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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Aug 5

I felt the Balz was always regurgitating conventional wisdom. On another note, however, as bad as the Post is bleeding commentators, their reporting on Trump has been more hard-hitting than the times

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Jun 30

It starts at the top--literally. We need more criticism of headline writing and deks. Most people only read them. Yet, too often we analyze the story and let hed writers off.

Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Jun 26

Alas, I'll never get that hour of my life back that I wasted listening to this. Thiel is living proof that you don't have to be smart to make a billion. He was incomprehensible.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 26

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Should the human species survive? Peter Thiel really had to think about it. On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross Douthat and the tech right power player discuss immortality, whether Elon Musk really wants to go to Mars and the Antichrist.

Opinion | Peter Thiel and the Antichrist

The original tech right power player on A.I., Mars and immortality.

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Jun 26

Good point. Press loves labels

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · Jun 25

The news media call Zohran Mamdani a "democratic socialist." That's not his party affiliation – that's his ideology. So why don't the media focus on the ideology of MAGA Republicans and call them "fascists"?

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · May 23

When are American Jewish leaders going to condemn Trump for using antisemitism as an excuse to demolish American institutions and values?

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · May 12

It’s actually insane that there’s an argument happening here over whether the plane grift is “corruption”

What are we even doing?

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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍 @riolindamex.bsky.social · May 12

IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · May 4

Since he's such a champion golfer, I wonder if he's OK having just one or two golf balls.

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · May 4

His out is "to the best of my ability."

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · May 2

This would explain much.

🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · May 2

Good lord!!!

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · May 2

Distortion. Point of view based on facts. Angle. Slippery slope. They're hoping to limit all news to just the facts, ma'am. The illusive objectivity, i.e., the anodyne. Can you even quote anyone, lest they be considered a distortion?

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · May 2

Excellent post. So true.

Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · May 2

Notice how this works. A year ago, the subhead here would have said “which is expressly forbidden by the constitution.”

But Trump floats a crazy assertion and then WaPo retreats to saying “which most legal scholars say..”

Stop he said/she saiding truth. It is expressly forbidden. Period.

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Apr 28

What does "of course" add to this article?

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Apr 28

I doubt WaPo has the guts.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Apr 28

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Apr 28

Trump is fading fast. Markets, universities, tariffs, judges, protests, polls. All turning against him. Why I fear this is bad news for the Democrats.
bobgriendling688562.substack.com/p/trumps-fai...

Trump’s Failures Are Not the Dems' Salvation

What is their Project 2028?

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Apr 21

Why not defend the man? Because he has tattoos and a Bulls cap, or does Van Hollen not want to identify too closely with immigrants. Typical of the weasel way Dems frame things. What would you not defend him against?

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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · Apr 21

"It’s the media’s responsibility not to leave the public with a false impression," writes @sulliview.bsky.social on the newsroom tendency to put misleading headlines to Trump stories, leaving more nuanced truths to the 8th paragraph.

The oversight enables Trump spin ... at democracy's expense.

Trump pretends he's a dictator — and the credulous media too often nods along

His endless executive orders often are presented as actual law. They're not.

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Apr 21

This type of news media framing @vox.com is deceptive. Suggesting that housing is more important than the stock market to Trump voters when the difference is 17% to 20% is intellectually dishonest. It's within the margin of error.

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Apr 20

Can't remember when NYT highlighted--at the top of its website--a liberal justice's dissent.

Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Apr 20

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Trump voters left behind

NYT focus group illustrates voters mixed feelings about his actions but support for his radical change

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Apr 20

NYT focus group illustrates how his voters are skeptical about his policies but support his approach to effecting change. bobgriendling688562.substack.com/publish/post...

Trump voters left behind

NYT focus group illustrates voters mixed feelings about his actions but support for his radical change

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Apr 20

Trump voters left behind
NYT focus group illustrates voters mixed feelings about his actions but support for his radical change.
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Trump voters left behind

NYT focus group illustrates voters mixed feelings about his actions but support for his radical change

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Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Apr 17

Let's start w/ adopting the abundance agenda. Liberals need to get out of their own way when it comes to building big things and making radical change.

Bob Griendling @bobgriendling.bsky.social · Apr 17

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Perhaps unwittingly, liberals are impeding progress on issues that can improve the lives of middle class Americans. And if liberals regain power, they should learn the lesson of DJT: use the power of ...

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