Doug Fisher
@dougfisher
Journalist. Retired sr. instructor Univ. of SC. Former AP news editor, radio, TV, newspaper before that. Co-author "Principles of Convergent Journalism." Otherwise, woodworking, cooking .
The latest example of #DeathofEditing From Columbia's The State. How does a news organization make a basic mistake like this? If there is any editing at all, it's at least to check all the names in a story. It's Equifax. 🤦♂️
From the What Were They Thinking Department. Just going to leave this here for your consideration.
Gov. Henry McMaster, a longtime Trump ally, gets to make a temporary appointment until Graham's successor is sworn in. A big tell will be if he decides to appoint one of the primary's losers in an attempt to give them a gen election boost, assuming the person runs to be the substitute nominee.
Wow, @apnews.com, I must have missed the ships lined up to float down the Reflecting Pool to, what, get to the Potomac via the Lincoln Memorial locks? Announcer: When "elongated yellow fruit" syndrome gets ridiculous.
Just a thought, but even if they can fix the old Pfizer building in NYC and not tear it down, they're going to need a really, really good rental agent to get those apartments leased. (OTOH, it is NYC, so there might be a line. 🤦♂️)
This is from Kavanaugh and why you should not think this is settled. Combine this with Thomas' off-the-rails dissent and now Alito's retirement, giving Trump a chance to appoint an even more conservative justice, and ...
How the medical system is being abused yet again. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u...
This is actually a passion *fruit* filled dark chocolate bar from World Market. But I like the register tape description better.
Really, AP? Really? Try writing fewer headlines/teasers that don't swap "fewer" with "less." Were you afraid of repeating it?
SC DRIVERS COULD LOSE NO-DEDUCTIBLE WINDSHIELD COVERAGE. It's a couple of sentences buried in what is labeled an anti-fraud bill that has passed the House and gone to the Senate. (In this case, h/t to Nancy Mace's FB page that said she was alerted by a "voter.") www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...
Refreshing: No "declined to" BS. Say as it is: would not comment. (From the NYTimes abt transit bedbugs) (Maybe use a name too, although these days I know with amorphous emails it can be a trickier. But it is a "spokeswoman," so that suggests an ID.) Yeah, you'll probably PO someone. So what?
Publishers, relying more on subscription models, want to drive traffic to their sites. But using links on social media postings to do that? It may be hurting them. Fascinating analysis by Laura Hazard Owen at Nieman Lab. www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/do-l...
The query/comment to which he responded was about whether a governor candidate who trends farther right can make the ballot. I can fund no context for the questioner's "execution" follow-up.
He plays all the Greatest Hits here: voter ID, men in women's sports, "open borders," transgender, "crooked" Dems, "Country Saving" tariffs, packing SCOTUS, Dems to add 2 states, filibuster. But don't miss the central point: He'll mandate voter IDbno matter what Congress does. Truly disturbed.
Or, to get to the point: The continual headlines about performers -- and staff-- pulling out of the Kennedy Center keep annoying me, so ...