Fake News and Its Results

Media Shifts To More Aggressively Fight Trump In Courts

Several major media companies targeted by litigation from President Trump and top administration officials are fighting back in court, signaling a new era of tension between the president and a press he and his allies view as overly hostile. The trend stands in contrast to a string of high-profile settlements and capitulations made by major media companies during […]

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Obamacare’s Latest Scandal Is A $35 Billion Ghost Story

Joe Biden’s pandemic-era subsidies turned Obamacare into corporate welfare, sending billions to insurers for patients who never file a single claim. The Democrats have named their price to end the government shutdown — an additional $350 billion for health care over the next decade. Critics say a big chunk of that money may go to

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The New York Times Can’t Stop Sucking

How many times can one newspaper screw up a story? Predictably, the New York Times pooh-poohed the release of the classified annex to the Durham report. Charlie Savage wrote: Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, and other Trump allies have declared that a newly declassified report on the Russia investigation provides “evidence that the Clinton campaign

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Terry Moran’s Rant Is Just Another Case Of Media’s Mask Coming Off

The masks are coming off when it comes to (now-formerly) prominent members of our media. Exhibit A is Terry Moran, the recently axed senior national correspondent for ABC News. Moran has always been a partisan and a petty one at that. But what he wrote regarding Trump deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller was as

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Is Woke Losing?

The battle with Woke will and must continue until champions of authentic freedom have defeated the ‘culture of repudiation.’ There is much evidence to suggest that modern democracy, and with it modern political consciousness more broadly, is inclined to endless self-radicalization. Wokeness is only the latest manifestation of what Eric Voegelin called “modernity without restraint.”

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I’ve Been At NPR For 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.

You know the stereotype of the NPR listener: an EV-driving, Wordle-playing, tote bag–carrying coastal elite. It doesn’t precisely describe me, but it’s not far off. I’m Sarah Lawrence–educated, was raised by a lesbian peace activist mother, I drive a Subaru, and Spotify says my listening habits are most similar to people in Berkeley. I fit

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The National Security State Is The Main Driver Of Censorship In The U.S.

  In a February 16, 2024, interview, Tucker Carlson and Mike Benz, founder and executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online (FFO), discussed the erosion of free speech. Fundamental Right to Free Speech Is at Risk As noted by Carlson, freedom of speech, as outlined in the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights,

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Will The Media Stop Obsessing Over Fox News Long Enough To Hold Themselves Accountable?

After the last several years, how can anyone say “there are stringent processes for reporting sensitive and anonymously sourced information” at CNN? Let me just get this out of the way — former CNN media critic Brian Stelter is a nice guy. I’ve met him in real life, and he’s even been professionally helpful to

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