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MACDONALD: CNN Is About To Have Its House ‘Cleaned’

September 24, 2026September 24, 2026 Steve MacDonald

Yesterday I did a Morning Update on so-called news outlets whining (and suing) over being evicted from the White House. Boo Hoo. There’s no right to be anywhere, especially when what you excel at is lies and hoaxes, and there are plenty of receipts. One of those networks, CNN, is past struggle sessions and fearing … Read more

CARDELLO: Is There a Happy Medium

June 29, 2026 Ray Cardello

I am a news and politics junkie. I am addicted, and 24/7 news is my drug of choice. What does satisfying that craving really do for me? Not much except to increase my frustration, angst, and bewilderment. The latter is caused by the sheer lunacy of the Left / Socialists / Communists. I am still … Read more

MACDONALD: What Real Reporting Looks Like?

June 6, 2026 Steve MacDonald

Way back when, GraniteGrok had a digital subscription to the Union Leader. For non-Granite Staters, this is the state’s largest (as in most widely circulated) daily print newspaper. Many years ago, it was the nation’s most conservative daily newspaper, but after William Loeb died, it modernized but didn’t change too much journalistically, not until after … Read more

Morning Update: When You’ve Lost 60 Minutes

April 22, 2026 Steve MacDonald

My dad used to commandeer the television to watch 60 Minutes back in the day. I’m talking late sixties, early seventies, when the thing was just getting started. I was just a kid, but I watched it too. Hailed as hardcore investigative journalism, it demonstrated that networks could make money on news as entertainment. The … Read more

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CARDELLO: Nancy Guthrie Just Got Too boring

March 24, 2026 Ray Cardello

So, the networks dumped her like a hot potato. I wrote weeks ago, and Nancy Guthrie has been missing for seven weeks now, that I thought it was wrong to devote so much of a network’s news time to a victim. This woman, who nobody in America would have ever heard of, was supposedly kidnapped … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: ‘Grok Is Done Moving! We Have Arrived!

January 22, 2026 Steve MacDonald

The website is now on its new server and hosting service. We moved to address a number of issues that were blocking readers. We lost nearly a third of our traffic in a matter of days, and the solutions the old host gave me didn’t solve the problem. We are now hosted with a local … Read more

Is that news or gnos?

February 24, 2025 Ian Underwood

This morning I am seeing reports that Kash Patel will be named as acting head of the ATF. When? Oh, sometime next week. Probably. I think that would be a good thing, but as someone used to say, I’ll believe it when I see it. It reminded me that for a while now, it’s bothered … Read more

Liberal Foundations Offer 500 Million In Grants to “Revitalize Local News” (You Mean Progressive Echo Chambers, Yes?)

April 25, 2024 Steve MacDonald

The Internet has eroded institutional control over what ordinary people see as “news.” Corporate media are still thieves, but not as they used to be, while locals have been obliterated in print and online. Many struggle to keep the dream alive, but with significantly reduced staff and declining coverage, and now wealthy progressive foundations have come to the rescue.

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Victims Of A News Cycle On Steroids

January 7, 2024 Ray Cardello

Like everything else in the 21st Century America, the news cycle has evolved. This evolution has been happening for decades as we watched the slow death of print newspapers to digital versions. Still, even on a cellphone or tablet, the American attention span is inadequate to read news stories.

A Short Post Inspired by a Jarhead Friend’s Email

December 1, 2023 NITZAKHON

So #australia is rapidly going CBDC and soon to be followed by all of #europe, no doubt. ~~The Potato~~ Obama doubtless has plans as well.

Data Point – So When Will The News Media “Get It” That Americans Hate Them?

February 20, 2023 Skip

Perhaps not hate but certainly don’t Trust them. Chart is over the period of 1993 to 2022: The post is concentrating on 2022 and neither can rise to the level of being unacceptable in providing platforms that shine in the light of the First Amendment. However, look at the 1993 numbers – both sets are … Read more

What is “Whatfinger.com” and Why Should You Check it Out?

August 13, 2021August 11, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Much of our recent growth has come from breaking stories that go national. The Windham incident and the Exeter School branding scandal are two recent examples. Sites like Breitbart and Gateway Pundit have helped this cause. But there are others, and we want you to know about them.

Hobbyists With no Budget Continue to Dominate Political Bandwidth in NH

July 20, 2021July 18, 2021 Steve MacDonald

One of the most amazing things about our continued dominance in Alexa Rank across New Hampshire is the absence of a payroll. Authors work for free, no budget, no ad managers, or salespeople—just a few folks with some ideas on the internet.

Remembering Rush Limbaugh … Mentioned My Name on The Air – And Something Much More Important

February 21, 2021February 20, 2021 Steve MacDonald

The left is having spasms of glee over the passing of Rush Limbaugh. That is reason enough to miss the man and his contribution to the debate. He was a singularly unique individual with whom I have a very small (tiny sliver of a) connection. He once mentioned my name on the air.

The Melding of News and Entertainment … This May Not be Helpful

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020

Former news co-anchor Robert MacNeil describes the features of successful news programs this way. Keep everything brief. Do not strain the attention of anyone. Instead, you must provide constant stimulation. To that end networks use variety, novelty, action, and movement.

Quick Thought – can’t we just assume that ALL long term care facilities are outbreak centers

April 30, 2020 Skip

TMEW, who generally doesn’t get political at all, had one of her few outbreaks herself on the news that there has been “two new outbreaks at Hackett Hill Center and Mountain Ridge Center” (Manchester and Franklin). She exclaimed WHY does it seem they are rolling out these announcement every couple of days; they’re ALL infected … Read more

Biden Threatens to Assault Autoworker – Media Edits that Part Out

March 12, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Joe Biden didn’t just tell a Detroit autoworker he was full of Shiite, the other day. He wagged his finger at him and threatened to slap him in the face. In the name of truth and unbiased reporting, NBC (not unexpectedly) edited that part out.

Nashua Democrat Rep. Jan Schmidt – “Grok Hates Women”

August 30, 2020January 7, 2020 Steve MacDonald

According to Nashua, Alderman (and NH State Rep), Jan Schmidt ‘Grok Hates Women – with a passion. Especially if they speak up.’ That might be news to Kimberly Morin, Susan Olsen, Michelle Levell, Ann Marie Banfield, Ellen Kolb, Judy Aron. Wait, I’m not done.

Goodbye Left-Leaning ‘Drudge’ – Hello “Bongino Report”

December 8, 2019 Steve MacDonald

For years the Drudge report aggregated news content that helped surfers find something outside the main-stream media diet. Drudge has since been overcome by TDS. But we have good news. Dan Bongino has taken his podcast success and done us a solid with the Bongino Report.

Some Reporting about the ‘Historical’ Flooding And Venice They May Have Left Out

November 15, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Venice is experiencing ‘record flooding™’, and it has probably flooded into your news feed. Experts are all up in arms. But about 40 years before you probably had a “newsfeed,” experts predicted Venice would be gone by 1990.