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It's no secret that firms such as Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple have extraordinary levels of power and influence. For example, most voters (55 percent) believe that Facebook has too much power. To some in the political world, this is a problem that only government intervention can solve. But, that's not the way the public sees it. There is very little public support for breaking up the tech companies or having the federal government regulate the platforms. That reluctance comes partly from the reasonable fear that giving such power to federal bureaucrats would make things worse rather than better. Additionally,...

Weeks after NBC granted Hillary Clinton the favor of appearing on "Saturday Night Live," playing a bartender to the actress who impersonates her on the comedy show, the same leftist activists who adored that routine are trying to prevent Donald Trump from hosting the show on Nov. 7. A group called "The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda" has written a letter to NBC objecting to the booking. MoveOn.org has organized a "Dump Donald Trump" petition drive with hundreds of thousands of leftist signatures. Another petition on Change.org also drew a leftist throng through social media, aided by the hashtag RacismIsntFunny. The...

Former President William Jefferson Clinton and his minions are strong-arming the folks at ABC Television in order to stop a docudrama being aired during the fifth anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks. The Clintonistas are conducting a full-court press to prevent Americans from seeing the truth about Bill Clinton’s fight against terrorists in the two-part TV movie “The Path to 9-11.” They are proving that Clinton still exerts incredible power in the US thanks to his sycophants, goons, and spin doctors. They don’t want Americans to realize that the former president is all hot-air and bluster. As he travels throughout...

INDIANAPOLIS -- An editorial in the Ben Davis High School newspaper caused controversy and led to some minor unrest at the school Friday. The opinion, written by students, denounced illegal Hispanic immigration and the nationwide walkout scheduled for Monday. The editorial, titled "Migrant Slack-Off Day Also Known As May 1" takes up almost an entire page of the paper. It is unsigned and reflects the views of a student editorial board, 6News' Jeremy Brilliant reported. Some students told 6News there were fights in the hallways and verbal confrontation -- including racial slurs -- after copies of Spotlight were handed out....

Editors of The New York Times killed a column by Pulitzer Prize winner Dave Anderson that disagreed with an editorial about Tiger Woods and Augusta National's refusal to admit women as members. A column by sportswriter Harvey Araton also was zapped, sources said, because it differed with the paper's editorial opinion about the golf club standoff. The moves came amid extensive coverage of the Georgia club under former editorial page editor Howell Raines, who's called for high-impact stories since becoming executive editor last year. Stories have underscored Augusta National's role as a playground for a corporate Who's Who, including Citigroup...