Revoke the media’s License to Lie; 32 days until our real president returns to office

60 years ago, the liberal Supreme Court in 1965 gave the press a License to Lie in the NYT v. Sullivan case in which the Times ran a libelous ad by civil rights activists against police in Birmingham, Alabama. The court said, well, unless NYT meant actual malice, the libel was not a libel.

To survive, news media must be more like Twitter

David Sacks tweeted, “When LBJ announced that he would not seek reelection in 1968, he gave a 40 minute address from the Oval Office. Biden posted a letter on X and hasn’t been seen or heard from directly. MSM just applauds, doesn’t ask any questions. Very strange.” The press asks only the question the intelligence …

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Today’s Journalism: Experience & Honesty Not Required

Good journalism, somebody once said, is a nation talking to itself. That’s “talking to itself,” not yelling, screaming, shrieking, talking over one another, and generally engaging in verbal bullying. Yet that is just about all we see on prime-time television, especially cable television. Prime-time cable TV outlets such as Fox, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, etc., continue …

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Journalism Then And Now

I believe real journalism has fallen. Or has at least taken a sabbatical. And the people that think they are “journalists” seem to be lacking a spine. Take for example the White House Press Corp. Will hard hitting questions and challenge ever return? Taking a cue from the Kingston Trio, “Will they ride forever through …

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