John Broholm
hawksoup.bsky.social
John Broholm
@hawksoup.bsky.social
Retired from the journalism education and TV news rackets. And before that, the record business, which really was a racket. Currently living with the decent folks, while tiny purple fishes run laughing through my fingers.
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Karoline Leavitt standing in front of her sole job description
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Why people of color and women correspondents ruined CBS News.

The Bari Weiss interview on the Sunday 60 minutes.
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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More from the scene
October 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Local (Lawrence) news organizations are asleep on this.

>>>Three additional schools were also invited: Arizona State University, Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Kansas, according to The Wall Street Journal.<<<
White House urges University of Kansas to sign 'compact' aligned with Trump's agenda
Of the original nine schools that received the Trump administration's Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, which would commit them to certain policies in exchange for preferential acce...
www.kcur.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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"What good is the 1st Amendment when so many in power don’t seem to know it exists?" asks @sulliview.bsky.social at The Guardian.

That list of the powerful includes media owners who are busy caving to Trump. Though I believe they know it exists but have put their profits over democratic principles.
Yanking Jimmy Kimmel’s show is a new low for free speech in America | Margaret Sullivan
Kimmel’s sudden defenestration may be a political success for Trump but it’s a dire sign for free speech in America
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September 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A thought experiment: Obama as pres coerces CBS into accepting a “bias monitor” from Media Matters. Can you imagine the indignation? In reverse, that’s what’s being foisted on us. CBS has gone over to the dictatorship’s side. A business decision. Nothing personal.
September 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM