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Okeeffe: The Weaponization of Media Access Did Not Suddenly Start with Trump

July 9, 2025June 13, 2025 Connor O'Keeffe

One of the reasons the American political establishment really hates it when Trump is president is that his administration has a tendency to bring out and exaggerate dynamics at play in Washington, DC that the establishment would prefer to keep hidden. One such example is the weaponization of media access. Right at the beginning of … Read more

Harris Campaign Appears To Selectively Bar Reporters From Campaign Coverage

September 3, 2024 Hailey Gomez

The Harris-Walz campaign has continuously denied reporters and photographers from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette access to the campaign events, reportedly due to labor action within the company, according to an op-ed from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editor Brandon McGinley. Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz began their bus tour in the battleground state of Georgia, … Read more

FBI to Charge J6 Journalist With Something (Probably) For Reporting the Wrong Story

December 16, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Blaze Journalist Steve Baker has been notified that he must self-surrender to the FBI by next Tuesday. Baker was a reporter on the ground on January 6 (J6), and while he does not yet know what the charges are, I think we can guess.

Standing Up Against the Censorious Establishment!

December 2, 2023December 2, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Russell Brand continues to regale millions daily with his podcasts, delivering an endless stream of words that are interesting, entertaining, and that (most importantly) piss off the ruling-class globalist elites. They hate him and have tried to destroy him, but he’s the podcasting energizer bunny.

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Governments Are Using Intimidation To Regulate Independent Journalists on the Decentralized Internet

September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 Op-Ed

In the last century, states have had great control over channels of media. In most of the West, lobbying groups and cartels working with “liberal” and “democratic” governments regulated who could broadcast while governments, with their endless pools of money and political force, competed alongside private or foreign establishments.

The War on Free Speech is Really a War on the Right to Criticize the Government

May 3, 2023 Op-Ed

Absolutely, there is a war on free speech. To be more accurate, however, the war on free speech is really a war on the right to criticize the government.

Lightfoot Treads Heavily – No White Reporters Allowed

May 24, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Chicago’s Lori Lightfoot is a lousy mayor by all accounts (regardless of her sex or skin color). A problem she’s decided means something. On the anniversary of her inauguration (two years ago), her office will only grant interviews to reporters of color.

Neville Chamberlain and Hitler (NY Times.com)

Neville Chamberlain, Media Bias, and Candles

January 3, 2021 Michael Moffett

Former Congressman Lamar S. Smith echoed the sentiments of many when he stated that “The greatest threat to America is liberal media bias.”

No Free Speech: Head of Nashua Young Dems Wants an Entire Radio Station Canceled

July 27, 2020 Beth Scaer

On July 11, Black Lives Matters Nashua shared a post that was critical of Diana Ploss, the host of a show on Nashua radio station WSMN. Diana Ploss made a video of herself confronting some landscape workers who were speaking Spanish, accusing them of being illegal.

Attorney General Bill Barr Explains Why New Hampshire Needs GraniteGrok.com

April 14, 2023March 4, 2020 Steve MacDonald

If we have not reminded you in a while (more to the point ‘reminded’ our liberal friends) this humble portal of news and opinion has a bigger digital audience than every newspaper in the state (except the Union Leader) and we beat them now and again too.

Should We Force the Media to Write Corrections to Hate Crime Stories That are Hoaxes?

December 26, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Most hate crimes are never resolved in the media. They are reported with formula hyperbole until the political feeding frenzy begins. If the loop later closes, the case concludes, these defenders of truth are not there to say that many if not most of them are hoaxes.

We Are At War To Be ‘We The People’ Again

Free Speech Tolerates Hate Speech

October 25, 2019 Steve MacDonald

It has always been the America position that free speech is an opportunity to enlighten ignorance. Do you think the First Amendment should be rewritten? Do you think it is a good idea to crackdown on free speech, as well as the press?

“What is the NH League of Women Voters Afraid of in Peterborough?” Yeah, GraniteGrok has a builtin legal team

May 5, 2019 Skip

Indeed, we do. Not that we have had need of it in the past… Sidenote: well, maybe one time – when Carol Shea-Porter “stole” one of my images and used it in her campagn ads. Didn’t have the money to sue at the time. …and hopefully have no need to really have on in the … Read more

“What is the NH League of Women Voters Afraid of in Peterborough?” Not just GraniteGrok took note of the restrictions

May 4, 2019 Skip

And that would be the Peterborough Republican Committee. Glad to see that some Republicans “are mad as hell and aren’t gonna take it any more!”. Emphasis mine: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2019 Contact: Chris Maidment peterboroughgop@gmail.com PETERBOROUGH NH Peterborough Republican Committee urges LWVNH and Ledger Transcript to allow video and audio recording at Candidates … Read more

Media Damage

March 29, 2019

Introduction: The main stream media has been involved in an intentional, coordinated act using partisan group think. It has been selling sensational narratives about a target using convenient facts mixed in. We know they are generating propaganda because we have commonsense and use it. Follow me as we stroll through carnage. Print media: Print media … Read more

Notable Quote: Why Should Freedom of Speech…Be Allowed.

September 26, 2018April 12, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Who does this sound like? “Why should freedom of speech and freedom of the press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes is right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal things than guns.” – V.I. Lenin And when the … Read more

Court Rules: Bloggers Same As Journalists

May 19, 2023January 19, 2014 Steve MacDonald

And so are you, for that matter. “The three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held unanimously that there is no difference between a journalist for a media outlet and another speaker when it comes to First Amendment protections.”

Ask A New Hampshire Democrat … About Silencing The Press

May 18, 2023August 12, 2012 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Democrats have no problem silencing speech they object to, or that contradicts their agenda, so it will be interesting to get their take on this.