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NYT Investigates Columnist Who Made Israeli Rape Dog Claims for Undisclosed Donor Ties
The New York Times is investigating its controversial columnist Nicholas Kristof for his failure to disclose existing donor relationships, the newspaper has announced. “Previous political donations made by some people Nick Kristof mentioned in his columns should have been made more clear to readers,” Times spokesman Charlie Stadtlander wrote in an email to Semafor News…. -
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JD Vance Survives the Women of ‘The View’
Fresh off negotiating a peace deal with the mullahs and extremists of Iran, Vice President JD Vance waded into the much more turbulent waters of ABC’s “The View” Tuesday. After receiving warm, respectful applause from most of the audience, Vance endured a hostile interrogation not from the usual four rotating co-hosts of the show, but… -
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NFL Subscriptions Stir Controversy
The National Football League has privatized much of its viewership, which is drawing criticism from leading lawmakers, such as Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, and President Donald Trump. The controversy comes as NFL fans are now expected to spend up to $1,000 across roughly 10 different subscriptions if they wish to have access to… -
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June Starts Strong for Fox News, While Kimmel Can’t Catch Gutfeld
While Fox News started June at its familiar perch atop the cable news ratings—and No. 2 behind ESPN overall on cable—the news channel also managed to knock off two of the television networks in primetime. Fox News ended the week of June 1 with 2.7 million weekday primetime viewers and 245,000 viewers in the crucial… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Scott Pelley’s CBS Complaint Backfires
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: OK, let’s go to Scott Pelley. Here’s the headline from the Daily Mail. “Teary-eyed Scott Pelley goes scorched earth on Bari… -
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Eugenics Is Trending Again: YouTube Influencer Aborts Baby With Down Syndrome
Popular YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife, Ashley, aborted their unborn baby because of a Down syndrome diagnosis. Ridgway runs a YouTube account called McJuggerNuggets with 4.34 million subscribers, where he makes videos featuring scripted stories. His “Psycho Series” alone has earned over 2 billion views. Last Wednesday, Ridgway went to X to announce the “very difficult” abortion decision to his large following…. -
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Can Republicans Pull Off One Last Big Bill Before August? Pfluger Says They Can
After nearly a year, House Republicans are finally gaining momentum on Reconciliation 3.0, an affordability, anti-fraud bill that has the potential to save the party in the midterms. With their self-imposed deadline of “before the end of summer”—meaning before campaign season ramps up in August—the window isn’t open long. Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger,… -
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‘I’ve Had Enough, Thank You Darling’: Trump Walks Out On NBC Interview
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump frequently sparred with “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker about multiple topics before cutting the interview short. Trump went to Wisconsin on Friday to discuss farming and his economic agenda, Fox 6 Milwaukee reported. Mirroring the stormy weather outside the farm where the interview took place, Trump and Welker… -
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Meet the Saturday Show Host Crushing the Cable News Competition
Fox News Channel has been the highest-rated TV network for 23 consecutive years and is on its way to making it 24 as year closes out. According to Nielsen Big Data + Panel numbers released Friday, Fox News continued to dominate viewership in November and substantially outpaced CNN and MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, during the… -
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Beware Netflix’s Media Takeover
On Friday, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it selected Netflix to acquire the company. WBD CEO David Salazar and the WBD board should pause and ask a simple question: Is selling America’s premier storytelling institution to one of the most ideological companies on earth really the right thing to do? To understand what’s at stake, you… -
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FCC Considers Jettisoning Longstanding Rule Limiting Broadcasters
Millions of Americans may soon see changes to their television programming if a decades-old broadcast restriction that impacts TV station ownership is modified. The Federal Communications Commission currently caps an entity from reaching more than 39% of U.S. TV households, but the federal agency is considering changing that rule. The longstanding federal regulation will likely… -
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Is the SPLC’s Influence Over Big Tech Finally Crumbling?
Major tech companies are distancing themselves from the Southern Poverty Law Center, a leftist group that demonizes conservatives and Christians, after facing pressure over previous relationships with the SPLC in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Kirk’s alleged murderer said he killed the Turning Point USA founder because he “spreads too much hate.” The assassination… -
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Another Example of Why Media Won’t Earn Back Americans’ Trust
Only about a quarter of Americans currently trust the media—and a recent decision by a prominent college media conference shows why. MediaFest25, which starts Wednesday and describes itself as the “nation’s largest media convention for pros and college students,” originally greenlit my colleague Virginia Allen and my former colleague Mary Margaret Olohan as speakers. It… -
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REDEFINING YAHWEH: Wikipedia Co-Founder Cites Worst Examples of Bias on the Internet Encyclopedia
Larry Sanger helped to create Wikipedia, but he says he is horrified at how biased it has become—and he has a few suggestions about how to fix it. “Wikipedia shapes public opinion more than any other single information source of its kind, more than any newspaper or broadcast or podcast,” Sanger tells The Daily Signal…. -
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PBS Offers Yet Another Reason It Shouldn’t Get Taxpayer Money
After almost 20 years, PBS is reviving its fan-favorite “Reading Rainbow” kids educational show—this time, with a cast of woke hosts. If you were looking for another reason to justify the defunding of PBS, now you have one. “Reading Rainbow,” trademarked by the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association, first aired in 1983 to help kids continue reading through the summer to keep their minds sharp and avoid the “summer loss” phenomenon. The read-along show ran for 26 years until… -
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The Media Aggressively Plays Dumb on the Liberal Hate of Kirk’s Killer
Once the shock of Charlie Kirk’s murder began to wear off, it became easier to notice how today’s “news” media routinely fail to live up to their own pompous prattle about their work. They don’t “hold people accountable,” they don’t “uphold democracy,” and they aren’t “independent” or “objective.” They don’t produce “news” as much as… -
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Sorry, Barack. Kimmel Was Canceled Because of His Own Maliciousness.
Jimmy Kimmel has been yanked faster than a pitcher who gave up five home runs in a row … and spit on the bat boy. The longtime late-night host who self-identifies as a comedian was pulled off the air “indefinitely” by ABC/Disney after making a horrific slur against the “MAGA gang” in the wake of… -
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New York Times Issued Correction After Making False Claim About Charlie Kirk
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The New York Times issued a correction on Thursday after falsely accusing Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk of making an antisemitic claim on his podcast. The New York Times falsely accused Kirk of stating on his podcast in 2023 that Jewish communities are “pushing the exact kind of hatred against whites” that they… -
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Fox News Crushes Competition in Summer Prime-Time Ratings
The Fox News Channel ended its summer run as the top network in all of prime-time television through Labor Day, topping even ABC, NBC, and CBS. Reaching more than 2.4 million weekday prime-time viewers since June 20, Fox News surpassed ABC with 2.38 million viewers, NBC with 2.2 million viewers, and CBS with 2 million… -
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Newsmax Tops $46M in Quarterly Revenue, Up 18% Year-Over-Year
Conservative media outlet Newsmax announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2025, touting its strong revenue growth just days after reaching a defamation lawsuit settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said the network recorded quarterly revenue of $46.4 million for the three months ending June 30—an 18.4% increase over the…