AG Barr: No ‘Feasible Alternatives’ for People Banned from Big Tech

In his introductory statement made to the Department of Justice Section 230 Workshop, Attorney General William Barr discussed the problems brought on by the rise of Big Tech. “No longer are tech companies the underdog upstarts,” said Barr to the Feb. 19 panels. “They have become titans of U.S. industry.”
Corinne Weaver
February 19th, 2020 1:55 PM

Facebook Compelled to Block News Site in Singapore

Facebook is finding some forms of government regulation to be too much for the company, even as CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls for more of it. Facebook has been "legally compelled," according to Bloomberg News, by the government of Singapore to block access to a fringe news website States Times Review (STR) after it posted rumors about the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Facebook…
Alexander Hall
February 19th, 2020 1:36 PM

Dem Donor Tells Off MSNBC: ‘Anarchist’ Bernie Will ‘Burn Down’ U.S.

While appearing on MSNBC Live With Stephanie Ruhle Wednesday morning, major Democratic Party donor and Nevada businessman Stephen Cloobeck rejected the notion that socialist Senator Bernie Sanders could win the Democratic nomination, even labeling the far-left lawmaker an “anarchist” who “would love to burn down the United States.”
Kyle Drennen
February 19th, 2020 1:25 PM

Partisan New York Times: Trump’s Clemency ‘Spree’ vs Obama’s ‘Mercy’

The New York Times headline echoed its hostile lead story Wednesday: “Trump Exerts His Power With a Spree of Pardons – Critics Denounce Clemency for Blagojevich, Milken and Kerik as Undeserved” by Michael Shear and Maggie Haberman. Catch the echo of “crime spree” in the headline? "But the president’s announcements on Tuesday were mostly aimed at wiping clean the slates of rich, powerful and well-…
Clay Waters
February 19th, 2020 1:16 PM

WHAT? Krugman Says ‘Zombie Ideas’ Sometimes ‘Eat Centrists’ Brains’

Poor Paul Krugman. He’s been reduced to using zombie metaphors to illustrate his disdain for certain “centrist” Democratic presidential candidates.
Joseph Vazquez
February 19th, 2020 12:49 PM

CNN's Harwood Claims Obama 'Has the High Side' on Economy vs. Trump

John Harwood's official job title may be CNN White House correspondent, but practically he has taken it upon himself to be a one of the frontline defenders of President Obama's economic legacy as he did once again when he joined Brooke Baldwin on Tuesday's CNN Newsroom.  
Alex Christy
February 19th, 2020 12:39 PM

Scarborough Swears: 'I'm Not Doing Biden's Bidding,' But... 

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says of Joe Biden, "I'm not doing his bidding. I'm just telling you the truth."  And the truth, according to Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, is that Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders would be weak candidates, whereas Biden would have the best chance of defeating President Trump.
Mark Finkelstein
February 19th, 2020 11:01 AM

New York Review of Books Admits Newspapers Are Now More Biased

If you read a publication that claims newspapers have become biased, you might assume that the source of that charge was conservative. However, it might surprise you to know that even the liberal New York Review of Books also made that claim of bias in their February 27 issue in an article by Nicholas Lemann, "Can Journalism Be Saved?"
P.J. Gladnick
February 19th, 2020 10:39 AM

Bloomberg Is Now ‘Highest Spending Presidential Candidate of All Time’

Liberal billionaire 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is willing to spend $2 billion to defeat President Donald Trump, and he continues to put his money where his mouth is.
Joseph Vazquez
February 19th, 2020 8:52 AM

Column: Woe to the Weaponizers of Avenatti

This ends-justifies-the-means approach to journalism can lead to embarrassing results. The Valentine’s Day conviction of anti-Trump activist and lawyer Michael Avenatti on three charges of extorting Nike seems like a direct result of the media’s feverish desire to force their “first draft” on the country.

Tim Graham
February 19th, 2020 6:43 AM

Microaggressions Cause Teen’s Tumor on NBC Medical Drama

NBC’s medical drama New Amsterdam had an unusual diagnosis this week in the episode, “Sabbath.” After Dr. Helen Sharpe finds her 13-year-old patient Cephas has four benign tumors growing in his stomach and that the boy has elevated levels of stress hormones, psychiatrist Dr. Iggy Frome determines the tumors were caused by racism. As the surgeon operates and removes the four tumors from Cephas, he…
Julia A. Seymour
February 19th, 2020 12:41 AM

Hello, Lib Media? Bloomberg Censors, Threatens His Reporters in China

While ABC and CBS were largely putting aside the many controversies of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to tout his rapid rise in the polls Tuesday, Leta Hong Fincher, the wife of a former award-winning Bloomberg News reporter was busy reminding the public of how Bloomberg censors his reporters who cover China and threatens those that don’t submit.
Nicholas Fondacaro
February 18th, 2020 11:46 PM

Moving on from His Controversies, ABC and CBS Tout 'Bloomberg's Surge'

Seemingly finished with reporting Tuesday on the alleged racism and sexism controversies of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, ABC’s World News Tonight and the CBS Evening News took to touting his rise in the polls and subsequent qualification for the Democratic debate in Nevada. It had CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell marveling at how Bloomberg's “surge” in the polls puts him in “second…

Nicholas Fondacaro
February 18th, 2020 9:16 PM

Planned Parenthood Sues to Overturn Trump’s Pro-Life Rule

Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed another lawsuit against the Trump administration February 11  challenging a rule that protects taxpayers from funding abortions through Obamacare. This is the second lawsuit that abortion activists have filed against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule, which was finalized in late December. Seven pro-abortion…
Micaiah Bilger
February 18th, 2020 9:13 PM