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Dec 06 2019
Opinion
Adam Schiff’s Attack on the Free Press
Even if John Solomon’s reporting on Ukraine was misleading or destructive, it wouldn’t warrant being unmasked by the government. Where are all the self-styled champions of the free press now that Adam Schiff has used the surveillance powers of the state to smear not only his political rivals but a journalist?
With the release of the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment report
National Review (News)Oct 19 2013
News
States Are Focus of Effort to Foil Health Care Law
The federal government is again open for business, and Republicans in Washington are licking their wounds from the failed Tea Party attempt to derail President Obama’s health care overhaul. But here in Virginia’s capital, conservative activists are pursuing a hardball campaign as they chart an alternative path to undoing “Obamacare” — through the states.
New York Times (News)Aug 13 2020
Perspectives Blog
Coverage of Harris as VP Pick Creates Partisan Filter Bubbles
For much of the past week, the media has largely set aside the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to go all in on coverage of Joe Biden picking Kamala Harris as his running mate.
To the surprise of few, the way any given news outlet covered the decision likely hinted at its editorial bias. Yes, this represents the new and widely acknowledged norm. But as long as millions of readers maintain
Henry A. BrechterSep 21 2020
News
‘It’s a big, big swing’: Trump loses ground with white voters
The president is running well behind his 2016 pace with the demographic that sent him to the White House.
Donald Trump is making modest inroads with Latinos. Polls suggest he’s pulling slightly more Black support than in 2016.
But Trump is tilting at the margins with those groups. His bigger problem is the demographic that sent him to the White House — white voters, whose embrace
PoliticoMay 18 2013
News
The Wrap: From conservatives vindicated by the IRS scandal to Benghazi unfolding, the week that was
The Obama administration found itself facing a series of scandals and it was revealed that the federal government gave witness protection to terrorists. On the international stage, the Russians sent more than a dozen warships to aid the Assad regime in Syria. Heres a recap, or wrap, on the week that was from The Washington Times.
Washington TimesNov 29 2012
Opinion
In Fiscal Cliff PR War, Obama Seeks Help From A Public Already Leaning His Way
In Washington's latest game of chicken, President Obama is counting on voters who see things his way to give him the edge in his quest to get congressional Republicans to accept tax increases on the nation's wealthiest as part of any fiscal cliff deal.
NPR (Online News)Nov 29 2012
News
Are parties hurtling toward ‘fiscal cliff’?
With little tangible headway being made in Washington on averting the looming federal taxes-and-spending crisis, a key observer said Wednesday that he puts the chances of Congress reaching a deal before the Jan. 1 “fiscal cliff deadline at less than 1 in 3.
Washington TimesMay 07 2014
News
Confirmed: Many of Obamacare's 'Eight Million Enrollments' are Duplicates
We've been throwing cold water on the administration's so-called exchange "enrollment" figures for months, and for good reason: They're incomplete to the point of deception. The Washington Post reported back in November that official tabulations were including anyone who's "selected a plan," which is the equivalent of placing an item in a virtual shoppin
TownhallMay 25 2020
Opinion
The ‘Liberal Leaning’ Media Has Passed Its Tipping Point
A return to balance would be commercially unviable. The best solution may be an honest embrace of bias.
About 35 years ago I was sitting at lunch next to Jeane Kirkpatrick, a onetime Democrat who became a foreign-policy adviser to President Reagan and later U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She was lamenting what she called the “liberal leaning” media. As the president of CBS News
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Sep 01 2014
Opinion
OPINION: Labor Day, a misnamed holiday
No American holiday is as unusual as Labor Day. As legal holidays go, Labor Day isn’t very old. Whereas Washington’s Birthday (now Presidents Day), Independence Day, Thanksgiving and even Memorial Day (originally Decoration Day) go way back in history, Labor Day didn’t become a national holiday until 1895.
Washington Times