Consider this an update on a post I wrote last week. It was reported that news networks came together to sign a letter to the Biden and Trump campaigns urging them to speak out publicly in support of doing debates. The letter had not officially been sent to the campaigns at the time. Now it […]
Ezra Klein’s recent call for President Biden to drop out of the election because of his age is still resonating throughout the media sphere. Inevitably these things circulate on the left and on the right but outlets on the left tend to reflexively dismiss any analysis or commentary coming from the right as bad faith. […]
I am grateful that my mother so often insisted on making us listen to Rush Limbaugh’s radio show. She knew what I did not until it was almost too late: that Rush was for a long time a solitary sentinel, watching and warning the American people (and the world) of threats to their flourishing. With […]
When TV producer Norman Lear died, The New York Times‘ obituary said there were “critics” who insisted the date “All in the Family” premiered on CBS in January 1971 represented a “day of infamy” in American broadcasting. By contrast, for conservative television, 30 years ago this month, Dec. 6, 1993, was a welcomed day and […]
Actor John Cleese is facing backlash in social media for his comparison of Donald Trump to Hitler. He claims it was all just a joke. He posted a controversial joke on X (formerly Twitter) on Boxing Day. Comparing an individual to Adolf Hitler usually never ends well. This one is no exception, as the joke […]
No one should trust our “mainstream media” in defining where the “center” of politics is from their perch on the left-wing fringes. No one should trust them to define who is “nonpartisan” and who is “independent.” The way they classify political actors is subtle, and yet blatantly unfair and unbalanced. Reporters describe the groups they […]
In a world filled with one horror-filled news cycle after another, it’s fun to occasionally happen upon a story that is free of existential gloom. I monitor all kinds of news as part of my prep for the Morning Briefing. The leftmedia hacks love sharing any kind of Republican bashing done by entertainers. It’s […]
Is President Joe Biden treating the press better than former President Donald Trump did? It’s a low bar to argue he doesn’t describe the media as “enemies of the people.” Is he really treating them as they view themselves—as representatives of the people? Or is he not interested in addressing the people? Are they all […]
Deciphering myriad and complex media messages is both a science and an art. To say the media misleads the public is a misnomer. The media does mislead us, by lying to us constantly. If you’re one who naively accepts copy and image as dispensed by the major media outlets, you’re definitely being tweaked. How do […]
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