“My Pillow” guy loses election fraud libel lawsuit, but some conservative media won’t tell you
June 16, 2025 – Mike Lindell, the “My Pillow” guy, lost a $2.3 million libel lawsuit filed by former Dominion Voting Systems executive Eric Coomer. You can learn more about this case on the right-wing news site Brietbart, which used a UPI story that said that “Lindell claimed — without any evidence — that Coomer […]
A made-for-TV marriage quickly dies
It’s been a little more than three months since the wedding of Gerry Turner with Theresa Nist, who met on the made-for-TV meat/meet market of The Golden Bachelor. He’s the golden bachelor; she’s the one among the 20-plus women on the show to whom he proposed at the end of the Fall 2023 season and […]
AI goes out of its way to be wrong, so don’t trust it yet
By Howie Boxley Rachel Pollack, a renowned author, artist, and tarot expert, passed away on April 7, 2023, at the age of 75. Pollack’s death was confirmed by her publisher, Llewellyn Worldwide, who stated that she had died peacefully at her home in the Hudson Valley, New York. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1948, […]
What is ‘truth’ in documentaries? Sometimes, it’s a meltdown of a letdown.
By Benton Davis In 2019, HBO released a five-part miniseries about the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster. In the opening minutes of the first episode, we see a Soviet scientist hang themselves, deliberately doing so two years later to the second from the initial disaster. The scientist, named Valery Legasov and portrayed by Jared Harris, did commit […]
West Virginia Public Broadcasting hasn’t published news about political interference at West Virginia Public Broadcasting
By Chris Roberts National Public Radio’s David Folkenflick reported today (Monday, Feb. 13, 2023) about politicians interfering with journalism at West Virginia Public Broadcasting. The organization last year dismissed a part-time reporter for several stories alleging that state-run facilities abused people with disabilities. The reporting clearly angered politicians in the state, who claimed her work […]
Donald Trump and his lawyers fined $1 million for ‘revenge’ lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, but you wouldn’t know that by only reading FoxNews.com
By Chris Roberts It’s news when a former president sues his opponent, and in March 2022 news organizations such as FoxNews.com placed at the top of their website the news that Donald Trump filed a $100 million lawsuit claiming that his 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton, were among those part of a conspiracy “to create a […]
CBS News ethically correct in holding its scoop on Brittney Griner release from Russia
CBS News knew a week before other journalists knew that WNBA player Brittney Griner was to be released from a Russian jail, but it held the scoop until she was safe. We’ll leave to others the politics and concerns about trading a basketball player with two cannabis oil vape pens for a Russian weapons smuggler, […]
Drake and his PR firm strike a pose with Vogue, get shot down in court
Rappers Drake and 21 Savage just released their “Her Loss” album, and it’s important for Aubrey Drake Graham and Sheyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph to gain the public’s attention in a swirling music world where streaming services add 100,000 new pieces of sound every day. So of course they hired a public relations company to help. Hiltzik […]
Separating awful artists from their art: Questions about “Jimmy Carr destroys art”
The Guardian says BBC 4 will host a show called “Jimmy Carr destroys art,” in which the comedian will host debates about problematic people who have created art. Then, the audience decides whether Carr will put a flamethrower or hammer or find another other way to destroy the piece. Among the objet d’art is a […]