Written by Elise Cooper
Slanted is the third book by Sharyl Attkisson, and as with her other two, it is a refreshing read. It is nice to know that there are still independent journalists who put fact over opinion, and she is one of those. To no one’s surprise, she talks about the shift in the news, from a focus on reporting the facts to more on trying to push a narrative on the American people.… Continue Reading
Tags: 1984, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, American Thinker, Carolyn Ryan, Elise Cooper, Facebook, George Orwell, Google, Jeremy Peters, Ministry of Truth, Sharyl Attkisson, Slanted, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Tom Cotton, Twitter
Media Watch | David E. Smith | 
December 8, 2020 4:00 AM | 
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Written by David Limbaugh
A lot of things worry me about a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration, but nothing troubles me more than that it will accommodate the left’s disturbing march toward selective suppression of free speech.
Much of the war against this sacred liberty occurs at the level of our culture, but when a leftist-friendly administration is in power, our efforts to combat this culturally will be more difficult.
As a result of structural and technological changes in our society, threats to free speech no longer come from government alone, and so, our constitutional guarantees against encroachments are now inadequate.… Continue Reading
Written by Robert Spencer
Twitter did this after the President’s Executive Order calling for an end to politically motivated censorship on Twitter. And so the war is on. It is clear from Twitter’s leaving up Khamenei’s tweet calling for jihad violence that they’re not censoring Trump out of concern about violence, but because he is the largest voice dissenting from their agenda. Once he is silenced, it will be easy to silence everyone else. Who appointed Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, and Mark Zuckerberg, and the clowns at Google/YouTube and the Southern Poverty Law Center, as the guardians of acceptable opinion and permitted speech?… Continue Reading
Tags: Ali Khamenei, Donald J. Trump, Google, Iran, Israel, Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, Palestine, Southern Poverty Law Center, Twitter, YouTube
Islam & Sharia, Media Watch | David E. Smith | June 1, 2020 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Twitter Censors Trump Yet Keeps Khamenei’s Tweet Calling for Jihad Violence
Written by David Limbaugh
There’s no question that animosity exists on both sides of the political spectrum, but have you noticed how personal it has become for many on the left?
It is disturbing how intolerant and filled with rage leftist extremists have become, and how many more people are falling into the category of leftist extremism.
But what concerns me as much as this pattern of ill will and abuse from leftists is that it is unchecked by their peers and often applauded.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bill de Blasio, Bill Kristol, Chick-Fil-A, Clarence Thomas, Dan Cathy, Facebook, George W. Bush, Google, Hank Johnson, Jimmy Kimmel, Jonathan Chait, Jr., Kirstjen Nielsen, Luke O’Neil, Mitch McConnell, Obamacare, Pam Bondi, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephen Miller, The Boston Globe, Thin Blue Line, Twitter, Unplanned
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | April 13, 2019 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Leftists Whipping Themselves Into a Jacobin Frenzy
Written by Robert Knight
Since November 2016, the Deep State and its media allies have spent considerable time and money cultivating animus toward President Trump and the Republican-led Congress among younger voters.
Many Millennials came unglued in the wake of the election and still are. The Left is counting on their turning out to elect progressives in November. Social media bristle with anti-Trump and anti-conservative invectives, and some of it spills over into anti-American rants.
As author William J.… Continue Reading
Tags: David Kyle Foster, Deep State, Diamond and Silk, Facebook, Google, Howard Zinn, James O’Keefe, Lois Lerner, Mark Zuckerberg, Mitt Romney, President Trump, Seton Motley, Shadow ban, Ted Cruz, Twitter, Vimeo, William J. Federer
Media Watch, Religious Liberty | Benjamin D. Smith | June 16, 2018 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Deconstructing Young Minds
Written by William M. Briggs
On the last day of bad old last year, Lake Superior State University released its 43rd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness.
The ripest for excision was “fake news.” “Let that sink in.”
I mean, “let that sink in” was another “impactful” phrase needing banning. As was (can we get an Amen?) “impactful.” (Most banned words are those that fill the air in corporate meetings.)… Continue Reading
Written by Robert Eno
Which came first, the bias or the search results? That’s a question worth asking after reading a (PDF) by a group of researchers looking at how search results could have affected the 2016 election.
In a short paper presenting their preliminary work, the social scientists showed that search results from Google, in particular, showed bias toward Hillary Clinton in the month leading up to the election. The same scientists, in 2015 (PDF), that biased search results may sway the results of elections.… Continue Reading
