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“One of the things that will happen, as surely as the sun will rise, is that someone will lie: Your governments will lie to you. Sometimes unknowingly, but more often on purpose.” — Ben Bradlee The late Washington…
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The modern world of sports media looks completely different from the one Marc Appleman entered in 1983, when he became a sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times. The veteran sports journalist joined the Press Club of Southwest Florida…
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Hopefully, Will Rogers was watching from heaven when Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche was recently interviewed by Major Garrett on CBS Morning News. Blanche appeared on the program to discuss the grand jury indictment of former FBI Director…
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At the time of this writing, the gunman who attempted to crash the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night did so less than 12 hours ago. Already, the conspiracy machine is spitting out its usual slop: Trump’s…
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The Press Club of Southwest Florida will welcome veteran sports media executive and author Marc Appleman as its featured speaker at the Newsmaker Luncheon on Friday, April 24, 2026, at Lujack’s Restaurant in Naples. The luncheon begins at…
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I keep thinking about something the historian Yuval Noah Harari said recently, matter-of-factly, but with the weight of history behind it: In the contest between fiction and truth, fiction usually wins because “…the competition between fiction and truth,…
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The Press Club of Southwest Florida will welcome veteran sports media executive and author Marc Appleman as its featured speaker at the Newsmaker Luncheon on Friday, April 24, 2026, at Lujack’s Restaurant in Naples. The luncheon begins at…
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Our Program Committee is in the early stages of putting together a special 25th anniversary commemoration panel discussion to be held this September, and we need your help. Leading up to that luncheon meeting, we plan to publish your…
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Last week, a federal judge took a commendably principled stance for journalists and the public’s right to know. Judge Paul L. Friedman ruled in favor of defending the truth against corrupt power. In striking down Defense Secretary Pete…
