Josh Benner

Tag: Media

  • Parler explodes in popularity. Is it a new frontier?

    Just a thought. Parler was the most popularly downloaded app this weekend. With increased censorship on social media platforms, many Conservatives have flocked to Parler, a microblogging site, similar to Twitter. (By the way, you can find me on Parler @Joshbenner). There’s nothing wrong with new social networking sites, but it’s interesting to consider the…

  • New movie looks into Kermit Gosnell and his house of horrors abortion clinic

    I saw the new movie “Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer” about former Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell who was sentenced to three life sentences for delivering live babies and then murdering them. For starters, I think it’s a movie that a pro-life person (such as myself) will like. And I think pro-choice…

  • Kanye West gives political commentary at end of SNL

      Popular rapper Kanye West was the musical guest last night on the season premier of Saturday Night Live. At the end of the show, he invited the cast back up on stage. West was wearing the Donald Trump red and white “Make America Great Again” hat. As the show was ending, West gave a…

  • Is the media making truth harder to know?

    With major news stories, does anyone else ever feel like it can be incredibly hard to even know what’s true?   All of the media outlets have agenda, the spin that comes from both parties, facts getting twisted, intellectual dishonesty. I believe that truth is inherently worth knowing and pursuing and I feel like they…

  • Repentance, Facebook, and Wells Fargo

      Has anyone else noticed that Facebook and Wells Fargo are both essentially running the same commercial. Both companies have been the subject of recent scandals. Facebook with data collection and publishing algorithms. Wells Fargo was just hit with hundreds of millions of dollars in fines for securities fraud. Both commercials point to their origin…