Tag Archives: Mainstream Media

Media bias – going strong as the year ends. What’s next?

Posted on December 29, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Let us see if we can understand this during the gap between Christmas and New Years, when every agency and many news organizations are either on vacation or have their third-string people struggling through. Look, a lot of Americans don’t … Continue reading →

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Media and the real standard for military personnel

Posted on October 7, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Sometimes all you need is a headline and an opening paragraph to come to the correct conclusion that the “news” article (and even an “opinion piece”) is full of errors, lies, twisted facts, crazy claims, and generally spouting a particular … Continue reading →

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Throwing down the gauntlet

Posted on August 19, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Do you happen to remember Robert Reich? Here is a refresher from MSN: Robert Reich is a professor of public policy at Berkeley and former Secretary of Labor. His writings can be found at https://robertreich.substack.com/.” In one of his latest screeds, … Continue reading →

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The sickening state of modern media

Posted on August 6, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, American media was dominated by the Big Three television networks, and a few national magazines. ABC, NBC, and CBS are still with us. Most of the old national magazines are gone or bizarrely … Continue reading →

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Growing tensions, stress ramping up in government circles?

Posted on June 28, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

In a week in which both Trumpistas and Never-Trumpers have labeled as a massive string of wins for The Donald, we point to information which seems to indicate further fracturing and even instability within the highest circles of the FedGov. … Continue reading →

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Truth? The hit dog barks!

Posted on May 29, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

On Memorial Day, the current guy living in 1600 PA posted this online. Now, these are pretty harsh words, right? Immediately, a lot of people. Apparently, MSN and The Daily Beast called this “an unhinged rant.”

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The corrupt nature of mainstream media

Posted on April 23, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

TPOL tends to be very hard on so-called “legacy” or mainstream media (MSM). That is, the television and radio networks and their local affiliated TV and radio stations, together with the newspapers (chains or independents and especially the “national” press) … Continue reading →

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Patriotic Evil?

Posted on April 22, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

The Rapid City (South Dakota) recently had this top-of-front-page headline. Of course, this is not “news” – it is opinion, and indeed, the vilest of propaganda. Even more evil than the government propaganda (the “patriotic” indoctrination) that this editorial (disguised … Continue reading →

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Pandering? Or repentant?

Posted on January 13, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Despite the fact that The Price of Liberty is published on WordPress, which is a form of social media, we here at TPOL don’t really like social media. There are many reasons, but a major one is the ability of … Continue reading →

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Liberty, the Bible and society

Posted on August 15, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Readers of these commentaries know that the entire staff of TPOL are both libertarians (anarchists) and followers of Christ Jesus (Christians). We know that many people of faith, and many lovers of liberty do not believe the two concepts are … Continue reading →

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