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Project Veritas: Insider Exposes Facebook Deboosting, Targeting, and Blocking of Conservatives

Facebook owns the social media landscape. Not playing in their sandbox is a tough sell. GraniteGrok has seen a significant rise in traffic and engagement. From 30-50% of our traffic starts on Facebook. And traffic is way up. Could it be better? Probably. Are we subject to tactics meant to limit access to our content? Probably. But no …

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Local News in San Diego Exposes CNN’s Bias over Border Coverage

Sorry for the double-tap on the Current Narrative Network (CNN). But a local news channel in San Diego shared a story on the air, calling out CNN for trying to make news instead of reporting it. Which is not news to us but it is news. As part of their coverage of the border fence debate, CNN decided …

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Arctic Sea Ice, and Google’s Search Results “Reality”

The Danish Meteorological Institute’s most recent data shows Arctic Sea Ice Extent rapidly approaching the 1981-2000 mean. Rapidly. But if you Google “Arctic Sea ice 2018” you will find a series of headlines on the subject of the 2018 arctic minimum. I didn’t search the annual arctic minimum. In the absence of other details “minimum” was …

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“Plastic Guns” – The 1980’s Want Their Gun-Grabber Hysteria Back

Have you heard about the “undetectable plastic gun”? The gun control lobbies call it is “tailor-made for terrorism.” The Washington Post reports that a state sponsor of terrorism is already attempting to obtain these guns. A Postcolumnist warns that the police “vehemently oppose the introduction of plastic guns into our armed society.” Newsweek predicts the NRA will face a member …

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Gallup Poll: Inaccuracy, Misinformation, and Bias in Media News Coverage

Gallup’s latest opinion poll adds another nail to the Media coffin.  A growing majority believe it is biased. Overall, U.S. adults estimate that 62% of the news they read in newspapers, see on television or hear on the radio is biased. They think the news media mostly provide accurate information, but still estimate that 44% of what …

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Inspector General’s Report: Let There Be Bias

I doubt we will ever get around to plumbing the minutia inside IG Horowitz 568 page report on how the FBI handled the Clinton Email Investigation or their pivot to Trump. But we can pull and explore some of the bits the media is more likely to ignore, gloss over, or spin. Like this.

When Progressives Wax ‘Poetic’ About ‘Religious Bigotry’ …

The Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling continues to bear fruit. David French, writing at National Review Online, has provided several pieces that emphasize the upside of the decision, here, here, and here. One important point that is a gift that should keep on giving is a quote from the Decision written by Justice Kennedy. To describe a man’s …

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New York Times “Runs Out Of Words” to Describe May Jobs Numbers

I couldn’t tell you if the cable networks or the alphabets are in on this but The New York Times offered up a glowing report of May’s job’s numbers the same day I wrote this. So here’s the credit where it is due. The real question in analyzing the May jobs numbers released Friday is whether there …

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“It’s for the Children!” – except when it is all about an adult

The Left’s second most rallying cry (and generally the lie most likely to be rolled out as a club) is “It’s for the children!” as if that is supposed to stop all debate by shaming their opposition (with the undertone of “what, you hate kids?  Don’t much like puppies or Mom’s apple pie either, do …

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