Israel
Israel’s fight is the West’s fight
As in the past, Israel will ask its allies for arms and help with missile defense, but will never ask for troops.
Immigration
How can Trump make mass deportation work?
Donald J. Trump has a mandate for action, and if Republicans capture the House, in addition to the Senate it now has, he will have a pretty free hand to act. Even CNN’s Van Jones called Trump’s an “avalanche victory.” He will be able to act on illegal
Media
And now, I defend Tucker Carlson?
This is going to be shocking, at least to regular readers. I am going to defend Tucker Carlson, a little bit like Mark Antony speaking at Caesar’s graveside. Tucker Carlson: There is this much truth in what I say. (Photo: Bloomberg) The difference is I come neither to bury,
Entertainment
Massacre Day on cable news
It’s Massacre Day on cable news. Fox News thanked Tucker Carlson for his lies service as they escorted him to the door. Why? No one is saying yet, but the leaks will start soon. Was his head demanded in the Dominion Voting settlement? I doubt it, but Carlson seemed
Journalism
Tucker, Tucker, pants on fire
The Fox News prime-time distortionist, Tucker Carlson, is at it again -- pushing the lies that U.S. forces are actively engaging Russian troops in combat in Ukraine. “Briefing slides prepared by the U.S. government,” he said, “began to show up, among other places, on Twitter. And the slides
January 6
The “truth” according to Tucker Carlson
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson is not a journalist. His employer has bragged admitted that, and that he can’t be believed. Fox News lawyers said that in court. The "'general tenor' of the show should then inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not 'stating actual facts&
Russia
Tucker Carlson’s lies, a continuing series
Welcome to Tucker Carlson’s lies, part of a continuing series. I can’t help watching Fox News Channel’s highest-rated asset because he is conducting a master’s class in political disinformation, lies and propaganda. His specialty is white lies, misdirection, and walking the tightrope between legitimate opinion and
Media
A free press isn’t free
“Freedom of the press is fragile,” says Patricia Campos Mello, a Brazilian journalist who works for Folha de Sao Paulo, and who knows more than I about the subject. She is one of four journalists featured in “Endangered,” a 90-minute documentary now on HBO. It was recommended to me by
Immigration
Replacement theory is real, but...
So now we have a new theory to learn: Replacement Theory, to go along with Critical Race Theory, and Social & Emotional Learning Theory, as things that divide Americans. What moves Replacement Theory to the head of the line was how it helped push 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron into a
Russia
Tucker Carlson is at it again
I gotta stop doing this. Watching Tucker Carlson, I mean. I got 5 minutes into Tuesday night’s show before turning it off. That’s 3 minutes earlier than Monday. First, the positive. On occasion, Carlson’s essays function on actual government excess. I don’t know if he writes
Russia
Tucker Carlson’s war on the facts
Update: On his 2/24 show, Carlson admitted Putin was the aggressor. Let’s start with Tucker Carlson, who knows he’ll never win an Edward R. Murrow award, so has set his sights on the Lenin Award. We will also end with him. There’s a lot of confusion
Democracy
The facts from PolitiFact, and what’s missing
Today is Jan. 6, and I felt I had to do something, and thought this was an important piece. Normally, I would post this on Facebook, but I am still wrongly jailed. So it goes here. PolitiFact knocks down some of the lies before and after the January 6 riot.