RIP the White House Press Briefing
The White House Press Briefing appears to be officially gone. Time of death: 10:28 a.m. ET, 1/22/19.
Science Confirms That Your Parents Love Fake News
A new study confirms something we all already suspected to be true: people older than 65 are more likely to share fake…
Jim Acosta Gets His Press Pass Back (For Now)
A U.S. District Court judge on Friday sided with CNN and correspondent Jim Acosta, declaring that the Trump…
America's Thirstiest Fake News Network Throws Themselves Behind Trump in Lawsuit With CNN
Now that even Fox News has sided with mortal enemy CNN in the ongoing legal wrangling over whether reporter Jim Acosta…
The White House Is Spreading Actual Fake News To Make the Press Look Violent
During Donald Trump’s wild post-midterms press conference on Wednesday, the president named and shamed Republicans who…
CNN Received Another Suspicious Package This Morning
Less than one week after a pipe bomb addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan forced a building-wide evacuation of…
FBI Arrests Man for Allegedly Threatening to Kill 'Enemy of the People' at the Boston Globe
The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that Robert D. Chain, a 68-year-old man from Encino, CA, had been…
A Ton of Republicans Believe Trump Should Get To Shut Down News Outlets He Doesn't Like
A plurality of Republicans said President Trump should have the authority to unilaterally shut down media outlets he…
Here's a Fox News Anchor Telling a White House Aide to 'Go on Offense' Against the Media
Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer, who is very much a part of the media himself, told a White House staffer to “go on offense”…
Welcome to the Absolute Dumbest Media Feud of the Day
During his press conference Friday morning with British Prime Minister Theresa May, President Trump was very much…
Facebook Can't Explain Why It Won't Ban Infowars
This Wednesday, Facebook held a press conference with journalists to discuss its renewed efforts to combat…
CNN Anchor Posed for Selfies With Trump Supporters Even After They Booed Him
Since the first press conference Donald Trump gave as president-elect, no one has embodied CNN’s relationship with his…
Americans Have a Really Hard Time With the Whole 'Facts' Thing in News Stories
With each passing day of the Trump administration, facts are harder and harder to come by. We’re still coping with the…
The White House Civil War Over Leaks Is Out of Control
President Donald Trump and his aides’ hatred of White House staffers dishing to journalists is matched only by their…
Courtesy of Trump’s Michigan
Rally, MAGA Has a New Spokesman
Donald Trump only attracts the best people. The biggest patriots. America–lovers, one and all.
Comic: Future Veterans of the Information Wars
And an announcement: this will be the last of my own comics posted on Splinter. I’ve been grateful for the many…
Welcome to Our New Local Media Hellscape
Journalists’ introspection following the 2016 presidential election has included endless re-litigation of the role…
Devin Nunes Has His Own ‘News’
Site to Counter ‘Fake News’
House Intelligence Committee Chairman and Trump stooge Devin Nunes apparently has been operating a “news” site for…
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On average, Donald Trump lobbed a “fake” insult more than once per day since he became president. Here are just a few!