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https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/07/09/grim-humor-behind-the-bleak-headlines/politics/ ON MATTERS OF DUBIOUS INTEREST Mon, 10 Jul 2023 01:33:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/07/09/grim-humor-behind-the-bleak-headlines/politics/#comment-563 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 01:33:04 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=2148#comment-563 I really enjoyed Jim Jaffe’s reference to Pogo. The world needs more Pogo references.

]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/07/09/grim-humor-behind-the-bleak-headlines/politics/#comment-562 Sun, 09 Jul 2023 15:29:29 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=2148#comment-562 All true enough, but there’s an alternative hypothesis. Call it the Pogo perspective, which holds that the media are just trying to please their customers, so they feature stories people — you even — find interestering. And they have the technology, which barely existed at the turn of the century, to know what bait works best. If you and fellow members of the audience start being fascinated by El Nino or shark attacks, we’ll get more reporting on them.

]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/07/09/grim-humor-behind-the-bleak-headlines/politics/#comment-561 Sun, 09 Jul 2023 15:28:51 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=2148#comment-561 Good piece, John. “Maybe Biden’s numbers would improve if he and his people would just lighten up.” Wouldn’t it be grand. So many missed opportunities.

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