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An illustration of how the news are largely created…

An illustration of how the news are largely created, bloated and magnified by journalists. I have been in Lebanon for the past 24h, and there were shells falling on a suburb of Beirut. Yet the news did not pass the local social filter and did reach me from social sources. People do not seem to […]

Journalists feel contempt for those who fear them and a deep resentment for those who don’t.

Journalists feel contempt for those who fear them and a deep resentment for those who don’t. via Journalists feel contempt for those who… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Facebook.

In the past journalism was an act of courage…

In the past journalism was an act of courage, revealing truths in the face of powerful establishments and risking jail or even death. Today except in such repressive regimes as as Syria or Russia and except for war correspondents it is becoming the refuge of disconnected cowards.In my entire career I have never seen a […]