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Politicians to Eye: ‘You’re fired!’
Eye on Jacksonville has been banned by the bigwigs in City Haul. The person in charge of providing information to the media has advised Eye that it will no longer be provided with information, other than public records required by law. It’s sort of like Facebook jail. The order ousting us came directly from worthies…
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“News” sources use dangerous disclaimers instead of verifying facts
I was reading an article on our local WJCT website a couple weeks ago, and was shocked at a disclaimer at the end. It stated, “Some facts reported by the media may later turn out to be wrong (1).” Are facts, a piece of information presented as having objective reality, not by definition true? This…
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Jacksonville will not be the next Venice anytime soon
First Coast News ran a story Wednesday that was baffling. It said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is predicting the sea level at Mayport will rise 7 feet by the end of this century. Not true, according to a Corps of Engineers spokesman. It quoted someone in the story, allegedly as “coastal engineer,” as…