Richard Wexler
@richardwexler.bsky.social
Reformed journalist, author, exec. director, Nat'l Coalition for Child Protection Reform Follow @nccpr.bsky.social for childwelfare posts. Views here don't represent NCCPR
And today's award for Best Example of False Equivalence in a major newspaper goes to ... (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social may need to open a West Coast office)
July 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
And today's award for Best Example of False Equivalence in a major newspaper goes to ... (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social may need to open a West Coast office)
This just in ...
June 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This just in ...
It was organized less than a week ago, and 5 hours before it started organizers said the venue was at capacity, but the people kept coming to No Kings Day in Alexandria VA
June 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It was organized less than a week ago, and 5 hours before it started organizers said the venue was at capacity, but the people kept coming to No Kings Day in Alexandria VA
Looking forward to Scott Pelley's Substack. Because, unfortunately, I have a feeling he won't be at CBS News much longer: www.facebook.com/watch/?v=120...
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May 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Looking forward to Scott Pelley's Substack. Because, unfortunately, I have a feeling he won't be at CBS News much longer: www.facebook.com/watch/?v=120...
Think of it as "Conclave Confidential"! @celiavw.bsky.social was among the guests on Connecticut Public Radio this morning. (My favorite part starts at 28:25 in :-)): open.spotify.com/episode/4JUo...
Roman Catholicism in a moment of change: Could women (finally) have expanded roles?
Where We Live · Episode
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May 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Think of it as "Conclave Confidential"! @celiavw.bsky.social was among the guests on Connecticut Public Radio this morning. (My favorite part starts at 28:25 in :-)): open.spotify.com/episode/4JUo...
Of all our trips to Portugal, our favorite moment came 1 year ago tonight, watching celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, which overthrew a decades-long dictatorship. Here’s a 90 second sample of the concert finale, from a nation that still appreciates its democracy:
Uma Ideia de Futuro | Concerto celebrativo dos 50 anos do 25 de Abril
YouTube video by Câmara Municipal de Lisboa
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April 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Of all our trips to Portugal, our favorite moment came 1 year ago tonight, watching celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, which overthrew a decades-long dictatorship. Here’s a 90 second sample of the concert finale, from a nation that still appreciates its democracy:
Let a thousand memes bloom ...
April 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Let a thousand memes bloom ...
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Whether it’s Donald Trump attack attacking Haitian refugees working blue-collar jobs in industrial Ohio cities or Tim Walz criticizing a South African billionaire working to install a fascist autocracy in Washington DC, members of both parties have adopted an anti-immigrant stance.
March 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Whether it’s Donald Trump attack attacking Haitian refugees working blue-collar jobs in industrial Ohio cities or Tim Walz criticizing a South African billionaire working to install a fascist autocracy in Washington DC, members of both parties have adopted an anti-immigrant stance.
Good God, will *nothing* stop the New York Times from wallowing in false equivalence? If you haven't seen it yet, @froomkin.bsky.social check this out: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
Tim Walz Attacks Musk With Language From the Trump Playbook (Gift Article)
The Minnesota governor derided Elon Musk, a naturalized United States citizen, as a “South African nepo baby.”
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Good God, will *nothing* stop the New York Times from wallowing in false equivalence? If you haven't seen it yet, @froomkin.bsky.social check this out: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
I did a little copyediting on this New York Times headline:
February 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I did a little copyediting on this New York Times headline:
From Celia Wexler's latest op-ed: "In this fight, the Goliath is Trump ... Who in this fight is David? It’s an aging pontiff hospitalized with pneumonia in Rome." www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
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February 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
From Celia Wexler's latest op-ed: "In this fight, the Goliath is Trump ... Who in this fight is David? It’s an aging pontiff hospitalized with pneumonia in Rome." www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
From celiavw.bluesky.social in the NY Daily News "Two prelates played prominent roles at the inauguration of President Trump. One seized the opportunity to speak truth to power; the other did not."
U.S. bishops could have done so much more, so much earlier, if they weren't so obsessed with fighting abortion.
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How Catholic bishops fail their country
Two prelates played prominent roles at the inauguration of President Trump. One seized the opportunity to speak truth to power; the other did not.
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January 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
From celiavw.bluesky.social in the NY Daily News "Two prelates played prominent roles at the inauguration of President Trump. One seized the opportunity to speak truth to power; the other did not."
Bravo to @jonallsop.bsky.social for this lede in his column tracking media coverage of the inauguration:
January 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Bravo to @jonallsop.bsky.social for this lede in his column tracking media coverage of the inauguration:
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In case you want another take on Hegseth hearing today.
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For Pete’s Sake: Senate Democrats Fail to Penetrate Hegseth’s Armor
Generally speaking, when a sinner admits to having his life transformed, the sinner has a redemption story to tell. That wasn’t the case for Pete Hegseth, the combat veteran and Fox News commentato…
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January 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
In case you want another take on Hegseth hearing today.
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This brilliant, must-read essay by Jia Tolentino in The New Yorker explains everything other elite media don't understand about the response to the shooting of the #unitedhealthcare CEO: “Thompson’s murder is one symptom of the American appetite for violence; his line of work is another.”
A Man Was Murdered in Cold Blood and You’re Laughing?
What the death of a health-insurance C.E.O. means to America.
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December 8, 2024 at 4:23 PM
This brilliant, must-read essay by Jia Tolentino in The New Yorker explains everything other elite media don't understand about the response to the shooting of the #unitedhealthcare CEO: “Thompson’s murder is one symptom of the American appetite for violence; his line of work is another.”
For those journalists still “stunned” and “surprised” at the response to the shooting of the #unitedhealthcare CEO, perhaps this will help: a multi part series, published a year ago by the respected health news site @statnews It was a Pulitzer finalist: www.pulitzer.org/finalists/ca...
December 8, 2024 at 2:24 PM
For those journalists still “stunned” and “surprised” at the response to the shooting of the #unitedhealthcare CEO, perhaps this will help: a multi part series, published a year ago by the respected health news site @statnews It was a Pulitzer finalist: www.pulitzer.org/finalists/ca...
I've taken the liberty of re-editing the lede in this @nytimes.social story about the death of the #unitedhealthcare CEO to remove the sanctimony. (More here about what some in elite media don’t seem to understand: medium.com/p/a08e3281145c)
December 7, 2024 at 7:33 PM
I've taken the liberty of re-editing the lede in this @nytimes.social story about the death of the #unitedhealthcare CEO to remove the sanctimony. (More here about what some in elite media don’t seem to understand: medium.com/p/a08e3281145c)
On my personal blog: @GayleKing said she was "stunned" by the way many on social media responded to the death of the #UnitedHealthcare CEO. @nytimes reporters opted for condescension. No wonder elite media are accused of being "out of touch." richardwexler.medium.com/some-of-us-h...
Some of us have been really surprised that some elite journalists “have been really surprised” at…
We all know the cliché: The elite mainstream media is out of touch. It’s a tired generalization — but it got a little harder to argue with…
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December 7, 2024 at 12:15 AM
On my personal blog: @GayleKing said she was "stunned" by the way many on social media responded to the death of the #UnitedHealthcare CEO. @nytimes reporters opted for condescension. No wonder elite media are accused of being "out of touch." richardwexler.medium.com/some-of-us-h...
I only recently discovered this weekly dose of outstanding media criticism from Australia - and now, alas, the longtime presenter is leaving. The program will continue, but I think
@TheRealPBarry is a large part of what made #MediaWatch work.
@TheRealPBarry is a large part of what made #MediaWatch work.
If you’d like difficult memory refresher re: how unfailingly terrible #AustMedia’s #RWhacks & deadbeats are (& have been over the yrs) see #abc @ABCmediawatch
final episode for 2024. Thank you @TheRealPBarry🌹
#MediaRoyalCommission #Auspol m.youtube.com/watch?v=7vZh...
final episode for 2024. Thank you @TheRealPBarry🌹
#MediaRoyalCommission #Auspol m.youtube.com/watch?v=7vZh...
Paul Barry's farewell episode | Media Watch
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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December 3, 2024 at 10:27 PM
I only recently discovered this weekly dose of outstanding media criticism from Australia - and now, alas, the longtime presenter is leaving. The program will continue, but I think
@TheRealPBarry is a large part of what made #MediaWatch work.
@TheRealPBarry is a large part of what made #MediaWatch work.
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There's still time for the Senate to pass the bipartisan PRESS Act, already passed unanimously in the House. It ensures that reporters can protect their whistleblower sources from government intrusion, protecting citizens from government and corporate malfeasance. www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
Senator Cornyn can make history by championing the PRESS Act
President and Exec Director of the Society of Professional Journalists urge Sen. John Cornyn to help pass the PRESS Act, which would protect journalists’...
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November 27, 2024 at 11:26 PM
There's still time for the Senate to pass the bipartisan PRESS Act, already passed unanimously in the House. It ensures that reporters can protect their whistleblower sources from government intrusion, protecting citizens from government and corporate malfeasance. www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
It seems like the world is full of people with no special expertise and a poor record of prognostication explaining what went wrong in #Election2024. So I figure this commentary on my personal blog fits right in :-)
Democrats have been in “the center” for nearly half a century — it hasn’t worked too well
We’ve heard it over and over from the usual pundits and consultants: The Democrats lost because they didn’t move to the center; they were…
richardwexler.medium.com
November 24, 2024 at 3:02 PM
It seems like the world is full of people with no special expertise and a poor record of prognostication explaining what went wrong in #Election2024. So I figure this commentary on my personal blog fits right in :-)
One of my hobbies is reviewing foreign TV shows. Here's my review of the very good Iberian answer to "The Bridge": The Drought/Sequia/Crimes Submersos. It's from RTP and RTVE, streaming in US on Walter Presents via the PBS Masterpiece channel richardwexler.medium.com/borderline-c...
Borderline Crime: “The Drought,” the Iberian version of “The Bridge,” adds family drama and a bit…
I suspect that sooner or later every pair of countries with a common border is going to have a television series in which a body is found…
richardwexler.medium.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:54 PM
One of my hobbies is reviewing foreign TV shows. Here's my review of the very good Iberian answer to "The Bridge": The Drought/Sequia/Crimes Submersos. It's from RTP and RTVE, streaming in US on Walter Presents via the PBS Masterpiece channel richardwexler.medium.com/borderline-c...