David Pecker, who ran the National Enquirer empire, confirmed under oath yesterday that he had used catch-and-kill payments to help Donald Trump’s campaign – and his text messages didn’t help the former president either. In his second day of testimony, the former Trump pal calmly described forking over cash in two such instances: one for a story that turned out …
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There were only remote classes at Columbia University on Monday as protests, clashes and arrests rendered the campus a cauldron of tension and fear. A surge in antisemitism, attacks and harassment has made life extremely uncomfortable for Jewish students at colleges across the country, and Columbia has become ground zero after police arrested more than 100 protesters there late last …
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Another day, another newsroom in turmoil. And it features a familiar cast of characters: Senior executives who say they are upholding old-fashioned standards of fairness, and younger, woke rebels who want only their point of view – the liberal point of view – represented. The balance of power has shifted in recent years. Managers at major media companies are so …
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Donald Trump wants as much media coverage as possible of his first criminal trial. How surprising is that, given that his campaign says he raised $1.5 million after the trial’s first day? CNN reports that Trump wants his surrogates “blanketing the airwaves,” and that at least four VP contenders have argued his case on air or on social media: Elise …
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No matter how you look at it, the first direct attack by Iran against Israel was a victory for the Jewish state. And the United States. And Britain and France. And an utter humiliation for Tehran. Yet many are still understandably nervous that it could lead to a wider war. In launching more than 300 drones and missiles over the …
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We live in extremely polarizing times. Can anyone really dispute that? The two major presidential candidates are calling each other a threat to democracy. Donald Trump says Joe Biden is pulling the strings to have him jailed in the hush money case. Joe Biden says Donald Trump is a dictator in waiting.HOW NPR WENT ‘OFF THE RAILS’ TO KNEE-JERK LIBERALISM–ACCORDING …
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I grew up thinking of journalism as a dogged, flawed, yet unmistakable search for the truth. That may have been wrong, but at least people could (mostly) agree that the media provided a common set of core facts. Well, that’s all vanished. The rise of social media, while generally a healthy thing, means anyone can post anything, true or false.WHY …
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Donald Trump told me he wanted to devise an abortion compromise that would “make everyone happy.” I said I didn’t think that was possible. But he didn’t dispute a New York Times report that he was talking to advisers about banning the procedure after 16 weeks, soon modified in another interview to 15 weeks. Instead, in an early morning video …
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The media are filled with chatter, prognostication and speculation about what another Trump term would look like. This is in part because he has a good shot at winning–something the press didn’t believe a few short months ago–and because we basically know what a second Biden term would look like. That’s the lot of an incumbent president – Biden can …
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The fervent embrace of Donald Trump by evangelical voters is both beyond dispute and something of a mystery, at least to those eternally puzzled by the former president’s appeal. Now the New York Times says he is mixing religion and politics to entice followers into the “Church of Trump.” Perhaps that’s why he reposted a Washington Times opinion column this …
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