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Media Matters Whined About Reporting On Biden’s Age. Post-Debate, They Look Even Worse

Media Matters is mad, but what else is new? The self-appointed watchdog group conducted a pointless “study” and then acted surprised when the completely obviously results: corporate news outlets cover — sorry, “fixate” — on Biden’s age concerns about 10 times more than they do Trump’s. How can journos care so much about Biden’s age […]

Sixty Years On, Why the Kennedy Assassination Still Matters

Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes James W. Douglass describes how, by 1963, JFK had made himself irredeemably odious to the dark powers of the intelligence community and the military-industrial complex. A review of JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters, by James W. Douglass (Touchstone, 560 pages, $22)   June 10, 2023, […]

Stephen A. Smith loves Knicks’ Mikal Bridges addition: ‘Chemistry matters’

After Mikal Bridges joined the Knicks’ collection of Villanova University players in a surprise trade on Tuesday night, reactions from enthusiastic fans quickly spread across social media, but it didn’t surprise anyone. “First Take” personality Stephen A. Smith recorded his reaction to the shocking move about 30 minutes after his ESPN colleague Adrian Wojnarowski belatedly […]

Kyrie Irving cannot be found when it matters most in NBA Finals

BOSTON — Where is Kyrie Irving? You all know who I’m talking about: the man who made the biggest shot in NBA Finals history, the best-handling guard in the history of the league, and the guy who scored 30 or more points six times in these playoffs alone. Irving disappeared again, Houdini-like, under July Holiday’s […]

Massive layoffs hit Media Matters after Elon Musk lawsuit

For many years, Media Matters has existed solely as a watchdog against the right, which often seeks to destroy conservatives’ lives through cancel culture. Now the media company is undergoing major layoffs after Elon Musk took the company to court in November — and Lauren Chen is happy about it. “They’re basically a left-wing watchdog […]

Harvard University will no longer weigh in on outside public matters

Harvard University announced Tuesday that it would maintain silence on public matters not directly related to the institution’s “core functions,” months after the university’s statement on the Israel-Hamas war sparked intense controversy. Leaders of the prestigious university, who recommended the new policy, said Harvard’s public statements on a wide range of issues and world politics […]

Media Matters Lays Off Dozens Of Employees Following Lawsuit Filed By Elon Musk

Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings, speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, May 6, 2024. (Photo by Apu Gomez/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomFriday, May 24, 2024 4:58 PM Media issues Tesla has laid off dozens of employees following a lawsuit […]