On the fifth day of the 2020 Olympics, the US paper of record showed a chart captioned “here’s where the medal count stands now,” showing the US in first place with a total of 30, ahead of China with 27 and Japan with 22. Except under the traditional method of …
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It’s been reported this week that Oxford University’s student union is going to recruit ‘sensitivity readers’ to prevent the publication of ‘insensitive material’ in Cherwell, long-standing student newspaper, and other student publications. That looks awfully like censorship to me – and I’m not alone. The Telegraph reports that, according to …
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Oxford’s governing student council overwhelmingly passed a motion last month to allow the student union (SU) to set up a “student consultancy of sensitivity readers,” who would be elected and paid to screen articles by Cherwell and other outlets, the Telegraph reported on Sunday. Readers would block the publication or …
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Gannett, which owns USA Today and a number of local newspapers around the US, asked a Washington, DC district court to toss the FBI order in a May 28 court filing, first reported by Politico on Thursday. “The subpoena violates the First Amendment to the US Constitution by demanding records …
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Charlie Warzel, a Times columnist who styles himself an expert in “online radicalization,” has implored his readers not to “go down the rabbit hole,” in a Thursday op-ed luridly depicting the dangers of evaluating new information, questing out into the internet armed with nothing but one’s own mind. Thinking critically …
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The latest excuse for people seeking to blame what happened at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on malign foreign powers came from NBC News on Sunday. The FBI, it reported citing anonymous sources in the agency, is “investigating whether foreign governments, organizations or individuals provided financial support” to the mob …
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News outlet USA Today has managed to personify the term ‘Orwellian’ in its profoundly condescending writeup scolding readers for “using the term ‘Orwellian’ wrong.” Published on Monday, the piece goes to great lengths to shame those insecure about their vocabulary by suggesting the term “Orwellian” can only be used correctly …
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The paper said knowing the identities of those who stormed the US legislature on Wednesday will help them “report this important story.” Considering the amount of anger that the Capitol invasion provoked, it’s no surprise that USA Today’s call was answered by many people. Some readily provided names and other …
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The tweet contains a screenshot of its fact-checking coverage, which includes a debunked quote from Joe Biden. “We left him a booming economy. And he caused the recession.” The so-called paper of record unceremoniously analysed this claim under the title, “This is false,” much to the chagrin of its loyal …
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