Botham Shem Jean And The Myth Of An Objective And Skeptical Press

Lace Janine Watkins
Sep 8, 2018 · 3 min read
Assumed Benevolence — With A Bullet

The shooting in Dallas has me ill and restless, and in a funky state of mind.

I found myself mulling over this initial reporting, looking for what has made me unsettled, as unsettled as the fact of the murder, because that’s what it is more and more looking like, and I am mulling this:

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