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Golden Globes: Nikki Glaser Attacks Everyone Except White Elephant Trump

Friday, January 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Nikki Glaser with images of Kimmel, Stewart, Trump and McCarthy

At the Golden Globes, Nikki Glaser roasted Hollywood royalty but spared the one figure who mattered most. iPINIONS examines how fear, self-censorship, and “finding the right tone” have become survival strategies in Trump’s America,  and why elite silence now mirrors Hollywood’s McCarthy-era collapse. Read the full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/golden-globes-nikki-glaser-attacks Read more.

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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: comedy, Donald Trump, free speech, Golden Globes, Hollywood, McCarthyism, media, Nikki Glaser, Self Censorship

Ellison, Bezos, and Other Oligarchs Turning US Media into a MAGA Propaganda Empire

Monday, October 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
oligarchs buying up media to help Trump

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.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: CBS, CNN, Elon Musk, Fox News, iPINIONS, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, MAGA, Mark Zuckerberg, media, oligarchs, Rupert Murdoch, Trump

California Wildfires: Celebrities in the Spotlight, Firefighters and Victims in the Shadows

Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
image of house burned to the ground in California wildfires inset images of Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Woods

Ah, yes, because the real tragedy of these wildfires is the loss of celebrity (second) homes. Forget the ordinary people who lost their only homes or the firefighters risking their lives to protect what’s left. They’re just the extras on this Hollywood disaster set, apparently. At least Arnold Schwarzenegger had the decency to reject this… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California wildfires, celebrity homes, James Woods, media, ordinary victims

Earth to Media: Stop Broadcasting Terrorist Propaganda

Monday, November 17, 2014 at 6:38 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

It speaks volumes about the media’s amoral code of conduct that they transitioned a few days ago, with nary a pause, from reporting on the Rosetta spacecraft landing on Comet 67P, to broadcasting the latest recording from the Daesh/ISIS leader calling his foot soldiers to arms. They punctuated the latter today with lurid wall-to-wall coverage… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Daesh, ISIS, media, propaganda, terrorism

“Stop the Ebola Scaremongering!”

Friday, October 17, 2014 at 8:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Thus spoke anchor Shepard Smith … of FOX News no less. His pleading was so warranted because, given the media coverage, one could be forgiven for fearing that Ebola has already become such a contagion, its devastation could rival that of the 1918 Spanish Flu, which killed as many as 50 million people. Frankly, I can… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Ebola, Fox News, media, panic, Shepard Smith

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