Normally We Sit Back and Chuckle but This Deserves a Response

PD Goes AI.

Publisher Dysphoria turns into Absolute Insanity.

Normally we get a chuckle out of the progressive ranting of today's Plain Dealer-cleveland.com editorial page and podcast.

However, the recent commentary from the publisher of the paper deserves a response.

During a recent "Today in Ohio Podcast" the publisher of the Plain Dealer, Chris Quinn, said, "...and man, there is a special place in hell for them..." when referring to the Republican legislature.

He went onto call both Senate President Rob McColley and House Speaker Matt Huffman "vile human beings." 

The sophomoric name calling is far from professional.

It has waded into the libelous deep water that is drowning today's corporate media.

Their radical gasps for relevancy barely break the surface.

Unfounded, biased, and outright lies.

"Just when you think the Ohio legislature cannot get more sleazy or corrupt, they surprise us anew."

The elitist, entitled, and always offended derangment continues to build with misleading headlines that are so egregious, they are purposely false.

Jerry Cirino's "anti-science" bill?

Read the caption to that post: "Senator Cirino hopes his suffocating anti-science higher education bill will be his lasting legacy, but voters might get the chance to kill that bill and, quite possibly, save Ohio's high education institutions from the bill's ravages."

"The bill's ravages." Who wrote that, Sir William Wallace?

By the way, that was not writtten by the reporter.

It was simply her photo.

Facts, objectivity, credibility, and the overall direction of the newspaper are more than compromised.

The caption doesn't read like something an actual person wrote.

It reads like a perfect example of what you get with AI machine writing.

That's because the paper decided to embrace Artificial Intelligence.

Of course we all know that much like life, machine writing is dependent on what it is fed. 

Garbage in equals garbage out.

In this case, garbage would be calling Senate Bill 1 an effort at, "converting campuses into fascist training centers..." Unprofessional and rancourous hyperbole.

When the boss loathes all things republican, that by default must mean he loathes all the voters who elected those republicans to every statewide office not to mention the elected super-majority in the Ohio General Assembly. You know, those same voters who soundly sent a $40 million, special interest, dark money funded, progressive power grab packing last November.

The publisher's podcast recently said, "this is the worst way to govern I've ever seen, worst legislature I've ever seen, worst human beings to hold elected office I've ever seen."

Call it TDS, Trump Derangement Syndrome, "PD" Publisher Dysphoria, or as a recent study showed, liberals trend more to mental illness and depression than the conservative end of the scale.

We called it HDS, Huffman Derangement Syndrome, last year on OTR with a hillarious caption. Unfortunately the symptoms have grown worse, if not dire for that publication up north.

In a June 21st column, the publisher explained why the paper practices censorship.

"We no longer use our platforms to amplify meaningless or manipulative statements from politicians. That philosophy has been developing in our newsroom for more than two decades."

He simply decided that everything he disagrees wtih is false, therefore it shall be censored.

"As a reporter, I was always frustrated by election guides. We’d assemble a list of questions, send them to every candidate, and then print whatever they wrote—no matter how evasive or off-topic. Candidates realized they could say whatever they wanted, avoiding our questions entirely, and use our reach to spread it."

What a crime! Political candidates saying whatever they want? Can't be! Oh, that troubling and inconvenient 1st Amendment.

"Fast-forward to today. Politicians have become increasingly sinister in using journalism’s standard practices against us. When asked for comment, many now respond with hate-filled, demonstrably false statements, knowing we traditionally feel obligated to publish them. In essence, they’ve weaponized journalism’s commitment to balance and fairness."

Sinister?

Here's what's sinister:  Today's corporate media defining its commitment to balance and fairness as its own radically out-of-touch opinions.

Here are few reminders. Russiagate and the Steele Dossier, Hunter Biden's Laptop, Covid Didn't Originate in a Lab, Joe Biden was competent and in charge, and you're a racist if you support deporting people who are here illegally, including those who have committed violent crimes.

Some call it cognitive dissonance. In the case of cleveland.com call it cognitive belligerence.

"A few years ago, we changed our policy. We decided we would no longer allow politicians to use our platforms to spread false, hateful, or dangerous rhetoric. Our job is to pursue the truth—not to give oxygen to bad-faith actors."

The publisher believes it's important not to give oxygen to those he judges as bad faith actors which one would logically assume are also the same "vile humane beings" who deserve a "special place in hell" that he described.

In reality, Artificial Intelligence or lack thereof, is how far this publication has fallen.

"I keep writing each week how quickly journalism is changing. Artificial intelligence is one force. Another is the growing need to defend truth against officials who exploit traditional practices. One strategy is declining to publish nonsense from those in power..."

Declining to publish, what he believes is "nonsense" or doesn't agree with, even if it is proven fact, and especially if it is "from those in power."

This is why we started our own newsroom more than a year ago, and are nearing our 100th edition, featuring "The Views, The News, Excludes."

You as an Ohio voter, taxpayer, and every day good person, are free to disagree with what the General Assembly does, or doesn't do.

Censorship is something the left accuses republicans of doing, when in reality the people in charge of today's flagship corporate media are carrying the mantel of today's progressive left by censoring or cancelling people who offer a reality check to the elitist, entitled, and always offended who just don't want to hear it.

When the publisher of the state's largest paper consistently lashes out, making heinous and unfounded personal attacks, a correction is required.

OTR is happy to do so. That is why we are here.

Enjoy our President's Podcast this week, as we proudly interview one of those "vile human beings" as described by cleveland.com. 

Senator Jerry Cirino sets the record straight on the Advance Higher Education Act that is making a postive difference on college campuses. Plus, get his thoughts about the potential for summertime veto overrides focused on restoring the General Assembly's property tax reforms.