Dr. John Lott has a piece at the Washington Times on how Michael Bloomberg biases the discussion about guns. Would Scientific American ever pay an NRA employee to write news articles about gun control? Never. But they and many other media outlets have no problem using...
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At Real Clear Politics: Myths the Media Perpetuate About Gun Control
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Real Clear Politics. The push to disarm Americans, such as Pamela and Mark McCloskey of St. Louis, stems from the belief that disarming the public will make us safer. But those beliefs arise from myths perpetrated by the media. The...
At Real Clear Politics: News Outlets Turn a Blind Eye on The Trace’s Anti-Gun Bent
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. NPR, Politico, Time, and Scientific American are unlikely ever to pay an NRA employee to write news articles about gun control. But they have no problem hiring people who work for The Trace, a Michael...
At Townhall: Four More Examples of Media Bias
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall about the news media's biased coverage of President Trump statements on policing and the Coronavirus. The media is distorting everything that comes out of the Trump administration. Here are four examples from just the last...
At Townhall: How the Media Created a Society That Accepts Refusing Service to Police Officers
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall on the social and other problems facing police officers. Two police officers were murdered in Texas over the weekend, bringing this year’s national total to 34. Being a police officer is a dangerous job, but police nowadays...
At Townhall: Biden’s Policing Policies Will Endanger Police, Raise Crime Rates, and Hurt Blacks
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall about Biden's comments this week on policing. Joe Biden doesn’t understand the risks and dangers involved in policing. Police have a tough and dangerous job, and armored military vehicles, shields and military-grade body armor...
At Real Clear Politics: Selective Media Reporting Further Fuels Our Racial Divide
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. It was reprinted at the Daily Signal and the Federalist on July 10th and ZeroHedge and Instapundit on July 8th. On Saturday, a man drove his car onto a Seattle freeway that had been closed by a Black Lives Matter...
At Townhall: Democrat hypocrisy: Private Security for Themselves, Defund Police and Banning Carrying Concealed Handguns for Others
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall about how Democrat politicians play by different rules when it comes to their safety. Do you want to understand what defunding the police really means? Just look at the looting and violence that happened when police were...
At Real Clear Politics: Media Ignores Facts to Claim a Trump Gotcha
Dr. John Lott has another piece at Real Clear Politics on media bias regarding crime rates and Trump. The media keeps going out of its way to fact check President Trump’s claims as false. The Washington Post’s Philip Bump is one of many journalists who can’t be...
At Townhall: Democrats Can’t Condemn Violence, Including Violence Against Police
Dr. John Lott has a piece at Townhall on the current debate about defunding the police. What does defunding the police really mean? Well, just look at the looting and violence that happened when police were ordered to stand down during recent riots.Everyone agrees –...
At Townhall: Academia’s Push to Fire Even the Few Academics Who Don’t Tow the Leftist Line
Dr. John Lott has a piece at Townhall that involves both academic freedom and our research on crime. University of Chicago Professor Harald Uhlig's comments are viewed as unacceptable by many academics, but they make perfect sense to us at the Crime Prevention...
At Real Clear Politics: Why the New York Times Capitulated
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics on how what happened to Senator Tom Cotton at the New York Times is actually an all too common story. On Sunday, New York Times opinion editor James Bennet resigned after daring to publish an opinion column by...



