All posts tagged "news"
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Feed Frenzy
For years, media outlets desperately chased the clicks promised by Facebook; now the social media giant threatens to destroy them As with any toxic relationship, the possibility of a breakup sparks feelings of terror—and maybe a little...
- Posted March 8, 2018
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Whispers on the Open Road: ’Liberal media’ as elusive as Bigfoot in rural West
By the nature of what I am fortunate to do, moving peripatetically as an old school dinosaur journalist from story to story, I spend a lot of time traversing Wyoming, Montana and other rural corners of the...
- Posted February 15, 2018
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Polarizing Polar Bears: Unmasking a proxy war strategy by online climate change denialists
In early December, a video of a dying, emaciated polar bear, foraging for food on an iceless land, went viral on social media. The video garnered millions of views on Facebook and YouTube. For most, it was...
- Posted January 10, 2018
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Wyoming’s Donald Trump: Serial candidate Rex Rammell goes after another political office in the Equality State
Rock Springs Republican and serial candidate for elected office, Rex Rammell, has once again announced he will be running for office in the Equality State – only this time, he has a political brand name to compare...
- Posted January 10, 2018
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How Screwed Are We in 2018: Things aren’t looking good for the new year
At the beginning of 2017, we were in purgatory. Remember the interregnum, after we elected Trump but before he took office? We knew it would be bad, but we also had no idea how bad or what...
- Posted January 4, 2018
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A Bleak Year-End Wrap Up: Bidding adieu to 2017 and the strange, jaw-dropping and anger-inducing stories borne of it
Let’s face it. The last year has been a tough one. During the 365 days that comprised 2017, things in our nation went seriously downhill. Racial divisions became deeper, the rich became richer, and former reality TV...
- Posted January 4, 2018
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Mandatory Mishap: Journalists at UW’s student newspaper call for protecting sources and reporters in Wyoming
When it comes to protecting journalists and their sources, there are virtually no laws in place in Wyoming to protect reporters — student or otherwise. The staff at the University of Wyoming’s Branding Iron student newspaper...
- Posted December 13, 2017
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Hypothetical Hunting: Ten grizzlies fair game in hypothetical 2017 hunt
By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com — To illustrate the potential magnitude of a state grizzly bear hunt, Wyoming Game and Fish department calculated hunters could have legally shot up to six male and four female bears during...
- Posted November 29, 2017
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You’re Fired: Enough is enough; it’s time to reclaim our democracy and impeach Trump
Earlier this year, Pete Muldoon, the newly elected mayor of Jackson, made national headlines for removing the portraits of Donald Trump and Mike Pence from the entrance of town hall. He replaced the portraits with a photo...
- Posted November 8, 2017
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD 8.9.17
The Threatened American Worker A local chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in Battle Creek, Michigan, is butting heads with Western Michigan University this summer after the school brought in a goat...
- Posted August 9, 2017