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Media Turn To Activist Who Called Cops ‘Scumbags’ For Protest Video

By Dan Gainor | October 25, 2015, 9:52 PM EDT

Ever wonder why news outlets give such a positive view of lefty protests? Maybe it’s where major media get their images. Saturday’s #RiseUpOctober #BlackLivesMatter protest in New York is an excellent example of how journalists spin the news by relying on ...

Post Owner Makes $16.5B While Paper Whines 558 Times About ‘Income Inequality’

By Dan Gainor | October 1, 2015, 6:03 PM EDT

How do you spell hypocrisy? W-a-s-h-i-n-g-t-o-n P-o-s-t. The Washington, D.C., paper of record has spent the past year filling bird cages and landfills with stories about income inequality – 156 in print alone and another 404 in blogs or 560 total. Subtra ...

Priorities: Nets Cover First Dog Bo 28 Times More Than Armenian Genocide

By Dan Gainor | April 24, 2015, 9:03 AM EDT

Many historians call the Armenian Holocaust the first holocaust of the 20 th Century, a dress rehearsal for the Nazi nightmare that followed. This April 24 marks the 100 th anniversary of the death of roughly 1.5 million Armenian Christians at the hands o ...

Priorities: Networks Cover First Dog Bo 28 Times More Than Armenian Genocide

By Dan Gainor | August 4, 2015, 10:49 AM EDT

Many historians call the Armenian Holocaust the first holocaust of the 20 th Century, a dress rehearsal for the Nazi nightmare that followed. This April 24 marks the 100 th anniversary of the death of roughly 1.5 million Armenian Christians at the hands o ...

FCC Openness: Secret Rules Mention ‘Transparency’ 163 Times

By Dan Gainor | March 14, 2015, 8:08 AM EDT

The “most transparent administration in history” finally released the new FCC rules – two weeks after it had voted on them. Counting the dissent, the new regulations equaled 268,154 words and 400 pages. There were 163  mentions of “transparency” in the ne ...

Houston Attacks Religious Freedom Of Pastors; Networks Unconcerned

By Dan Gainor | October 16, 2014, 2:48 PM EDT

Houston’s attack on the religious liberty of five pastors created a nationwide uproar among conservatives. And not one second of attention from the broadcast news outlets. Fox News broke the story on Tuesday about Houston’s extreme reaction to opponents o ...

Networks Celebrate Gay Marriage Decision With Kiss-Cam Images

By Dan Gainor | October 7, 2014, 1:40 PM EDT

Network coverage of the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear appeals regarding gay marriage turned into a propaganda-laden effort that more closely resembled a ballpark Kiss-Cam. ABC, CBS and NBC filled their Oct. 6 evening news broadcasts with celebratin ...

Former NYTimes Bureau Chief: Revolt Is the Only Option Left

By Dan Gainor | September 17, 2014, 3:41 PM EDT

Notice how when liberals say insane things, they never make the news? Former New York Times Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Hedges has become open about his lunacy in recent years. Hedges went on a massive anti-Israel rant during a recent liberal event in ...

Former NYTimes Bureau Chief: ‘Revolt is the only option left’

By Dan Gainor | August 4, 2015, 10:49 AM EDT

Notice how when liberals say insane things, they never make the news? Former New York Times Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Hedges has become open about his lunacy in recent years. Hedges went on a massive anti-Israel rant during a recent liberal event in ...

Major Newspapers Skew 15-1 Against For-Profit Colleges

By Dan Gainor | August 26, 2014, 3:56 PM EDT

The Obama administration continues its push to regulate for-profit colleges and national media outlets have joined in and overwhelmingly taken the side of bigger government. Three top newspapers – The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today – ...

Major Papers 15-1 against For-Profit Education

By Dan Gainor | August 4, 2015, 10:49 AM EDT

The Obama administration continues its push to regulate for-profit colleges and national media outlets have joined in and overwhelmingly taken the side of bigger government. Three top newspapers – The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today – ...

Terrorists? Not in Gaza! Nets Call Hamas ‘Militants,’ ‘Fighters’ By Factor of 13-to-1

By Dan Gainor | August 8, 2014, 9:54 AM EDT

With the fighting between Israel and Hamas halted – for now – it’s important to look at the role media played aiding Palestinian terrorists. Network news shows embraced a new narrative – moral equivalency. Hamas and Israel were treated as equals. Reporter ...

What Terror? Networks Call Hamas ‘Militants,’ ‘Fighters,’ 9-1 Over ‘Terrorists’

By Dan Gainor | July 9, 2014, 11:23 AM EDT

Broadcast news outlets have figured out a way to end terrorism. Just stop calling it what it is. They identify terror groups like Hamas “militants” instead. Hamas has been raining rockets indiscriminately on Israel and is blamed for the recent kidnapping ...

Networks Cover Koch Funding 9 Times More Than Top Liberals

By Dan Gainor | June 24, 2014, 5:09 PM EDT

When it comes to big money in politics, there’s only one name the broadcast networks dwell on – the Koch brothers. Billionaires David and Charles Koch are major contributors to both conservative and Republican causes. Democrats are “placing them at the ce ...

Networks Cover Kochs 9 Times More Than Top Liberals

By Dan Gainor | August 4, 2015, 10:49 AM EDT

When it comes to big money in politics, there’s only one name the broadcast networks dwell on – the Koch brothers. Billionaires David and Charles Koch are major contributors to both conservative and Republican causes. Democrats are “placing them at the ce ...