This is a newspaper, not a feed

This is a newspaper, not a feed

by WorldTribune Editor’s Line, April 21, 2022 Once upon a time, people had to make a modest effort to retrieve their newspaper which came once a day. Now the news is force-fed 24/7 via relentless apps, feeds and web browsers that screen out diverse perspectives with politically correct algorithms. Tale wagging the dog. WorldTribune.com is […]

Editor’s Line: Not the N.Y. Times

Editor’s Line: Not the N.Y. Times

by WorldTribune Editor’s Line, April 14, 2022 The managing editor of WorldTribune.com and I once worked for a New York newspaper that regarded the N.Y. Times as its competition. The daily front page meetings for those dailies and for this one differ from most other news operations which focus on market groups. No, the spirited, […]

Editor’s Line: This week’s Intelligence Brief

Editor’s Line: This week’s Intelligence Brief

by WorldTribune Editor’s Line, April 6, 2022 As noted here and here, WorldTribune editors compile their best content into our weekly Intelligence Briefing for subscribers. What a week it was: Did U.S. really have bad intelligence on Ukraine war? Controlling the world from lunar bases: Russia’s space station ‘Molotov cocktail’ China scores first laser weapon […]

Editor’s Line: Milestone for the American Free Press

Editor’s Line: Milestone for the American Free Press

by WorldTribune Editor’s Line, April 5, 2022 Five years ago today, we posted the following on Facebook (in a time before Big Tech suppressed the reach of all WorldTribune.com posts!): Today we digitally launch FreePressFoundation.org . The time couldn’t be more right and the advisory board is made up of respected and top-tier news professionals […]

Editor’s Line: Certainty amid confusion

Editor’s Line: Certainty amid confusion

by WorldTribune Editor’s Line, March 22, 2022 “Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” — Benjamin Franklin Nov. 13, 2789 Whom should we believe about Russia and Ukraine, the 2020 U.S. election and protecting our health against the […]

Editor’s Line: Who says newspapers are dead?

Editor’s Line: Who says newspapers are dead?

by WorldTribune Editor’s Line, March 31, 2022 The lucky few can still read their tiny weeklies with obituaries, high school sports and not much else. The days that local papers published serious national and international coverage (like the Wake Forest [NC] Weekly, when it was owned by Todd Allen) are long gone. Trying to stay […]