Can We Please Finally Dispense with the Ruse of ‘Fact-Checking’?

Plus: J. D. Vance Defies Media Caricature with Polite First Impression, Tim Walz Loses His Bubble Wrap, and more

October 02, 2024 EDITOR'S PICKS    Can We Please Finally Dispense with the Ruse of 'Fact-Checking'? The temptation to fact check is impossible even for seasoned professionals to evade, because few can avoid succumbing to their own vanities. Jeffrey Blehar  >     Unlocked for you.  J. D. Vance Defies Media Caricature with Polite First Impression Vance made a clear attempt to soften his image to an on-the-fence electorate that has experienced him through the prism of an unsparing media. Audrey Fahlberg  > Tim Walz Loses His Bubble Wrap Even if he hadn't confessed to being a 'knucklehead,' he came off as made of Nerf — not someone you'd trust as ready to be commander in chief. Jim Geraghty  > See all our premium content with NRPLUS. NEW ON NATIONAL REVIEW     Iran's Ballistic-Missile Attack Is a Failure of Democratic Appeasement For 15 years, Obama-Biden-Harris have coddled the radical Islamic regime and made war more likely. The Editors  > ADVERTISEMENT 'This Is about Biology': New Hampshire Girls Soccer Players Boycott Game over Male Opponent Caroline Downey  > The Best Worst Takes on the Debate Abigail Anthony  > Destroying America from Inside the Movies Armond White  > The SEC Joins the Regulatory Attack on Fossil Fuels Paul Tice  > Populists in power, &c. Jay Nordlinger  > ADVERTISEMENT NR PODCASTS: FEATURED EPISODE    Walz Cracks Under Pressure FEATURED PHOTO GALLERY    Russia-Ukraine War 19 West 44th Street, Ste. 1701, New York, NY, 10036 Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.