Bob Griendling
@bobgriendling.bsky.social
Retired comm. consultant. Frmr. broadcast reporter & producer. I read 'em & weep. Also bike/walk advocate
Alas, I'll never get that hour of my life back that I wasted listening to this. Thiel is living proof that you don't have to be smart to make a billion. He was incomprehensible.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Should the human species survive? Peter Thiel really had to think about it. On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross Douthat and the tech right power player discuss immortality, whether Elon Musk really wants to go to Mars and the Antichrist.
Should the human species survive? Peter Thiel really had to think about it. On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross Douthat and the tech right power player discuss immortality, whether Elon Musk really wants to go to Mars and the Antichrist.
Opinion | Peter Thiel and the Antichrist
The original tech right power player on A.I., Mars and immortality.
trib.al
June 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Alas, I'll never get that hour of my life back that I wasted listening to this. Thiel is living proof that you don't have to be smart to make a billion. He was incomprehensible.
Good point. Press loves labels
The news media call Zohran Mamdani a "democratic socialist." That's not his party affiliation – that's his ideology. So why don't the media focus on the ideology of MAGA Republicans and call them "fascists"?
June 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Good point. Press loves labels
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It’s actually insane that there’s an argument happening here over whether the plane grift is “corruption”
What are we even doing?
What are we even doing?
May 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s actually insane that there’s an argument happening here over whether the plane grift is “corruption”
What are we even doing?
What are we even doing?
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IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
May 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
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This would explain much.
May 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This would explain much.
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Excellent post. So true.
Notice how this works. A year ago, the subhead here would have said “which is expressly forbidden by the constitution.”
But Trump floats a crazy assertion and then WaPo retreats to saying “which most legal scholars say..”
Stop he said/she saiding truth. It is expressly forbidden. Period.
But Trump floats a crazy assertion and then WaPo retreats to saying “which most legal scholars say..”
Stop he said/she saiding truth. It is expressly forbidden. Period.
May 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Excellent post. So true.
What does "of course" add to this article?
April 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
What does "of course" add to this article?
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Trump is fading fast. Markets, universities, tariffs, judges, protests, polls. All turning against him. Why I fear this is bad news for the Democrats.
bobgriendling688562.substack.com/p/trumps-fai...
bobgriendling688562.substack.com/p/trumps-fai...
Trump’s Failures Are Not the Dems' Salvation
What is their Project 2028?
bobgriendling688562.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Trump is fading fast. Markets, universities, tariffs, judges, protests, polls. All turning against him. Why I fear this is bad news for the Democrats.
bobgriendling688562.substack.com/p/trumps-fai...
bobgriendling688562.substack.com/p/trumps-fai...
Why not defend the man? Because he has tattoos and a Bulls cap, or does Van Hollen not want to identify too closely with immigrants. Typical of the weasel way Dems frame things. What would you not defend him against?
April 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Why not defend the man? Because he has tattoos and a Bulls cap, or does Van Hollen not want to identify too closely with immigrants. Typical of the weasel way Dems frame things. What would you not defend him against?
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"It’s the media’s responsibility not to leave the public with a false impression," writes @sulliview.bsky.social on the newsroom tendency to put misleading headlines to Trump stories, leaving more nuanced truths to the 8th paragraph.
The oversight enables Trump spin ... at democracy's expense.
The oversight enables Trump spin ... at democracy's expense.
Trump pretends he's a dictator — and the credulous media too often nods along
His endless executive orders often are presented as actual law. They're not.
margaretsullivan.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"It’s the media’s responsibility not to leave the public with a false impression," writes @sulliview.bsky.social on the newsroom tendency to put misleading headlines to Trump stories, leaving more nuanced truths to the 8th paragraph.
The oversight enables Trump spin ... at democracy's expense.
The oversight enables Trump spin ... at democracy's expense.
This type of news media framing @vox.com is deceptive. Suggesting that housing is more important than the stock market to Trump voters when the difference is 17% to 20% is intellectually dishonest. It's within the margin of error.
bit.ly/4jjd2VL
bit.ly/4jjd2VL
April 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This type of news media framing @vox.com is deceptive. Suggesting that housing is more important than the stock market to Trump voters when the difference is 17% to 20% is intellectually dishonest. It's within the margin of error.
bit.ly/4jjd2VL
bit.ly/4jjd2VL
Can't remember when NYT highlighted--at the top of its website--a liberal justice's dissent.
April 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Can't remember when NYT highlighted--at the top of its website--a liberal justice's dissent.
Trump voters left behind
NYT focus group illustrates voters mixed feelings about his actions but support for his radical change.
bobgriendling688562.substack.com/publish/post...
NYT focus group illustrates voters mixed feelings about his actions but support for his radical change.
bobgriendling688562.substack.com/publish/post...
Trump voters left behind
NYT focus group illustrates voters mixed feelings about his actions but support for his radical change
bobgriendling688562.substack.com
April 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Trump voters left behind
NYT focus group illustrates voters mixed feelings about his actions but support for his radical change.
bobgriendling688562.substack.com/publish/post...
NYT focus group illustrates voters mixed feelings about his actions but support for his radical change.
bobgriendling688562.substack.com/publish/post...
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I worked at Skadden Arps when I was getting my PhD. 1984-86. Proof reader and paralegal. It was a great experience. (And good pay.) Glimpse of a world I would never have— but also did not want.
A friend of who mine still works there recommends this piece. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
A friend of who mine still works there recommends this piece. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
I Worked at a Big Law Firm. Here’s What to Know About the Surrender to Trump.
A reality check about the industry.
www.politico.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I worked at Skadden Arps when I was getting my PhD. 1984-86. Proof reader and paralegal. It was a great experience. (And good pay.) Glimpse of a world I would never have— but also did not want.
A friend of who mine still works there recommends this piece. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
A friend of who mine still works there recommends this piece. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
If you care about journalism, follow this guy.
A non-white Colorado TV reporter says he was attacked, tackled, and choked on the job by a man who shouted “This is Trump’s America now”: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-r...
Colorado reporter attacked and choked, he says, by a man who shouted 'This is Trump's America'
The news behind the news in Colorado
coloradomedia.substack.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:08 PM
If you care about journalism, follow this guy.
I'm looking at this guy for 2028. To be clear, let's sound the alarm & at the same time acknowledge the tilted economic playing field & offer populist solutions to reform government.
"We have to understand that ... if we don’t put up a fight as political leaders, then we are signaling to the American public that it’s not a big deal. ... when regular people see Democrats treating all of this as normal, they start to believe it’s normal."
newrepublic.com/article/1895...
newrepublic.com/article/1895...
Transcript: Chris Murphy’s Ominous New Warning About Trump Nails It
An interview with Senator Chris Murphy, who argues that Trump’s attacks on democracy are accelerating as we speak, that the media is folding, and that Democrats must sound the alarm before it’s too la...
newrepublic.com
December 21, 2024 at 4:34 PM
I'm looking at this guy for 2028. To be clear, let's sound the alarm & at the same time acknowledge the tilted economic playing field & offer populist solutions to reform government.
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Even if we grant that Penny was rightfully found innocent, what he did should haunt him and the nation for decades. He took the life of another human being with his bare hands, in a public setting, while others watched. What sort of society treats that act as something to be celebrated?
December 15, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Even if we grant that Penny was rightfully found innocent, what he did should haunt him and the nation for decades. He took the life of another human being with his bare hands, in a public setting, while others watched. What sort of society treats that act as something to be celebrated?
I've about decided to stop giving to the Dems because of their unimaginative and constant solicitations.
Does anyone have more contempt for Democratic voters than the leaders of their own party
December 14, 2024 at 11:35 PM
I've about decided to stop giving to the Dems because of their unimaginative and constant solicitations.
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Does anyone have more contempt for Democratic voters than the leaders of their own party
December 14, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Does anyone have more contempt for Democratic voters than the leaders of their own party
Gutless
@medialawprof.bsky.social, wasn’t this the sort of case where the institutional media are supposed to stand up and fight?
www.foxnews.com/media/george...
www.foxnews.com/media/george...
George Stephanopoulos and ABC apologize to Trump, are forced to pay $15 million to settle defamation suit
ABC News and George Stephanopoulos agreed to settle with President-elect Donald Trump in regards to his defamation suit against the news network.
www.foxnews.com
December 14, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Gutless
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@medialawprof.bsky.social, wasn’t this the sort of case where the institutional media are supposed to stand up and fight?
www.foxnews.com/media/george...
www.foxnews.com/media/george...
George Stephanopoulos and ABC apologize to Trump, are forced to pay $15 million to settle defamation suit
ABC News and George Stephanopoulos agreed to settle with President-elect Donald Trump in regards to his defamation suit against the news network.
www.foxnews.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:53 PM
@medialawprof.bsky.social, wasn’t this the sort of case where the institutional media are supposed to stand up and fight?
www.foxnews.com/media/george...
www.foxnews.com/media/george...
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THIS is how it’s done, folks.
December 14, 2024 at 1:49 PM
THIS is how it’s done, folks.
Seems @perrybaconjr.bsky.social counters his argument in this column. No one is saying abandon support for civil rights or a liberal education. Rather, emphasize support for widely shared opinions that the economics playing field isn't level, and the GOP isn't on the public's side. bit.ly/4grvB8q
December 11, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Seems @perrybaconjr.bsky.social counters his argument in this column. No one is saying abandon support for civil rights or a liberal education. Rather, emphasize support for widely shared opinions that the economics playing field isn't level, and the GOP isn't on the public's side. bit.ly/4grvB8q