The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
Media Matters
The
Wall Street Journal was the first media outlet to report that
President Trump’s phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
included the president pressing Zelensky for dirt on Joe Biden via his son
Hunter. WSJ is not typically characterized by this president as a
“witch-hunting,” “fake-news,” “lame-stream” “enemy of the people.”
The
spring and, especially, summer are not known as prime cinema months. However,
this year we’ve seen a spate of music-centric movies that remind us
that, indeed, there is more out there than just “Marvel” and video-game movies
as well as sequels of sequels. I didn’t see them all, but I can vouch for “Yesterday,”
“Rocket Man,” “Echo in the Valley” and “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice.”
No, you don’t need to be of a certain generation to enjoy the music and appreciate
the back stories—but, yes, it helps.
“The
individual interview with someone who is a mom in a shopping mall can tell you
more about what’s going on in the world and how people feel about it than any
of those grand (big-stage) things.” Those were the words of the late Cokie
Roberts, TV news pioneer, that told you volumes about her perspective and
priorities.
No,
it’s not just former Trump Administration officials who have books out, but
also notorious national security leaker Edward Snowden, who just
published his memoir, “Permanent Record.” But no reports of book tours or
signings from Russia. And, no, Snowden didn’t abide by the non-disclosure
agreement he had signed as a condition of receiving access to classified
information.