March 21, 2026

OH, NO, YOU DON’T: People Band Together, Rip to Shreds Garbage Media Take About Chuck Norris.

Norris, a martial arts and television/film legend, is being lauded by most people with great affection across social media.

I thought he might even escape any media criticism because, after all, he was Chuck Norris.

But Variety decided to step on the third rail, not even waiting an entire day, before offering up a steaming pile of garbage, rather than simply honoring a wonderful entertainer who brought all of us so much joy.

You knew it would be bad from just the headline.

It was bad, talking about how “in nearly every Norris movie, he’s muscling into a foreign land or othered community.” Othered community, really?  The article also talked about how the “right-and-wrong simplicity of ‘Walker’ is cop-aganda.

But it gets worse.

Was Norris a brilliant athlete and top-shelf star? Yes. But there’s no denying that his roles were part of a body of work used to show American strength, might and the pernicious attraction of taking the law into one’s own hands — something that seems less fun in a year in which our country is funneling money into bombing Iran and ICE agents are acting like one-man militias. Given our nation’s divisions in morality, information literacy and overall sense of reality, it’s easier to see Norris’ characters as justification for a fringe conspiracy movement rather than a moral standing. When patriotism and laws shift away from the Constitution, what side does a gunslinger land on? [….]

When a star is the poster boy for American exceptionalism and might, at what point does his legacy transition from escapism to dangerous propaganda?

Oh, hell no. Don’t you even. Talk about divisions in morality and reality. Iran has been committing terrorism against us for 47 years. ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is enforcing the law, whether the left likes it or not. That’s just a bizarre, twisted take from Variety.

In order to keep sweet with its company town subscribers, that’s all Variety can offer these days, unfortunately. In 2022, Variety’s editors signed off on one of their staffers changing the pronouns quoted by a woman allegedly attacked by troubled Flash star Ezra Miller from “he” and “him” to “them” and “they:”

So a hit piece on Chuck Norris on the day his death was announced isn’t at all surprising, unfortunately. Fortunately, X readers got the last laugh:

Posted at 1:44 pm by Ed Driscoll

LET’S FINISH THE JOB, THEN: U.K. says Iran unsuccessfully targeted British-American Diego Garcia base.

Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at ​Diego Garcia but did ‌not hit the U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian ​Ocean, The Wall Street Journal first reported on Friday, ⁠citing multiple U.S. ​officials.

One of the missiles failed ​in flight, while a U.S. warship fired an SM-3 interceptor ​at the other, ​although it could not be determined ‌if ⁠the interception succeeded, the newspaper said.

“Iran’s reckless attacks, lashing out across the region and holding hostage the Strait of Hormuz, are a threat to British interests and British allies,” the U.K. said in its statement. ”[Royal Air Force] jets and other U.K. military assets are continuing to defend our people and personnel in the region.”

The reported attack marked Iran’s first operational use of intermediate-range ballistic missiles and a significant attempt to reach far beyond the Middle East and threaten U.S. interests, the Wall Street Journal said.

As Will Chamberlain tweets, “Basically every major development in the Iran War has vindicated Trump’s decision to strike.” 

Chamberlain’s tweet concludes, “Iran fires ballistics at Diego Garcia = they were not far from having ICBMs that could hit the Eastern Seaboard The case for hitting Iran is STRONGER than it was for ISIS!” Iran aiming for Diego Garcia means that Europe is in reach as well: 

Posted at 1:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR: CBS News Radio To Cease Operations.

CBS News Radio will be winding down its operations over the next several weeks. 

The news was shared via an internal memo from CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski and first confirmed to Streamline Publishing by Manager of Affiliate Services Amy Bolton, who is attending the Country Radio Seminar (CRS) in Nashville.

The memo confirms that May 22 will be the final day for the nearly century-old news service. Bolton, when contacted for confirmation of the news, noted that she is in the process of speaking with some of the approximately 700 affiliated stations about the upcoming closure of the audio service.

TV network late night chat shows winding down. An out of touch movie industry contracting. We’re witnessing numerous 20th century-era legacy media formats approaching the end of their shelf life. Which brings us to an exit question, and to ask it, is to understand exactly why CBS News Radio is being shuttered:

Posted at 12:50 pm by Ed Driscoll

21ST CENTURY JUSTICE:

Posted at 12:40 pm by Glenn Reynolds

THE LOWER THE RATINGS, THE BIGGER THE MICROPHONES? CNN’s Solution to Low Ratings Is Enormous Mics for Anderson Cooper and Office Broadcasts for Jake Tapper.

Is CNN’s on-air talent trying to get all out of their systems before Bari Weiss cleans house as part of Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Brothers? Is this CNN’s version of Obama’s “stray voltage” strategy, an attempt to get bad news headlines that distract from really bad news, such as their string of botched reporting earlier this month? How badly does the on-air talent at CNN want to further tank the brand? Stay tuned! (To social media, that is. Why watch CNN?)

Posted at 12:25 pm by Ed Driscoll

IF THIS CHECKS OUT, IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY BIG DEAL…:

Posted at 12:25 pm by Stephen Green

SHOCKINGLY, LAME PODCASTERS SOMETIMES DON’T HAVE THE BEST INFORMATION:

Posted at 12:04 pm by Glenn Reynolds

INCENTIVES, HOW DO THEY WORK?

Posted at 10:16 am by Stephen Green

#JOURNALISM:

Posted at 9:51 am by Glenn Reynolds

WELL: Female Secret Service Agent Who Didn’t Secure Roof of AGR Building at Butler Rally on Day of Trump Assassination Attempt Suspended AGAIN – Hid Marriage to Foreign National. “The agency is investigating whether Perez’s partner was actually in the US illegally and overstayed her visa. This is the third time that Perez has been suspended in the last year-and-a-half.”

Why wasn’t this person fired the first time? And why wouldn’t that marriage show up on routine background checks?

Posted at 9:09 am by Glenn Reynolds