New York Times Public Editor Liz Spayd must have written this piece before I posted my blog on Friday decrying the media’s insistence on “false equivalence,” the presumption that what Hillary Clinton did with her email server was in any way comparable to Donald Trump’s refusal to release his income tax statements or a range […]…
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The American Media’s Dangerous Game of False Equivalency
Having been a journalist for nearly four decades, I understand that the media wants to appear to be even-handed. So American news organizations are establishing that there are equivalent issues on both sides of the presidential election campaign. But they aren’t equivalent. They are false equivalents. Take the two big issues that the media harps on regarding […]…
OPC Honors Yours Truly
I was surprised and honored. A rare combination! OPC Honors Bill Holstein…
What’s Really Happening on Reshoring
The Reshoring Challenge: Why and How CEOs are Moving Jobs Back to America…
Mid-Summer Reflections: It’s Too Late To Retreat on Trade
Watching all the political chatter, one cannot help but be struck by the fact that the ideological left and the Trumpian right agree that trade is a bad thing. Pundits are speculating that the consensus that has supported international trade is fading. Mr. Trump, in particular, promises to undo the NAFTA agreement with Mexico and […]…
