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Viktor Orbán’s defeat will remove a powerful model, ally, and funder for U.S. far right

Peter Montgomery — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:41:36 +0000

When Hungary’s voters toppled Viktor Orbán, the country’s proudly “illiberal” leader, they not only delivered a stunning rebuke to the Trump administration, they cost the MAGA movement in the U.S. a model for authoritarian right-wing governance, a culture war ally, and an inspiration to MAGA-aligned far-right nationalist movements in Europe. Right Wing Watch has been […]

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Israeli attacks on journalists helps hide their war crimes

Ari Paul — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 04:00:55 +0000

The Israeli communications minister’s attempt to shut down Al Jazeera’s bureau in Jerusalem—on the grounds that the Qatari news outlet is biased in favor of Hamas and is actively endangering Israeli troops (Reuters, 10/15/23)—should inspire some déjà vu. In the last war in Gaza, an Israeli air strike destroyed a Gaza building housing both Al Jazeera and Associated Press offices (AP, 5/15/21). […]

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American media fails in its most important role: informing the public

Gregory Shupak — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:10:57 +0000

If the commentary that news media outlets offer up is supposed to equip audiences to understand the world, then major US outlets’ coverage of the unfolding horrors in the Middle East are failing spectacularly. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post combined ran seven editorials on Israel/Palestine between October 7–9: one from the Times, four from the Journal and two […]

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‘Greater Idaho’ movement’s white nationalist roots coming into greater focus

Jim Carroll — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 22:05:56 +0000

A few months ago, I talked about the pernicious ideas underlying a secessionist effort here in Oregon — the Greater Idaho movement — that aims to cleave the eastern part of the state to Idaho, and argued that a rancid white nationalism was an unacknowledged key to understanding its existence. More recently, Leah Sottile has […]

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Antisemitism on Elon Musk’s X is surging and dredging up many ancient, defamatory themes of blaming Jews

Pamela S. Nadell — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 03:23:25 +0000

Since buying Twitter, rebranded as X, billionaire Elon Musk, who calls himself a “free speech absolutist,” has welcomed hatemongers to the platform, including one who recently coined the trending hashtag #BanTheADL. The ADL, the Jewish Anti-Defamation League, was founded in 1913 during the trial of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager wrongly convicted of murdering one […]

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Bill Maher is a scab, in addition to being overrated and unfunny

Laura Clawson — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 19:58:16 +0000

You might have thought that one of the few benefits of the ongoing strikes by Hollywood writers and actors was not having periodic viral clips of Bill Maher saying something bigoted on his HBO talk show. Maher feels differently. He’s bringing back his show despite the strike, and offering a typically self-righteous defense of his […]

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Right-wing media has become too big for the center-left to ignore

Matthew Sheffield — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 21:44:29 +0000

For years, Stephen Colbert dined out on the line “reality has a well-known liberal bias,” not just because it’s a good turn of phrase, but also because it’s true. Reactionary elites know that their arguments can’t hold up under scrutiny. It’s why Fox News and Newsmax host far fewer left-wing commentators on their debate panels […]

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Federal judge bars Texas from enforcing book rating law

Alejandro Serrano — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:20:47 +0000

A federal judge said Thursday he will stop a new Texas law aimed at keeping sexually explicit materials off of school library shelves on the eve of the law going into effect, according to state attorneys and lawyers for a group who sued over the proposal. District Judge Alan D. Albright indicated during a hearing […]

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Adult media has gone mainstream and changed itself for the better, star Tasha Reign says

Matthew Sheffield — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:48:40 +0000

Sex workers, people who earn a living as escorts or adult entertainers, are some of the most visible people in media nowadays. According to the web traffic stats company SimilarWeb, three of the top 15 websites in the world are pornographic video services. And yet, despite how popular porn has become, a lot of us […]

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Hollywood has changed how it makes money, actors and writers want the industry to change how it pays them

David Arditi — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:01:07 +0000

For the first time since 1960, actors and screenwriters are on strike at the same time. As with many of the other strikes that have rippled across the United States over the past three years, this walkout is over demands for better pay and restrictions on their employers’ use of technology to replace paid work. The actors’ strike began on July 14, 2023, after […]

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