James Corbett discusses the top issues he sees on the horizon, what he makes of this trump great awakening narrative, and some solutions talk.
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Who verifies BBC Verify?
BBC Verify, the new fact-checking service inside the BBC, was launched last year with much fanfare and at great expense. Its verdicts are pushed across all the corporation’s channels. So why is it getting so many things wrong? And where …
A murder in Pennsylvania’s swing county
It was just before 2.30am, on a crisp Tuesday morning, when Tyrell Holmes was set on fire. Few were awake to hear his shrieks. By the time the police arrived, Holmes had collapsed dead, his corpse smouldering next to a …
The godless US election
Rallies. Insults. Slightly awkward baby-holding. In most ways, this year’s election is just as crass and theatrical as ever. Yet as the American public heads to the polls, the 2024 cycle is strikingly different for one key reason: its godlessness. …
November Open Thread (2024)
Whatever you want to share with The Corbett Report community, this is the place to do it.
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Jeff Bezos Is Right: Legacy Media Must Self-Reflect
Jeff Bezos Is Right: Legacy Media Must Self-Reflect
by David Thunder at Brownstone Institute
I can count on one hand the times I have seen leaders of media organisations engage in anything that could be described as hard-hitting forms of self-critique in …
American industry must rise again
Austerity is rarely popular during election season, and already this campaign has featured a variety of budget-straining proposals. Donald Trump has called for exempting tips from taxation, which Kamala Harris subsequently endorsed. J.D. Vance has suggested increasing the child tax …
The Left has forgotten its philosophy
A mere glance at the headlines underscores what most working people under 40 intuit. Unfathomable wealth inequality, flat or barely improving wages, falling life expectancy, and a massive housing shortage are overturning the hard-won gains of the 20th century. And …
The cult of cuteness is revolting
When it comes to softening a stern public image, the Japanese have a special trick: just introduce a cute-looking cartoon mascot. High security prisons have them, as do the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Japanese Sewage Association. Such mascots have …
Interview 1908 – BRICS Unveil the NEW New World Order! (NWNW #570)
This week on the New World Next Week: OOPS! the settled science of climate change isn’t so settled after all; the BRICS issue a globalist manifesto but the pro-BRICS crowd don’t want you to read it for yourself; and (s)election …
Reclaim the West
Reclaim the West
by Lori Weintz at Brownstone Institute
“Old Matthew Maule, in a word, was executed for the crime of witchcraft (in Salem, Massachusetts). He was one of the martyrs to that terrible delusion, which should teach us, among …
Mark Zuckerberg wants to be Caesar
Among Silicon Valley’s moguls, the spotlight has been hogged by Elon Musk. His ever more enthusiastic appearances at Donald Trump rallies and his vocal support for Right-wing causes on his platform X come as the Valley trades in its Democrat-aligned …
Interview 1907 – Dissecting the (s)Election with Whitney Webb
Whitney and James discuss the upcoming US presidential election, how it differs from previous cycles and why rejecting the corrupt political duopoly is more important than ever
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Why centrist dads love fancy cheese
Forget Donald Trump, the Southport killer, or Tommy Robinson. The lead storyline this week was Centrist Dads’ cheese dream, or perhaps a lost Wallace and Gromit plotline: 950 wheels of artisan cheddar were stolen from Neal’s Yard Dairy in London.…
The squashed birds of progress
Early in Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige, a magician performs a trick with a small bird which disappears in a cage flattened on the table. A small boy in the audience starts to cry, distraught that the bird was killed. The …