Students still watch the debates, but seek out other sources too

Share: The GOP presidential primary was kicked off last week with the first debate of the 2024 presidential election race. Fox, who hosted the event, reported 12.8 million views, which is approximately half of the views the network received in 2015 when Trump participated. The former president instead chose to have a 1 on 1 interview with former Fox commentator, Tucker Carlson. He later ridiculed the debate on social media claiming his interview drew 257 million views, statistics no one was able to confirm.  With …

It’s still Trump’s party, even if he didn’t show up

Share: We are months away from the Republican primaries, but last month, some of the GOP nominees held their first debate. While the race is long, it’s almost certain that former President Donald Trump doesn’t have any serious contenders for the nomination. Long election cycles give an illusion that anything can happen in party dynamics. The Democratic nominees that debated in 2019 didn’t know about COVID-19 or the summer of 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests. However, no amount of time guarantees the change of a …

GOP are bigoted slimeballs

Share: I have never been a fan of the Republican Party, and it has little to do with their politics. Ever since I began developing my own political opinions during the onset of the wars with Afghanistan and Iraq, I had a nagging feeling that much of the way the GOP played was dirty. Filthy, even. The shameless emotional ploys, such as the fear of terror attacks being used to justify the encroachment on civil liberties, or the “family values” that translated into shaming patients …

Comedians must hold peers accountable for sexual misconduct

Share: It’s been a couple of weeks since the New York Times published an explosive article that detailed five accounts of sexual misconduct against renowned comedian Louis C.K. Despite the horrific tales, other male comedians such as Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers have taken small jabs when it’s come to criticizing their fellow comedic friends.   When Colbert brought up Louis C.K. in his opening monologue, he did so with a delicate and rehearsed explanation—it was less of a criticism …