MAKE BELIEVE NEWS: You can’t make this stuff up. Or can you? If someone, somewhere, somehow invents something that promises to make life “better” -- as in healthier, cheaper, richer, tastier, speedier, more convenient -- there was, is and will…
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“That’s a nice photo of me,” said no toddler ever. Though this does beg the question: What exactly does a one- or two-year-old think when they see themselves in a photograph or video or mirror, for that matter? No one…
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Unlike Australia’s backwards flushing toilets, what goes around comes around. The country is moving forward with an unprecedented effort to stop Big Tech from dumping on local news media. The New York Times (4-21-20) reports the government down-under is mandating…
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The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is an immediate and dire socio-economic nightmare. But … it could also be a dream come true for socially conscious, public-relations savvy businesses and industries. Selfish, thoughtless, right? Unless you consider public relations in the traditional…
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ARCHIVE UPDATE -- The first time this essay posted on Humble Sky, the Comment section was disabled. Probably a random glitch with the server or blog platform. Although … the content did condemn the practices of Google and Facebook and…
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Disclaimer #1: I hate Facebook. I think the vast majority of its content perpetuates some of society’s most disturbing inclinations: narcissism, falsehoods, echo chambers and targeted advertisements. Disclaimer #2: I hate Google for the ads, too. Also, I think its…
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Those among us who still care realize it is nearly impossible to find completely objective news coverage -- whether broadcast, print or online -- untainted by partisanship, bias, hearsay, fakery or just plain smugness. This sad state of the fourth…
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