Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) responded to a disputed report claiming that 26 Iranian “shadow fleet” vessels had breached the United States’ naval blockade by calling the news “awesome.” After intense criticism, Murphy said he was being sarcastic. The senator’s original tweet, which garnered 2 million views, linked…
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Former Iranian State Media Editor Now Works for US ‘Media Bias’ Group That Rates Liberal Outlets as More Reliable Than Their Conservative Counterparts
A former paid scribe for an Iranian state-affiliated newspaper now works for a U.S. media watchdog group known for producing a “media bias” chart that rates liberal outlets as more reliable than conservative ones. Meisam Zamanabadi, an analyst with Ad Fontes Media, spent a large part of his…
New York Times Puts Gavin Newsom on Best Sellers List Despite ‘Bulk Sales’ It Has Used To Disqualify Conservatives
The New York Times placed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D., Calif.) on its coveted Best Sellers list even as it acknowledged that Newsom used campaign-funded “bulk sales” to sell tens of thousands of copies of his memoir, Young Man in a Hurry. The Times has cited such sales to…
On the Couch With Kamala Harris
CHARLOTTE—Kamala Harris is technically still on tour promoting 107 Days, her critically panned campaign memoir that came out almost seven months ago. Copies of the book adorn the stage at Ovens Auditorium, but no one wants to hear her rehash petty grievances from a lost election in what…
George Washington University Hires Federal Judge Overseeing Antisemitism Lawsuit Against It To Teach ‘Ethics and Discretionary Judgment’
George Washington University hired the federal judge who is presiding over a lawsuit accusing the school of “pervasive and severe antisemitic harassment” to teach a GW Law course on “ethics and discretionary judgment,” social media posts and course materials reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon show. That judge,…
Hegseth Takes Aim at Iranian Regime ‘Pirates and Terrorists’ and ‘Legacy Trump-Hating Press’ in News Conference
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth taunted the Iranian regime as a group of “pirates and terrorists” during a Thursday morning press briefing and laid into the “legacy Trump-hating press.” “We have a long track record of dealing with pirates and terrorists,” Hegseth said, warning the Islamic…
Zohran Mamdani’s Wife Apologizes for ‘Harmful’ Racial Slurs She Posted on Social Media—but Not for Glorifying Terrorists
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D.) wife, First Lady Rama Duwaji, offered a belated apology for using slurs for black and gay people on an old social media account. She did not apologize for several posts sent in her early 20s glorifying Palestinian terrorists. “When a tabloid…
Duke Suspends Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter Over Illustration Depicting ‘Zionism’ as Pig Holding Star of David
Duke University suspended and froze funding for its campus Students for Justice in Palestine chapter after the anti-Israel organization shared an illustration flagged for “antisemitic imagery,” the Duke Chronicle reported Wednesday. The student organization advertised an event last month in an Instagram post featuring an illustration of two…
Democrats Who Called Eric Swalwell Their ‘Friend’ Now Say They’re Stunned by Accusations Against Him
It was an open secret among the political class—except, apparently, to those who knew him best. Democrats who once described their closeness with former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) now say they are shocked by the string of sexual misconduct allegations against him—including rape—that ended his gubernatorial campaign…
New Database Empirically Proves Everything You Suspected About the New York Times
A new database of all the New York Times articles published in the past 25 years provides empirical evidence of some of the biases that many of the newspaper’s critics have long suspected. The developer of the database, Ted Alcorn, is not a media critic but a former…