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Listen to the victims – no, not these victims

February 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, had many survivors, but thanks to the media, two in particular emerged as the public faces and anti-gun anti-NRA …

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They’ll have to pry the agenda from the media’s cold, dead hands (UPDATED)

February 23, 2018February 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Whenever the issue of guns or gun violence pops up, the Australian media* jettisons any idea of objective reporting and lunges straight into outright advocacy. Read, listen to or watch …

Culture / Politics

February 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

HEADLINES THAT ONLY MAKE SENSE IN 2018, FOR $100 – The story here. Questions the media never asked: Is TV Oversaturated with Trump-Hating Comics?

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The Big Collusion Nothingburger, or 10 takeaways from the Russian indictment

February 17, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

1.Thirteen Russian nationals and three Russian organisations have been indicted as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. You can …

Politics

February 12, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

NUCLEAR WINTER GAMES, CONT. – The American media wins gold for fawning over a totalitarian nightmare (thanks to the wonderful T Becket Adams who trawled through the sewage to come up …

Politics

February 11, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

NUCLEAR WINTER OLYMPICS – CNN hearts She-Kim: Kim Jong Un's sister is stealing the show at the Winter Olympics https://t.co/ian9ZiurVm pic.twitter.com/fBXuFEyXAj — CNN International (@cnni) February 10, 2018 If “diplomatic …

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Salon: “Why is the Bible so badly written?”

February 9, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Salon publishes and unpublishes: Why is the Bible so badly written? https://t.co/lOJ9MGxNUP pic.twitter.com/4FdDnPw9AL — Salon (@Salon) February 8, 2018 Thank you for your feedback. We heard you. Upon further review, …

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To the far right of the far left

February 7, 2018February 7, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

One of my pet peeves is the mainstream media using the label “far-right” not as any sort of an accurate description but as a dog-whistle to their progressive audiences. Just …

Culture / Politics

January 29, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

NOT AS SIMPLE AS ABC – The empire expands: ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie wants its online streaming service, ABC iView to become a global product similar to Netflix with reports it …

Politics

January 25, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WINSTON CHURCHILL’S “PROBLEMATIC PAST” – “The Independent” is here to remind us all about it: You can read the whole piece here. As Raw writes, “His grandson, Nicholas Soames, has …

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January 15, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“ISRAEL IS A COLONIAL PROJECT, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JEWS” – Palestinian Authority President (now in the 13th year of his 4 year term) has delivered a “wide-ranging” 2-hour …

Politics

January 12, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

HE WHOSE FACE MUST NOT BE SHOWED – “Time” magazine and its continuing problem with Trump, over time: Time magazine’s continuing series of Trump covers, from “Meltdown” to “Total Meltdown” …

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January 11, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IN WHICH NBC DISCOVERS ANCHOR BABIES – NBC is really on the roll lately – having first anointed Oprah “OUR president” (sorry, it was their “third party vendor” who did …

Politics

January 10, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

TOP GLOBAL “PRESS OPPRESSOR” – The Committee to Protect Journalists really didn’t do itself any favours: The Committee to Protect Journalists named President Trump as the winner of its “Overall Achievement in …

Culture / Politics

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

OPRAH 2020 – It’s official; 2020 will be a battle of TV hosts and the United States will get another President O – its first female, black and lesbian president: …

Politics

January 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS ARE WILD BEASTS DEVOURING FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY” – Former journalist and editor, and one of my favourite military historians, Max Hastings, tells us what he really thinks: …

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Ten more “hottest” takes on the Iranian protests

January 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Two days ago, I compiled a short list of ten freshest examples of “progressives and the media (but I’m repeating myself) say the darnest things” whenever someone around the world …

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Ten “hottest” takes on the Iranian protests

January 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Oh boy. What is it about the people protesting for freedom and democracy and against an oppressive, theocratic, warmongering (and anti-American) regime that brings out the propagandists, equivocators, 1.Alex Mohajer, …

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January 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“GAFFE” “STUNS” – Nothing like starting the year with hyperventilating: The gaffe-prone Duke of Edinburgh has stoked a new controversy by pointing at a man with a beard and asking “Is …

Politics

December 31, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SOLIDARITY WITH IRAN – It’s too early to get excited, since the Iranian regime has got a good form on suppressing anti-mullah protests, but it’s always the time to support …