Have Streaming Services Ruined Television?

Since COVID-19, the rise in popularity and use rate of streaming services has skyrocketed tremendously.  These streaming services have completely rewritten the rules of television, moving TV from a weekly consumed medium into a highly expensive, program-based television sold in overpriced packages.  These changes have led to mass changes in the production of TV shows […]

Love & Ball: Progressing Against the Negative Stigma Surrounding Women’s Sports

Women’s sports has always had the negative stigma surrounding women being biologically weaker than men. “This isn’t the best we have.” “Men would trounce these women.” “Nobody would watch this junk,” people would say or think. People who claim others only want to watch the best of the best bother me because there are such […]

Trump launches State Controlled Media after Major News Outlets File Lawsuit

On Friday, September 18th, 2026, Donald Trump banned CNN, Politico, and MS now from the White House. Trump accused the organizations of writing “fiction” or “lies” about his administration. Reporters were denied access to the White House from Saturday, September 19th onwards The three outlets have since claimed they will sue and boycott the Trump […]

Trump Ad Controversy and How He Ignores Rules As President

On Wednesday, a television ad that was promoting President Donald Trump began airing on cable.  The issue with this was that it was labeled as stating that the advertisement promoting Trump was paid for by the U.S. government.  To explain further why this is an issue, there is a federal prohibition on using taxpayer dollars […]

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