SocietyNews
Liberals Most Likely to Defriend You on Facebook — and in Real Life
If you’ve sensed over the years that your liberal friends are “unfriending” you on Facebook, you might be right. A new Pew Research study concludes… Read More
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Jon Stewart Confronts Bill O’Reilly on ‘White Privilege,’ and Doesn’t Get Response He Expects
No bloviating: It was an exchange you don’t want to miss. On “The Daily Show” the other night, host Jon Stewart and Fox News giant… Read More
SocietyNews
Journalists Seek a Way to Stop White House Censorship of ‘Pool’ Reports
White House reporters are testing a system to circumvent White House involvement in the distribution of press “pool” reports. As The Daily Signal previously reported, Obama… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Catch Up on This Week’s News in These 18 Photos
Ebola may be the only news you paid attention to this week (how could you not), but photo journalists all over the world captured everything… Read More
SocietyNews
Republicans Go for Golf Channel, Democrats Pick E! … and Other Fascinating Facts About Political TV Ads
Political campaign commercials are saturating the airwaves in TV markets across America. Now, thanks to an analysis of more than $1 billion in political TV… Read More
SocietyNews
The Ad That Says Immigrants Get Most New Jobs in Your State
NumbersUSA began a seven-figure, 10-state ad buy today that asks viewers whether Americans or “new immigrants” should get new jobs. The 30-second ad, running in states… Read More
SocietyNews
MSNBC Host Feels ‘More Terror’ Over Police Than ISIS or Ebola
Melissa Harris-Perry is more scared of the police than she is of ISIS or Ebola. During an MSNBC panel discussion about people “losing faith” in… Read More
SocietyNews
Policy Aside, These Senate Hopefuls Get Personal
In the first debate of their heated U.S. Senate race, the incumbent Democrat’s attacks last night on the policy positions of his Republican challenger took… Read More
Health CareNews
Second US Ebola Patient Identified as Young Texas Nurse
A 26-year-old nurse named Nina Pham is the health care worker at a Dallas hospital who tested positive for the Ebola virus after helping to treat… Read More
SecurityNews
Woodward: Obama Must Respond to ISIS ‘Wake-Up Call’
The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward, who has chronicled U.S. military action in Iraq for years, said today that America and the world are in “a mess” in the… Read More
SecurityNews
Leon Panetta: Isolated Obama Should Shake Up His Staff
Leon Panetta, who served as both CIA director and defense secretary under President Obama, today said his former boss is too isolated in the White House. Continuing… Read More
SocietyNews
‘I Won the Debate Big Time’: Libertarian Pizza Driver Says He Delivers Authenticity in Senate Race
To understand Sean Haugh, know that instead of ending his phone conversation with a Daily Signal reporter by saying “Goodbye,” he implored: “Have fun.” Haugh, who… Read More
SocietyNews
This Senate Candidate Was Asked If She Voted for Obama. She Refused to Answer.
In trying to convince voters to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, his Democratic challenger has worked to distance herself from President Obama. In a… Read More
SocietyNews
This US Senate Race Just Tightened Up. Here’s 4 Things You Need to Know
A heartland contest between an embattled Republican incumbent and an upstart challenger could decide whether Democrats lose control of the U.S. Senate Republicans need to… Read More
SocietyNews
Take 5: Debate Attacks Scored by the Numbers in This Senate Race
Unable to break free from each other in the polls, North Carolina’s Senate candidates played offense Tuesday in their second debate. Incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan… Read More
SocietyNews
Awkward: Candidates Struggle to Reply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ in Senate Debate
Answering a simple “yes or no” question at last night’s debate in Colorado’s U.S. Senate wasn’t easy for either the incumbent Democrat, Sen. Mark Udall,… Read More
SocietyNews
‘The Flipside’ Offers Viewers Another Side of Comedy
According to the creators of a new show, comedy has been politically one-sided for too long—and they want to show viewers the flipside. “I want… Read More
SocietyNews
Michelle Obama Packs Her Bags for Iowa, Michigan
Michelle Obama is heading to the heartland Friday to lend Iowa Democrats a helping hand in one of the closest U.S. Senate races in the… Read More
SocietyNews
To Reach Millennials, These Get-Out-the-Vote Ads Go Where They Go
These aren’t your grandpa’s campaign ads. Two divergent groups — Rock the Vote and the College Republicans — have set their sights on next month’s… Read More
SocietyNews
Why One State Legislature Is Using Your Tax Dollars to Operate Its Own News Service
LINCOLN, Neb.—In addition to the gaggle of TV, radio, online and newspaper reporters who regularly cover the Nebraska Legislature, a handful of lesser-known reporters who… Read More
LawNews
Government Agrees to Settlement for Raiding Reporter’s Home, Seizing Confidential Files
An investigative reporter whose private files were illegally seized during a raid on her home will receive $50,000 as part of a settlement with the Department… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The News Is Fit to Print But Are Major News Organizations Fit to Report It?
Former investigative reporter and producer Lowell Bergman observed, “You can have all the information you want in the world. If you don’t have the people… Read More
SocietyNews
Reporter Forbidden to Speak to Crowd at Michelle Obama Event
Meg Kissinger, a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, covered first lady Michelle Obama’s Milwaukee campaign stop Monday for Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke. But, Kissinger… Read More
SocietyNews
‘Don’t Let ’em Getcha Down’: 11 Values-Based Zingers From Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin colorfully roused an audience of social conservatives at the Values Voter Summit this afternoon, at one point mocking President Obama for his “latte… Read More
News
Now and Then: Obama Channels Bush in U.N. Address on Terror Threat
More than a decade ago, on Nov. 10, 2001, President George W. Bush addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, just as… Read More
SocietyNews
Journalists Sound Alarm on White House Censorship
The “most transparent administration in history” is under fire once again. And this time the complaints are coming from journalists who cover the White House…. Read More
SocietyNews
Can’t Stop Rush: Radio Host’s Show Turns Tables on ‘Grassroots’ Protesters
For two years, a self-described grassroots army has protested “The Rush Limbaugh Show” in a campaign to convince advertisers to pull their commercials from the… Read More
SocietyNews
9 Diplomatic Facts to Know About ‘Madam Secretary’
Sunday night, CBS will debut “Madam Secretary,” a series starring Téa Leoni as a newly appointed U.S. secretary of state. To get the lowdown, The Daily Signal checked out Politico… Read More
SocietyNews
The Benghazi Moment That Inspired TV’s ‘Madam Secretary’
Producers continue to rebuff talk that the new CBS political drama, “Madam Secretary,” is based on Hillary Clinton. They will, however, admit that the former… Read More
SocietyNews
To Mark POW/MIA Recognition Day, Watch John McCain Begin His Trip Home
In March 1973, a limping Navy pilot stepped off a bus in Hanoi, North Vietnam, after being shot down, beaten, tortured and held more than five years… Read More
