Category: Media

Is Mastodon The Future Of Social Media?

David Todd McCarty- November 10, 2022

With tech giants like Meta and Twitter in a free fall, is the future of social media a decentralized platform no one really owns? It’s ... Read More

Who Was Responsible For Fake News?

ProPublica- March 9, 2022

Using Facebook’s Own Data to Understand the Platform’s Role in Jan. 6 by Brooke Stephenson ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for ... Read More

The Shocking Kindness Of Ted Lasso

David Todd McCarty- October 4, 2021

The idea that kindness would be so surprisingly fashionable in this angry, spiteful period of human history, surprised everyone. Hannah Waddingham, the veteran British actress ... Read More

Objective Journalism Does Not Entail Telling Both Sides

David Todd McCarty- January 12, 2021

We have a myth in America that there are two sides to every story, which is only true with arguments and not with factual reporting. ... Read More

Defending America

David Todd McCarty- November 11, 2020

Republicans have been trying to defund America for decades, attempting to delegitimize government by attacking everything from public education to affordable healthcare and social security—and ... Read More