How an Influential Medical Journal Laundered Progressivism as ‘Public Health’

Funded in part by the left-wing billionaire George Soros, a 'Lancet' committee proposes a raft of radical policies in the name of 'public health'

Aaron Sibarium
February 19, 2021 5:00 AM

The Lancet last week released a sweeping and much vaunted report on "public health and policy in the Trump era." Its first key finding is that Donald Trump "politicised" science, which "posed a uniquely urgent threat to health."

The Media Can’t Stop Talking About QAnon

Thaleigha Rampersad
February 10, 2021 3:10 PM

The media claim they will focus on covering the most important issues of the day—but as COVID deaths rise during the Biden administration, their focus seems to be elsewhere.

VIDEO: The ‘Kids in Cages’ Are Now ‘Migrant Children’

Thaleigha Rampersad
February 3, 2021 4:55 PM

The term "kids in cages" seems to have been eliminated from the media's vernacular and replaced with "migrant children" and "migrant families."

Meet the Woman Behind Salon’s Sloppy Tom Cotton Piece

San Francisco-based researcher Michelle Pettigrew was renovating her Georgian mansion while Cotton was in Iraq

Collin Anderson
January 25, 2021 4:01 PM

Something funny happened when Sen. Tom Cotton's (R., Ark.) aides received a request for comment from intrepid Salon reporter Roger Sollenberger.

Virginia Paper Warns of White ‘Privileges’ and ‘Blind Spots’ in Reporting

Josh Christenson
January 22, 2021 11:30 AM

Reporters at a Norfolk, Va., newspaper warned Thursday of their white "privileges" and "blind spots" in a newly launched series on the city's "racial divisions."

VIDEO: Jen Psaki Has It a Lot Easier Than Sean Spicer

Thaleigha Rampersad
January 21, 2021 6:50 PM

The media were never sheepish in the early days of the Trump administration about hurling questions at then-press secretary Sean Spicer. But in the early days of the Biden administration there has been no shortage of softball questions for press secretary Jen Psaki, including inquiries about color schemes for Air Force One and the measures of "deep cleaning" that were taken in the White House prior to President Joe Biden's arrival.

CNN Anchor Calls Florida Gov. DeSantis an ‘Ass’

Josh Christenson
January 5, 2021 4:14 PM

CNN anchor Brianna Keilar called Florida governor Ron DeSantis (R.) an "ass" on Tuesday after he sparred with a reporter about his state's vaccine distribution.

Continetti: Biden Knows Russia Didn’t Cause Investigation Into Hunter’s Taxes

Washington Free Beacon Staff
December 23, 2020 1:11 PM

Washington Free Beacon founding editor Matthew Continetti said President-elect Joe Biden knows it's false to claim the Russians manufactured the scandal Hunter Biden is facing.

SAY HIS NAME: The Media Owe Dr. Gorka an Apology

Andrew Stiles
December 14, 2020 1:40 PM

Journalists and other liberal activists who spend an unhealthy amount of time online expressed outrage this weekend over a Wall Street Journal op-ed urging Joe Biden's wife to stop referring to herself as Dr. Jill Biden.

Fact Checks, Combative Questions, and Other Journalism Quirks You’ll Miss When Trump’s Gone

Andrew Stiles
December 5, 2020 5:00 AM

As we prepare to enter the Joe Biden era of America politics, it's worth reflecting on some of the things we're going to miss about life under the Trump administration.