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<title><![CDATA[Jeffrey McCall - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/27247.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jeffrey McCall]]></description><category domain="27247">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why Colbert's Ratings and Career Spiraled Downward]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/05/22/colbert-late-night-tv-political-activism/90181829007/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey McCall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Colbert's biting hostility to Trump and other right-leaning politicians showed an anger that couldn't be hidden by labeling his outbursts as comedy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Oblivious Legacy News Media Finally Learn Its Lessons?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5682065-journalism-industry-struggles-2025/?tbref=hp</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey McCall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' was'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a tough one for the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' establishment'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' journalism industry.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Public trust in the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' media continues to deteriorate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' at an accelerating pace. News consumers increasingly'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' rely on social media for their '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'news,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' ignoring legacy news outlets in favor of podcast...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reporters Doth Protest Too Much to Pentagon Restrictions]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5560501-journalism-industry-protests-pentagon/?tbref=hp</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey McCall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The journalism industry is barking back against new rules imposed by the Pentagon regarding media access. The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' new guidelines'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' involve reporters'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' movements around the Pentagon, the wearing of identification credentials and having journalists refrain from soliciting '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'criminal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kimmel's Ratings in Steep Decline, ABC Looked for Way Out]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5510955-free-speech-kimmel-abc/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey McCall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The hysteria merchants are in high gear again as they respond to the news that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Jimmy Kimmel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ABC talk show has been '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'preempted indefinitely.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Kimmel got the gate from ABC because of his reckless remarks about the death of Charlie Kirk. Senate Minority Leader Chuck...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DEI Colleges Get an 'F' on Free Expression]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5330506-college-indoctrination-free-expression/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey McCall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Another chaotic school year has ended at universities, and the graduates have danced across the stage waving diplomas that are shrinking in significance. Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hoping college administrators find time during their leisurely summer breaks to recognize their roles in diminishing the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CNN Has the Spotlight, But Can It Stand the Heat?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4738674-cnn-biden-trump-debate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey McCall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A popular 1950s television program was titled'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Millionaire.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' It featured the fictional accounts of average people who were randomly selected to receive a million dollars from an anonymous benefactor.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media Takes Hit After Gushing Promotion of Dem Governors]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/539712-medias-gushing-promotion-of-gov-cuomo-looks-pretty-bad-now</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey McCall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[That's what happens when members of the press curl up comfortably as lapdogs instead of being aggressive watchdogs.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Abandoning Free Expression Won't Solve U.S. Problems]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/533924-abandoning-free-expression-principle-wont-solve-americas-problems</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey McCall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Consider the countries in the world that routinely stifle expression.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NBA Shoots an Air Ball With Embrace of Political Slogans]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/509938-nba-shoots-air-ball-on-free-speech</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey McCall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The test of free speech is not in saying what the powerful want you to say, but rather being able to say what the authoritarians don't want spoken.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media's 'Rhetoric of Hysteria' Overlooks Big Picture on Covid]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/508214-news-media-stoke-covid-19-anxieties-yawned-during-1968-pandemic</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey McCall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 health crisis and associated economic fallout have dominated the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s news agenda since March. That makes sense, of course, given that the virus has claimed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' more than 140,000 lives. The crisis has challenged the news industry in many ways, as news editors and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[News Media Take Losing Streak Into 2020]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/476470-news-media-take-losing-streak-into-2020</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey McCall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Objectivity, proportion and fairness are valued by news consumers.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tech Giants Are Heading Down Dangerous Censorship Path]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/448820-tech-giants-head-down-dangerous-censorship-path</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey McCall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The executives at Facebook, YouTube and Twitter want to act all righteous by deplatforming provocateurs.]]></description>
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