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A Nation Divided

A Nation Divided

By Timothy Zebell | March 27, 2019

Robert Mueller’s investigation prompted more than 533,000 web articles according to NewsWhip data cited by Axios. For nearly two years, these articles have kept social media ablaze, generating approximately 245 million likes, comments, and shares on Twitter and Facebook. America’s obsession with Mueller’s investigation is unprecedented. Together, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and MSNBC published an average of nearly 13 articles a day for almost two years….

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Proof Our Nation Is Desperately Sick

Proof Our Nation Is Desperately Sick

By Timothy Zebell | March 13, 2019

Pedophiles, infanticide, real and fake hate-crimes, voter fraud, corruption, violence, sexual abuse within the church, promiscuity, mass shootings, anti-Semitism, government gridlock, incentivizing criminality, and more dominated our nation’s news cycle over the course of little more than one week. But because we become distracted and forget these reports after a matter of days…

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Rush to Judgment Spreads National Division Again

Rush to Judgment Spreads National Division … Again

By Timothy Zebell | January 30, 2019

Even as reporters who had been caught up in the BuzzFeed fake news fiasco were concluding that journalists need to take more time to verify the facts before reporting and rushing to judgment, the news media was already attacking a group of high school boys from a Catholic school in Covington, Kentucky based upon a viral video clip selectively ripped from nearly two hours of footage….

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The Fake News Epidemic is Growing

The Fake News Epidemic Is Growing

By Timothy Zebell | January 23, 2019

In the waning hours of the anniversary of the president’s 2018 fake news awards, we were reminded that the problem of fake news persists today. Moreover, it seems to be growing, as is evidenced by BuzzFeed’s now debunked bombshell report which triggered an avalanche of frenzied analysis and reporting by nearly all major news outlets…

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When Did We Learn from Kavanaugh vs Ford

What Did We Learn from Kavanaugh vs. Ford?

By Timothy Zebell | December 5, 2018

Far too often we find ourselves whipped into a national frenzy because of some narrative dominating the news cycle, only to set it aside weeks later and nearly forget about it. Whether it be the separation of families at the border, the opioid epidemic, net neutrality, tensions with North Korea, voter fraud, or any number of other examples, it seems as if there is always some new “national crisis” that demands our full attention, prompting us to forget about the previous emergency. And since one crisis is immediately followed by another, we never seem to stop and process what we should have learned through these nationally shared experiences…

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Is Trump Protecting Us from National Judgment? (Part 1)

By Timothy Zebell | October 29, 2018

Sometimes, as Christians, it is easy to become cynical and to become so focused upon our national faults that we fail to recognize what may be the Lord’s hand at work. In the days leading up to the 2016 election, Lance Wallnau argued in his book God’s Chaos Candidate that a President Donald Trump may surprise Christians. Despite his prior moral failings and his arrogant persona, God may use President Trump to protect and empower Christians through a time of great difficulty as they guide our nation back to its Christian heritage.

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Kavanaugh's Fight - When Idealistic Belief Is Dangerous

Kavanaugh’s Fight: When Idealistic Belief Is Dangerous

By Timothy Zebell | September 26, 2018

Today, we are told that all women must be believed on principle. However, this implicit faith in the infallible testimony of allegedly victimized women inherently undermines two of our nation’s most valued tenets: the presumption of innocence and due process.

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Mainstream Media Decline Grants Opportunity for You

Mainstream Media Decline Grants Opportunities for You

By Timothy Zebell | August 29, 2018

Increasingly, the playing field of information is being leveled. With little technical know-how and financial investment, anyone can make their voice heard at a time when people are abandoning the biggest names in news in search of alternative news sources.

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A Pattern of Fake News

A Pattern of Fake News

By Timothy Zebell | June 20, 2018

Despite only being at the mid-point in June, this has been an active month for “fake news” reports. Increasingly, our nation’s most prominent news outlets are presenting facts in a manner that seems to be intentionally misleading … hence the popular accusation, “fake news.”

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