With much debate over sanctuary cities and the amount of crime attributable to illegal immigrants, we look at both sides in today’s Full Measure cover story. You can see a replay here. Meantime, I looked through federal records to find the latest known statistics on illegal immigrant crime. Here’s some of the information. The information […]
Updated July 11, 2018 We the media have “fact-checked” President Trump like we have fact-checked no other human being on the planet—and he’s certainly given us plenty to write about. That’s probably why it’s so easy to find lists enumerating and examining his mistakes, missteps and “lies.” Our repeat mistakes involve declaring that […]
Since our first report on the topic on Full Measure, dozens of countries have banned common dye used in MRIs. The FDA has chosen a different route. Watch and read the full story here for more original reporting you won’t see anywhere else: http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/mri-changes-08-07-2018
The following is a news analysis Today I received an inquiry from BuzzFeed reporter Tasneem Nashrulla that appeared so sloppy— even for a writer at a quasi-news site– that it was particularly remarkable. First, the reporter contacted me only after the article that mentioned me was published. (That’s sort of frowned on in journalism circles.) […]
Going in, the FBI’s very best evidence in the whole Trump-Russia collusion theory was, supposedly, against a U.S. citizen they wiretapped over and over again — month after month — under both the Obama and Trump administrations. But businessman Carter Page has yet to be charged with a crime. Page is either the slickest foreign spy […]
Where’s your favorite information source stand on the political scale? I’ve updated the following subjective chart based on information compiled from various sources and your feedback. Some sources have shifted left or right, others have been added including: ESPN, McClatchy, the Federalist, Conservative Review, Washington Monthly, Twitchy, Gateway Pundit and Conservative Treehouse. Please note that outlets on […]
UPDATED Thurs. Aug. 16, 2018 Watch Sharyl’s TEDx Talk: Is Fake News Real?
In May 2007, Carrie and Shawn Pratt agreed to sign up their severely premature daughter, Dagen, for a government-funded study being conducted at Duke University Hospital. The Pratts say they were told that researchers simply were gathering information to help other children. At issue is an experiment in which researchers at two dozen academic institutions […]
Let’s begin in the realm of the fanciful. Assume, for the sake of argument, that powerful, connected people in the intelligence community and in politics worried that a wildcard Trump presidency, unlike another Clinton or Bush, might expose a decade-plus of questionable practices. Disrupt long-established money channels. Reveal secret machinations that could arguably land some […]
Above image: Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who told Congress he could not recall details of any unmasking requests he made on his way out of office. Every day brings new stories about Russian interference in the 2016 election, whether Donald Trump played a role, and alleged abuses by our intelligence agencies. One […]