Journalistic Issues
DEATH TO FREE MARKETS: Libs Throw $41M at Dethroning Capitalism
The usual suspects have declared war on free enterprise. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Omidyar Network reportedly pledged a total of $41 million to bury free market economics and neoliberalism, once and for all, but The New York Times barely mentioned both foundations have long supported far left causes.
NewsBusters Podcast: The Media on Palin Smears and Durham Fears
The media cheered a judge and jury dismissed Sarah Palin's lawsuit against The New York Times over their smears claiming she incited a mass shooting in Arizona. The media feared that John Durham's probe of the origins of the Trump-Russia obsession would ruin their narrative.
WH Avoids Talking Unemployment & Struggling Businesses, Blames Omicron
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki blamed the COVID-19 omicron variant for job losses in advance of a potentially terrible jobs report scheduled to be released on Feb. 4 by the Department of Labor.
NewsGuard Offers Lame Rebuttal to MRC Study Exposing Left-Wing Bias
The leftist ratings firm NewsGuard criticized a Media Research Center study of the site’s ratings, calling it “fundamentally flawed.”
Big Three Downplay Stumbling S&P’s ‘Worst-Ever’ First 16 Trading Days
The Dow Jones industrial average took an icy plunge of more than 1,000 points on Monday — its worst start “ever” — but ABC, NBC, and CBS chose to whitewash the shocking news and gave the story just minutes of coverage.
NY Times Frets About Freedom of the Press as Palin's Libel Suit Looms
A June 2017 New York Times editorial falsely linked former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to the 2011 attempted assassination of Arizona Democrat Rep. Gabrielle Giffords that left six dead. Palin filed a defamation suit. The Times is worried that the press’s free ride in the judicial system may be ending, as demonstrated in Jeremy Peters’ “Sarah…
Study: Soros Leaves His Mark with a $2.3 Billion Education Behemoth
Billionaire George Soros said he is working to “bend” the arc of history “in the right direction.” In Soros’ case, that direction is far to the left. To do it, he donated over $32 billion to his Open Society Foundations since 1984, to further leftist ideology and activism well beyond his own lifetime. Soros has committed a combined sum of more than $2.3 billion to create a global university…
NewsGuard Partnership Mires Advertisers in Censorship
Leftist media ratings company NewsGuard has struck another partnership to censor news outlets and publishers the platform deems objectionable. This time, the suppression will affect outlets that use a specific ad platform.
STUDY: Analysis Shows NewsGuard Ratings Heavily Favor Left
A new analysis reveals the extraordinary left-wing bias of website ratings firm NewsGuard, which should concern every American given that it is expanding its reach into cable and broadcast TV news. Liberal outlets were rated 27 points higher on average than news organizations on the right.
CNN Exposes Biden WH Trying to Shape Econ Coverage in Its Favor
CNN took a sudden detour from its love affair with President Joe Biden and accused his White House of trying to quietly shape the media coverage of his atrocious economic agenda. The Reliable Sources newsletter reported that the “The White House, not happy with the news media's coverage of the supply chain and economy, has been working behind the scenes trying to reshape coverage in…
MRC's Gainor RIPS Chris Cuomo for Violation of Journalistic Ethics
Media Research Center Vice President Dan Gainor went on Fox Business to dismantle disgraced liberal CNN host Chris Cuomo for his blatant violation of journalistic ethics concerning his brother.
USA Today Owner Could Get Millions from Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’
There’s nothing that screams potential conflict of interest like a major newspaper’s owner getting millions in subsidies from the federal government it's supposed to be objectively covering. The New York Times reported that part of President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” (BBB) catastrophe includes funneling nearly $1.7 billion into local news outlets. Guess what? One of the…
Soros Backs Left’s Alt-PragerU with Ties to Socialist Sen. Sanders
Left-wing billionaire George Soros is reportedly backing a new leftist news outlet that openly advocates on behalf of labor unions.
Soros & Hoffman Back So-Called Anti-‘Disinformation’ Scheme
The leftist activist behind the liberal news operation Courier Newsroom is at it again with a new scheme that is being backed by some of America’s most notorious liberal billionaires. Tara McGowan — founder of the “dark money” group ACRONYM behind Courier Newsroom — is getting help from left-wing mega-donors George Soros and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman for a new media project she’s…