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Wikipedia Editors Smeared Mark Levin in Multiyear Campaign

After radio host Mark Levin criticized the “police-state tactics” of the Obama Administration in its use of intercepts and FISA warrants in 2017, editors on Wikipedia began to attack Levin’s credibility through edits to his page on the site. The criticism, which allegedly prompted President Donald Trump’s controversial wire-tapping allegations, has since been vindicated by revelations about widespread falsehoods in FISA warrants issued against Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, seen now as part of a broader Obamagate scandal. A number of attacks on Levin eventually ended up in news articles shortly before and after the premiere of his show on Fox News.

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Don Lemon Once Issued 5 Tips for Black Communities to ‘Fix the Problem’: Ditch ‘Thug and Reprehensible Behavior’

CNN’s Don Lemon once found himself agreeing with former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, who attributed the “violence and chaos” in black precincts to the “disintegration of the African American family,” prompting the CNN host to offer the black community five tips of his own to “fix the problem,” in a clip resurfaced by Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson this week.

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Joy Reid Once Said Antisemitic Iranian President ‘Has a Point’ About Sending Jews from Israel to Europe

Controversial statements made by Joy Reid are surging back to the forefront following the news of her new primetime weekday slot on MSNBC — statements that included an apparent approval of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calling for the expulsion of Jews from Israel, suggesting they establish a “Zionist regime” in Germany and Austria instead.

FILE - Joy Reid speaks at the 2019 Global Citizen Festival on Sept. 28, 2019, in New York.

Report: Fake Op-Ed Columnists Spread Anti-Qatar Propaganda

The Daily Beast published a report Monday documenting “at least 19 fake personas” that managed to “place more than 90 opinion pieces in 46 different publications” over the past year praising the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) while criticizing its adversaries Qatar, Turkey, and Iran.

Youth ride jet-skis at Katara beach in the Qatari capital Doha on July 1, 2020 as the coun

CNN’s Stelter: We Are Tucker Carlson’s ‘Real Victims’

Wednesday, during an appearance on “CNN Tonight,” “Reliable Sources” host Brian Stelter slammed Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson for criticizing Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who has suggested statues of George Washington could be fair game for removal in some circumstances.

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Carville: ‘Of Course, Biden Wants to Debate Trump — Trump Is a Doofus-Dolt’

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour,” former Clinton strategist James Carville said he disagreed with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who argued presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden should insist on a stringent set of conditions if he and President Donald Trump are to square off in a debate before the November election.

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