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June 5, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Media

WaPo CEO Tells Reporters: ‘I Can’t Sugarcoat it… People Are Not Reading Your Stuff.’

During a Monday meeting, Washington Post CEO and publisher Will Lewis reportedly explained to his staff: “We are losing large amounts of money. Your audience has halved in recent years. People are not reading your stuff. I can’t sugarcoat it anymore.”

The staff, however, appeared more concerned with diversity hires and whether or not a “woman of color” was interviewed for the role of Editor-in-Chief, now being taken by a former colleague of Lewis’s from the United Kingdom.

“I’ve had to take decisive, urgent action to set us on a different path,” Lewis told them, “sourcing talent that I have worked with that are the best of the best.”

The termination and replacement of Sally Buzbee apparently surprised staff on Sunday evening despite the paper continuing to lose power, influence, and money. Her replacement—from the centrist British Telegraph newspaper—has caused concern amongst those who prefer the Post to be used as a leftist propaganda rag rather than a newspaper.

“…given their previous affiliations with Murdoch and with the fiercely right-wing Telegraph newspaper – sometimes referred to as the Torygraph — there is a palpable fear in and out of the Post newsroom that the three men will drag the Post’s political coverage in a more pro-Trump direction.”

– Dan Froomkin, Press Watch, 2024

But the Telegraph is hardly “right-wing” anymore, nor is it at all “pro-Trump.” According to some, the reactions from Post staff have proved Lewis’s suspicions that the organization is being run for the benefit of far-left politics and politicians than its readership, which continues to decline.

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During a Monday meeting, Washington Post CEO and publisher Will Lewis reportedly explained to his staff: “We are losing large amounts of money. Your audience has halved in recent years. People are not reading your stuff. I can’t sugarcoat it anymore.” show more
June 3, 2024
Media

Salem Media Pulls Dinesh D’Souza’s ‘2000 Mules.’

Salem Media Group has decided to pull Dinesh D’Souza’s documentary 2000 Mules from its platforms. The move follows an apology issued to a Georgia man falsely accused of illegal voting activity in the film.

The 2022 documentary grossed close to $1.5 million. It made various claims suggesting the 2020 election was rigged. However, Factcheck.org and other organizations allegedly ‘debunked’ multiple claims in the film. Despite this, former President Trump cited the film to support his assertions regarding a stolen election.

Salem Media Group released a statement regarding their decision to withdraw the film. “In publishing the film and the book, we relied on representations made by Dinesh D’Souza and True the Vote, Inc. that the individuals depicted, including Mr. Andrews, illegally deposited ballots. We have learned that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has cleared Mr. Andrews of any wrongdoing related to the depicted events.”

The statement continued, “It was never our intent for the publication of the ‘2000 Mules’ film and book to harm Mr. Andrews. We apologize for the hurt the inclusion of Mr. Andrews’ image has caused him and his family. We have removed the film from Salem’s platforms and will cease any future distribution of the film or book.” The book was initially published through Regnery Publishing, a former division of Salem Media Group.

Mark Andrews, the individual affected, had filed a defamation lawsuit against Salem Media, D’Souza, and True the Vote.

However, despite the alleged “debunking” of D’Souza’s film, subsequent reports have revealed massive irregularities surrounding the 2020 election in Georgia. A recent investigation revealed serious issues with the Fulton County, Georgia recount, including duplicate ballot images, fake Biden ballots, and thousands of missing ballots.

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Salem Media Group has decided to pull Dinesh D’Souza’s documentary 2000 Mules from its platforms. The move follows an apology issued to a Georgia man falsely accused of illegal voting activity in the film. show more
May 30, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Media
Politics

NEW HOAX DROP: ‘Trump Said N-Word 20 Years Ago,’ Claims Ex-Apprentice Producer.

Bill Pruitt, a former producer on The Apprentice, claims the expiration of a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is finally allowing him to allege that Donald Trump said “n***er” — a slur against African-Americans — on set in 2004. Pruitt’s story about being gagged for two decades, however, fails to add up considering his previous barbs aimed at Trump, as well as years of commentary about the show.

“I signed an expansive nondisclosure agreement that promised a fine of $5 million and even jail time if I were to ever divulge what actually happened,” writes Pruitt in the little-read left wing website Slate. Pruitt describes himself as “one of four producers involved in the first two seasons” of the show, and implies the expiration of the NDA this year has freed him — although he has actually been trashing The Apprentice as a “scam” for years.

Pruitt claims Trump was reluctant to allow black season one contestant Kwame Jackson — now a self-described “DEI Consultant” who accuses Trump of “Racism, Xenophobia, [and] Sexism” on social media — to win. He claims Trump said, “I mean, would America buy a n***er winning?” He adds that the then-future president was “serious, and… adamant about not hiring Jackson,” and that “the damning evidence was caught on tape.”

However, such tapes have never emerged, and Pruitt writes he has come to believe they “will never be found.”

But despite claiming he could not accuse Trump of saying n***er without facing multi-million-dollar fines and possible jail time for violating an “expansive” NDA, he has been able to attack The Apprentice and personally insult Trump, apparently without sanction, since at least 2016.

Pruitt also previously denied as “preposterous” an accusation he signed “a confidentiality agreement when working on The Apprentice… agree[ing] to sexism in workplace,” implying it merely covered not disclosing the outcome of the contest.

“We signed them so as to not disclose who got fired,” Pruitt insisted, calling his new claims into question.

The news is evidently the latest, scarcely believable hoax against Trump, which comes as polls show the 45th President surging with black voters against Joe Biden. The peddlers of the hoax, including Pruitt, are asking Americans to believe that not only did Trump openly use the n-word amongst a number of liberal television colleagues, but that no one thought to allege it until 2024.

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Bill Pruitt, a former producer on The Apprentice, claims the expiration of a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is finally allowing him to allege that Donald Trump said "n***er" — a slur against African-Americans — on set in 2004. Pruitt’s story about being gagged for two decades, however, fails to add up considering his previous barbs aimed at Trump, as well as years of commentary about the show. show more
May 30, 2024
Media

200-Year-Old Newspaper Discontinues Daily Edition.

The Evening Standard announced it will discontinue its daily print edition and transition to a weekly publication. This decision marks a substantial shift for the London-based newspaper. Established in 1827, it became a free publication in 2009.

Staff were informed of the change via an email on Wednesday. The email explained that increased remote working and the availability of wi-fi on the London Underground negatively impacted the paper’s fortunes. The paper’s circulation has plummeted from 850,000 to 250,000 over the past five years, leading to losses of £84.5 million over six years. Speculation about the newspaper’s future had been circulating for some time.

The Evening Standard, originally named the Standard, had its first evening edition in 1859. In 2009, Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev and his son, Evgeny, acquired the publication. After the acquisition, the decision to distribute the paper for free saw circulation numbers rise from 250,000. Despite this, current circulation levels have dropped to around the same as pre-2009 levels.

Last year, a Bloomberg report indicated that new Standard editor Dylan Jones took the position with the understanding that the print edition would not be abandoned. Despite this, Jones recently admitted to the Press Gazette that he “never” reads printed newspapers.

The Lebedevs also bought the Independent in 2010 and ceased its print edition six years later. Wednesday’s email told staff at the Standard that the goal is to replicate the Independent’s success after it transitioned online in 2016. The communication emphasized that twelve million people access the Standard’s digital platforms monthly. Half of this traffic comes from outside London and overseas.

However, even online news organizations have been struggling of late. Earlier this week, it was reported that The Daily Beast is seeking to cut staff in order to reduce its overhead.

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The Evening Standard announced it will discontinue its daily print edition and transition to a weekly publication. This decision marks a substantial shift for the London-based newspaper. Established in 1827, it became a free publication in 2009. show more
May 29, 2024
William Upton
Media

Disgusting Reporters Ate Sandwiches in NY Courtroom Toilets.

Members of the corporate media covering former President Donald J. Trump‘s Manhattan-based hush money trial engaged in some fairly disgusting habits in an effort to work around security and typical court restrictions.

Reporters would use the periodic breaks in the trial to rush to the courthouse bathrooms, where they’d eat sandwiches, do their business, and charge their phones and laptops. While some used the facilities for their intended purposes, other journalists — according to POLITICO — “shoved granola bars and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into their faces before racing back to business.” Public bathrooms are known to harbor a plethora of harmful bacteria, including norovirus, salmonella, and even hepatitis A. Additionally, the act of flushing a toilet can disperse feces and urine microbes over five feet into the air, forming a plume of microscopic human waste that will eventually settle on the surrounding surfaces.

Many of the trial attendees, including several attorneys with the defense and prosecution, wore winter coats while sitting at their respective tables during the proceedings, as the chamber was frigidly cold. Former President Trump himself complained publicly about the freezing temperatures on several occasions, calling the courtroom an “icebox.”

Adding to the unhealthy environment created by a cold court and filthy journalists is the fact that the courthouse is undergoing significant remodels and reconstruction, which has led to asbestos abatements, a mess of scaffolding, and potentially toxic dust.

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Members of the corporate media covering former President Donald J. Trump's Manhattan-based hush money trial engaged in some fairly disgusting habits in an effort to work around security and typical court restrictions. show more
May 29, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Education
Immigration
Media

The Atlantic Comes Out in Favor of Foreign Students Supporting Hamas.

The Atlantic magazine has attacked Donald Trump for saying he would deport anti-Israel foreign students rabble-rousing on behalf of Hamas, claiming such protests are “an essential element of American freedom.”

“One thing I do is, any student that protests, I throw them out of the country. You know, there are a lot of foreign students. As soon as they hear that, they’re going to behave,” Trump reportedly told donors earlier this month, stressing the need to stop the “radical revolution” gripping U.S. college campuses.

Atlantic staff writer David Graham branded the proposal “classic Trump: vindictive, nonsensical, disproportionate, and based on the assumption that deportation is the answer to America’s problems.”

Graham complained Trump was “[proposing] a penalty, deportation, not permitted for citizens.” He noted, “Americans can lose citizenship for treason, and naturalized citizens can be denaturalized for a small range of offenses,” but insisted “protesting U.S. foreign policy is not one [of them].”

He went on to allege Trump “has no problem violating… the basic civil rights guaranteed for other people by the Constitution.”

NO ‘TERRORIST SYMPATHIZERS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.’ 

Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt has said, “President Trump will side with Jewish Americans and American citizens, period, and he will not tolerate terrorist sympathizers on our college campuses.” She also said Joe Biden had “empowered antisemitic protesters destroying our college campuses and threatening to undermine our democracy.”

The campus crisis has become a major electoral issue for Biden. Most voters are appalled by the disruption and occasional violence and anti-Semitic attacks they involve, but segments of the Muslim and youth vote, critical demographics for the 81-year-old Democrat, believe he has been too pro-Israel.

“I condemn the anti-Semitic protests… I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians,” Biden said in April, trying unsuccessfully to appease both sides.

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The Atlantic magazine has attacked Donald Trump for saying he would deport anti-Israel foreign students rabble-rousing on behalf of Hamas, claiming such protests are "an essential element of American freedom." show more
May 28, 2024
Ed Kozak
Media

BREAKING: Far-Left Daily Beast Site Cutting Staff.

The far-left “news” website, the Daily Beast, is accepting buyout applications in order to reduce its overhead, according to insiders.

“New leadership at The Daily Beast is cutting headcount through buyouts. The company is accepting buyout applications to hit its goal of $1.5 million in reductions, according to people familiar with the matter,” reports the New York Times‘s Ben Mullin on X (formerly Twitter).

The tabloid has been highly critical of former President Donald Trump and has peddled falsehoods about Congressman Matt Gaetz, among others.

One former editor, Lachlan Cartwright, was instrumental in crafting the “catch-and-kill” claims against Trump that led to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s current prosecution of him.

 

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The far-left "news" website, the Daily Beast, is accepting buyout applications in order to reduce its overhead, according to insiders. show more
May 25, 2024
Media

WaPo Debunks NYT: Alito’s Upside Down Flag Was Over ‘Neighborhood Dispute, Not Politics.’

In a rare move, the Washington Post has debunked the New York Times over its story regarding the upside-down U.S. flag being flown over Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s home in 2021. A Post reporter had visited the Alito’s at the time of the incident, enquiring about the flag, but finding nothing more than a neighborhood dispute. The Post explained Saturday:

The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito, rather than the justice, and connected to a dispute with her neighbors, a Post spokeswoman said. It was not clear then that the argument was rooted in politics, the spokeswoman said.

The Post even takes a dig at left-wing Democrats who have been attempting to use the issue to force Justice Alito off cases as a result:

Since the Times article, dozens of Democratic lawmakers and some legal experts have called for the justice to recuse himself from the 2020 election-related cases, saying the upside-down flag outside his home raises questions about his impartiality or creates the appearance of bias. He has drawn rebukes from some Republicans as well.

For now, the neighborhood remains quiet, and no other disturbances have been reported. Further details may emerge as the situation develops and more information is made available.

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In a rare move, the Washington Post has debunked the New York Times over its story regarding the upside-down U.S. flag being flown over Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's home in 2021. A Post reporter had visited the Alito's at the time of the incident, enquiring about the flag, but finding nothing more than a neighborhood dispute. The Post explained Saturday: show more
May 23, 2024
Crime
Culture
Media

Coming Soon: The George Floyd Biopic 🥴

A Hollywood movie based on the life of career criminal George Floyd is currently in development. Titled Daddy Changed the World, the project is expected to dramatize Floyd’s life. Floyd’s 2020 death in police custody ignited widespread Black Lives Matter riots across several cities in the United States.

George Floyd’s daughter, Gianna, and her mother, Roxie Washington, are executive producers on the film. Radar Pictures, a Hollywood production company known for successful films such as Jumanji and Riddick, will produce the film in collaboration with 8 Queens and Night Fox. Producers describe Daddy Changed the World as a “gritty drama of a man and his community thrust into the fiery light of history.”

Roxie Washington stated, “We are excited the world will see the real, jovial, and loving George we know. This film will humanize him, embody the essence of his life, and hopefully reignite efforts to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. It’s time for justice and equality for all.”

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in Floyd’s death. Although authorities noted that Floyd had fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system at the time, they alleged Chauvin caused his death while kneeling on his neck during the arrest. Floyd had additionally served multiple jail terms for various offenses, including drug possession and theft.

Floyd’s death sparked riots across the country organized by ANTIFA and Black Lives Matter. The unrest resulted in billions of dollars of property damage and left 19 people dead.

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A Hollywood movie based on the life of career criminal George Floyd is currently in development. Titled Daddy Changed the World, the project is expected to dramatize Floyd's life. Floyd's 2020 death in police custody ignited widespread Black Lives Matter riots across several cities in the United States. show more
May 23, 2024
Media

CNN Primetime Ratings Hit Three-Decade Low.

CNN has logged its lowest primetime ratings since 1991 as corporate news networks continue struggling to retain viewers. According to data published by the market research firm Nielsen, the network’s 8 PM to 11 PM programming from May 13 through May 19 attracted only 83,000 viewers among the coveted demographic of 25 to 54-year-olds.

Meanwhile, Fox News secured over 186,000 viewers among the key age demographic during the same primetime slot, while MSNBC attracted 111,000 viewers. Overall, CNN’s weekly viewership totaled just 494,000, substantially lower than Fox News’s 2 million viewers and MSNBC’s 1.1 million.

Mark Thompson, who took over as CNN’s CEO late last year, has struggled to improve the network’s viewership ratings. The former New York Times and British news executive replaced Chris Licht, who was fired as the network’s CEO last June. Facing rising costs and falling revenue, Thompson announced a round of salary cuts at the network in February.

CNN’s primetime lineup, which is comprised of “AC360” with Anderson Cooper at 8 PM, “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” at 9 PM, and “CNN NewsNight” hosted by Abby Phillip at 10 PM, has notably lacked significant programming and direction under Thompson’s leadership. Additionally, the network’s increasing anti-Trump bias has alienated a large swath of American viewers who support the former Republican president. Among CNN’s primetime talent, Collins has notably displayed a lack of basic political knowledge.

In response to the dismal ratings, a CNN spokesman claimed the network has actually seen growth among the 25-54 age group year-over-year, particularly when including Erin Burnett‘s 7 PM show and Anderson Cooper’s midnight rebroadcast.

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CNN has logged its lowest primetime ratings since 1991 as corporate news networks continue struggling to retain viewers. According to data published by the market research firm Nielsen, the network's 8 PM to 11 PM programming from May 13 through May 19 attracted only 83,000 viewers among the coveted demographic of 25 to 54-year-olds. show more