Fred Vultee
@fredvultee.bsky.social
Journalism professor, longtime rimrat. Tar Heel by way of Mizzou. Framing, news practice, securitization theory, editing, cats, beer, banjos. Not all those who wander are lost, but TBF quite a few of them are really, really lost.
Remind us again: which president rigged the 2020 Census?
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Remind us again: which president rigged the 2020 Census?
Actual top stories at #FoxNews. “Shredding the narrative“=“Fox News Digital obtained a 10-page internal memo written by GOP committee staff for lawmakers on the panel that argued Democrats intentionally misrepresented information obtained by Republicans to create a narrative that was not there.”
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Actual top stories at #FoxNews. “Shredding the narrative“=“Fox News Digital obtained a 10-page internal memo written by GOP committee staff for lawmakers on the panel that argued Democrats intentionally misrepresented information obtained by Republicans to create a narrative that was not there.”
Cleaning off the old desktop, realizing I never posted this 2023 candidate for Hed of the Decade. Diagramming party to action stations. #headlines
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Cleaning off the old desktop, realizing I never posted this 2023 candidate for Hed of the Decade. Diagramming party to action stations. #headlines
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Looks like we won’t have to worry about any of that pesky Epstein news on Monday.
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Looks like we won’t have to worry about any of that pesky Epstein news on Monday.
You come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married and you, perhaps, are not working the way you should to get the necessary Votes. Disappointing!
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
You come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married and you, perhaps, are not working the way you should to get the necessary Votes. Disappointing!
You have to admit it: that second clause there is one of the truly great passives of the year.
November 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
You have to admit it: that second clause there is one of the truly great passives of the year.
Peggy Noonan now: “Ms. Harris’s book is insistently shallow, almost as if that were a virtue, a sign of authenticity. The epigrams she presents at the beginning are weird. … She comes alive only over tactics, strategy, how something plays.”
Peggy Noonan, 2014: [more]
Peggy Noonan, 2014: [more]
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Peggy Noonan now: “Ms. Harris’s book is insistently shallow, almost as if that were a virtue, a sign of authenticity. The epigrams she presents at the beginning are weird. … She comes alive only over tactics, strategy, how something plays.”
Peggy Noonan, 2014: [more]
Peggy Noonan, 2014: [more]
Did the mean girl steal your lunch money at recess again? #OrangeMonkeyKingANGRY
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Did the mean girl steal your lunch money at recess again? #OrangeMonkeyKingANGRY
Today in drooler-on-drooler violence
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Today in drooler-on-drooler violence
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is gonna love this
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is gonna love this
Today in actual top stories at #FoxNews:
RICK: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
CAPT. JOHNSON: I’m shocked! Shocked to find that the cash register is being raided here.
(A croupier hands Johnson a pile of money)
RICK: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
CAPT. JOHNSON: I’m shocked! Shocked to find that the cash register is being raided here.
(A croupier hands Johnson a pile of money)
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Today in actual top stories at #FoxNews:
RICK: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
CAPT. JOHNSON: I’m shocked! Shocked to find that the cash register is being raided here.
(A croupier hands Johnson a pile of money)
RICK: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
CAPT. JOHNSON: I’m shocked! Shocked to find that the cash register is being raided here.
(A croupier hands Johnson a pile of money)
But evidently not the Party of Arithmetic
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
But evidently not the Party of Arithmetic
I’ve heard Nuremberg is lovely this time of year #OrangeMonkeyKingANGRY
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’ve heard Nuremberg is lovely this time of year #OrangeMonkeyKingANGRY
Bernstein J. Firecat made his crossing three years ago Wednesday at age 17. He’ll be over by the nearest heat vent, so be sure to say hi.
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Bernstein J. Firecat made his crossing three years ago Wednesday at age 17. He’ll be over by the nearest heat vent, so be sure to say hi.
Today among the tabloids
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Today among the tabloids
Looks like the Situation Room meeting was a resounding success
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Looks like the Situation Room meeting was a resounding success
Snowflakes gonna snowflake, ch. LXXVII
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Snowflakes gonna snowflake, ch. LXXVII
And the Drudge Report, if you’re scoring along at home.
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
And the Drudge Report, if you’re scoring along at home.
So how’s the sourcing in that top story on the #FoxNews homepage?
“…according to sources and several-years-old planning documents for the tactic seen by Reuters.”
“…according to sources and several-years-old planning documents for the tactic seen by Reuters.”
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
So how’s the sourcing in that top story on the #FoxNews homepage?
“…according to sources and several-years-old planning documents for the tactic seen by Reuters.”
“…according to sources and several-years-old planning documents for the tactic seen by Reuters.”
He’s playing with his phone after bedtime again.
Sir, could you remind us who gave the Supreme Court the “wrong numbers”?
Sir, could you remind us who gave the Supreme Court the “wrong numbers”?
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
He’s playing with his phone after bedtime again.
Sir, could you remind us who gave the Supreme Court the “wrong numbers”?
Sir, could you remind us who gave the Supreme Court the “wrong numbers”?
Actual No.2 story at the #FoxNews homepage. “Comes into focus” = Fox lets the one, the only John McNaughton say “HUNTER!!1!1!1!1!!1!!!1!1!”
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Actual No.2 story at the #FoxNews homepage. “Comes into focus” = Fox lets the one, the only John McNaughton say “HUNTER!!1!1!1!1!!1!!!1!1!”