Bernard Goldberg:
No matter what he says, no matter what he does, no matter what he tweets - Donald Trump doesn't surprise me anymore. Nothing he states as fact, no matter how demonstrably untrue, rattles me anymore.
Category Archives: Journalism
Spreading fake news about Putin, or Red-scare propaganda, does nothing to defeat Trump
On each chair was a photograph of a deceased Russian journalist. The intent, Mounk said in the tweet, was to remind people of the "human cost of dictatorship."
‘Fake News’ Recoil CNN star blasts Trump, gets key numbers wrong
CNN reporter Jim Acosta took heat Thursday from conservatives on Twitter after the combative correspondent accused President Trump of holding a "fake news conference" -- and later spewed some "fake news" of his own when he claimed Trump misstated the number of intelligence agencies that concluded Russia meddled in the presidential election. During a joint news conference with President Andrzej Duda in Poland, Trump took questions from reporters from The Daily Mail and MSNBC.
Trump under fire for video ‘urging violent attack on journalists’
... a man with the cable news network's logo superimposed on his face. In the latest escalation of his war with the US news media, the doctored archive footage showed Mr Trump during a choreographed appearance attacking a rival at a professional ...
Trump Says He Is ‘Extremely Pleased’ That ‘Fake News’ CNN Is Being Exposed
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he is "extremely pleased" that CNN's journalistic faults are being exposed, while calling the media outlet "FakeNews" and "garbage journalism." In a tweet posted at 6:12 a.m., Trump, who has called CNN "fake news" multiple times before, expresses his excitement over CNN's faults becoming gradually more overt and consistent.
UN: Saudi Bloc attempt to close Al Jazeera is attack on Freedom of Expression
Reuters reports that U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, is "extremely concerned by the demand that Qatar close down the Al Jazeera network, as well as other affiliated media outlets." "Whether or not you watch it, like it, or agree with its editorial standpoints, Al Jazeera's Arabic and English channels are legitimate, and have many millions of viewers.
‘Actual malice’ and The New York Times
For Sarah Palin to prevail in her libel action against the New York Times , she must prove that the Times knew that the following statement in a June 15, 2017 editorial was false, or was published "with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not: "...Sarah Palin's political action committee circulated a map of targeted election districts that put [Congresswoman Gabrielle] Giffords and 19 other Democrats under stylized cross hairs." The editorial went on to suggest that there was direct incitement "in the Giffords attack".
Budgets need scrutiny: State Legislature’s lack of fiscal transparency is unacceptable
Yesterday, without fanfare, Governor Jay Inslee's office announced that the majority caucuses of the House of Representatives and the Senate had reached agreement on a go-home budget deal that would avert a state government shutdown following the end of the day on Friday, June 30th, the last day of the current 2015-2017 fiscal biennium. The details are still being hammered out, and so it's still not yet known what is actually in the agreement.
Topeka Capital-Journal wins newspaper of the year award
The Topeka Capital-Journal captured the Newspaper of the Year award Saturday at the Kansas City Press Club Heart of America awards program. In winning that award, The Capital-Journal staff received seven individual gold awards, five silvers, four bronzes and two honorable mentions in the contest.
On Writers, the Media, and the Corruptions of Power
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Scorching the Earth
That's a compelling verse call it a proverb from the New Testament. It's a great admonition for all of us.
How ‘The Salem Clique’ shaped Oregon politics during state’s early years: Book review
The American historical landscape is dotted with partisan political groups, often labeled rings, machines or cliques. From the first coteries surrounding Federalist John Adams and Democrat Thomas Jefferson, and throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, such political groups surged onto the American political scene.
How Saudi Arabia and allies strong-armed Qatar, blindsided U.S.
DUBAI, June 7 One of the first signs of the crisis in which three Gulf states and Egypt have cut ties with Qatar came in a phone call from an anxious government adviser to a Reuters journalist early on May 24. In the 6.00 a.m. call, he denied Qatar's emir made comments reported by the state-run news agency criticising hostility to Iran, sympathising with three Islamist groups, accusing Saudi Arabia of adopting an extremist ideology that fosters terrorism and suggesting Donald Trump may not last long as U.S. president. The adviser repeated a statement released hours earlier which said the news agency had been hacked, seeming unaware that Reuters had already reported the denial.
Department of Justice charges government contractor for leaking to The Intercept under Espionage Act
The Department of Justice on Monday announced that it had filed charges against a government contractor named Reality Winner for providing a news outlet with a classified document. The charges were announced shortly after The Intercept published a report , based on a highly classified intelligence report, that alleged Russian military intelligence carried out a cyberattack against a U.S. voting software supplier.
New Media Writer Cassandra Fairbanks Sues Leftie Writer Emma Roller…
While in the briefing room the two journalists stood at the lectern and took a photo that they later tweeted out. The two were flashing the "AOK sign."
Donald Trump Jr., Dubai business partner discuss a new ideasa
Donald Trump Jr. traveled to Dubai and met a billionaire business partner in the city-state, discussing "new ideas" as the Emirati's real estate firm still lists possible plans for future joint projects while Trump's father is in the White House. The Trump Organization has said it won't make new foreign deals while Donald Trump serves as America's 45th president.
Don Polson: Reject media, political betters
Last week's column left out some observations on the “100 days” of the press, the Democrats, Obama and Hillary due to space. I don't see how the national mainstream news media, the MSN or the so-called “Fourth Estate,” recovers from their collectively biased performance covering the first months of Donald Trump's presidency.
Milbank: Rosenstein has one last chance to save himself
For years, the man who just became the No. 2 official in the Justice Department painstakingly built a reputation as a gifted prosecutor and an above-the-fray lawman, serving Democratic and Republican administrations alike.
Orphan highway’ gets needed attention at Sonoma forum
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Why Hillary can’t win
Hillary Clinton's inability to honestly assess her 2016 election loss is turning slightly comic. And she will be the last know.