There are few journalistic lapses more obvious and unprofessional than simply making up a statement by a public figure. Yet Newsweek’s serial offender Tom O’Connor has done exactly that: again. Tom O’Connor In his Newsweek article entitled, “Middle East’s Next Oil War? Israel Threatens Lebanon Over Hezbollah and Natural Gas,” O’Connor fantasizes that at the Institute […]
(CNSNews.com) – Criticizing the “hypocrisy” of feminists, an Iranian women’s rights activist says Western media outlets will report on a Barbie doll wearing a headscarf, but avoid devoting coverage to real-life women forced to wear one, for fear of being accused of “Islamophobia.” Masih Alinejad told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Iranian women have lived in […]
The National Football League has had a tumultuous season to say the least. Politics and sliding ratings have dogged the sport all year. Despite the fact that this year’s Super Bowl was the lowest-rated game since 2010, it ended up being a great, high-scoring contest in which the underdog Philadelphia Eagles stunningly defeated the New […]
A classified memo on potential FBI abuse of government surveillance was released Friday, and some lawmakers say that it suggests government corruption. “At what point are we going to have real accountability in the Department of Justice and the FBI,” Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., said in a conference call with reporters Friday, adding: Obviously we […]
A formerly secret memo released Friday by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee raises serious questions about the judgment and actions of a handful of current and former senior officials at the FBI and the Justice Department. Those officials were seeking permission to surveil an American citizen, Carter Page, who had been an adviser on […]
Editor’s note: The Daily Signal’s audience appreciates those who stick up for first lady Melania Trump, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Those sentiments kick off this weekend’s mailbag. Write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: We love how Melania Trump is doing so far, the subject of […]
A Texas committee voted to keep a Confederate statue, but will add an anti-slavery plaque and kiosks to it, according to a Thursday report. The monument advisory committee in Denton, Texas, voted 12-3 to preserve a Confederate soldier statue but add a plaque and audiovisual interviews bashing slavery and segregation, reported the Denton Record-Chronicle. “I felt […]
The Daily Signal’s Facebook show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week— many of which went misreported by the mainstream media and some of which weren’t reported at all. This week, Republicans on the House intelligence committee agreed to release the declassified memo. We breakdown all of the misinformation from the mainstream […]
By Janet Levy Slavery in America, typically associated with blacks from Africa, was an enterprise that began with the shipping of more than 300,000 white Britons to the colonies. This little known history is fascinatingly recounted in White Cargo (New York University Press, 2007). Drawing on letters, diaries, ship manifests, court documents, and government archives, authors Don Jordan […]
A Michigan dog owner was surprised to find out that the state approved his German shepherd for weekly unemployment benefits. The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency sent a letter to lawyer Michael Haddock saying that a Michael Ryder was approved to receive $360 a week in unemployment, reports ABC News. The only problem is that Ryder is Haddock’s […]
