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by | Aug 20, 2018

Once upon a time, the American people trusted the mainstream media, and vice-versa. Back when Walter Cronkite was the “nation’s newsman,” most Americans felt confident that networks and newspapers reported “the facts” — at least most of the time. Even…

by | Jun 6, 2018

The left of center media has become increasingly infected with Trump Derangement Syndrome. Over the past few years, previously legitimate news organizations and news personalities have gone off the deep end in their attempts to thwart the conservative wave that…

by | May 21, 2018

If you are a graying Baby Boomer like me, you might remember a comedy troupe from the 1970s called “Firesign Theater.” They had their origin in FM “progressive” radio (KPFK-Los Angeles, 1966). The ensemble put out some two dozen comedy…

by | Jul 6, 2017

Over the past few weeks, CNN has been left reeling due to a series of undercover videos put out by Project Veritas. These videos have exposed CNN staff and contributors as recognizing that the Russia scandal is a “nothing burger,” and…

by | Feb 28, 2017

After MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski became just the latest dupes to trumpet a single-source allegation as settled fact, I decided to write the following letter to NBC. After all, they don’t want to be caught spreading “fake news,”…

by | Feb 19, 2017

Washington Gen. Mike Flynn provided the first scalp in the Trump administration in record time — he served as White House National Security Adviser for 23 fleeting days before he resigned Monday night. In the eyes of President Donald Trump,…

by | Feb 17, 2017

What is fake news and what is real news? Who the heck really knows anymore? When we were children, we were all taught, or should have been taught, about a white lie, otherwise known as the lie of omission: “I…

by | Feb 14, 2017

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will later today release its judgment on two highly charged U.S. District Court rulings regarding women’s rights in the realm of hair color, both natural and artificial. It is no small joke to suggest…

by | Feb 13, 2017

Close observers of the Israeli-Arab conflict are accustomed to biased reporting in the elite media that downplays Arab incitements to violence and attacks on Israel while exaggerating the suffering of the “Palestinians.” However, even to the more jaded students of…

by | Jan 11, 2017

At today’s press conference, Trump once again showed himself to be the great disruptor, shattering the carefully constructed illusions of a ruling class that pretends to be pure but is utterly political. To sustain those illusions, the ruling class has…

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