#A war to rig the election and other commentary

#A war to rig the election and other commentary

“#A war to rig the election and other commentary” Media watch: A War To Rig the Election “Big Media is actively at war” with half of America, “desperately working to rig an election against them,” warns The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway. They “refuse to do journalism on Joe Biden,” ignoring stories like The Post’s exposé on…

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#Trump’s smashing court success and other commentary

#Trump’s smashing court success and other commentary

“#Trump’s smashing court success and other commentary” Conservative: Trump’s Smashing Court Success With Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation, President Trump is now clearly “the most important president in the modern era when it comes to shaping the judiciary,” cheers The Washington Post’s Marc Thiessen. Trump has justified every conservative who voted for him for the sake…

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#Joy of a Trump rally and other commentary

#Joy of a Trump rally and other commentary

“#Joy of a Trump rally and other commentary” Election desk: Joy of a Trump Rally With theatrics like Marine choppers, tailgating and Queen songs that give the feel of “part rock concert, part playoff game,” Monday’s Trump rally in a small Pennsylvania town, “especially in the moments around Trump’s ­entrance, was exuberant,” observes the Washington…

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#Creating a costly COVID narrative and other commentary

#Creating a costly COVID narrative and other commentary

“#Creating a costly COVID narrative and other commentary” Media desk: Creating a Costly COVID Narrative The “news media can still be a very formidable force” when “there is a panic, the subject is unfamiliar to the masses and they speak with a generally uniform voice,” notes John Ziegler at Mediaite. The pandemic gave the prestige…

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#Ignore early returns and other commentary

#Ignore early returns and other commentary

“#Ignore early returns and other commentary” Election watch: Ignore Early Returns “Don’t try to divine election results from early voting returns,” advises RealClearPolitics’ Sean Trende. He said the same thing in 2016, when pundits also pointed to “Democrats’ massive lead in early voting” to predict a Hillary Clinton win. In North Carolina, for example, “Democrats…

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#The press can’t handle the truth and other commentary

#The press can’t handle the truth and other commentary

“#The press can’t handle the truth and other commentary” Media watch: The Press Can’t Handle the Truth “The corporate media has refused to cover the substance of the New York Post’s bombshell reporting” on Hunter Biden’s e-mails, observes The Federalist’s John Daniel Davidson, “not because there’s nothing to the story,” but because it’s “harmful to…

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#Joe insults allies, media shrug and other commentary

#Joe insults allies, media shrug and other commentary

“#Joe insults allies, media shrug and other commentary” Foreign desk: Joe Insults Allies, Media Shrug Joe Biden last week warned of “the rise of totalitarian regimes in the world,” including democratic Poland and Hungary — and that “half-insulting, half-clueless remark” set off a “diplomatic firestorm,” sighs Gladden Pappin at Newsweek. Yet despite the vigorous protests…

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#Social media is state media and other commentary

#Social media is state media and other commentary

“#Social media is state media and other commentary” Tech beat: Social Media Is State Media The left is attacking New York Post reporting that exposes Hunter Biden’s “influence-peddling” as Russian disinformation, but “the funny thing about kompromat — a Russian term for compromising information — is that it is often true,” quips Jonathan Turley at…

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#Minnesotans tilting toward Trump and other commentary

#Minnesotans tilting toward Trump and other commentary

“#Minnesotans tilting toward Trump and other commentary” 2020 desk: Minnesotans Tilting Toward Trump In 2016, Democratic voters in rural Minnesota’s Iron Range mining community shifted allegiances to Donald Trump, because he spoke out about free trade’s role in “the region’s fading prosperity,” reports The Guardian’s Chris McGreal. This time around, six mayors from the region…

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#Treating experts like cranks and other commentary

#Treating experts like cranks and other commentary

“#Treating experts like cranks and other commentary” Pandemic journal: Treating Experts Like Cranks This month, three scientists published the Great Barrington Declaration, an anti-lockdown manifesto calling for a more humane response to the novel coronavirus that would isolate and protecREUTERS/Bing Guant the vulnerable while letting everyone else return to normalcy. Yet, The Spectator’s Toby Young sighs,…

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