For years I’ve been writing about how science reporting has devolved into hysteria and misinformation disguised as public service. TV reports lead with scare tactics like “Stay tuned for the killer in your kitchen cabinet!” with little regard to actual scientific evidence. It’s
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a Democrat and potential 2016 presidential candidate, will host a fundraiser in Maryland on Wednesday for 2013 Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe. This comes less than a year after O’Malley assailed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney
Buzzfeed has indicted fourteen famous authors for being “bigoted”–and the author of the article, Louis Peitzman, seems to have a desire to maim the careers of three prominent conservative writers: Orson Scott Card, the author of the Enders series; Scott
Proponents of gay marriage often make light of the slippery-slope argument that same-sex marriage will lead to legalized polygamy. I can see why they want to dismiss that argument, but they’re being silly. Of course same-sex marriage will lead to
Daily News: The 33-year-old journalist’s fiery 4 a.m. single-car crash June 18 in Los Angeles came 15 hours after he sent friends a panicked email warning them the FBI was on his tail. “Hey [redacted] — the feds are interviewing
Derek Lowe, a doctor of organic chemistry with decades of pharmaceutical research experience, has published a takedown of a BuzzFeed post that went super-viral over the weekend: “Eight Foods That We Eat in The US That Are Banned in Other
With the retirement of Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, undersecretary Eric Fanning became “civilian leader of the Air Force” on June 21. As Buzzfeed Politics reports, this is unique because Fanning is a gay man who was in the military
From Robert Stacy McCain’s profile of Michael Hastings at ViralRead, the left-wing Buzzfeed reporter who died in a one-person car crash in Los Angeles earlier this week. McCain points out that Hastings was “openly contemptuous” of journalistic objectivity, fantasized about
According to WikiLeaks’ Twitter account, BuzzFeed reporter Michael Hastings reached out to them just hours before dying in an automobile accident in Los Angeles earlier this week. Michael Hastings contacted WikiLeaks lawyer Jennifer Robinson just a few hours before he
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 6/18: Google challenges government’s gag order on NSA data requests, citing 1st amendment right; social media, pets and privacy; a SWATting in Des Moines; blackmail, hacking and dirty tricks in
By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJERAssociated PressLOS ANGELESAward-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said. Hastings, who was 33, was described by many of his colleagues as an
Charlie Rose interviewed President Obama Monday. The interview aired in the evening, but PBS sent a preliminary transcript to various news outlets in advance with an 11pm embargo. This is standard procedure in media, and a win-win for both sides.
President Obama rolls out a bizarre new verbal tic during an interview with Charlie Rose of PBS, as excerpted by Buzzfeed. It pops up when Obama extols the “bigger and better” intelligence gathering capabilities of the NSA: What I can
President Obama gave an interview to Charlie Rose which is set to air later tonight. During the interview President Obama admits the program creates enormous potential for abuse. Buzzfeed published a partial transcript of the interview set to air later
It turns out that the surveillance of Americans may be even more dangerous and unsupervised than had been heretofore acknowledged- but the powers that be aren’t willing to admit it. The National Security Agency (NSA) admitted in a secret briefing that its
Yesterday both the NY Times and Reuters claimed the Zazi terror plot against New York subways was foiled by an NSA email collection program called PRISM. That was not the case. The key to stopping the Zazi plot was an
I did a double take when I saw this headline: “What Will the ‘Game Change’ Sequel Be About?“ I shouldn’t have. If the past five years have taught us anything, it’s that Hollywood will never tire of reliving the 2008 election,
Aware that Obamacare’s implementation may turn voters against Democrats, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other party leaders gave House Democrats an “Affordable Care Act Toolkit” to use during the summer recess to sell the unpopular law to voters. The
CNN will partner with the left-leaning BuzzFeed on a YouTube channel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the partnership will give BuzzFeed access to CNN’S archives so it can create mash-up videos that will appear on CNN.com and the CNN/BuzzFeed channel on YouTube. The
Wednesday Washington Times’s senior op-ed editor Emily Miller published a personal account of a two-year-old interview with Anthony Weiner during the heart of Weinergate. Miller says that during the interview, the disgraced ex-Congressman stood very close to her and made
MSNBC panel discusses Anthony Weiner bid to be mayor of New York City…
On Wednesday, the White House’s favorite media outlet, BuzzFeed, reported from anonymous White House sources that the administration counsel, Kathryn Ruemmler, was largely responsible for both the IRS and Benghazi scandals. “Advisors Urged Obama Early On To Release Comprehensive Benghazi
How many offenses before BuzzFeed is labeled a hate site? Well, not three. Tuesday afternoon, using her Twitter feed, BuzzFeed staffer Aswini Anburajan lashed out at Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) for not being left-wing enough when it comes to immigration.
The Treasury Department’s Inspector General for Tax Administration, J. Russell George, reportedly refused to give “substantive details” about the investigation of the agency’s targeting of Tea Party and conservative to the House Oversight Committee, frustrating committee members. According to reports,
After Breitbart News reported on the lack of intellectual diversity in a panel discussion sponsored by the Charles Koch Institute and left-leaning BuzzFeed that pitted five pro-amnesty panelists against the Heritage Foundation, Heritage dropped out of the event entirely and
The founder of EMILY’s List has endorsed a super PAC formed to draft Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016 and financially support her efforts. Ellen Malcolm, a person The Hill noted co-chaired Clinton’s failed 2008 White House bid
Now we know why Hollywood is doing all it can to appeal to Chinese movie goers. Buzzfeed reports that China is expected to become the world’s number one box office market by 2020. We’re already seeing signs that Hollywood is taking
I’m currently reading a galley copy of “Men on Strike” by Dr. Helen Smith (aka InstaWife). A thought-provoking book that I’ll write about more after I’m done reading it. Basically, it talks about why men are boycotting marriage and fatherhood. Smith
On Sunday evening, BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith announced that The Heritage Foundation has dropped out of the BuzzFeed Brews immigration summit taking place this Tuesday. Heritage’s Derrick Morgan, the only immigration reform critic among the various participants, is replaced by the
Republicans, especially conservatives who hold positions antithetical to those favored by the mainstream media, may finally be learning that there is little to gain from participating in forums and events run by liberal and mainstream media organizations that often aim
An event touting itself as an evening of immigration reform discussion with a “diversity of opinion” turns out to be slanted heavily towards “comprehensive immigration reform.” The BuzzFeed Brews Special Edition: Immigration Summit, sponsored by the Charles Koch Institute, will take place
Friday afternoon MSNBC’s Luke Russert anchored “Now with Alex Wagner” when the news of the altered Libya talking points finally made their way to the left-wing network hours after ABC’s Jonathan Karl first broke the story. After Kelly O’Donnell finished
If you are looking for proof that left-wing, Obama-shilling outlets like BuzzFeed Politics put partisan agenda above objectivity, please take a look below at screen shots of BuzzFeed’s front page taken Tuesday morning at 10:10 am ET. There is, though,
Wouldn’t you want a governor who puts fundraising first – actually, puts fundraising so far out in front of all the rest of his priorities that he will leave a weeping wife and child in the car to go pick
While the left lectures Americans about the historic breakthrough made by NBA free agent Jason Collins in announcing his sexuality and calls for well-deserved tolerance, they are on full-out attack against ESPN commentator Chris Broussard for expressing his Christian views.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) has just been re-introduced in the Senate and specifically bans employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. The bill has been around for the last couple of decades and its new supporters (two Republicans and three
A coalition of left-wing activists held a rally and march in DC, Thursday afternoon, to “ride a wave of public anger” and “drag the lobbyists out of the shadows.” From their press release: Riding a wave of public anger at the
…illustrating an article about Buzzfeed’s aggressive promotion of Shepherd Fairely, the guy who did the Obama “BELIEVE” photoshop-claimed-to-be-a-painting… …deserves a raise.
Buzzfeed’s Evan McMorris-Santoro seems pretty impressed with artist Shepard Fairey. His post announcing the “Hope” poster creator’s latest bit of propaganda attacking the NRA reads like a press release. Artist Shepard Fairey will paper downtown D.C. Thursday with copies
Who could forget those scary pics of Beyonce performing at the Super Bowl? When Buzzfeed posted them, Beyonce’s camp went crazy with the damage control! This time they’re taking preventative measures.
