Paul Bleau has a suggestion for ABC executive producer Eileen Murphy in the wake of that network's very poor Truth and Lies special on the JFK case, a program that was utterly obsolete on arrival.

Don McGovern reviews best-selling author James Patterson's apparent answer to Joyce Carol Oates, a new novel about Monroe.

Anne Choi's biography of Thomas Noguchi created a media buzz about his work on the Marilyn Monroe case. As the redoubtable Don McGovern shows, this is another case of over-the-top hype. Read here.

In the first part of this review of Maureen Callahan's Ask Not, Jim DiEugenio begins his analysis of what can only be considered a grievously flawed and wildly imbalanced book.

In part 2, DiEugenio specifically addresses both films of the Oates’ novel, the CBS version and especially Brad Pitt’s 2022 production. Both are worthless, especially Pitt’s, but in examining them the author reveals something sick about a culture that forces complex and sympathetic people into exploitative piles of junk.

Jim DiEugenio analyzes the persons—Jeanne Carmen and Fred Otash—and books—by Tony Summers and Robert Slatzer—involved in the descending landmarks that resulted in Joyce Carol Oates’ pulp novel about Marilyn Monroe, Blonde.

Marilyn Monroe expert Don McGovern examines what Mark Shaw advertises as a key piece of evidence about Bobby Kennedy. Under Don's microscope, it turns out to be a lot less than Shaw advertised.

Jim DiEugenio describes the problems with Mark Shaw's address at the Allen LIbrary in Texas. Shaw is a lawyer, his speech was about as unlawyerly as one can get in a murder case.

In Part 2, Jim DiEugenio continues his undressing of Sy Hersh. This time by using the work of John Newman, Lisa Pease and David Talbot to expose the prevarications of his source Sam Halpern, on both Bobby Kennedy and Charles Ford and the plots to kill Castro. We also look at the dubious claims about a 1962 Italy trip by both men and a final look at the problems with his Nord Stream claims.

Sy Hersh is making the rounds with another of his "scoops", this time on the Nord Stream explosions. Those hosting him should recall his sorry record in this regard: Osama bin Laden and John F. Kennedy. We sure do.