By: Ben Shapiro – townhall.com – February 20, 2019 So, Jussie Smollett was lying. The “Empire” actor claimed that when he was walking home at 2 a.m. in Chicago, in the midst of the polar vortex, he was accosted by two assailants, both of whom shouted anti-gay and anti-black slurs at him. They then attempted to throw a noose around...

By: Brian Flood – foxnews.com – February 18, 2019 Celebrity Jussie Smollett supporters are now grappling with initial support amid hoax reports. As reports that “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett may have choreographed his alleged assault pile up, some celebrities are having a hard time aligning the headlines with their initial support, and two have even pointed fingers at police. Rapper Cardi...

By: Kyle Smith – nationalreview.com – February 18, 2019 His case involves implausibility piled upon implausibility.The “we reported the Jussie Smollett case responsibly” contention has been blasted to smithereens. Twitter accounts and headlines in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times reported as fact Jussie Smollett’s wildly implausible allegations, and many other journalists did so as well, not...

By: Lia Eustachewich – pagesix.com – February 18, 2019 Jussie Smollett auditioned for a role in a play that shares eerie similarities to his alleged attack — and he may have used Instagram to tip off the brothers to his whereabouts the night of the beat-down, according to a report on Monday. In the hours before the violent Jan. 29 assault...

By: Dina Pico – redstate.com – February 17, 2019 As much as I want to ignore Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (S-NY 14thDistrict)¹ her idiocy makes it impossible: Ocasio-Cortez in Bronx speech: New Yorkers deserve ‘dignified jobs’ By: Tal Axelrod | Saturday, February 16, 2019 | 03:30 PM EST Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a progressive firebrand and vocal supporter of labor, said...

By: Aryssa Damron – checkyourfact.com – January 9, 2019 NOTE: This article first appeared on Jan. 9 and is being reshared in light of President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency at the southern border. Gregory Korte, a national correspondent for USA Today, tweeted Sunday that the U.S. is currently under “about 30 different national emergencies.” Steve Svensson ✔ @stompk...

By: Kyle Smith – nationalreview.com – February 16, 2019 Outsiders should regard purported hate crimes that sound like crafted narratives with skepticism until they’re proven true. ‘Jussie Smollett, one of the stars of the television show ‘Empire,’ was attacked in Chicago by 2 assailants who yelled racial and homophobic slurs,” tweeted the New York Times on January 29. Mark the...

By: Ben Shapiro – creators.com – February 13, 2019 In the past few weeks, prominent Democrats have endorsed infanticide; admitted to dressing in blackface; called for an end to fossil fuels, airplanes and farting cows; and trafficked in open anti-Semitism. None of this is a serious problem for many in the media. For members of the media, the real story is...

By: David Catron – spectator.org – January 28, 2019 There has been much wailing and rending of garments over the weekend about the layoffs of some writers, editors, and other staff at BuzzFeed, HuffPost, Yahoo, AOL, and Gannett. Naturally, the affected employees are upset and inclined to blame malign forces beyond their control. Predictably, the primary villain to emerge is...

By: Charles C. W. Cooke – nationalreview.com – January 24, 2019 How the media fail Our national press is a national joke. Vain, languid, excitable, morbid, duplicitous, cheap, insular, mawkish, and possessed of a chronic self-obsession that would have made Dorian Gray blush, it rambles around the United States in neon pants, demanding congratulation for its travails. Not since Florence...