Tag Archives: Mainstream Media

False accusations

Posted on April 11, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Today, the buzzword is “fake-news” but it isn’t something new. Almost anyone can be branded as evil (or just bad) by fake news. For example, last year, a college football player has been vindicated after being accused … Continue reading →

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Trump, Pittsburgh, and the royal presidency

Posted on October 31, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Well, actually, by Tom Knapp.  Tom beat me to the punch this morning or last night by writing an EXCELLENT commentary about the way that The Donald is being treated by politicians and others at all levels … Continue reading →

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Is more government the solution to attacks on free speech?

Posted on August 8, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Alex Jones, the gravel-voiced publisher, owner, editor, and voice of InfoWars and other websites and podcasts, is in the news and the commentaries this week. And he is actually in trouble.  As I understand it, Apple, Facebook, … Continue reading →

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Redefining the media (Part 2)

Posted on March 14, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I have generally distinguished between media differently. (Part 1) First, there is the mainstream media (MSM), with such things as the WaPo, USA Today, New York Times and other major dailies, the “networks” of radio and TV … Continue reading →

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Redefining the media

Posted on March 13, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Whether we call it the “press” or the “media” or lump it together in the general category of “free speech,” most people (both in the Fifty States and much of the rest of the world) consider their … Continue reading →

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The approaching doom of human history?

Posted on December 3, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I4U News has a blaring headline, “Sea Level Rise Could Swallow 13,000 Archeological Sites in US.”  A similar MIC story starts out, “Human history may soon be in serious trouble…”  The stories refer to a technical paper … Continue reading →

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More thoughts on the Las Vegas Massacre (#3)

Posted on October 8, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton This week, I’ve lost track of the times I’ve heard politicians say the most disgusting things. First, of course, we have the liberals demanding “reasonable” gun laws. Then we have the conservatives whining about how this isn’t … Continue reading →

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Media and Muslims – whom do we believe?

Posted on September 5, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton (Thanks to Marsh for this.) The Geller Report accuses, with good documentation and justification, the Mainstream Media with spreading a false narrative about how Muslims are THE heroes of the Houston-Harvey cataclysm. Apparently ignoring the “usual” heroes … Continue reading →

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Ignorance, hypocrisy, and other character defects

Posted on August 11, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton While I am concentrating on conservatives and liberals in this article, does it not apply to virtually all of us?  We can all be ignorant, unknowing, hypocrites, inconsistent, and prone to attacking others with hurtful words or … Continue reading →

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You can’t have it both ways, people

Posted on May 28, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Can I appear to defend The Donald for just a moment?  The drama-queen panic and screams of horror at his election to the positon of “the most powerful man in the world” have really not subsided in … Continue reading →

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