Media

My newsletter today discusses how media completely changed their tune on tax cuts for large corporations when that large corporation is Amazon. Suddenly there's no tax giveaway too large for them!

Rich Lowry of National Review Online explores the political significance of big Emmy wins for “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Donald Trump, much to his chagrin, never won an Emmy for The Apprentice, but he can now take indirect credit for a clutch of the awards. The Hulu series The…

News media outlets have enjoyed longstanding exemptions from federal and state campaign finance restrictions. It makes sense to extend those exemptions to nonprofit social and civic groups that also inform the public. Extending the media exemption would help encourage more information about important public policy issues. Jon Riches, director of…

Jonah Goldberg uses his latest column at National Review Online to place President Trump’s debt-ceiling deal with Democrats in a larger context. Aghast conservatives are probably exaggerating the significance of the move in terms of policy and tactics. Fights over the debt limit rarely yield the rewards conservatives…

Jonathan Tobin explains at National Review Online how mainstream media outlets have created their own problems. Since Trump took office, the willingness of journalists to mix opinion with news reporting has grown. Opposition to Trump and his policies is now seen as justifying any breech of the church-state…

Andrew Malcolm uses his latest column to explore the importance of presidential visits after a major natural disaster. President Donald Trump has clearly invested a vast amount of time and effort convincing Americans that as their chief executive he is clearly on top of properly managing the government…

Alex Pfeiffer of the Daily Caller reports on poll results that should provide little comfort to the fourth estate. Nearly half of the country believes the news media poses an equal or greater threat to the nation as white supremacists, according to a new Fox News poll out…

Heather Wilhelm explains at National Review Online why the overpoliticization of life proves boring. Her story starts with the typical reaction she gets when people learn that she writes about politics. The most common response, you’ll be pleased to learn, is actually rueful laughter: “Politics? Well, you certainly…