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News Nov. 7, 2019, 11:36 PM

Fox News publishes embarrassing correction after reporting book excerpt that misunderstood Obama’s ‘PC meetings’ as ‘political correctness’ meetings

Fox News on Wednesday published a book excerpt that described Obama-era officials complaining about “doing nonstop PC [political correctness] meetings.” The bracketed text appeared in the book. The problem is that the “PC” stands for Principals Committee, a top National Security Council forum, not “political correctness.” Multiple journalists laid into […]

News May. 6, 2019, 1:57 AM

Trump criticises Kentucky Derby ruling and blames the controversy on ‘these days of political correctness’

Country House was declared the winner of the 2019 Kentucky Derby despite crossing the finish line second. After a protest was filed, the stewards determined that Maximum Security had interfered with other horses during the race, hurting their chances. President Donald Trump said the decision was “not a good one” […]

News Oct. 12, 2018, 2:14 AM

Political correctness is widely unpopular with Americans of all ages and races, a study finds

80% of Americans think that political correctness is a problem, a new study has found. A majority of Americans in all race and age categories felt this way, despite stereotypes and assumptions in society, it said. The study found that most Americans are part of an “exhausted majority” that are […]

Strategy Dec. 15, 2017, 3:43 AM

Why so many people get offended by the phrase ‘Happy holidays’

Donald Trump has vowed to rid America of the phrase “Happy holidays.” Polls show that most Americans don’t care whether people say “Merry Christmas” or “Happy holidays.” But to the few who are passionate about the issue, “Happy holidays” makes them feel their religion is being attacked. There are two […]