Above, Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction John Sopko Here’s what’s coming up Sunday on Full Measure. I speak to former Obama Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, David Shedd, who explains why it’s so tough for our intel agencies to determine whether Russia or anyone else tried to influence our elections. He says even if […]
The following is based on a letter to the Obama White House from the Society of Professional Journalists When President Obama took office, he gave journalists great hope by promising unprecedented transparency. The reality has proven to be eight years of slippage in nearly every facet of openness. As the president prepares to leave office, the […]
The following is a news media analysis. Is there too much news media coverage of Donald Trump’s phone call with Taiwan’s leader or is it fair? No and no. My take here: http://video.foxnews.com/v/video-embed.html?video_id=5236183998001 Preorder my new book: The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives Control What You See, What You Think and How You Vote
Two U.S. Army soldiers caught with two illegal immigrants in their vehicle last June have reportedly plead guilty to human smuggling. Marco Antonio Nava, Jr. and Joseph Cleveland were arrested last June. They told authorities it wasn’t the first time they’d smuggled illegal aliens into the U.S. for payments of $1,000 or $1,500. They named other military […]
You may not hear it reported on the news, but there’s a massive rush to cross the southern border into the U.S. by hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. We have exclusive new numbers that show people are coming from places as close as Mexico and as far away as Pakistan in troubling numbers, stressing the […]
This story was updated Nov. 27, 2016 to add results of new survey of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children [The following news analysis and commentary was first published Dec. 31, 2015] A new study this week found no link between vaccines and autism. It instantly made headlines on TV news and popular media everywhere. Many billed […]
Surveillance video shows Customs and Border Protection officers on the take—corrupted by drug cartels and human traffickers. The biggest fear? That terrorists could sneak into the U.S. and even smuggle in weapons of mass destruction. We’ll take you inside an F.B.I. border corruption task force as they track down agents on the take. That’s Sunday […]
Never before have so many in the media worked so hard to convince the public that a candidate couldn’t and shouldn’t win. Our cover story this week on Full Measure, “The Big Miss,” examined the growing loss of faith in American institutions: the government, the media and polls. Watch: The Big Miss Preorder my new book: […]
Note: This story was updated with additional information on Nov. 12 The following is a news media analysis and commentary Regardless of who is your chosen – or least favorite – presidential candidate, independent minds should be concerned about the latest revelations in the news media’s unseemly relationships with government and political actors. While there are […]
Don’t miss this week’s Full Measure Why did I predict Donald Trump would win the election? Because I’m not a political analyst and I looked at things from the outside. That’s what we do each week on Full Measure: We don’t provide the typical media view of important news stories. Many in the media put their thumb on the […]