By Steve Rhodes
Programming note: There will be no column Wednesday, hope to return Thursday.
Worrying about where columns run in print is like worrying about where to put your rotary phone. https://t.co/iZabaEOxJt
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 27, 2020
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As others have pointed out, the problem isn’t where in the print edition John Kass’s column runs, but the bigotry and fact-free content and even near QAnon lunacy that runs inside it. https://t.co/bxKq4SBrPq
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 27, 2020
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Also, it’s not so much that people can’t tell the difference between news and opinion, as the Trib asserts, but that Kass is considered the newspaper’s lead column and its institutional voice – especially when paired with the editorial page. https://t.co/9xekRjBirf
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 27, 2020
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Illinois Jewish Legislative Caucus to Tribune: “Stop peddling anti-Semitism” https://t.co/hwdOxt7aH1
— Rich Miller (@capitolfax) July 28, 2020
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2016 | John Kass’ Column About ‘Feral Boys’ Is A New Nadir… Even For Him https://t.co/vprIwHpucg
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 28, 2020
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And let’s not forget Neil Steinberg’s track record. For starters, here https://t.co/CJwThu58dk and here https://t.co/vJP3SShWEc
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 28, 2020
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Programming Note
Back to the census mine today; after we get through training-up “enumerators,” which is the fancy census word for door-knockers, my schedule there should stabilize somewhat. Hopefully starting next week.
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A sampling of the delight and disgust you can find @BeachwoodReport.
He also RTed a post from War Room:Pandemic, the Bannon podcast, saying Fauci has “misled” the public on chloroquines as a treatment.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 28, 2020
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TRUMP said the @Yankees invited him to throw out the 1st pitch on Aug. 15.
But he had not actually been invited to do so by the Yankees.
The team & the WH staff were surprised by the announcement, report @katierogers & @noahweiland.
Trump later canceledhttps://t.co/oEvs5nB4WQ
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) July 27, 2020
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“I won’t be going, no,” said Pres Trump, when asked if he’d be paying last respects to Rep John Lewis, in the Capitol Rotunda today or tomorrow.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 27, 2020
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Cough & Kill. https://t.co/r7MGq6Zcky
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 28, 2020
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Costco discontinued its beloved half-sheet cakes in favor of 10-inch round ones more appropriate for small gatherings. But fans of very large cakes have started a petition to get them back https://t.co/Cn77Ybxf3N
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) July 28, 2020
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The Beachwood Tip It Over Line: Tip it real good.
Posted on July 28, 2020