Special Report

Special Report
Misinformation and Checking the Fact-Checkers: The Future of Fact-Checking
Following his acquisition of Twitter (now X), Elon Musk revamped the Twitter fact-checking system from one only ever used to benefit the Left, to one that fact-checks everyone.
by Matt Palumbo on May 29, 2024

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UPDATED: Shining a Light on Zuck Bucks in the 2020 Battleground States
Editor’s Note: May 28, 2024: Updated Texas analysis with new data. January 18, 2022: Analysis completed for all states. The latest in a series exposing Mark Zuckerberg’s…
by Parker Thayer, Hayden Ludwig on May 28, 2024

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The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: The Nonprofit News Sector
In 2019 and 2021, Capital Research Center surveyed the changing media landscape, taking note of the increasing role of nonprofit and benefactor-driven “for-loss” media investments that are beginning to replace…
by Michael Watson on May 14, 2024

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The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: Targets of Liberal Activists
In recent years—especially since the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016—liberal activists have taken a strong interest in taking over and building journalistic enterprises to promote liberal ideology,…
by Michael Watson on May 14, 2024

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The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: Big Philanthropy’s Play
Retaking control of local and national narratives by controlling local journalism outlets and exploiting their higher trust are attractive propositions for left-of-center activists. To that end, the MacArthur Foundation announced…
by Michael Watson on May 14, 2024

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The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: Selecting for Activists
In addition to general investments in local outlets and state-level advocacy efforts, Big Philanthropy has sought to further control the talent pipeline of journalists seeking elevation to prestige outlets. And…
by Michael Watson on May 14, 2024

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The Rise of Left-Wing Nonprofit Journalism
The decline of traditional metropolitan “objective” media outlets has affected the news landscape dramatically. Those outlets were more liberal and less objective than they pretended, and their business model, which…
by Scott Walter on May 7, 2024

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On the Question of Right Fights: Factions on the Right
The conservative intellectual movement has been blown apart by a combination of factors, including the political, economic, and foreign policy failures of the second term of President George W. Bush…
by Michael Watson on February 20, 2024

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On the Question of Right Fights: Dueling Manifestos
In 2022, a working group commissioned by the Edmund Burke Foundation, the organization behind the periodic National Conservatism Conferences, published “National Conservatism: A Statement of Principles.” The statement amounts to…
by Michael Watson on February 20, 2024

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On the Question of Right Fights: National Conservatism at Arms
For their part, nine signers of the National Conservatism statement and 10 allies put forward a collection of essays denouncing the “generation of decay” in right-of-center politics and promoting a…
by Michael Watson on February 20, 2024