The Twitter Files, Trump, and the Corporate Media’s King Kong Problem
Donald Trump is a media creation based in large measure on this outsized Twitter presence that the media couldn’t get enough of and profited mightily from. Even now, as he…
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FBI: Trust Us, We Swear We Got It Right This Time!
Five summers ago in August 2017, FBI counterintelligence agents were still working an ill-gotten FISA spy warrant used to investigate former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page. Earlier this month, the…
Scott Walter on “Zuck Bucks” and the 2020 Election
CRC president Scott Walter appeared on Bannons War Room to discuss "Zuck bucks," the 2020 election, and the premier of Dinesh D’Souza's latest documentary 2000 Mules, in which Scott appears.
The Politically Incorrect Guide
Each episode of The Politically Incorrect Guide, starring Tom Woods and Michael Malice, covers undiscussed facts and stories about history, culture, and social movements that were purged from today’s mainstream…
Nonprofits and Journalism Update: Media State of Play
In early 2019, we surveyed the media landscape with a focus on the role of liberal-backed but nominally nonpartisan not-for-profit news outlets like ProPublica and Center for Public Integrity, which…
Nonprofits and Journalism Update: Liberal Cancellation Movements
As the for-profit right-of-center media are embroiled in turmoil, left-wing activists in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors are seeking to de-platform the right-of-center networks and to silence right-of-center reporting.
Nonprofits and Journalism Update: The 1619 Project
Perhaps the most prominent ostensibly journalistic endeavor since our last review of the media landscape was the “1619 Project,” an effort by controversial New York Times Magazine writer and 2016…
Nonprofits and Journalism Update: Responses from the Center and Right
The Trump years brought sea changes to the media, as a motivated woke-liberal audience flowed in alongside millions of dollars in nonprofit and for-profit money. Alongside that audience influx came…
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Journalism
In the seventh episode of The Politically Incorrect Guide, Tom Woods and Michael Malice destroy myths about the media. Journalists don't just report the news, they create it. Journalists have…
Spinning the Iran Deal to the Media: Elite Philanthropy Disguised as Grassroots Activism
Flying slightly under the radar are the high-level talks to reenter the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran deal. One weirder aspect of this almost…