that domain, lots of different runtimes on lots of...
