Tuesday night, President Trump delivered a spirited, televised speech to an energetic crowd of supporters in Arizona. It came with the type of rhetoric we’ve grown accustomed to: lashing out at political opponents (on both sides of the aisle), doubling-down on past statements, bragging of an unprecedented number of presidential accomplishments, and… CONTINUE
CNN Investigative Journalism: Policing Internet Videos
Last Sunday, President Trump continued his weekly tradition of posting adolescent, self-defeating statements on Twitter, by tweeting an Internet video of him fake-pummeling famous wrestling promoter, Vince McMahon. The scene came from Trump’s brief stint with World Wrestling Entertainment a few years back, and it had been modified by an anonymous… CONTINUE
Rubio Destroys Trump at the Debate; Will it Matter?
It took a long time, but Donald Trump’s GOP primary competitors finally figured out that battling for second place was an ineffective campaign strategy. With all but one of the early states going to Trump, and national polls showing more to soon follow, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz understood that… CONTINUE
Is the Media Railroading Ben Carson…Or Doing Its Job?
When someone runs for the most important office in the country, they should expect their past to be thoroughly scrutinized by the media. Actually, let me rephrase that: If they’re a Republican, they should expect it. If they’re a Democrat…well, there’s at least a chance it will happen. Regardless, the… CONTINUE
CNN: The Place to Go for a Few Laughs
I used to think that if you could bottle CNN you’d have a cure for insomnia. CNN gave dull a bad name. But CNN had good points, too. It was seen as the place to go if you were in the market for serious news. Not anymore. Ever since Malaysian… CONTINUE