Our Full Measure cover story today focused on the ongoing problem of waste, fraud and abuse of our tax dollars in Afghanistan. The scope of the money involves is massive: more than $130 billion. With Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko unraveling the many problems, it's no surprise that there is steady […]
Insinuendo: the Mueller Report. A Real Clear Investigation.
The following is from RealClearInvestigations The Mueller report should have been a knockout blow to anti-Trump forces who invested their hopes in the special counsel. Instead, Democrats have acted as if Mueller had reached the opposite conclusion and called him to testify before Congress later this month to bolster this case for impeachment. What gives? […]
Where do you get your news?
Most people get their news from the Internet, according to our latest unscientific poll at SharylAttkisson.com. The least popular source for news is "newspapers." Full results are below. Be sure and vote in our new poll: Are you looking forward to the 2020 Campaign? See the back box in the sidebar on home page at […]
Keep one thing we've done right in Afghanistan: SIGAR
The following is a news analysis. The Afghan War is the longest war in U.S. history. It has claimed the lives of thousands of U.S. soldiers and wasted billions of our tax dollars. Out of all that money being spent, there is pretty much only one independent force uncovering fraud, waste and abuse: the Special […]
Social Media Strike: July 4-5
Interests who are fed up with what they believe to be censorship, undue control over Internet information, free speech, and unfair exploitation of our data are organizing a social media strike for July 4 and 5. According to organizer Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia (who has since split with the project): This means we will […]
Exiting Afghanistan
Refugees continue to flee Afghanistan more than 17 years after the U.S. began pouring billions of U.S. taxpayer money into the Muslim country to help. Where has all the money gone? We asked the man tracking it on behalf of all of us: John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. The following is […]
Reality at southern border clashes with partisan narrative
On the Sunday Fox News program "Media Buzz," host Howie Kurtz asked me if I'd learned anything from reporting on border stories that is different than the partisan media narrative. He also asked about news coverage of President Trump's banter with Russia President Putin, and the New York Times' mea culpa over its coverage of […]
Sinclair stock outperforms rivals
According to an analysis by The Hollywood Reporter, the stock of television news conglomerate Sinclair is up "an impressive 106 percent, besting all of the major media companies." Here's the breakdown: Sinclair: up 106% Disney: up 27% Comcast (NBCUniversal): up 25% Sony: up 9% AT&T (WarnerMedia): up 21% Viacom: up 18% CBS: up 15% Fox: […]