Tuesday, December 24, 2024

BIG Mouth

BIG news – from A-Z, our content is the best you will see!

I don't like to brag (says only someone who is about to brag), but we have produced a heck of a lot of exceptional journalism in the 3+ years since launching BIG Media. To back up that claim, I include below a list from A-Z of topics that we have covered. And I don't mean the kind of articles that you see at our news rivals' sites – typically featuring a few expert quotes (aka agenda-driven...

Media literacy is more important than ever

Media literacy is arguably one of the most important issues in a world increasingly dominated by power- and money-hungry politicians, corporate executives, environmental leaders, and medical officials. Bad actors line their pockets and fill ballot boxes with little or no pushback from an increasingly unhealthy (Life Expectancy) , poverty-stricken, and ill-informed public. It's just too easy. The news media industry – with its consistently biased and inaccurate content – is largely to blame, but a lack of...

Deciphering how (almost all) news media organizations get things so horribly wrong

Most of us have at least an inkling that we have been misled terribly by news organizations in recent years. But how do these high-powered teams of journalistic elite get things so wrong? It is actually fairly simple, and in this article I dig into the details to help readers better understand how they have been led down the garden path by the former bastions of editorial integrity. If you are a subscriber of The New York...

It is time to reject the liars

The world is awash in misinformation and disinformation. Be it mainstream media organizations, social media influencers, politicians, medical officials, environmental leaders, or the person who dominates the discussion at your dinner party – you are being lied to. No, we are not in the throes of a global climate catastrophe. No, the main driver of climate change is not the oil and gas industry. No, it did not make sense for healthy people to take any of the COVID...

A BIG ask and a pertinent pledge

Today, I am asking you to give BIG Media a chance. And my request comes with a promise. Over the last few years, our incredible editorial team has demonstrated that it is possible to have a news source that is extremely accurate, trustworthy, and transparent. Because our journalists are accomplished scientists and professionals capable of doing their own research, we can avoid relying on the testimony of experts, who often have personal/professional agendas that fly in...

Is Canada broken or not?

In today's rapidly evolving world, it seems we are seekers of sharp distinctions and quick-hitting headlines. Pierre Poilievre has become a master of it with his brand of a ‘new’ populism, and at times seems to be the perfect antidote to Justin Trudeau’s “sunny ways” populism that he rode to power so successfully in 2015. Poilievre hopes to emulate that result in 2025. Both are populists in their own right, wanting to give people what...

Barrage of attacks on Trump could backfire

My social media and news feeds are littered with people celebrating Donald Trump's conviction and hurling all sorts of insults at the former U.S. president. Piling on Trump might feel good in the moment, but I believe that those who direct vitriol at Trump with no intelligent supporting thought are unwittingly improving the likelihood that he will return to the White House this fall. When you attack Donald Trump, you are in effect attacking many millions...

Say no to sensationalism and yes to accurate journalism

Four years ago, disillusioned with universally irresponsible media coverage and a related increase in societal division and vitriol, I set out to create a trustworthy source of accurate news on the biggest issues. I don’t believe that I am super intelligent, but I am smart enough to recognize that the news media industry was badly broken and that I needed to recruit highly intelligent people with good hearts to help explain the most critical matters. I am...

Reported culpability of news media in assassination attempt is well earned

In a news story that underscores the perils of irresponsible journalism, some officials are blaming news media organizations for the assassination attempt on Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico. In an interview with the BBC, Slovakian Deputy Prime Minister Taraba blamed “false narratives” by opposition parties in Slovakia for the shooting. “Our prime minister several times mentioned in the past that he was afraid that this would happen,” Taraba said. The BBC reported that Slovakia's Interior Minister Matus Sutaj...

What to say to someone who believes COVID was an indiscriminate killing machine

A BIG Media subscriber emailed me this morning, asking what he should say to someone who still believes that COVID was one of the top causes of death over the last few years, and that government and medical interventions were effective in reducing harm. After sending the email, I thought that there are probably many people wondering the same thing, so I decided to publish the email verbatim here ... Hey Buddy, Here is a summary looking at the...