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May 23, 2024
Media

MEDIA MATTERS LAYOFFS: Far-Left Staff Blame Elon Musk While Using His Platform.

The far-left Media Matters organization is laying off staff who appear to be blaming Elon Musk for their imminent joblessness. The outgoing activists, including TikTok Tucker-hater Katherine Abughazaleh, took to Musk’s own platform, X, to bemoan their predicament:

The news comes just two months after National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam declared that the P. Diddy-linked “Meidas Touch” website was “eating Media Matters’ lunch.”

“Media Matters is slow, it takes them six hours to get a story up,” Kassam opined, adding, “This is not the way to reach people anymore. Sorry, Brocksters, you’re done. MeidasTouch has eaten your lunch. That’s what’s happening here.”

Texas AG Ken Paxton recently announced a probe into the organization’s affairs, with billionaire Elon Musk also filing a defamation suit against the group.

Abughazaleh recently celebrated when Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox News. Her colleagues, many of whom lost their jobs today, have also celebrated the attacks on conservative media such as One America News and Steve Bannon’s War Room. Those same staff have called Media Matters’ decline a “sad day for free speech.”

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The far-left Media Matters organization is laying off staff who appear to be blaming Elon Musk for their imminent joblessness. The outgoing activists, including TikTok Tucker-hater Katherine Abughazaleh, took to Musk's own platform, X, to bemoan their predicament: show more
May 22, 2024
Media
News

The Internet is Dying.

A new study suggests that vast amounts of internet content are disappearing, challenging the common perception of the web as a permanent repository of information. The research, published by the Pew Research Center, indicates that significant swathes of web pages and online content have been lost over the past decade.

According to the study, 38 percent of the web pages that existed in 2013 are no longer available. Even more recent content is prone to disappear; eight percent of pages from 2023 are already inaccessible. This trend occurs mainly when pages are deleted or moved within otherwise operational websites rather than when entire websites go offline.

The loss of content has affected various sectors, including news and government sites. Notably, 23 percent of news pages analyzed contain at least one broken link, and 21 percent of government domains show similar issues. Wikipedia, a widely used reference website, also suffers from this problem, with 54 percent of its pages having at least one dead link in their reference sections.

The vanishing content is not confined to web pages alone; social media platforms are also affected. The study found that approximately 20 percent of tweets disappear from the platform within a few months of being posted.

Researchers compiled their findings by examining nearly a million web pages using Common Crawl, a service that archives significant portions of the internet. They then tracked the availability of these pages from 2013 to 2023. Their analysis revealed that 25 percent of archived pages within that timeframe are no longer accessible. Of these, 16 percent originated from existing websites, while 9 percent came from websites that are now defunct.

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A new study suggests that vast amounts of internet content are disappearing, challenging the common perception of the web as a permanent repository of information. The research, published by the Pew Research Center, indicates that significant swathes of web pages and online content have been lost over the past decade. show more
May 22, 2024
Media
News

Vivek Buys Stake in Russia Dossier Publisher Buzzfeed.

Shares of BuzzFeed Inc. experienced a significant rise early Wednesday following an announcement that former U.S. presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has acquired a stake in the online media company and seeks to initiate discussions with its board. Ramaswamy, who ended his political campaign in January and subsequently endorsed Donald Trump, has taken a 7.7 percent stake in BuzzFeed valued at approximately $6.81 million.

The newly acquired position catapults Ramaswamy to the fourth largest shareholder in BuzzFeed, behind major investors such as Comcast, NEA Management, and Hearst Communications. These entities had previously invested in the company when its valuation was significantly higher.

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ramaswamy indicated his intent to “engage in a dialogue with board or management about numerous operational and strategic opportunities to maximize shareholder value, including a shift in the company’s strategy.” Following this disclosure, BuzzFeed shares surged by as much as 55 percent to $3.94 in premarket trading in New York, marking the most substantial one-day gain since February.

BuzzFeed, once well-known for publishing the fake Russiagate dossier on Donald Trump, recently refocused on generating online quizzes, listicles, and AI-generated pop culture content. The company has been struggling in recent years due to a decline in internet advertising revenue, leading to the elimination of its news division last year amid broader layoffs.

Ramaswamy, the founder of Roivant Sciences and co-founder of Strive Asset Management, stepped away from the asset management firm last year to concentrate on his presidential bid. He has since indicated that he does not plan to return to the firm, suggesting his new focus might be transitioning into the media industry.

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Shares of BuzzFeed Inc. experienced a significant rise early Wednesday following an announcement that former U.S. presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has acquired a stake in the online media company and seeks to initiate discussions with its board. Ramaswamy, who ended his political campaign in January and subsequently endorsed Donald Trump, has taken a 7.7 percent stake in BuzzFeed valued at approximately $6.81 million. show more
May 20, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare
Media
News

Assange WINS in U.S. Extradition Appeal.

A United Kingdom court has ruled that Julian Assange can challenge his extradition to the United States. The decision came after a panel of London-based judges found that U.S. assurances regarding how Assange’s trial would be conducted were insufficient. An appeal hearing will likely happen in several months.

Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is wanted by U.S. government officials over allegations of espionage. The charges relate to the leaking and posting online of a trove of U.S. national security materials related to classified, confidential military and diplomatic documents pertaining to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. If convicted, Assange could face up to 175 years in prison.

The court fight over Assange‘s extraction has taken nearly a decade, beginning shortly after WikiLeaks’s publication of classified documents. In March, however, his extradition began to move forward with the Royal Courts of Justice in London ruling that the U.S. could pursue extradition if “satisfactory assurances” about the preservation of Assange’s rights at trial were met. Specifically, the U.K. court demanded that Assange be extended U.S. First Amendment rights at trial despite being an Australian citizen. In addition, the U.K. judges asked that the U.S. would exclude the death penalty for Assange.

On Monday, Edward Fitzgerald — the attorney representing Assange — argued that the U.S. government assurances regarding Assange’s rights at trial were “blatantly inadequate.” James Lewis, the U.S. legal representative, contented that any offered assurances could not bind U.S. courts but that the Biden government would try to implement the requested provisions as much as possible.

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A United Kingdom court has ruled that Julian Assange can challenge his extradition to the United States. The decision came after a panel of London-based judges found that U.S. assurances regarding how Assange's trial would be conducted were insufficient. An appeal hearing will likely happen in several months. show more
May 16, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Culture
Media
UK

Queer Black ‘Doctor Who’ Gets Terrible Ratings.

Ratings for Doctor Who, the iconic British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) sci-fi show that has been running since 1963, have crashed following the introduction of the first “openly queer” black Doctor, played by Rwandan migrant Ncuti Gatwa.

Ratings have plummeted by around 50 percent since Gatwa’s debut episode and are near the all-time low viewing figures set in 2022. The BBC, funded by a television license fee all Britons are compelled to pay if they watch live programming — even if none of it is BBC content — insists this does not account for viewers who watch on streaming services. However, the new series has already thrown away much public goodwill, with Gatwa having told viewers unhappy with the show’s woke direction: “Don’t watch. Turn off the TV. Go and touch grass, please, for God’s sake.”

Showrunner Russel T. Davies, a gay man, has declared it is his “job to open doors and let the next people through and to let trans and queer stories through,” setting the tone for the direction of the publicly-funded series.

It is not an entirely new direction, however, with Davies having suggested that, in the future, straight people will not exist when he first revived the show in the 2000s. His successor and now predecessor, Steven Moffat, also said they had an agenda to insert ethnic minorities into British and European history during time-traveling stories to promote the narrative the West has always been diverse.

“We’ve kind of got to tell a lie. We’ll go back into history and there will be black people where, historically, there wouldn’t have been, and we won’t dwell on that,” Moffat explained.

“We’ll say, ‘To hell with it, this is the imaginary, better version of the world. By believing in it, we’ll summon it forth,'” he added.

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Ratings for Doctor Who, the iconic British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) sci-fi show that has been running since 1963, have crashed following the introduction of the first "openly queer" black Doctor, played by Rwandan migrant Ncuti Gatwa. show more
May 16, 2024
William Upton
Media

Dem ‘Dark Money’ Is FLOODING State & Local Media.

A network of left-wing non-profits and foundations are moving to invest heavily in state and local journalism enterprises as Americans increasingly become distrustful of national, corporate media outlets like the New York Times, CNN, and The Washington Post. This network of Democrat-aligned organizations appears to intend to use state and local news outlets to further their campaign of censorship against Republican and conservative lawmakers and media figures.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation pledged half a billion dollars over the next five years to bolster the political left‘s efforts to take over and control state, local, and independent journalism in the U.S. Additionally, the Democrat ‘dark money‘ group Arabella Advisors has gotten in on the game. Arabella, which The National Pulse previously reported had backed pro-Hamas protestors to the tune of $10 million, has set up the States Newsroom network, which feeds progressive and far-left stories through state and local affiliates.

DARK MONEY MEDIA.

Quasi-for-profit and non-profit networks like Arabella have thrived in the post-Citizens United campaign finance environment. In 2020, Democrats pulled in $455 million in dark money compared to $185 million for Republicans. Their States Newsroom operation has a footprint in 38 states, according to the Capital Research Center, and had a budget of $13.2 million in 2021.

Meanwhile, on the right, little focus has been put on building state and local media infrastructure. Scott Walker, president of the Capital Research Center, recently wrote that the budgets for non-profit media groups like the Franklin News Foundation and the for-profit Star News Digital Media pale in comparison with left-wing outlets backed by Arabella and its dark money operation.

The left’s non-profit journalism operation and its deep-pocket backers allow their outlets to push Democrat and progressive talking points as news with little concern about financial repercussions. Even more concerning, The National Pulse reported in February that left-wing billionaire George Soros is moving to buy the second-largest radio network in America — though the purchase is facing several legal challenges.

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A network of left-wing non-profits and foundations are moving to invest heavily in state and local journalism enterprises as Americans increasingly become distrustful of national, corporate media outlets like the New York Times, CNN, and The Washington Post. This network of Democrat-aligned organizations appears to intend to use state and local news outlets to further their campaign of censorship against Republican and conservative lawmakers and media figures. show more
May 15, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Media

NYT Dings MSNBC For Liberal, Pro-Biden Bias!?

NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde, responsible for outlets including  MSNBC, CNBC, and Telemundo, reportedly wants his news operations to provide a “big tent.” However, the regression of MSNBC into “a kind of televised safe space” after Donald Trump’s election in 2016 has dragged down the rest of NBC with it, The New York Times reports, with the former president and conservatives in general increasingly regarding it as a partisan “fake news” operation.

“Our strategy is built on our distinct, complementary brands including NBC News, CNBC, NBC News Now, MSNBC and Telemundo,” NBCUniversal News Group claimed in a statement to the Times. “That has driven our performance as the nation’s leading news organization with the largest reach.”

But the Times notes the decision to hire Jen Psaki, Joe Biden’s former press secretary, and another Biden aide, Symone D. Sanders, “straight from the White House” showed MSNBC was only doubling down on its partisan bias. The negotiations to hire Psaki, in particular, caused conflict of interest concerns among NBC News staffers, with the network’s then-co-chief White House correspondent asking the then-Biden official how it could be “ethical to have these conversations with media outlets while you continue to have a job standing behind that podium?”

BALANCE FAIL. 

Bias at MSNBC became so bad that NBC parent company Comcast “intervened in MSNBC’s coverage following negative remarks about Israel” following the Hamas attack on the country on October 7, 2023.  It was around this time that far-left British anchor Mehdi Hassan exited the network.

However, virulently anti-Trump shows have attracted a considerable audience of Democratic hardliners, allowing them to derail Conde’s efforts to restore some semblance of balance. On-air rebellions by the likes of Rachel Maddow over the hiring of Ronna McDaniel, considered a Republican-in-name-only by most Trump supporters, saw her deal canceled.

The Biden regime has also been directly leaning on NBC to remain biased, with officials “perturbed about the McDaniel hire,” according to the Times. The newspaper also reports Biden aides are lobbying the Nightly News, “whose huge audience is of critical political importance to the [Biden] campaign,” to stop “taking it easy on Mr. Trump and treating Mr. Biden too harshly.”

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NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde, responsible for outlets including  MSNBC, CNBC, and Telemundo, reportedly wants his news operations to provide a "big tent." However, the regression of MSNBC into "a kind of televised safe space" after Donald Trump's election in 2016 has dragged down the rest of NBC with it, The New York Times reports, with the former president and conservatives in general increasingly regarding it as a partisan "fake news" operation. show more
May 14, 2024
William Upton
Media

Soros Outlet Credits The National Pulse With RINO Charlie Spies’s RNC Ouster.

The George Soros-funded left-wing nonprofit Media Matters for America is crediting The National Pulse with the ouster of anti-Trump lawyer Charlie Spies from his role with the Republican National Committee (RNC). Media Matters notes that a series of articles published by The National Pulse detailing concerns over Spies’s previous employment with the Ron DeSantis and Jeb Bush presidential campaigns played a critical role in pushing Spies out the door at the RNC.

“Several other key figures in MAGA media also targeted Spies, in part because of his unwillingness to claim that the 2020 election was stolen and for his past work with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who unsuccessfully challenged Trump in the Republican presidential primary,” Media Matters writes. They add, citing reporting by The National Pulse: “Spies has also worked for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and other establishment Republicans figures.”

“The National Pulse, whose founder and editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam is a close Bannon ally, began attacking Spies immediately after his hiring,” Media Matters states, adding: “A March 12 headline referred to Spies as a ‘Jeb, DeSantis campaign lawyer who attacked Trump.’ In the ‘Editor’s Notes’ section at the bottom of the story, Kassam commented, ‘This is really fucking bad, guys.'”

The left-wing group highlights Kassam’s appearance on Stephen K. Bannon’s War Room, where The National Pulse’s editor-in-chief reported that Spies is a close personal friend of infamous Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias. Kassam explained how RNC staffers like Spies assisted Elias by “being a walkover,” “backchanneling information,” and “being a feckless tool that just sort of sits in position and doesn’t do anything.”

Prior to taking the RNC role, Spies had ridiculed former President Donald J. Trump‘s pledge to build a border wall and referred to the former President as “thin-skinned.” The night before Joe Biden‘s inauguration, Spies posted on X (formerly Twitter) a performative “congratulations” to the octogenarian Democrat.

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The George Soros-funded left-wing nonprofit Media Matters for America is crediting The National Pulse with the ouster of anti-Trump lawyer Charlie Spies from his role with the Republican National Committee (RNC). Media Matters notes that a series of articles published by The National Pulse detailing concerns over Spies's previous employment with the Ron DeSantis and Jeb Bush presidential campaigns played a critical role in pushing Spies out the door at the RNC. show more
May 14, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Media

GUARDIAN: Trump Prosecution’s Reliance on Michael Cohen is ‘A Big Stretch.’

The far-left Guardian newspaper’s opinion section this morning leads with an admission that securing a criminal prosecution in Alvin Bragg’s case against Donald Trump is “a big stretch” thanks to the key witness being serial perjurer Michael Cohen.

After first blasting Cohen as someone she “wouldn’t hold up… as an example of a great American,” columnist Margaret Sullivan explains that the charges against Trump fail to represent “an airtight case.”

“Can jurors find [Cohen] credible, given his checkered past? Even if they do, is it possible to make the leap to criminal violations of campaign-finance law? And could every one of them then agree to convict?

“That’s an Everest-high mountain to climb. Trump’s lawyers are sure to bombard Cohen with his foibles during cross-examination later this week.”

She concludes: “As for a jury then connecting that credibility to criminal election-law interference? And then, unanimously, deciding to convict the former president? That’s a big stretch.”

Her concerns differ wildly from those of POLITICO author and former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori, who claims Stormy Daniels’s testimony was compelling enough for the jury to find President Trump guilty, even though what she alleged was scarcely criminal, let alone felonious.

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The far-left Guardian newspaper's opinion section this morning leads with an admission that securing a criminal prosecution in Alvin Bragg's case against Donald Trump is "a big stretch" thanks to the key witness being serial perjurer Michael Cohen. show more
May 13, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Culture
Media

West Virginia Town May Get Transgender Mayor.

The Associated Press is pushing the mayoral campaign of Wheeling City Council member Rosemary Ketchum, the first openly transgender public official in West Virginia. While the press agency presents Ketchum as a nonpartisan figure focused on paving roads and other brass tacks local issues, he has a history of trashing Donald Trump on social media and executing far-left stunts in office.

The AP claims Ketchum’s focus is “address[ing] the community’s concerns, ranging from accessible public transit to support for small businesses,” and jabs at “GOP lawmakers’ focus on books bans and bathroom access.”

It concedes in passing that the City Council during Ketchum’s tenure declared racism a “public health crisis” in the midst of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, however, and symbolically banned “conversion therapy” of homosexual and transgender persons.

As for Ketchum’s claimed rapport with Trump voters and people “uncomfortable” with “gender nonconformity,” the official has an extensive history of attacking Donald Trump and his supporters online.

Ketchum, who was transitioned as a minor, supported Trump’s impeachment, branded his administration “hateful, vicious, and dangerous,” and claimed his supporters lack “critical thinking skills, self-awareness, and empathy.” He also attacked First Lady Melania Trump as a “complicit, lying, birther” and pushed the hoax story alleging the former president called America’s First World War dead “losers.”

After then-President Trump excluded transgenders from the military in 2018, Ketchum penned an article demanding he be allowed to serve. However, two years later, believing war was a real possibility, he posted on social media celebrating the fact he could not be conscripted, with the hashtag #NoDraftPlease.

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The Associated Press is pushing the mayoral campaign of Wheeling City Council member Rosemary Ketchum, the first openly transgender public official in West Virginia. While the press agency presents Ketchum as a nonpartisan figure focused on paving roads and other brass tacks local issues, he has a history of trashing Donald Trump on social media and executing far-left stunts in office. show more