#media-criticism

#media-criticism

For years, we've been subjected to an endless parade of hyperventilating claims about the Biden administration's supposed "censorship industrial complex." We were told, over and over again, that the government was weaponizing its power to silence conservative speech. The evidence for this? Some angry emails from White House staffers that Facebook ignored. That was basically it. The Supreme Court looked at it and said there was no standing because there was no evidence of coercion.

Recent exercises in taking stock after one year of Trump 2.0 for many an eternity of terrifying news and political traumas tended to leave something out: the fact that, a mere 12 months ago, plenty of pundits (and politicians, for that matter) were instructing us to accept that a global vibe shift in favor of the right had taken place. And that, in the face of what supposedly felt like a landslide, resistance was pointless and cringe.

An exciting yet excruciating playoff loss to the Seahawks doesn't diminish the Rams' accomplishments this season. Their ability in coming back to win so many games that appeared lost showcased their resilience time after time, week after week. Thanks for the memories. When are the Rams and coach Sean McVay going to stop ignoring special teams? Open the checkbook and hire the best special teams coach available. They also need to draft a shutdown corner or two. You don't need another receiver.

Liverpool thrashed Qarabag 6-0 at Anfield on Wednesday, helped by Alexis Mac Allister's double, along with goals from Florian Wirtz, Mohamed Salah, Hugo Ekitike and Federico Chiesa. But after Liverpool's largest margin of victory under Slot sent them into the Champions League's last 16, the Dutchman used his post-match press conference to clarify what he felt was unfair treatment from sections of the media.

Paris Hilton here presents us with an unbearable act of docu-self-love, avowedly a behind-the-scenes study of her second studio album, Infinite Icon, and where she's at as a musician, survivor and mom. But maybe there is, in fact, nothing behind the scenes; judging by this, the scenes are all there is: Insta-exhibitionism, empty phrases and show. Hilton's second album no doubt has its admirers and detractors, and her fans are perfectly happy with it.

I did one interview with CBS, and I didn't answer the question the way they thought I should answer the question, so I don't care about the UFC anymore?

The Duchess of Sussex's latest Netflix lifestyle show failed to crack the top 1,000 most watched programmes on the platform, figures suggest, amid reports that it will not return for a third series. The second series of With Love, Meghan ranked 1,124th most watched shows between July and December 2025, with 2 views, according to data, coming below the second season of Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug & Cat Noir, as well as programmes several years older including Downton Abbey.

Should society intervene to course correct that, put systems in place to make sure that those men meet partners?

I'm fairly confident that this column will get me banned from CNN's airwaves. CNN once sold itself as the grown-up in the room. It was the network you turned to when the stakes got real. That reputation earned over decades was built on restraint, seriousness, and a basic respect for viewers, she wrote. Which is why CNN's continued reliance on Scott Jennings is not just baffling, but corrosive to its brand.

KEILAR: Some encouraging news today for the real estate market. Mortgage rates have now fallen to their lowest level in more than three years, and industry experts hope that it will help break the stalemate that has kept reluctant sellers from selling and would-be buyers from buying. CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich is with us now on this. All right, Vanessa, how low are we talking? VANESSA YURKEVICH, CNN BUSINESS & POLITICS CORRESPONDENT: Yes, we're talking about the lowest level in more than three years. So, the average rate for a mortgage, according to Freddie Mac this week, 6.06 percent.

At the beginning of The Sting, veteran con-man Henry Gondorff explains the way of the big con to ambitious rookie Johnny Hooker, who wants to play for a vicious mobbed up New York banker. It's not like playing winos in the street. You can't outrun [the guy]. . . . You gotta keep his con even after you take his money.

David Yelland, former deputy editor at the New York Post, slammed his old newspaper as a disgrace for its Friday front page branding the Minnesota woman killed by an ICE agent as a Warrior' of the Left. The cover splash, which shows a large image of Renee Nicole Good, reports that the victim was an activist member of ICE Watch and trained to resist' agents.

Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli has been heavily criticised for pushing Liverpool's Conor Bradley off the pitch while he was badly injured. The Reds right-back ended up having to be stretchered off at the Emirates Stadium, but it seems that Martinelli initially shoved him as he thought he was time-wasting towards the end of the game. Martinelli is now being criticised by journalists on X for his shocking behaviour towards Bradley, whose injury proved to look pretty serious.

CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil took heavy criticism over his 16-second report on President Donald Trump's rollout of an unhinged January 6 propaganda website that presented the issue as a matter of dueling accusations. The Trump administration chose Tuesday the 5th anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol to unveil the site. It sparked immediate and widespread outrage over the stunning falsehoods, omissions, and concoctions.

It's disappointing (but unsurprising) that Fallon didn't push back on that,

Look, we're taking out drug boats, right? They've done I think they've killed 87 people doing this, Lambert said. Obama did hundreds, if not thousands of bomb attacks all around the world in different countries on land, killing civilians at the at the time. Now, again, he was going after terrorists, which is what we're doing there. It's Tren de Aragua is who we're going after.