Barr Has Far Bigger Things To Prosecute James Comey For Than Leaking Memos
A deeper look provides a clue that the memo-leaking investigation may have been abandoned because it’s insignificant compared to the real reason James Comey needs to be held to account.
How To Use The Replication Crisis To Force Academia Into Less-Politicized Science
Cutting off funding for science and the humanities is the wrong approach. Instead, we should pour more into it and watch them struggle to replicate studies.
This Hate Crime Helps Show How To Know Real Ones From Hoaxes
It’s worthwhile to take a look at the anatomy of real sexual orientation-related hate crimes so we can take them seriously and identify hoaxes more easily.
Dropping Jussie Smollett Charges Says It’s Okay To Lie If You’re Woke
The miscarriage of justice in the hate crime hoax speaks volumes about the way identity politics has created a new form of entitlement.
Chicago Fines Jussie Smollett $130,000 For Abusing Police Resources
Jussie Smollett’s allegedly false police report investigation cost the city of Chicago $150,000 in police overtime and city resources.
All Republicans On House Intelligence Issue Letter Calling For Adam Schiff To Resign
Adam Schiff promised the existence of “damning evidence,” and a scandal “beyond Watergate.” Now, Republicans are calling for him to step down.
Jussie Smollett, Aaron Sorkin, And The Decline Of Grace
The racially entangled hoaxes involving Jussie Smollett, and Atticus Finch, show our cultural zeitgeist is choosing tribalism before tolerance.
Head Of Chicago Police Shames Jussie Smollett For ‘Phony Attack’
“How can an individual who has been embraced by the city of Chicago, turn around and slap everyone in this city in the face by making these false claims?”
The Jussie Smollett Incident Was Never Very Important
Hate crime or a hoax, the Jessie Smollett story says nothing about race in America and everything about a deeply flawed news media.
Confession: I’m The Time-Traveling Hacker Who Is Destroying Joy Reid
Could it be that Jonathan Nichols, Joy Reid’s cybersecurity expert, didn’t consider the possibility of time travel? Of course not. The truth is out there, just stop believing your lying eyes.
Remember: Fake Hate Crimes And Media Hoaxes Have Real Victims
To stop fallacious reports from spreading, we can’t just blame the media for sharing fake stories. We need to condemn the people who start them.
Remember The Fake Whole Foods ‘Hate Cake’? Pastor Apologizes, Admits He Lied
A gay pastor who alleged discrimination by Whole Foods cake decorators in Austin apologized today, dropping his suit against the grocery store chain.
Meet The Mizzou Student Responsible For Hyping The Poop Swastika
A student supporter of the Mizzou protests who serves as the university’s dorm association president was the first to hype the poop swastika incident.
Read All The E-mails Between UVA and Rolling Stone
The University of Virginia just released 104 pages worth of correspondence between it and Rolling Stone. Read all the e-mails here.
Senate Democrats Schedule Global Warming Hearing Right Before Expected D.C. Blizzard
If you needed proof that God has a wicked sense of humor, look no further than the timing for the next big global warming hearing from Senate Democrats.
The Six Most Infuriating Hoaxes of 2013
As we close out 2013, awash in daily social media outrage and as gullible as ever, here are six hoaxes that suckered far too many journalists and others.
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