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Comedy Is the Hidden Victim of SlapGate

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Comedians were under fire before the first Oscar got handed out Sunday. Comedians like Joe Rogan and Dave Chappelle have endured vicious Cancel Culture attacks for their material. They’re the biggest podcaster and stand-up in the country, respectively. If they’re worried about the next joke they tell, or what information they share, what do their less successful peers think when they’re writing their material?

Clueless Oscars Can’t Face Ratings Reality

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The latest clue that Oscar producers are out of touch with the viewing audience? The Academy chose a trio of “stars” to host this year’s gala – Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall. Two of the three are aggressively partisan, telling heartland viewers this year’s show will be as progressive as the past…Imagine if the Oscars invited Ricky Gervais, Dave Chappelle or Joe Rogan to host the show. The ratings would leap dramatically.

Late Night TV Just Got Even More Liberal

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HBO’s “Game Theory with Bomani Jones” show reveals the format’s extreme lack of thought diversity…Jones is a progressive journalist, full stop. Earlier this year, he played the race card against the NFL. Jones, commenting on Brian Flores’ lawsuit against the NFL citing discriminatory behavior, said the problem is due to “white people.”

A Terrible, Awful, No Good Week for the Oscars

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The Oscars ceremony is like a DNC event, filled with one-sided rhetoric alienating half the country. And it worked. The ratings sink dramatically almost every year, and few would suggest the March 27 gala will be different. Seeing two stars mock the ceremony this week is the one-two punch a fading institution didn’t need. The week offered one more blow to Team Oscar.

New Conservative Fiction Publisher to Launch Feb. 21

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Jamie K. Wilson: I’m starting a publishing company focused on the stories and voices of conservative authors, Conservatarian Press. We will publish books of all adult genres, and next year stories for children, through online distributors. Over time, we hope to grow enough to distribute in bookstores. And we will be publishing a magazine for short-form fiction, poetry, essays and other creative projects by conservatives.

Why the Federalist Went Hollywood with “Meet the Parents”

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Michael Moore, you’ve got company. The left-leaning world of documentary films is getting some serious challengers of late. Think “No Safe Spaces,” and other titles that challenge the genre’s liberal orthodoxy. Now, it’s The Federalist’s turn. The news site leans to the Right, and it’s telling a powerful true story about parents gone wild via the documentary format.