Recent Comments
- The Swindle Cycle (7)
{ Bill Williams and David Preston are both right. David's depiction of the swindle is pretty accurate. William's assertion that crony capitalism and plutocrats are the... } – Dec 28, 9:09 PM
{ Not all that wind up without a place to live are a vagrant David, that word is getting thrown around too much. I've never begged... } – Nov 04, 5:13 PM
- Googlebug: "Drug Dealers Near Seattle" (1)
- Recalling Mike O'Brien: The Basics (1)
{ Remember Phinney Flats suit that was won by citizens here and taken away by the actions of O'Brien.. } – Nov 02, 11:33 AM
- The Case of the Missing Homeless Camp (10)
- Older »
- The Swindle Cycle (7)
Category Archives: Media
Tunnel? What Tunnel?
October 28, 2016 A friend whom I’ll call Sally is into good government. Like me, Sally is bafffled by the unending Tragedy of Errors that is Seattle’s Deep Bore Tunnel (aka the Alaskan Way Replacement Project). Sally recently sent a … Continue reading
Posted in Complaints, General, Media
Tagged cost overruns, Deep Bore Tunnel, large infrastructure projects, Washington State DOT
3 Comments
Anatomy of a Swindle: How a Rogue Non-profit Captured the Emerald City
September 13, 2016 The Set-up For four years I’ve been investigating a publicly supported non-profit homeless group in Seattle called SHARE. SHARE runs 14 indoor shelters around Seattle, for which it annually gets several hundred thousand dollars from Seattle’s Human … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, General, Homelessness, Media, Nickelsville, SHARE, Tent City
Tagged corruption, David G. Jones, Efren Agmata, HSD, LIHI, Low Income Housing Institute, Mayor Ed Murray, Peggy Hotes, Pete Holmes, Scott Morrow, Seattle City Auditor, Seattle City Council, Seattle Human Services Department, SHARE, Sharon Lee
58 Comments
Tell the whole story please, Mr. B
September 5, 2016 On August 24, the Seattle Times ran a piece by columnist Daniel Beekman about the struggle between Mayor Murray and the city council over homeless folks collecting in hot spots around the city. In this post, I look at one … Continue reading
Posted in General, Homelessness, Media, Photos (Stuff), Politics, Squatters, Tent City
Tagged Camp Second Chance, car camping, Daniel Beekman, media bias, Polly Trout, seattle times
2 Comments
We are not amused: How politics kills our language and clouds our judgment
June 29, 2016 If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. –George Orwell, Politics and the English Language A front page Seattle Times story published on June 24, 2016 decries an attack on “transgender” activist Michael Volz that happened in Seattle two days … Continue reading
Posted in General, Media, Politics
Tagged Ed Murray, gay rights, Safe Place, Seattle Police, SPD, transgender
1 Comment
Intellectual Dishonesty
Intellectual dishonesty is when someone catches you out in a misstatement or fallacious argument but you refuse, in spite of the evidence, to admit you were wrong. That’s what happened here, with a Facebook post from Occupy Democrats. Early reports on … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Politics
Tagged intellectual dishonesty, Occupy Democrats, San Bernardino
Leave a comment
Whitewash-Dot-Com: How the Internet sanitizes SHARE
Readers of this blog will recall that I devote some of my time to discussing how journalists are manipulated – sometimes with their own connivance – by non-profit organizations and others who stand to make a buck from good publicity. … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness, Media, Nickelsville
Tagged Cracked, Cracked.com, Dan Beekman, David Preston, Dearborn, frank chopp, Nickelsville, Robert Evans, Scott Morrow, Sharon Lee
2 Comments
Homeless Are Taking Over (Literally)
A recent story from the Seattle Times illustrates the mess a city can get into when it tries to be nice and doesn’t ask too many questions. Take homelessness for example. In spite of all our self-guilting, Seattle has a braggable … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness, Media, Photos (People), Politics, Squatters
Tagged homelessness, Occupy, seattle times, squatters
2 Comments
Democracy is . . .
. . . thinking for yourself You know, I’ve always thought it odd that newspapers would try and tell Americans how to vote. And I’ve always thought it even odder that voters would actually do what the newspapers tell them … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Media, Politics
Tagged campaign endorsements, marijuana, money in politics, prostitution, Seattle, seattle times, Stranger, unpaid advertising
Leave a comment
Independent Media: Why it matters.
In a recent issue of the New York Times, I saw no fewer than three stories that illustrate problems with corporate media. And when I say corporate media, I mean any media source that depends on: Ad revenue Stockholder/owner approval … Continue reading
Posted in General, Media, Politics
Tagged boeing, corporate media, journalism, media merger, ny times
Leave a comment
