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The website Splinter, G/O Media’s leftist news and opinion blog, shuttered on Thursday. The site’s editor-in-chief Aleksander Chan announced Splinter’s closure on Twitter, writing, “As of today, Splinter will cease publication. It has been my greatest honor to have been the editor of this site and I will love this staff to my dying breath.” “Thank you to all of our readers, fans, and haters—it’s been a thrill. Further details TK. Splinter forever,” he added. Splinter — once run by Gizmodo Media Group — was birthed out of a Fusion.net rebrand in 2017. The unabashedly leftist site emulated the tone of Gawker, even on-boarding some of the same writers who were let go from the site after billionaire Peter Thiel helped Hulk Hogan sue it into the ground in 2016. Splinter employees are represented by the GMG Union, which is a part of the Writers Guild of America, East. Gizmodo Media Group, which owned sites Splinter, … [Read more...] about G/O Media Shutters Leftist News Site Splinter

A stunning scene played out in a Dallas courtroom Wednesday at the sentencing of a former police officer who was found guilty in the killing of a man she erroneously believed had entered her apartment. Amber Guyger was sentenced, on Wednesday, to 10 years in prison for the killing of Botham Jean. With parole, she could be released in five years. Speaking at the sentencing, Brandt Jean — the 18-year old brother of Botham — offered forgiveness. “I love you just like anyone else and I’m not going to hope you rot and die,” Jean told Guyger. “I personally want the best for you. I wasn’t going to say this in front of my family, I don’t even want you to go to jail. I want the best for you because I know that’s exactly what Botham would want for you. Jean then asked the judge for permission to embrace Guyger. “I don’t know if this is possible, but can I give her a hug please?” Permission was granted, and the two … [Read more...] about WATCH: Amber Guyger Embraced By Brother of Botham Jean

Rudy Giuliani’s wild media tour continued Wednesday — with President Donald Trump’s attorney wildly teasing that dirt will soon come to light about former Vice President Joe Biden. Appearing on The David Webb Show on SiriusXM’s Patriot channel, Giuliani hinted at forthcoming information damaging to Biden without offering any evidence whatsoever. “I think that Biden is, it’s just over, but the, you know, but the final statements,” Giuliani said. “I know the rest of the stuff that’s going to come out.” The former New York City mayor went on to say he’s considering filing a lawsuit against Democrats including House Intel chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA). “What I’m considering now, with my co-counsel — ultimately, of course the president would have to decide this — but what I’m considering now is a major lawsuit against all of them because it’s gone too far,” Giuliani said. … [Read more...] about Rudy Giuliani: ‘I Know the Rest of the Stuff’ on Joe Biden

It’s bad enough when a news outlet makes a mistake in reporting something groundbreaking and is forced to correct. It’s another realm entirely for a news outlet to report something wrong – and refuse to correct or even acknowledge their error. Call it a fake news story fit for the Trump era. Sean Davis, an editor at conservative website The Federalist, published a story on Friday claiming that before the whistleblower complaint against Trump was made, “the intelligence community secretly eliminated a requirement that whistleblowers provide direct, first-hand knowledge of alleged wrongdoings.” The Federalist story was quickly debunked. In fact, it had been debunked even before it was published. Cato Institute senior fellow Julian Sanchez explained to Federalist editors Davis and Mollie Hemingway that their theories about the process – which they had been expressing on Twitter – were based on a profound misunderstanding of the law. The Federalist … [Read more...] about Federalist Doubles Down on Botched Whistleblower Bombshell

New York Times editorial board member Sarah Jeong claimed on Friday that the Times “does pay attention to subscriber cancellations,” and they “can back up dissenting views inside the paper.” “NYT does pay attention to subscriber cancellations. It’s one of the metrics for ‘outrage’ that they take to distinguish between ‘real’ outrage and superficial outrage. What subscribers say can back up dissenting views inside the paper about what it should do and be,” Jeong claimed in two posts to Twitter. “I’ve eschewed children and a mortgage exactly so I can have the freedom to follow my conscience. I will not dissuade anyone else from following their conscience as well.” A group of New York Times subscribers voiced their plans to cancel their subscriptions this week in protest of the newspaper’s attempts to find out the identity of the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower. After the newspaper reported that the … [Read more...] about NYT Board Member: Boycotts ‘Back Up’ Dissenters at Paper