Accuracy in Media

Donald Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and the mainstream media is still wrapping its mind around it. CBS News, HuffPost and the Washington Post each published pieces mocking the nomination or otherwise condemning the idea. Presidents are known by one sentence, the CBS piece begins, quoting Clare Booth Luce of the Time magazine […]

For all the bleating about President Trump’s tweetstorms on North Korea, his strategy seems to be working. After decades of the U.S. watching North Korea build a nuclear arsenal for its homeland and a missile supply network for unsavory characters around the world, the president has decided to force the issue. The latest example came […]

Even by many of his critics’ accounts, President Donald Trump’s Asia trip was largely a success. “During his first visit to Northeast Asia as president, [Trump] stayed on script, deepened relationships with his counterparts and succeeded in communicating the right combination of assurance regarding the United States’ commitment to its allies and resolve in the […]

The New York Times reported as fact a tweet from a North Korean parody Twitter account. In the story which described a joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea, the Times noted that “the North Korean government belittled the joint exercise as ‘demonstrating near total ignorance of ballistic science.’” The Times obtained that “fact” from […]

Episode 71. In this information packed show we discuss the firing of FBI Director James Comey and who is likely to replace him, Macron’s big victory in France and what it means for populism in Europe, Sally Yates’ congressional testimony, South Korea makes a left turn with new president, Obamacare’s continuing collapse and more. Please […]

The status quo is no longer the status quo, per the actions of the Trump administration. Often, reporters would accompany cabinet members as they travel abroad for summits and meetings with other foreign leaders. Now, that long-held protocol is no more, at least for the new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Tillerson did not take […]

From Task and Purpose: The Army announced Wednesday that a brigade of Fort Riley soldiers began a nine-month deployment to South Korea as officials from that country met with their U.S. counterparts in Washington over growing tensions with North Korea. The 1st Armored Brigade, 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley in Kansas is sending 3,500 […]

An interesting and insightful piece on the scars of war in South Korean architecture, mostly represented through sculptures that commemorate the Korean War. Photo by dombrassey

Well, that’s good news, isn’t it? Photo by #PACOM

That’s a worrying development: North Korea on Saturday fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile from a submarine off its northeast coast, South Korean defense officials said, Pyongyang’s latest effort to expand its military might in the face of pressure by its neighbors and Washington. The South Korean officials, who spoke on condition of […]