{"id":9631,"date":"2021-04-16T14:40:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T18:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=9631"},"modified":"2021-04-16T14:40:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T18:40:15","slug":"red-meat-friday-journalists-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=9631","title":{"rendered":"Red Meat Friday: Journalists (Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, one more swipe at journalists and then Red Meat Friday will move on. Unless, of course, the Minions force my hand.<\/p>\n<p>From time to time I\u2019ve had some harsh words about the moral and work ethic failings of journalists but perhaps they can\u2019t help it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">&#x1f480;&#x1f480;&#x1f480; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tjmslyhAnr\">https:\/\/t.co\/tjmslyhAnr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Solana (@micsolana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/micsolana\/status\/1381705096816394248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As amusing as this is, it probably falls into the category of what journalists call \u201ctoo good to check.\u201d You can see the details in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/journalists-brains-function-at-a-lower-level-than-average-2017-5?amp\">Insider Article<\/a> but the whole thing strikes me as less than rigorous. Still, read it and make up your own mind. In the mean time, enjoy this Friday\u2019s red meat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, one more swipe at journalists and then Red Meat Friday will move on. Unless, of course, the Minions force my hand. From time to time I\u2019ve had some harsh words about the moral and work ethic failings of journalists &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=9631\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[144],"class_list":["post-9631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-journalists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9632,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9631\/revisions\/9632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}