Month: June 2023
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Lara Logan’s Break With Reality – The Atlantic
A Star Reporter’s Break With Reality
Lara Logan was once a respected “60 Minutes” correspondent. Now she trades in conspiracy theories that even far-right media disavow. What happened?
via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/07/lara-logan-60-minutes-correspondent-conspiracy-theories/674168/
In October, during an appearance on Newsmax, Logan declared that the global elite “want us eating insects” while they “dine on the blood of children.”
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‘Lost’ Illusions: The Untold Story of the Hit Show’s Poisonous Culture | Vanity Fair
‘Lost’ Illusions: The Untold Story of the Hit Show’s Poisonous Culture
It was a groundbreaking smash, but things got so toxic behind the scenes that even co-showrunner Damon Lindelof now says: “I failed.” A powerful excerpt from the new book ‘Burn It Down.’
via Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/05/lost-tv-show-culture
But an extreme version. “I can only describe it as hazing. It was very much middle school and relentlessly cruel. And I’ve never heard that much racist commentary in one room in my career,” Owusu-Breen recalled. Here is a partial roster of statements sources heard while working at Lost. The first four were heard by Owusu-Breen, as well as another individual I spoke to:
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Have You Been to the Library Lately? | The Walrus
Have You Been to the Library Lately? | The Walrus
Librarians once worried about shushing patrons. Now they have to deal with mental health episodes, the homelessness crisis, and random violence
via The Walrus: https://thewalrus.ca/future-of-libraries/
“I have been threatened with violence on a number of occasions, knifed and punched in the face,” one respondent reported. “Verbal threats of rape, at least once a month,” said another. “As time passes, I have felt more unsafe in my workplace—which surprises me,” said a third. “I love my job but it has changed dramatically over the last few years for the worse.”
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The Most Belligerent Flack on Capitol Hill | The New Yorker
The Most Belligerent Flack on Capitol Hill
Nick Dyer, the deputy chief of staff to Marjorie Taylor Greene, has built a career as a political aide out of what one observer calls “pure, non-strategic contempt.”
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-south/the-most-belligerent-flack-on-capitol-hill
Dyer replied, Dale later noted, “by saying lots of people have died from drugs under Biden and ‘Do you think they give a fuck about your bullshit fact-checking?’ ” Dale followed up to ask about Greene’s false insistence that Trump had won the 2020 Presidential election. “Fuck off,” Dyer answered.
