Cancel Culture
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Public university pounces on student media for 'racist and insensitive' April Fools' Day jokes
UNC Chapel Hill lawyer seemingly contradicts senior vice provost on whether comedy show was under investigation for sketch mocking "white lady liberalism." Newspaper pledges twice-yearly DEI training to atone for jokes.
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Mental health worsens after medicalized gender transitions, three-decade youth study finds
The "psychiatric morbidity" gap between "gender-referred adolescents" and controls, already wide before referral to gender clinics, got bigger after referral, Finnish study finds. Trans activists question methodology, discourage debate.
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Mainstream media play fast and loose with facts in take down of FDA officials who threaten pharma
Wall Street Journal takes three weeks to correct false sexual harassment report, days before FDA commissioner said targeted official was leaving.
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Infant vaccination mortality paper censored by platform that welcomes pre-peer review research
Preprints.org, operated by open-access publisher MDPI, cited its "withdrawal policy" as a whole, but no specific reason, for removing the paper by Children's Health Defense researchers. They found worse risks by race and sex.
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Hospital quickly reinstates cardiologist it fired 'solely' for chairing federal vaccine panel: wife
"Trusted colleague" called as Kirk Milhoan was coming back to U.S., inviting him to "continue in his position," wife says. "We are truly humbled by all who came to Kirk’s defense."
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As vaccine orthodoxy crumbles, cancel culture allegedly hits federal immunization advisory panel
"He is swayed by data, the scientific method, and clinical experience" but a mob got Kirk Milhoan fired because he leads a CDC advisory body, wife says. Elite American magazine admits COVID vaccines "may" have killed kids, as vaccines chief says.
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Liberal activist admits she’s in a ‘bit of a transition’ after attending conservative parents summit
Liberal activist and influencer, Angela Belcamino was expecting a cold welcome...or worse. Instead, she said "It's been positive. Just great dialogue."
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America's siblings threaten medical professionals who challenge gender ideology, even in satire
Canadian nurse Amy Hamm files human rights complaints against license accreditor, former employer for punishing her for praising J.K. Rowling. Babylon Bee posts, conservative Christian views get Australian doctor delicensed.
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You Vote: Should the Washington Commanders change their name back to the Redskins, as Trump wants?
The team recently announced a new stadium to be built on the shuttered RFK Stadium site. In April, the owner of the team, Josh Harris, said the Redskins name would not come back with the new stadium.
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Canadian auto show boots Tesla in the name of 'safety' after it refuses to 'voluntarily withdraw'
Not related to politics of Elon Musk and no specific threat made against Vancouver International Auto Show, it says.
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YMCA lyricist says piece is not a 'gay anthem' and threatens to sue outlets who report it as such
Willis said he was not offended that it has been labeled as a gay anthem, but warned people not to make assumptions. News outlets who do label it a "gay anthem" in January could start facing legal action.
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Center for Countering Digital Hate: Ending 'disinformation' while taking aim at Musk, conservatives
Perhaps lesser known than media watchdogs NewsGuard and Media Matters for America, CCDH is still powerful in helping decide what information reaches American news media consumers.
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Powerhouse progressive watchdog Media Matters hunkers down amid legal, financial challenges
Media Matters for America was founded in 2004 by progressive former journalist David Brock. Time magazine in 2015 called him “One of the most influential operatives in the Democrat Party.”