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Trump’s foreign policy has become a grotesque mix of Musk’s ego, Fox’s fiction, and white grievance. iPINIONS chronicles who, from South Africa to Venezuela, it’s ignorance on parade and power without principle. What could go wrong… Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/on-foreign-policy-trump-makes-george Read more.
Trump’s billionaire backers (Ellison, Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg, and Murdoch) are turning America’s news industry into a MAGA propaganda machine. They’re gutting journalism for profit and power, while pretending it’s free speech. iPINIONS sees this as a silent coup reshaping America’s media landscape. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/ellison-bezos-and-other-oligarchs Read more.
Republican Scott Jennings triggers viral outrage almost daily with his racist or misogynistic comments on CNN. But don’t blame him; blame CNN. Fox News has become a ratings hegemon by pandering to Americans who just want to be enraged or entertained – you know, like Romans before the fall. More to the point, Donald Trump… Read more.
Jerry Seinfeld regrets accusing the ‘extreme left’ of killing comedy. No, it’s not as dramatic as his Seinfeld castmate Michael Richards’ apology for his infamous racist rant. But Elon Musk and other hate-baiting trolls on his ex-Twitter hellscape, along with Trump’s MAGA propagandists on Fox News, were the only ones applauding Seinfeld. So he had… Read more.
The Rock: wannabe president afraid of politics Yesterday, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson expressed regret that he endorsed Biden in 2020 and pledged not to do so again. That was breaking news, especially because he did it on Fox News. The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for… Read more.
This week, the media were atwitter (or aXitter) after 92-year-old Rupert Murdoch announced he was stepping down as chairman of Fox Corporation and News Corp. “Succession” memes and puns abounded. But The Economist stood out for pointing out that he “isn’t going anywhere.” Murdoch was merely engaging in the same dystopian double-speak his Fox News peddles. Indeed, his ‘gaslighting’ business model is so profitable that he’s not changing… Read more.
First Republican presidential debate It was not Mr. Trump’s chief rival in the polls, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who emerged at the epicenter of the first Trump-free showdown on Wednesday, but instead the political newcomer Vivek Ramaswamy, whose unlikely rise has revealed the remarkable degree to which the former president has remade the party.… Read more.
Fox News fired Tucker Carlson today and shocked the world. Except this is the same Fox News that fired Carlson’s predecessor Bill O’Reilly. Hell, Fox even fired its co-founder Roger Ailes. And, by Fox, I’m referring to Rupert Murdoch, the wizard of Trumpism. O’Reilly and Ailes’ firing offense was creating a hostile work environment –… Read more.
On Tuesday, at the eleventh hour, Fox News settled Dominion’s defamation lawsuit. The chickens are finally coming home to roost for Fox. In this case, the chickens are the lies it peddled about the 2020 presidential election. Fox did so to entertain rather than inform its viewers. And peddling lies was good for business. So Fox peddled them religiously. One of the… Read more.
Rupert Murdoch is the wizard of Trumpism. And he’s more hell-bent on destroying America than Russian President Vladimir Putin. Toxic rail spills That is why Fox News has gone off the rails. That is, by spilling fake news that is even more toxic than the chemicals Norfolk Southern keeps spilling. More to the point, Murdoch… Read more.
