THIS IS THE NEWS – OR IS IT? – AT 12:46 P.M. ET:  Readers may have noticed that we've been publishing a little later in the day recently.  It will not be a permanent practice.  I've simply found that, in the last weeks at least, there have been very few stories published in the early hours that warranted that much attention.

Are they "fake" news?  No, not really.  They're no news.  News outlets must publish or broadcast, but consumers of news should not hang on every word.  Many "stories" are just "second day angles" of other stories, often going nowhere.  Others are filler.   Others are "trend" stories, and we take them very seriously, if we start to notice that the trend is continuing.  I have a whole store of stories about college campuses, and will use them if they continue to have merit.

I've noticed that Americans are being self-vaccinated against two story areas:  the so-called "Russia investigation" to the president's alleged collusion with Russian agents, and stories about the president's vivid lifestyle, or at least the lifestyle he maintained before becoming president.  The details of the former are presented to us endlessly by CNN, and not many Americans seem to care.  As president, Mr. Trump has not exactly turned the country over to Moscow.

As to the president's character, and lifestyle, we knew what we were getting.  No one expected an angel, or a eunuch.  Recent reports of presidential affairs with Playboy playmates or similarly skilled personnel have gone nowhere.  We watch the Rasmussen tracking poll here, and have not noticed any change at all after "bombshell revelations" breathlessly reported on CNN.

So, we may publish at different times of the day, depending on what I think is important.  It is the selection of material that is the heart of Urgent Agenda, and that can take some time.

February 17,  2018