A former NBC News executive is taking over Shareblue Media, a progressive news site funded by left-wing political operative David Brock. 
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) said Thursday that she would explain to a concerned Pennsylvania coal miner that the Green New Deal was "just bipartisan ideas" to help the economy and his state grow. 
NBC News mischaracterized remarks by White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to suggest President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin strategized about his administration's reaction to Democratic investigations. 
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's (D., Hawaii) campaign criticized "media giants ruled by corporate interests" in a fundraising email sent out on Saturday. The email also suggests journalism is being used against her campaign in a manner akin to 1950s-era McCarthyism. 
This blog is the spiritual successor to my previous similarly titled blog post that debunked a widely-reported study claiming America was one of the top ten most dangerous countries for women. As I pointed out at the time, the report heavily weighted the subjective judgements of “experts.” The result is that a bunch of Westerners polled at the height of the #MeToo failed to look beyond their bubble and declared the U.S. the third-worst country in the world for “sexual violence.” Seriously.
