Gitlin’s Fakebook inside the Facebook
What to do about a global info-and-disinfo pipeline, and who can do it?
BY TODD GITLIN | NOVEMBER 7, 2017 --First published here: http://billmoyers.com/story/fakebook-inside-facebook/#
The Fakebook Inside Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg's...
Gitlin on Trump’s War – A Sport and a Pastime
First published http://www.cjr.org/covering_trump/syria-bombs-tv-news.php
WAR IS THE BLOOD SPORT of television. Devastation on the ground—someplace the viewer doesn’t live but where other human beings do, and gasp,...
Got a Vagina, Sister?
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes You Go Girl Section correspondent, was trying on Halloween costumes when he read Cardiff University Rejects Bid to Bar Germaine Greer.
Officials...
Todd Gitlin’s Gibberish in the White House
Gibberish Is the White House’s New Normal - The bad art of the non sequitur.
Once upon a time, there were presidents for whom English seemed...
U.S.-Facilitated Security
Six days ago the Internet was abuzz with news about "our trumpeted success in persuading Pakistan to end its seven-month blockade of supplies for...
Scary NYPD
I got my feet wet as an attorney in NYC by defending cops in police brutality cases, 42 USC Section 1983. My memories 10...
America’s Beautiful Guns
Marquel, the only Times rigorous reader correspondent, woke up to the old news that guns have their own mind and will, much like a man. A...
Gitlin Introduces Bob Massie. Can Massie Make Massachusetts Great?
First published here - -http://billmoyers.com/story/bob-massie-visionary-candidate/
BY TODD GITLIN | MAY 19, 2017
The first time I heard Bob Massie’s forceful voice, it rang out unceremoniously, filling...
De Blasio Picks State Official to Lead City Children’s Agency
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio named a top state social services official to serve as his child welfare commissioner, because she is a mother. Gladys...
Of Gods, Charlie Hebdo and Tasseography
This past week, the satirical French newspaper, Charlie Hebdo, had its Paris office firebombed. Its website and Facebook page were also hacked and remain...
Seal up your lips & give no thoughts and mum’s the word
In a history-making decision, Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana has signed into law a bill that officially recognizes Bill Clinton as the first Republican...
Chag Sameach: Wishing You a Happy Passover
The White House emailed us the letter below, and with gratitude we wish the TPV intern friend Chag Sameach, too. The belated answer was...
Valerie T May Soon Be Free to Tweet to Her Heart’s Content
The French satirical publication Le Canard Enchaine is not our Onion. Its articles, even when more wishful thinking than factual reports are the result...
