Outside the Beltway

Truth Social is not doing all that well.

From a WaPo piece on the FSB and Ukraine.

And a comment on news coverage of the passage.

Some light fundraising whilst waiting for mum to die.

Columnists write bad columns apologizing for bad columns.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

Paywalls are not our problem.

Elon backs out.

A large plurality of the network’s viewers think left wingers trying to make Trump look bad are to blame.

The new honcho at the original 24 hour news network wants to be more subtle and less alarmest.

Chris Stirewalt takes a victory lap.

It was yuuuge! And nobody saw it!

The Washington Post has fired a reporter for her rants against colleagues.

Apparently, whoever has the most Twitter followers.

A recurring genre about presidents.

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

Another journalist has been fired for a cardinal sin.

People are resisting going back to the office.

The face of Fox News is not the bow-tied buffoon from his “Crossfire” days.

What are the limits of representation?

The craziest damn thing you’ve ever heard of or a secret message to the crazies?

The network’s longtime weekend anchor couldn’t take it anymore.

Generalities about an elusive and controversial phenomenon are unhelpful.

The longtime NFL reporter is gone at 67.

New evidence changes the story ever so slightly.

Whether dupes or active participants, the damage is real (and points us back to 2016).

A man most have never heard of is being reassessed more than a half-century after his death.

The legendary AP politics reporter is gone at 87.

The Democratic strategist and longtime talking head is gone at 73.

The bar for defaming public officials is too high.

What if the “fake news” is really fake news?

The veteran journalist and Fox News original is gone at 75.

Out of a sense of fairness, I gave a listen.

Media reporting on CDC findings is, once again, unhelpful.

The longtime aggregator is now serving mostly non-news content.

A scandal within a scandal.

Being too cautious and careless are not equal sins.

The longtime drama critic and blogger is gone at 65.

An irresponsible Trump-era practice continues.

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

How the host’s off-camera views contradict what he was telling his audience

The biggest news doesn’t always get the most attention.

The continuing calls to abandon objectivity in reporting in favor of a particular agenda.

Shockingly, they’re not remotely equivalent.

He is heading to CNN+

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

There will be two chickens in every pot this holiday season. Maybe three.

Every now and again, it’s not Mitch McConnell’s fault.

Our reactions to recent murder trials tells us a lot about our divided country.

The horrors never cease.