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Sharon Begley

January 24, 2021 by sergneri 1 Comment

From the New York Times obits: Sharon Begley, a Top Science Journalist, Is Dead at 64 Long at Newsweek, she was regarded as one of her generation’s pre-eminent science writers. An “Enlightenment-era figure,” Jon Meacham said. … Dr. Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, wrote on Twitter that Ms. Begley would … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, Future of Work, IT Failures, Obituaries, Pandemic, Politics, Racism, Science, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: Journalism, Journalist, New York Times, Newsweek, STAT, Wall Street Journal

The True History of Fake News

February 19, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

L.M. Slackens: The Yellow Press, showing William Randolph Hearst as a jester handing out newspapers, published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, October 12, 1910 ” In the long history of misinformation, the current outbreak of fake news has already secured a special place, with the president’s personal adviser, Kellyanne Conway, going so far as to invent … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: Anecdota, broadsides, canard, Fake News, Journalism, misinformation, pasquinades, Procopius, Yellow Journalism

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