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Yashar Ali’s Defamation Case Tossed Out as He Belatedly Discovers the First Amendment Applies to Others, Too

As judgments and debts pile up around Ali, his bigotry and hate have led to a karma snapback, prompting a California court to chuck his frivolous lawsuit.

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In Touch Editor James Heidenry Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Distance Himself from His Own Sleazy Publication

Heidenry and his lawyer appear confused about the First Amendment and various other facts.

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The Daily Beast: A Cautionary Tale of Writers Gone Wild for Cash

If you perchance ever took a wrong turn in the dark alleys of the internet, you may have stumbled upon a self-proclaimed “high-end tabloid,” The Daily Beast.

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Tampa Bay Times’ Tracey McManus Ignores Evidence to Publish a Biased Story

Any legitimate journalist or newspaper would find this behavior to be unconscionable and would consider it journalistic malpractice of the highest order.

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One Year Later: Australia’s The Age Continues Its Downward Slide

When a Melbourne elementary school began to provide workable solutions to improve children’s learning abilities, Ben Schneiders and The Age intentionally tried to stop the program.

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No Journalism Here—The Story of SBS’ Steven Trask

Trask’s story omissions denied SBS readers accurate information, which he omitted to preserve his carefully constructed fiction.

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Daily Beast: In the Backpage Tradition

The Beast does its share of “normalizing” the sex industry through articles by former porn stars who defend on-camera sex as a career like any other.

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The Hollywood Reporter: Your Go-to Platform for Antireligious Vitriol

Let us try to understand The Hollywood Reporter’s bigotry toward religion in general and the Church of Scientology in particular.

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The Sydney Morning Herald Sinks to New Lows

Australia’s dominant newspaper, The Sydney Morning Herald, is certainly no stranger to journalism. But of late, it has been acting like a distant one.

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The Dirty Little Secrets of the UK Sun

Is it possible for the British tabloid media to sink any further into the quagmire of disreputable reporting where they like to swim?

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Porn, the Pandemic and the Daily Beast

One thing at the top of the Daily Beast’s list of things that they “don’t give that many f***s” about is the current increase in online pornography.

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The Live PD Coverup at A&E

The Austin American-Statesman has reported the indictments by a Texas grand jury against Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody and Jason Nassour. 

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The Media’s Sacred Cows

Don’t take a free cup of coffee, reporters are warned—even as their bosses cover for friendly politicians and rake in cash from those who despoil society.