News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Joe Biden has told an ally he is "seriously considering" dropping out of the election race against Donald Trump, according to the New York Times.
The journalist who was the first to call for lockdown in the New York Times, Donald McNeil, has published a book demanding we prepare to do it all again – but harder (so it works this time).
The BBC has been telling people to steer clear of independent news sites because they publish disinformation. After last week’s misreporting of the al-Ahli hospital explosion by the BBC, that claim rings a little hollow.
The New York Times has published an angry article blaming Ron DeSantis for the "steep cost" of his Covid response, despite having to admit Florida did better than the rest of the country.
Pro-lockdown Observer columnist Nick Cohen left the paper in November for 'health' reasons. Turns out, seven women complained they'd been harassed by him. Now, the New York Times has accused his bosses of a 'cover up'.
By insisting on corrections to the Cochrane review of masks and claiming “victory” the New York Times is trying to subvert the whole scientific process while launching a personal attack on one of the authors.
Thorsteinn Siglaugsson has fact-checked the fact checker whose work is being used to discredit the Cochrane review on masking which concluded there's no high-quality evidence that face masks reduce the spread of COVID-19.
You'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh at the civil war unfolding at the New York Times over the trans issue. But the fact that the grown-ups are standing up to the Red Guards in their midst is a good sign.
In this week's London Calling, the rows are about whether democratic institutions are beyond repair, how best to defend our freedom and the state of GB News. it's Mozart v Salieri, but you'll have to guess who's who.
AI chatbots have started to come out with some highly disturbing responses, from calling users "enemies" to trying to get them to leave their wives. What are the ethical implications of this, and are we all doomed?
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