One might think that having to admit to weeks of “bitter” and “extreme cold” in winter shortly after declaring that winter had permanently “lost its cool” would be fatal to climate fearmongering. Not a bit.
Sadly, many conservatives have exchanged healthy skepticism for conspiracy lunacy. We've tossed out the old experts and installed even less credible ones.
When every controversial political event is linked to such horrors, the gravity of those historical events erodes. History's darkest chapters should be handled with reverence, not casually wielded in political rhetoric.
The North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled, 5-2, that media outlets did not need to file a lawsuit to request access to law enforcement video recordings from a 2020 protest in Graham. That decision Thursday reversed a ruling from the state Appeals Court.
Over the weekend, I was privileged to be in attendance at the John Locke Foundation’s Carolina Liberty Conference. Among the highlights of the weekend (which included recording an episode of our weekly show “The Debrief” in the hotel lobby) was a media panel, hosted by Carolina Journal editor-in-chief Donna King, discussing the current state of...
The state Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether a coalition of media outlets can gain access to law enforcement video recordings from a 2020 protest in Graham. Justices heard an hour of oral arguments in the case Tuesday.
Viewers and readers suffer when media outlets hype provocative comments taken out of context.
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH — It’s still a free country. We all enjoy the right to vacation as we see fit. For my family, summer vacation means a week of sun, sand, and surf in Onslow County. For me, it means staying inside to read, write, and play board games. When I do venture outdoors, for...
A media coalition is urging the N.C. Supreme Court to take up a case dealing with access to police recordings. The case stems from a 2021 drunk driving stop in Orange County involving two Duke University basketball players. The media outlets hope to pair that case with a separate complaint involving recordings of a fatal 2021 police-related shooting in Elizabeth City.
A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel has ruled against media outlets seeking law enforcement recordings linked to the April 2021 shooting death of Andrew Brown in Elizabeth City. Appellate judges agreed the media outlets should have filed a lawsuit to seek access to “custodial law enforcement agency recordings.”
The N.C. Court of Appeals has issued a 2-1 ruling favoring the Graham Police Department in its dispute with media outlets over access to law enforcement recordings of an October 2020 protest. The decision reverses a trial judge’s June 2021 ruling.
