Outside the Beltway

Wherein I explore the notion that ignorance is bliss.

So far at least, appearing on Fox News Channel does not appear to be hurting the candidates who’ve done it with Democratic voters.

President Trump isn’t pleased that a news network that has generally been his own personal propaganda network is reaching out to Democrats.

As Democrats at the state level seek to limit the ability of parents to decline to vaccinate their children. they are facing resistance from Republican colleagues.

As it has since 2007, the Democratic National Committee is barring Fox News from hosting a debate featuring the party’s candidates for President.

Actor Jussie Smollett is charged with staging an attack initially called a “hate crime.”

Thanks apparently to the fact that it remained unwilling to get in line behind the Trumpidians, the conservative owner of The Weekly Standard has shut the magazine down.

The continued problem cause by a lack of shared reality.

Those rambling campaign rally speeches the President loves to give aren’t getting the kind of coverage they used to, not even from his favorite news channel.

Based on what can only be described as pure vindictiveness, the President is apparently planning on revoking security clearances of former officials who have been outspoken against the Administration and its policies.

A new survey shows that Americans are increasingly unable to tell the difference between fact and opinion. That’s a problem.

With the President’s “Spygate” allegations standing largely discredited, his attorney and at the moment chief spokesperson Rudy Giuliani admits that the entire conspiracy theory was created to discredit the Mueller investigation.

Sean Hannity was Michael Cohen’s “secret client,” but it’s not clear that should matter to anyone.

Thanks to a combination of sensationalism and outright lies, a fairly conventional story about an annual protest march in Mexico was turned into Fox News fodder that raised images of an invading army of illegal immigrants.

Having journalistic integrity at the Fair and Balanced network has never been more challenging.

Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.

Responsible governance from the Golden State?

The students who survived last week’s mass shooting in Parkland, Florida are speaking out, and some on the right are responding by engaging in personal attacks and spreading conspiracy theories.

A stupid comment about Hurricane Harvey cost a Florida professor his job.

A big change appears to have taken place in American cable news viewing habits.

In Fox News Channel’s America, Donald Trump can do no wrong and Hillary Clinton is still a threat.

The President is being fed “news” from questionable news sources, and that’s a problem.

It’s not all peaches and cream for pretty young women.

This is not exactly what Rick Perry had hoped he’d be doing this fall.

CNN’s effort to bring back a show that had outlived its prime years ago has, predictably, failed.

CNN is reviving the Crossfire shoutfest with Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter, and Van Jones as hosts.

A five year old “shocking” video of President Obama speaking to a group of African-American ministers proves to be not very shocking at all.

The people who gave us the “war on Christmas” are now touting an upsurge on black-on-white crime.

This is one of the most draw-droppingly stupid 29 seconds I have experienced in some time.

The speculation on Keith Olbermann’s abrupt departure from MSNBC’s top-rated show continues. Was he fired? Did he quit? Did the Comcast overlords push?

Capitalizing on the buzz from his weekend rally, talk host Glenn Beck launched a new online magazine called The Blaze overnight.

JournoList’s archives have been making headlines at The Daily Caller, but there doesn’t seem to be any substance to the allegations of scandal.

Conservatives have long complained about liberal media bias. But conservative media seems to be much worse.

Senator Jon Kyl is distancing himself from earlier comments that he made accusing the President of holding border security “hostage.”

CNN is launching a debate program featuring one host from the Left and another from the Right. Why not call it “Crossfire”?