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Mar 28 2019
News
Corruption of the Insiders
Call it the corruption of insiders. The latest news from Chicago has a very angry Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson attacking the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office for abruptly dropping the 16-count indictment of actor Jussie Smollett. Recall that, in the words of the New York Times:
Mr. Smollett, who is black, gay and outspoken on social issues, had told
The American SpectatorApr 08 2019
News
Disgusting: Kim Foxx Defenders Smear Chicago Cops as 'Blue Klux Klan,' Racists
Question: How can the law enforcement apparatus in a major American city function properly when the police and the top prosecutor are at war with each other? Chicago's incoming Mayor has her work cut out for her. By now, you already know the Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has been blasted by national and state-level organizations of district attorneys and prosecutors for her unethical
TownhallSep 14 2022
Opinion
Media to blame for parade of fake racism stories
Once again, as regular as clockwork, a bombshell allegation of racism has been amplified by the media only to turn out to be false. This time it was a claim that a racist slur was shouted by a Brigham Young University volleyball fan at a black player from Duke. Just like the Jussie Smollett case, just like the NASCAR noose story, and just like so many others, this tale of 21st Century racism
Fox News (Online News)Feb 26 2019
Perspectives Blog
Hate Crimes Are Either Rare or Common, Depending on Your Bias
After the Jussie Smollett hate crime case was revealed to be a hoax, media outlets on both the left and the right seemed split as to whether or not hate crimes are a common or uncommon occurrence in the U.S. overall.
In case you missed it, last week Jussie Smollett turned himself in after police uncovered that he had fabricated his initial hate crime report. Smollett originally claimed
Julie MastrineJun 24 2020
News
FNC’s Carlson: ‘The Mob Is an Arm of the Democratic Establishment’
Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson opened his Tuesday program by questioning why the “mob” that is behind vandalism and destruction of private and public property has a different standard applied to it than other crimes.
Carlson pointed to how the Department of Justice and FBI investigated the alleged “hate crime” at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama compared to alleged crimes
Breitbart NewsMar 15 2019
Opinion
Joe Rogan is the Walter Cronkite of Our Era
Just as the people have lost our faith in the media, the media has also lost faith in us. The average duration of a TV soundbite has shrunk from minutes in the 1960s to a handful of seconds today. The big feet of the media increasingly believe that we are too busy, stupid or, at best, uninterested to pay attention and they have addressed this by feeding us a nauseating diet of informational
QuilletteDec 15 2019
News
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
Helsinki, Finland (CNN) – On a recent afternoon in Helsinki, a group of students gathered to hear a lecture on a subject that is far from a staple in most community college curriculums.
Standing in front of the classroom at Espoo Adult Education Centre, Jussi Toivanen worked his way through his PowerPoint presentation. A slide titled “Have you been hit by the Russian troll army?”
CNN (Online News)Mar 01 2019
News
CPAC: The Fight Against Online Censorship
Raheem Kassam had what I wanted — a ticket to his Saturday night invitation-only CPAC party — and he also had something else I wanted, a newsworthy quote: “I think we’re winning.”
A former editor for Breitbart who is now a fellow at the Claremont Institute, Kassam was talking about the Left’s campaign to silence conservative voices on social media. That campaign ensnared him this week,
The American SpectatorDec 10 2021
Analysis
Brutal Inflation Numbers Refute the Spin
On the menu today: The Consumer Price Index’s new numbers on inflation are absolutely brutal; Jessie Smollett gets convicted; and the wild backstory behind yesterday’s “very special” Three Martini Lunch podcast episode featuring legendary sportscaster Bob Costas.
Despite a Particular Economics Columnist’s Confident Predictions, Inflation Is Really Bad
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National Review (News)Oct 01 2019
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Hate Hoaxes and Media Ethics
The recent story of a 12-year-old Virginia girl who falsely claimed classmates cut off her hair may reveal media bias on the part of the New York Times and other outlets.
A Sept. 27 Times story detailed allegations from Amari Allen, a black student at a Christian school in Virginia, who said that three white classmates pinned her down, insulted her, and cut off her dreadlocks on the
Julie Mastrine