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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post is moving to broaden its editorial voice by hiring three conservative columnists after a string of high-profile liberal departures. Kate Andrews of The Spectator, Dominic Pino of National Review and Carine Hajjar of the Boston Globe editorial board will join the opinion section under new editor Adam O’Neal, who has said he wants to diversify viewpoints at a paper he acknowledged is read “overwhelmingly” by liberals. The hires were announced in a memo that O’Neal circulated to staffers. The newspaper also announced the new additions on its social media page. “On my first day at The…
Ex-MSNBC host Joy Reid went on a profanity-laced tirade against Vice President JD Vance, dropping the F-bomb and calling the veep a “racist a–hole.” “JD Vance, since you’re paying attention to me: F— you!” she raved during an interview published Thursday. The rant, delivered on writer Tommy Christopher’s Substack, came after Vance took to X on Thursday morning to urge Reid to be grateful for her success. “Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It’s been overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most. Yet she oozes with contempt,” he wrote in…
Sunny Hostin, one of the more liberal co-hosts of “The View,” argued Thursday it is hypocritical for someone to be pro-life but have “AR-15s in their cabinet.” On Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV made headlines when he responded to a question from EWTN News by declaring, “Someone who says ‘I’m against abortion’ but says ‘I’m in favor of the death penalty’ is not really pro-life. Someone who says ‘I’m against abortion, but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,’ I don’t know if that’s pro-life.” The clip won praise from “The View.” “I think he’s…
Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned. Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the…
Podcaster Joe Rogan criticized the American media for focusing on late-night host Jimmy Kimmel instead of what he called a dangerous erosion of free speech in the United Kingdom. Kimmel’s comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin led to his show being briefly suspended, sparking a wave of backlash as an example of censorship. Rogan argued that focusing on a single talk-show host was a distraction from what he described as the U.K. and Europe’s crackdown on speech. The British government has faced criticism for its proposed digital ID mandate, which detractors warn could be used for government control.…
A US appeals court rejected journalist Catherine Herridge’s request to throw out a contempt order against her after the former Fox News and CBS News reporter refused to reveal confidential sources who leaked information about a Chinese-American scientist. Last year, Herridge was held in contempt of court and fined $800 a day by a federal judge after she refused to reveal the name of the person who leaked her information about Yanping Chen. In 2017, Herridge authored a series of stories that were published by Fox News about Chen, including her past military service in China’s People’s Liberation Army prior to…
A “suspicious device” was detonated by law enforcement at Utah State University on Tuesday afternoon prior to the first Turning Point USA event in the state since Charlie Kirk was assassinated. The institution was already taking extra security measures amid “heightened concerns.” According to a statement from Utah State University, a “suspicious device” was located near the exterior of Old Main, a building on campus. While the device was deemed to be “non-explosive,” it was detonated by a bomb squad. Someone can be heard yelling “fire in the hole” before a loud explosion was heard, according to a video obtained…
A Washington Post columnist who was fired after misquoting slain free speech activist Charlie Kirk and is now preparing to take legal action— screaming she’s a casualty of censorship and discrimination. However, an investigation by The Post found Karen Attiah has a history of trying to blame others for her poor work. Attiah repeatedly misled her audience over the reason her much-hyped debut book had been shelved. She also embellished the nature of her relationship with murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, the subject of that book. At the time of her firing Attiah also appeared to be in violation…
Jimmy Kimmel’s ratings spike was short-lived. Disney briefly suspended ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” after the host’s remarks about the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk sparked widespread backlash. After an about-face from Disney, the liberal comedian returned last Tuesday, and Kimmel’s emotional return drew a massive audience, but viewers haven’t stuck around. On Thursday, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” averaged 2.3 million total viewers — a staggering 64% drop from the 6.5 million who tuned in for Tuesday’s much-hyped return. Kimmel shed even more viewers in the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54, with Thursday’s episode hemorrhaging 73% of viewers from the critical category. “Jimmy…
Former ESPN host Samantha Ponder opened up on the “vicious” messages she received on social media after she mourned the loss of Charlie Kirk following his assassination. Ponder appeared on Fox News Channel’s “Saturday in America” and recalled to Kayleigh McEnany that she reshared a video of Kirk and his family on social media and thought nothing of it. “The strange thing is I didn’t really say much. I reposted a video of his family just because I thought it was so relatable to see because he’s a dad. You forget when you watch people on TV sometimes that this is just a dad…
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On Friday’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” host Bill Maher argued that to get back to what he called “old America,” Democrats must scale back their more radically progressive ideology. “If we are ever going to get back to the old America, that’s got to be the Democrats’ part of the bargain. Stop coming up with radically new and often terrible ideas and then, in the next breath, insist there be no debate about any of it,” Maher said. The “Real Time” host began the segment by criticizing some Democrats’ support for men competing in women’s sports, adding…