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And why would it? The profitability of news organizations has always been a mixed bag. Network news tended to be a value add to get people watching a particular channel. CNN made cable news into a viable business model back when breaking news meant cable. In the internet age, breaking news means social media.  CNN’s…

Language is culture and dictionaries have been relentless players in the culture wars, changing the definition of what a woman or what a recession is to keep pace with political correctness. But then there’s going even further to create an entire dictionary for a particular group. That’s what the Oxford Dictionary is doing to keep…

If the name Masih Alinejad sounds at all familiar, it’s because the political dissident was previously the target of an Iranian kidnapping plot. Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad says she is the target of an alleged kidnapping plot that was foiled by the FBI and recently laid out in a federal indictment. The indictment – which doesn’t name Alinejad —…

The media responded to an announcement by Andrew Yang and Christine Whitman that they’ll form a third party (more like a fortieth party) by rolling out a barrage of attacks about how third parties don’t work. True, they don’t. But why get so worked up over it? The media quite enthusiastically touted “third party” runs…