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April 26, 2018
Drew Cloud was a prolific writer specializing in student loan issues, founder of the Student Loan Report, and “a source for news on the student loan industry, financial aid, and scholarships.” Media relied on him for sensational surveys…
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April 25, 2018
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals clearly had enough of PETA’s monkey business, when it ruled against the animal activists on April 23.
The extreme group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), filed suit as “next friends…
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April 25, 2018
Jeff Bezos’ media properties, The Washington Post and Express newspapers, are acting more than ever like press agents for the Amazon CEO.
Both publications recently heralded the “unspoken requirement” for Amazon’s…
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April 25, 2018
A page for University of Chicago students to anonymously share confessions, questions, and rants was shut down by Facebook after a post included a meme making fun of French people.
The Chicago Maroon reported the UChicago Secrets Page was…
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April 25, 2018
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), originally scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday regarding online censorship, has clarified that it will only submit written testimony due to concerns that the hearing will…
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April 23, 2018
Ah yes, what better way to get people to “help” the planet than by auctioning off prizes from mansion owning, private jet flying Hollywood stars?
Liberal environmental website EcoWatch published the Natural Resources Defense Council…
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April 23, 2018
Bumble, a dating app that claims to be women-centered, has made another round of donations to Planned Parenthood. This followed last month’s move to ban gun photos on the app.
In a tweet on April 22, 2018, Planned Parenthood posted that it…
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April 23, 2018
The Federal Reserve and the Conference Board both issued positive progress reports about the U.S. economy last week. Neither got a peep from the broadcast networks on those days.
In fact, on April 18 and 19, the evening news broadcasts on ABC…
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April 23, 2018
A Scottish YouTuber has been fined after being found guilty of being “grossly offensive” online for uploading a video of his girlfriend’s pug responding to “sieg heil” and “gas the Jews.”
In the allegedly…
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April 20, 2018
A new poll by the Pew Research Center shows a majority of Americans do not believe the government should rein in the spread of fake news.
The Pew poll, which surveyed 4,734 American adults between Feb. 26-March 11, found that 58 percent of…