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Wall Street Journal To Malcontents: Get Lost.
Unlike the quivering pantywaists running The New York Times, the WSJ editors struck back.
The New York Times: No Place For Tolerance
Bari Weiss’s savage letter to publisher A. G. Sulzberger accused The New York Times of creating a hostile work environment where conservative voices are stifled and subject to mockery.
Pandemic Platitudes
What editor would ever allow a reporter to use the hackneyed phrase “new normal”?
A COVID-19 Bail Out for Newspapers Would Perpetuate a Dying Business Model
Virginia’s two U.S. senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, have joined 17 colleagues in signing a letter calling for emergency COVID-19 funding for regional and local news outlets.
Fake News And Fish Bowl Follies
No sooner had President Trump said that he was encouraged by this development and optimistic the drugs could be a game changer than the crepe-hangers in the press emerged
CNN Airs Segment That Labels Trump Voters “Rubes”
It’s one thing to attack the president. He’s fair game. But it’s quite another to launch attacks at the president's supporters. The very people needed if the left wants to unseat the president in November.
Remembering Kobe Bryant
The beloved athlete and his 13-year-old daughter had just perished in a fiery crash. People were reeling from the horrific news.
A little decency was in order.
Will The Press Survive The Russian Collusion Hoax?
It gives me no pleasure to write this, but I don’t trust the media. I worked in journalism for 42 years. I once was proud of my profession. No more.
No, That Wasn’t John McCain’s Senate Seat
As a writer, words matter. I don’t like this sloppy tendency to award public offices to individuals, as if they own them.
State Of Newspapers Is Grim And Gloomy
As a writer who spent her entire adult life as a journalist, this study confirms a terrible truth: The industry I loved and labored in is failing.
Leave Melania Alone
It’s clear that nothing would make today’s press corps happier than seeing the current First Couple miserable.
They’re practically begging Melania to bolt.
Let’s Talk Tronc
It’s something of a relief for the sale to be finalized after a decade of uncertainty.
For the past 10 years, all Pilot employees knew they could wake up one morning and suddenly find themselves working for a new boss.
Washington’s Black-Tie Hatefest
Since when did four-letter words and abortion jokes become acceptable at a formal dinner?
What Happened To Common Decency?
There was only one reason that CBS, MSNBC and The Miami Herald were so quick to throw the ghoulish videos out there with an insincere warning that viewers might find the content “disturbing.”
Money.
I Saw “The Post” And It Made Me Sad
Today’s weak-kneed newspaper execs are so terrified of lawsuits that a stern call from a two-bit lawyer in a rumpled suit sends them to their fainting couches.
Finley’s Firing. A Sign Of The Apocalypse.
“I became a victim of a left-wing lynching in the most progressive state in the nation.” Denis Finley.
Tweetstorm Fuels "Fake News"
Can you stand one more screed about the battle of words between Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel and President Donald Trump?
Good. Because that’s what you’re getting today.
For those who slept all weekend, here’s what happened: