Column: The Year in Favoritism Toward Liberal Bias
The Poynter Institute is a Florida-based journalism group that runs PolitiFact. On Poynter.org, they run a daily media report by Tom Jones, who sounds like Brian Stelter’s identically thinking twin. Their incessant party line of liberal-media cheerleading and conservative-media loathing really came through when Jones made a list of the “best and worst news media” of 2020.
MSNBC Laments Christmas Gatherings 'Will Lead to Somebody Dying'
On Tuesday’s Morning Joe, MSNBC fill in hosts Jonathan Lemire and Kasie Hunt conspired with medical contributor Dr. Kavita Patel and Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. to attack the Trump administration for the COVID vaccine rollout and Americans for gathering with their loved ones on Christmas. Patel complained that the vaccine rollout is not fast enough and called it “a total abdication of…
This MSNBC Host Said Reaganism Leads to 'Mass Death' from Coronavirus
On Wednesday night’s All In on MSNBC, substitute host Mehdi Hasan associated Reaganism with “hundreds of thousands of deaths” in the pandemic, and suggested Republicans shouldn’t have the “audacity” to mock socialism, which apparently is easily mistaken for efficiency.
NY Times Still Carrying a Torch for Jon Ossoff, 'A Dream Son-In-Law'
The New York Times is still carrying a torch for failed 2017 Democratic congressional candidate Jon Ossoff, so young, so photogenic, so liberal. He faces Republican Sen. David Perdue in a January 6 runoff for a vital seat in Georgia. On Monday, reporters Reid Epstein and Serge Kovaleski gushed on the front page over Ossoff's resume. On Thursday, Epstein, along with fellow reporter Lisa Lerer,…
NPR Touts Biden Spokesman Won't Allow 'A Platform for Right-Wing Spin'
On Thursday’s Morning Edition, National Public Radio touted their Jen Psaki interview with the headline “Biden's Incoming Press Secretary: Briefings Won't Be A Platform For Right-Wing Spin.” As usual, NPR thinks “right-wing spin” is the opposite of their reportage….which is “objective.” Not left-wing spin!
REWIND: The Media’s Four-Year War Against the Trump Presidency
While every President has their critics in the press, the Trump presidency has been unique in that a massive percentage of the media — hosts, columnists, commentators, contributors, anchors and working reporters — openly mock and disparage the President of the United States, often to the cheers of their brethren.
Media Ignore 'Most Admired Man' Poll After Trump Edges Obama
On Tuesday morning, Fox News viewers got to see that, for the first time, President Donald Trump has come in first place in Gallup's annual poll of "most admired man" of the year. But in contrast with how journalists swooned over former President Barack Obama the last time he came in first place, the other networks have so far ignored the finding.
Kooky CNN Doc: Only 'Regime Change' Will Get Pandemic Under Control
On CNN's New Day, CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner says, "many of us have thought over the last several months that we were only going to get this pandemic under control with regime change." Regime change is a term that typically refers to the forceful overthrow of a foreign government.
Cuomo-Backing CNN Gripes About DeSantis Giving Vaccine to Elderly
Not only was CNN crucial in helping to downplay New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s (D) mass slaughter of nursing home residents earlier this year after packing coronavirus patients inside such facilities, but they spent Wednesday decrying Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ (R) call to prioritize elderly residents of his state so they can get vaccinated against the same virus.
NEW Newsbusters Podcast: CNN's Tapper Mounts the High Horse of Murrow
For the last NewsBusters Podcast of 2020, Executive Editor Tim Graham discusses the hour-long reliving of Trump Trauma on CNN's Reliable Sources on Sunday. The biggest headline out of it was CNN host Jake Tapper proclaiming he just won't lower himself to interviewing trashy Trump aides like Kayleigh McEnany.
Mitchell: Federalism, Lack of Single Payer to Blame for Vaccine Lag
MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell theorized on her Wednesday show that the reason that the number of vaccines given out was below the goal of 20 million by year's end was because of federalism and the lack of a singe payer-type system akin to the British or Canadian system.
CNN, MSNBC Go GAGA Over Kamala Harris Receiving COVID Vaccine
On Tuesday, both networks demonstrated their role as sycophants for the Biden-Harris administration by gushing over Kamala Harris receiving her COVID vaccine, the nurse who was selected to administer it, and where Harris went to get it while downplaying her anti-vaccine position during the campaign (simply because of who's occupied the White House).
Top Papers Repeat, Not Report, on Biden's Scolding of Trump on Vaccine
You don't have to wait to witness the arrival of stenography in reporting on the incoming president. Both The Washington Post and The New York Times helpfully circulated front-page stories overflowing with statements from Joe Biden attacking President Trump on Tuesday.
Stossel Column: 2020’s Good News
Was 2020 the worst year ever? The media keep saying that. We did have the pandemic, a bitter election, unemployment, riots and a soaring national debt. But wait, look at the good news, says historian Johan Norberg. His new book, "Open: The Story of Human Progress," points out how life keeps getting better, even if people just don't realize it. 2020 was "the best year in human history to face a…
