Greetings! Linguistic dilemma.  How should media outlets describe the opposition activities in Los Angeles? Demonstrations? Protests? Civil unrest?  One thing is for certain: most right-wing outlets that I’m reading today are using the word riot. In fact, it seems that it’s the noun of choice….Another prominent name is joining the crowded field of right-wing podcasting.  The NY Post’s conservative and outspoken columnist Miranda Devine (also a Fox News contributor) will get her own program “Pod Force One” beginning tomorrow.  The first guest on the weekly program is President Donald Trump.  Wonder if she’ll grill him about the National Guard in Los Angeles.  (Fat chance!) Future guests include what the Post calls Washington disruptors…CNN’s Andrew Kirell was one of my tablemates at last night’s Mirror Awards dinner in New York honoring reporting about the media in 2024. In this morning’s Reliable Sources newsletter, Kirell captured a few key remarks of honoree Bob Costas’s fiery speech disparaging legacy media brands like ABC and CBS for bending the knee to POTUS.  He also took aim at Trump, per Kirell, saying that he “has absolutely no regard and, in fact, has contempt for basic American principles and common decency.” It was the best Mirror Awards speech ever and I’ve seen them all. Bravo Costas. Mediaite also has a recap of the speech.  And media maven Rachel Sklar recorded the last 10 minutes of the Costa address and posted it to YouTube…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard