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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
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