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  • Or, you know, ACTUAL journalists:

    https://www.minnpost.com/media/2015/11/mystery-mintpress-news/

    "­To date, MintPress’ sole moment in the national/international spotlight was a public relations disaster. It involved a hair­-on-­fire scoop, namely that it was the anti-­Assad rebels who had inflicted chemical weapons on Syrian civilians, not Assad’s military.

    Unfortunately for MintPress, the blockbuster imploded almost immediately. The by­lined reporter, Dale Gavlak, demanded her name be removed from the story. She asserted that it was actually written by an unnamed Syrian colleague and was never verified, which the ​Strib’s Jon Tevlin reported in 2013. (Tevlin also contacted Muhawesh’s father­-in-­law, a local business man/adjunct professor at St. Thomas who denied being the money behind MintPress.)

    Though MintPress could be considered another relatively obscure website with its own particular/peculiar agenda, it has gained a profile in the Twin Cities due to Muhawesh’s energetic self-­promotion. Campuses like Augsburg have brought her in to speak on the question of balance in coverage of the Middle East. A spokeswoman at Augsburg said they knew little more about Muhawesh than that she is the publisher of MintPress, a site sympathetic to Arab issues."

    Failed fact checks, conspiracy theories, “look at meeee!” publicity seeking behavior… They’re a joke of a site, not a news organization.








  • Well, last week was kind of light, let’s see what’s up this week…

    Cyberpunk 2077 Psycho Squad #4 (Of 4) - Final issue! Happier with the comics than the game!

    Epitaphs From The Abyss #11 (Of 12) - This modern run of EC is almost done!

    From The World Of Minor Threats Welcome To Twilight #3 - Fun fact, they are prepping for a Minor Threats + Archie crossover(?) Not sure how THAT’S going to work.

    https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3016-649/Archie-vs-Minor-Threats-1

    Hulk And Doctor Strange #1 - Latest in the line of “Unlikely team up books” from JMS. Bonus! Aunt May + Agatha Harkness. Follows Doom/Rocket Raccoon, then Nick Fury and Fin Fang Foom.

    Moon Knight Fist Of Khonshu #8

    Redcoat #12 - 2nd part of “The Northerner”

    Ultimates #12 - God this book has been so slow…

    Wonder Woman #21

    Exceptional X-Men #9 - X-books keep getting cancelled, not sure how much life is left here, but it is one of the better ones.

    Weapon X-Men #4 (Of 5) - Now marked as a 5 issue run, remember I told you they keep getting cut!

    Zatanna #4 (Of 6)