Be careful where you step when hiking the campaign trail.
On the New Mexico campaign trail. © William P. Diven.
A Meeting Of Snakes And Politics
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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Sniping At Our Newest National Monument
The negative spin on the new Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument suggests we’ve thrown the door open wide to terrorists and narcotraficantes while stomping all over New Mexico’s already abused cattle ranchers. That’s easy to believe, too, if you see no good in anything Barack Obama does or only watched the Fox network covering the story.
The moon rises at sunset over the Organ Mountains and Las Cruces, N.M. © William P. Diven
Planet News Spins Through Space
It used to be said you only enjoyed freedom of the press if you owned one. Those times vanished with the last millennium as the Internet and outlets like Twitter, Facebook and WordPress spread faster than a Grumpy Cat video. Now anyone — from press-card and citizen journalists to neighborhood activists, would-be writers, hacks and shills — can beat an online drum to attract your attention and say anything they please. This is one revolution that actually handed power to the people but with little guidance for spotting honest information brokers among the misguided, misinformed and routinely deceitful.
Do you really know the source of your information? © William P. Diven