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Over the last 48 hours, ABC and CNN have repeatedly hyped a supposed six-figure bounty placed on President Trump’s head. While even the vehemently anti-Trump MSNBC avoided sharing specifics about the bounty so as not “to encourage any sort of potential violence,” ABC and CNN apparently held no such reservations, eagerly mentioning it a combined 21 times in just two days. Background The bounty was mentioned in a letter allegedly written by attempted Trump assassin Ryan Routh. According to federal prosecutors, Routh dropped off a box of belongings at an acquaintance’s house several months before his attempt on Trump’s life, and it was only after Routh was arrested that the acquaintance found the letter inside. It appears Routh intended for this missive to be some sort of failsafe in the event that he was unsuccessful, as evidenced by the following line: This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you. I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job. The Numbers MRC analysts examined a combination of Nexis transcripts and SnapStream recordings of all regular daytime coverage on liberal broadcast (ABC, CBS, and NBC) and cable (CNN and MSNBC) networks on Monday and Tuesday. Between 6:00 a.m. EDT on September 23 and 11:59 p.m. EDT the following evening, September 24, the bounty was explicitly discussed a total of 24 times. A whopping 87 percent (21 times) of those mentions came from just ABC and CNN. CNN discussed the $150,000 bounty 14 times, while ABC mentioned it a combined 7 times across its regular weekday shows and live streaming service, ABC News Live. Notably, ABC also was the only of the three broadcast networks to offer details about the bounty on its flagship evening newscast. By contrast, the bounty received only one mention from CBS and two from NBC. Both networks kept the details out of their weekday morning and evening shows, instead only discussing the supposed six-figure reward on their streaming services (CBS News 24/7 and NBC News NOW). As NewsBusters has demonstrated on numerous occasions, ABC News is far and away the most anti-Trump of the broadcast networks. Likewise, CNN’s hatred of Trump is no secret. Given the extreme slant of these two networks’ coverage, one should reasonably expect the bulk of their viewership to have a rather low opinion of Trump. Why, then, are ABC and CNN so intent on alerting their viewers that some unhinged individual is offering $150,000 for Trump’s head? Their consistent recitation of this part of the story is, at best, wildly reckless. At worst, it could be seen as deliberate incitement. Playing With Fire Surprisingly, MSNBC demonstrated how an outlet might responsibly cover Routh’s letter without unnecessarily planting ideas in some crazy viewer’s head. During the September 23 Andrea Mitchell Reports, NBC News law enforcement correspondent Tom Winter gave a detailed report about the ominous missive, but refused to provide any specifics about the bounty: “There’s a call to action and some other things in the letter, which we’re not going to share, because there’s no reason to encourage any sort of potential violence.”   To be clear, nobody is criticizing any of these outlets merely for covering Routh’s letter. If anything, one might expect left-leaning news organizations to avoid reminding Americans about the latest Trump assassination attempt. And indeed, if any of the major TV news networks had skipped the letter entirely, we would be criticizing their silence. Rather, it’s the numerous, detailed mentions of the bounty specifically that make ABC and CNN’s reporting so irresponsible. If you were, for example, a reporter for a news outlet that routinely whipped its audience into a Trump-hating frenzy, you’d probably want to tread very carefully when covering an alleged six-figure reward for his head. And given Routh’s apparent affinity for the kind of messaging that ABC and CNN offer, it would behoove these networks to distance themselves from him as much as possible. But for whatever reason, that’s not what they’re doing.

The expertise and opinions of celebrities are as valid as a drunk spewing politics as he’s falling off his stool at a local burp and fart bar. They’ve been lecturing us for years. When will they finally get the memo that Americans outside their elitist class are too busy trying to put food on the table to care about whatever woke cause they shove down our throats? Tune into this episode of “Woke of the Weak” to watch some of our celebrities’ most insufferable moments.

Tremont City Police Chief Chad Duncan says Springfield, Ohio, has fallen into "absolute turmoil" since the arrival of approximately 20,000 Haitian nationals.Blaze News' Julio Rosas returned to Tremont City, located approximately eight miles outside Springfield, this week to speak with local officials and residents to learn their perspective on the impact of the new arrivals. 'They're allowing them to drive.'Duncan told Rosas that Springfield has descended into lawlessness and that he is concerned it is spreading to nearby towns, including Tremont City."You've got a city that's in absolute turmoil," he said, referring to Springfield. "Everybody's against everybody."One of Duncan's most significant concerns is the increase in traffic accidents caused by Haitian drivers, who often are not licensed to operate vehicles, he said. He told Blaze News that Tremont City law enforcement is doing everything possible to crack down on the potentially deadly crashes but noted that Springfield appears to be protecting Haitian nationals from facing any real consequences for reckless driving."People that shouldn't be driving, they're out there and they're allowing them to drive," Duncan remarked. Duncan told Rosas about a recent traffic stop he conducted involving a Haitian national."He didn't even have a license," he said.According to Duncan, the driver was speeding through Tremont City, going 44 mph in a 25 mph zone.He said it was the second time over a two-week period that he pulled the driver over and had the individual's car towed.Rosas asked Duncan whether Springfield would have towed the vehicle in that instance."No," he replied.Duncan speculated that Springfield may be softening or avoiding reckless driving consequences for Haitian nationals to protect them from deportation."If you get two misdemeanors, you are subject to be deported," he told Blaze News.Duncan added that his access to Springfield's police radio frequency has been cut off since the city started attracting national attention over the impacts of the immigrant crisis."We were able to hear them on the radio. They have decided to go silent. We don't know what's going on in the city," Duncan said.When asked why he believes the city has made it hard to communicate, Duncan speculated that the Springfield police turned off the ability for others to hear their radio communications to obstruct any outside monitoring of their actions and, thereby, having to answer for those actions.Duncan noted that there was reportedly a recent threat at a school that he was unable to hear over the radio."I just caught wind of it from another chief that's right next to the city," he said. Duncan explained that the city's leaders should have handled the influx of Haitian nationals differently."If they had taken the time, instead of worrying about the elites lining their pockets, and just took the time, this could have went so much smoother and been so much more beneficial to everybody involved," Duncan stated.When asked how he believes the situation will turn out, he responded, "I really don't know what the end result will be. But right now, it's not good."Blaze News attempted to reach out to the Springfield Police Division for comment multiple times, but the department did not answer its non-emergency phone line, which provides no option to leave a voicemail. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Seattle Police Department will no longer send out patrol units in response to security alarm calls unless they are accompanied by "supporting evidence."On September 13, Seattle interim police Chief Sue Rahr issued a letter explaining that the department regularly receives a barrage of calls from alarm monitoring companies, and only a tiny fraction of them correspond to actual criminal activity. The vast majority of cases are simply accidental sensor trips or equipment malfunctions, she said.'There is a better way.'To demonstrate, Rahr claimed that SPD received 13,000 such alarm calls for businesses and residences in 2023 alone. Of them, fewer than 4% "were confirmed to have a crime associated with them that resulted in an arrest or report being written," she wrote.Staffing shortages have forced SPD officials to rethink their response protocols. Beginning October 1, SPD will dispatch a patrol unit only when "supporting evidence" — including audio, video, eyewitnesses, and/or a concomitant panic alarm — indicates that a crime is underway."With depleted resources we cannot prioritize a patrol response when there is a very low probability that criminal activity is taking place," Rahr said."Our highest priority is responding to violent in-progress incidents that threaten the safety of our communities."Rahr's letter clarified that the new policy will not alter existing licensing and reporting requirements for alarm system monitoring companies as defined in the city municipal code.The new policy will affect approximately 75,000 alarm sites, KOMO reported.Representatives from some alarm companies expressed dismay about the policy change, claiming it will especially endanger children and businesses such as banks, pharmacies, and gun stores that carry items coveted by burglars. They were also frustrated that they have been given so little time to prepare for the change."The verified response policy has been tried and rejected numerous times including by cities such as Dallas, Texas, and San Jose, California. It goes against best practices established through a collaborative effort by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the National Sheriff’s Association," said a statement from Washington Alarm."Our industry supports the police and agrees that they need to conserve resources. But there is a better way."Steve Autio of ADI Global Distribution agreed that the new policy will "make the city even less safe."He also wishes the department had reached out to the alarm companies before sending the letter. "We can work together with the police department to come up with other ideas," Autio told My Northwest.Members of some companies are expected to attend city council meetings this week to voice their concerns.H/T: The Post MillennialLike Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Last week on September 17, Sean "Diddy" Combs, commonly known in the music industry as P. Diddy or Puff Daddy, was arrested and charged with a slew of crimes, including sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution. The rapper and producer is widely being referred to as the Epstein of Hollywood because, like Epstein, Diddy threw massive sex parties during which he forced guests to engage in sexual activities with prostitutes while being filmed. Now that Diddy has been denied bail, other Hollywood stars are making suspicious moves, many of them going on a “social media scrubbing spree.” “Blaze News Tonight’s” Jill Savage and “Fearless” host Jason Whitlock discuss the situation. Currently, Diddy is “locked up in a Brooklyn penitentiary where he reportedly was put on suicide watch,” says Jill. Naturally, many are wondering whether or not Diddy will “wind up being Epsteined.” The other big question is: Who are his co-conspirators? Like the mysterious Epstein list, certainly there are a number of elites on the list of those complicit in Diddy’s crimes, but who are they? While no others have been arrested yet, “there are Hollywood heavyweights who are apparently spooked.” One of those people is singer, rapper, and producer Usher, whose “posts vanished off X, only for him to make the excuse later that he was hacked.” Another Hollywood star who scrubbed her social media accounts is punk singer P!nk. Apparently, several of her posts “were 86ed,” says Jill. However, “one of the creepiest moments in the saga” actually occurred back in 2016 when Usher was on “The Howard Stern Show” and recounted his wild days living at Diddy’s. When Usher was just 14, he was apparently sent off to “Puffy Flavor Camp” to “see the lifestyle.” “There were very curious things taking place,” Usher said in the interview before listing specific celebrities he saw at Diddy’s infamous parties, including Biggie Smalls, Lil’ Kim, Craig Mack, Faith Evans, the band Jodeci, and Mary J. Blige, among others. Jason has known that the rap music industry is corrupt to the core for decades now. “It's been my argument for many years — and it's all come to fruition — that the music industry is satanic; it's a sex cult, and as it relates to hip-hop, its role is to instill, impart, make the culture more nihilistic, and Diddy is at the head of that,” he explains. Now that Diddy has been officially arrested and charged, Jason says that “a lot of people should be nervous — a lot of Hollywood people, a lot of athletes, a lot of the A-list celebrities.” Blaze Media editor in chief Matthew Peterson can’t help but be suspicious about the timing, however. “Why is he getting in trouble now?” he asks, noting that illegal things happen at debaucherous celebrity parties all the time. According to Jason, Diddy’s downfall is a result of his cockiness. “Diddy started suing people and started challenging the establishment that put him in place,” says Jason, adding that Diddy mistakenly assumed that he was equal to the people who installed him at the top of the music industry. “[He] thought, ‘Hey, I'm a billionaire; I'm the equal of these other people that installed me,’ and the people that installed Diddy are saying, ‘No, you're not; you have a role and a place to stay in; you've gone outside of that, and we will put you down like a sick dog,'” he explains. “Diddy was a tool to bait people to come to his house and participate in things that they would put on camera, and now you have blackmail information on politicians, other celebrities, influencers,” says Jason. “You wonder why all the Hollywood influencer celebrity people think the exact same thing — Kamala Harris is the greatest person in the world … she should be president of the United States, and Donald Trump is racist. You can't convince me that everybody in Hollywood thinks that. They think that because they have no other choice but to think that,” he says. “What’s the next phase? Where do we go from here?” asks Jill. To hear Jason’s answer, watch the clip above. Want more from 'Blaze News Tonight'?To enjoy more provocative opinions, expert analysis, and breaking stories you won’t see anywhere else, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Horror has lost something in recent years, in part because the fidelity of games has massively improved. In the 1990s you would be forced to fill in what you were seeing and experiencing with your imagination, making something far scarier than anything that was actually happening on screen. The most terrifying place to be is inside your imagination which is why classics like Silent Hill and Resident Evil remain compelling, so many years later. Fear the Spotlight is a game that understands this very well, with a retro aesthetic that tugs at the darkest recesses of your brain, and it’s finally about to get its full release on Steam. Continue reading Retro ‘90s horror game Fear the Spotlight returns to Steam after a year MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best horror games, Best old games, Upcoming PC games

The Metal Gear Solid series constitutes some of the best videogames to date, especially the first 3D entries, Metal Gear Solid, MGS2: Sons of Liberty, and MGS3: Snake Eater. When these three games, along with their older predecessors, arrived with new PC versions last year in the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1, the relaunch should have been a layup. Unfortunately, though, the ports didn't come out in particularly great shape, making it harder than it should be for players on modern PCs to return to or discover them for the first time. The good news is that now, almost a year after the collection launched, the included games are getting properly updated. Continue reading Metal Gear Solid Master Collection finally gets fixed, one year later

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