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Job Opportunity Opening Soon: White House Press Secretary
Jaime O’Neill: Are you equally able to put your personal integrity aside, to deal with becoming a running joke for late night comedians, a buffoon and liar in the eyes of the world?
Learning to Love Trump’s Lies
Among the nightmares on his “to come” list is his budget, the most mean-spirited in history, plus the shoring up of the Nazi-style grabbing, jailing and deporting of minorities.
The Narrative Beyond the First Hundred Days: The Detangler
oward Beale could be as crazy as he wanted until the ratings dropped and the ad revenues fell, then they had to kill him like Caesar. Et tu, O’Reilly.
My One Appearance on “The O’Reilly Factor”
I quickly realized that Mr O’Reilly looked upon me, a liberal or left-wing professor, as “fresh meat”. I just as quickly resolved that I was not going to play along.
The Detangler: If “The Russians Did It,” Where’s Lara’s Theme and the Bolshoi Ballet?
Anything can be kept out of the narrative. Just use the default that always works. The ultimate doublespeak, which is a real doozy—that showing you no evidence proves the evidence is of the highest order, because ‘it’s classified and will benefit our enemies if we let you see it.’
Major Companies Pull Advertisement from Bill O’Reilly Show Amid Harassment Scandal
It appears that things may actually be going south for Fox News host, wife-beater and sexual harasser Bill O’Reilly after more than a decade of having his news network foot the bill for his crimes. Amid a sea of scandal surrounding Fox and O’Reilly especially, three car manufacturers have pulled their planned advertising from use […]
Alt-Truth for Alt-Smart Fools
Why would anyone look beyond Fox News for information, or seek opinions from any sources other Sean Hannity, or no-nonsense news guys like Hugh Hewitt, Alex Jones, or Rush Limbaugh?
David Brooks Gets Lost in a Lily-White History
Does Brooks not know, for example, that the American Revolution was in large part an effort by the Southern colonists to preserve the institution of slavery against rising anti-slavery sentiment in Britain?
Obama White House Photographer Mocks Kellyanne Conway Over ‘Microwave’ Remarks
Conway went from being a powerful woman to a laughing stock after being called out for her repeated lies. She’s no longer a regular on the daily news shows due to her lack of credibility.
All the Bad News That’s Fit to Print
Steve Hochstadt: The storm of bad news from across the world delivered to us now even on our phones can be numbing. The bigger the world is, the smaller we feel.
What Happened to Paris?
Steve Hochstadt: Right-wing media push anti-European attitudes by making up stories about how Western European immigration policies have resulted in public insecurity.
Wiretap Firestorm May Finally Sink James Comey
Jim Stinson: After holding on through a tumultuous year, FBI Director James Comey may finally have gone a bridge too far by trying to undermine President Donald Trump in the public sphere. It’s a controversy that will complicate what’s left of Comey’s appointed tenure.
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