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How is talk radio doing when so many young people don't listen to broadcast radio? How can anyone stand listening to NPR? These questions and some free-speech concerns came up in a chat with Derek Hunter, talk-radio host on WMAL-FM in Washington, DC and the author of Outrage Incorporated: How the Liberal Mob Ruined Science, Journalism, and Hollywood. MRC Free Speech America vice president Dan Schneider joined me in talking to Derek. Our recent poll question asking the public about the ideological beliefs of Charlie Kirk's assassin underlined how much young people aren't paying attention to conservative media or talk radio. Most don't listen to old-fashioned broadcast radio. We found 33 percent of students thought Charlie Kirk's killer was conservative, and only four percent accurately placed him on the left. Maybe someone could get confused by listening to Jimmy Kimmel or NPR. Then we discussed something Derek brings up often on his show: growing censorship in Western Europe of conservative social media posts, especially criticism of immigration policies.  Exhibit A is a woman named Lucy Connolly, currently sitting in prison on a 31-month sentence for “publishing written material with the intent to stir up racial hatred,” under a law from 1986. The New York Post reported that after the terrible mass stabbing incident with a 17-year-old kid with an 8-inch knife in Southport at a dance studio in July 2024, where three children under 10 died, Connolly posted on X her support for mass deportations.  Authorities say she “falsely claimed” the Al Qaeda-supporting killer was a migrant, When, in fact, it was his parents who were migrants, from Rwanda). Connolly deleted the tweet three hours after posting, but she’s now in prison. They showed up a week later to arrest her, and she’s in prison. For a tweet.  In one case, the cops hauled off a couple over comments they posted in a private WhatsApp group for parents at their children’s school. The leftist Labor Party's Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy plans to remove the right to a jury trial for defendants facing sentences of less than five years, as often happens with social-media "offenses." The Free Speech Union (FSU) said it would campaign against it, following its research that found defendants facing trial with juries were nearly twice as likely to be acquitted on the basis of free speech, compared to trials without juries. This story that Derek flagged on his show was a doozy, in this case from Australia. A policeman named Benedict Bryant has been charged with "dangerous driving" for putting a parked car in the way of an "indigenous" teenager who stole a motorbike. The teen tried to evade the car but crashed into it and died at the scene. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation warned "indigenous" readers that the story carried a photo of the teen who died. "The prosecutor said as an experienced police officer of more than 22 years, Bryant ought to have known the rider would not stop." Enjoy the podcast below, or you can listen to the audio here -- or on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and so on.

More than two months have passed since President Trump unveiled his Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict — arguably the most consequential Middle East peace initiative in decades.Foreign policy insiders predicted failure. Yet since October 10, the plan has held through volatility and uncertainty, confounding critics of the president, Israel, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Israel deserves a fulsome defense from everyone committed to law, order, and truth.The plan has done more than reduce the fighting. It has underscored Israel’s actual aims from the start: Eliminate Hamas, free the hostages, and ensure that Gaza never again serves as a launchpad for mass murder — not destroy the Palestinian people.Still, the "genocide" libel endures. It may be the most destructive falsehood leveled against Jews in modern history.Less than three months after the October 7, 2023, terror attacks, South Africa — a country collapsing under corruption and poverty — accused Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice. That case continues, with a final ruling unlikely before 2028.Meanwhile the libel spreads. Radical activists, anti-Western NGOs captured by ideological agendas, pseudo-intellectual academics, and hollow institutions such as the International Association of Genocide Scholars push it relentlessly.IAGS illustrates the problem. It requires nothing more than a $30 fee to join. The group has been flooded with frivolous “members,” including Adolf Hitler, Darth Vader, and Emperor Palpatine, along with a host of non-experts. Yet major media outlets still treat its anti-Israel resolutions as credible, impartial assessments of genocide — the gravest crime in human history.This campaign demands a serious response. Legal experts and clear-minded observers should dismantle the genocide libel once and for all. The arguments are so straightforward that only bad faith can obscure them.After the October 7 massacre — which, proportionally, represented the loss of roughly 50,000 American lives — Israel acted in self-defense against an enemy openly committed to exterminating every Jew in the country. Calling Israel genocidal in this context is not simply wrong. It inverts reality and rewards Hamas.Israel also facilitated massive humanitarian aid to Palestinians throughout the war — more than 2 million tons since the fighting began. That record alone destroys the claim of genocidal intent. No nation at war has ever delivered aid on that scale to a population governed by its enemy.RELATED: Hamas floods the feeds to sway clueless Westerners Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIsraeli forces have fought with precision to reduce civilian casualties while targeting Hamas operatives. The challenge has been immense. Hamas hides behind civilians, embeds fighters in hospitals and schools, and uses civilian infrastructure as shields. Even so, Israel repeatedly issued advance warnings of airstrikes and troop movements to limit harm. Genocidal regimes do the opposite: They hunt civilians and slaughter them deliberately. Gaza has seen none of that conduct from Israel.The International Court of Justice should weigh these facts carefully when it rules in the South Africa-Israel case. Israel’s position is strong, which explains why radical actors want to rewrite the rules of genocide to fit their narrative.The Genocide Convention remains a respected, almost sacred document. It should guide the final judgment. Attempts to stretch or dilute it through political lawfare threaten justice itself.For now, Israel deserves a fulsome defense from everyone committed to law, order, and truth. The future of international law, counterterrorism strategy, and the conduct of modern warfare may hinge on how the world judges Israel’s actions. The stakes could not be higher.

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