Register Expects “Great Things” from QAnon Mom Lawyer Alan Ostergren
On Sunday as part of a series featuring 15 "Iowans we expect great things from in the coming year," the Des Moines Register published...
How We Are Iowa’s Much-Anticipated Report on BLM Protester Viet Tran Fell Flat
On Monday evening, after a highlight clips show of The Bachelor wound down on ABC, the channel threw it over to local Des Moines...
How Des Moines Media Has Failed the Challenge of Covering Black Lives Matter Protests
On Monday, June 1, standing upon the steps before Iowa’s gilded Capitol building, a crowd of peaceful protesters, mostly made up of young adults...
Talk Show Host Steve Deace Is Iowa’s Loudest Coronavirus Contrarian
The decision by Governor Kim Reynolds to begin lifting coronavirus pandemic-related business restrictions on May 1 for 77 of Iowa’s 99 counties, which she...
Why Does the Des Moines Register Publish Joel Kurtinitis’ Dishonest Musings on Racism?
Last week, the Des Moines Register joined the Sioux City Journal, Ames Tribune, Fort Dodge Messenger, and prominent GOP lawmakers including Liz Cheney and...
Kavanaugh and the Victim-Blaming Narratives of Iowa Conservative Commentators
Whatever its ultimate outcome, one striking thing that Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination has already magnified, in light of the sexual assault allegations he...
Register Columnist: Lawmaker Who Yelled N-Word on TV Wasn’t Being Racist
“Why is the n-word the only remaining curse word?” Joel Kurtinitis, a former staffer on Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign and a Des Moines...
Local Police Joke About 420 As They Continue to Arrest People for a Habit...
For 420 yesterday, Ames and Iowa State University police joined in on what’s become an annual tradition for departments around the country: taking to...
Paul Pate Plays the Press on Voter ID Push
Nearly two weeks after Secretary of State Paul Pate announced his proposal on Jan. 5 to finally bring voter ID to Iowa with a...
KCCI’s Racist Response to Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem Protest
KCCI isn’t exactly a paragon of journalism ethics, but the central Iowa TV news station took things a step further than usual last weekend...
