Editor’s note: The author of this piece was previously fired from the Washington Free Beacon in response to investigative reporting by Dylan Byers.
NBC Universal vice chairman and Democratic donor Ron Meyer is leaving the company after revelations he faced attempted extortion over an extramarital affair. 
Global pandemics typically aren't good for national economies. On the contrary, they are usually bad. The U.S. economy, for example, contracted 9.5 percent in the second quarter of 2020—the largest quarterly decline in recorded history. The German economy, meanwhile, declined by 10.1 percent.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) on Sunday waved away concerns about his unfulfilled promise to disclose his medical records before the first votes were cast this election cycle.
MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle, an intrepid journalist with a knack for cultivating sources in the business community, is getting a promotion despite being credibly accused of unscrupulous conduct. 
A new book from reporter Ronan Farrow claims that disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein tried to use his close connection with 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to a kill a story about sexual assault allegations lodged by multiple women. 
The radical climate change protesters who shut down Washington, D.C., traffic Monday received virtually no coverage on cable and network news outside of Fox News. 
A nonprofit's intense new public service announcement depicting children in a school shooting reflects public fears on the subject that are out of step with the rareness of violence in schools. 
MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell issued an on-air clarification Tuesday after making shocking claims about President Donald Trump's ties to Russian oligarchs that had not been vetted by NBC News. 
NBC News foreign correspondent Richard Engel was the only panelist who sided with HBO's Real Time host Bill Maher after he expressed desire for an economic recession to help defeat President Donald Trump in 2020. 