Michael Shermer may be right, but he certainly doesn’t make the case for it. It just looks like an unsupported assertion to me. And he seems to conflate AI with the Singularity.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
The New York Times Gun Lie
…and media lies in general:
What would happen if all of the stories in the Times – or the Washington Post, or your local newspaper or television news – were subject to the sort of expert scrutiny as this Luo article, in a given day or week? What percentage of reporting would we discover is marginally biased, seriously slanted, or even fabricated?
I strongly suspect that the resulting scrutiny would reveal a dark and ugly secret that the media isn’t remotely interested in reporting the news, it’s interested in shaping the news, and your perception of the world.
Yes, and a full decade into the blogosphere, they still often get away with it.
Another Stratolaunch Story
…at The Economist.
This is the first time that I’ve seen the aircraft called a “Stratolaunch.” I wonder if the correspondent knows something we don’t, or is just making a false inference? Also, I’m a little surprised that the editors don’t know the difference between a hanger and a hangar. Unless it’s a British spelling.
The Lies And Hypocrisy
…of Barack Obama. And yet many continue to defend him.
In Which Amory Lovins
…crosses swords with Don Surber. Though, actually, I think that Lovins is wielding an unsharpened Popsicle stick.
A Judicial Blow Against Tyranny
Now here’s a headline you don’t see every day. You don’t normally see oniony porcine flatulence stories this early in the week.
Reclaiming The Liberal Tradition Of Libertarianism
Why the Ron Paul newsletters matter so much.
[Update mid morning]
More thoughts from Bryan Preston. This is not good for libertarianism.
The “F” Word
…and Barack Obama.
As always, fascism is a left-wing, not “right wing” phenomenon.
China’s Bullet Train Meltdown
Hardest hit: Tom Friedman.
A Serious Post From Iowahawk
A rare event, in which he rips the WaPo for media malpractice in reporting on Solyndra.