Canadian Journalist Resigns: Hits Woke Media In Canada and U.S.
Tara Henley had had enough. A longtime producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Company, Henley abruptly resigned, writing of her reasons over there at Substack. In her piece she said this: “For months now, I’ve been getting complaints about the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where I’ve worked as a TV and radio producer, and occasional on-air columnist, for much of the past decade....To work…
Column: Do We Need a January 6 News Glut?
On the cusp of an absolute glut of liberal-media anniversary coverage of the January 6 riot, CNN media reporter Brian Stelter was cranky. “We live in a world where Donald Trump's top supporters malign the media for being ‘obsessed’ with January 6.” He argued anyone who thinks this story is overdone is someone "best explained by psychologists or therapists or algorithm developers."
Scarborough: Testing Not Necessary, So Don't Blame Biden For Botching!
Suddenly so forgiving, that Joe Scarborough! On today's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough admitted that last week, he felt the Biden administration had "terribly botched" things regarding Covid testing. But on second thought . . . nope! Don't blame Biden for botching the availability of testing. Because . . . testing isn't necessary! Opined "Doctor" Scarborough: "You don’t need a test! We have just…
The State of the Media Is Not Good
To borrow from the late President Gerald Ford, the state of the media as 2022 opens is not good. Add all of this up - the insistence on fact free left-wing narratives, the intolerance for dissent and more and quite clearly something is seriously amiss in the American media.
CNN Doc Slams Times Square 'Superspreader,' Hosts Promote CNN Special
This was CNN cognitive dissonance on steroids -- with a booster shot of hypocrisy. In its 7 am hour, New Day brought on CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner who called the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration a potential "superspreader" event that is "completely unnecessary" and "unwise." Reiner called omicron "the most contagious pathogen that any of us have ever seen." And he…
NewsBusters Podcast: Journos Claim They Only Make ‘Innocent’ Mistakes
Filling in for boss Tim Graham, NewsBusters deputy managing editor Nick “Night Train” Fondacaro and I were back in our saddles for Monday’s post-Christmas edition of the NewsBusters Podcast and, while it’s often a slower time of the year in the news business, we still had plenty to talk about.
CNN Tries to Bust 'Media Misconceptions' Like Harmful Political Bias
On the last so-called “Reliable Sources” of 2021, CNN media apologist Brian Stelter set out to bust some of the “misconceptions” the public had about the media. The misconceptions that needed to be battled included the idea that they have “malicious intent” when they publish fake news and that the media’s political biases were being actively offset internally, resulting in balanced…
The Liberal Media’s Bah Humbug Year
Call it the liberal media’s Scrooge-style “bah humbug” of a year - and a few years before that. Take a Google and find headline after headline like these from the recent past up until now: The Columbia Journalism Review - 2018: "Most Americans say they have lost trust in the media."
Hannah-Jones: The Media AREN'T Biased Enough Against Republicans!
On Wednesday's New Day, CNN brought on race-obsessed New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones to work with the conservative and Republican-hating network to twist reports of Republicans pushing to remove controversial books from school libraries in Texas. Prodded by fill-in host Erica Hill, Hannah-Jones ridiculously complained that the media have not been biased…
Bret Baier Expertly Defuses 'Just Silly' Criticism Fox Gets from CNN
After filling in on Fox News Sunday following former anchor Chris Wallace’s exit from the show last week, Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier appeared on the network’s MediaBuzz with anchor Howard Kurtz and took down CNN and their “just silly” criticism against their network that was designed to generate “clicks” and play for ratings.
NEW NewsBusters Podcast: Harvard Hates Objective Journalism
Harvard's Nieman Lab looked ahead to the "news" business in 2022 and promoted an end to objectivity as a journalism ideal. "Solidarity for social justice" is the new fad, but solidarity with whom? The "marginalized" get a major boost, and if you're not "marginalized," you're going to get lectured about your advantages. They think the media's job is to create "transformational change" for the…
Editor’s Pick: Daily Signal on DeSantis Waging War on Liberal Media
On Thursday, The Daily Signal’s Mary Margaret Olohan published a profile of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s press secretary and how the Republican’s communications team was taking on the left-wing media: “Christina Pushaw is not afraid to get down in the dirt with reporters who go after her boss.” The piece added that Pushaw “has repeatedly called out the press for ‘bad-faith coverage…
Journalism Foundation Favors 'Social Justice' Over Objectivity
A major journalism foundation is now promoting the idea that objectivity must be ditched in favor of promoting "social justice." The author is Dr. Anita Varma, assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin. Varma's disdain for objectivity in favor of the social justice greater good sounds as if it is straight out of Orwell.
NYT Uses Chris Wallace to Take Page-One Swipe at ‘Conspiratorial' Fox
New York Times media reporter Michael Grynbaum made the front page Monday upon the resignation of Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, using the surprise announcement as a springboard to attack the cable channel. The print edition headline: “Fox Anchor Wallace Decamps as Right-Wing Hosts Set Agenda.” The front-page text box showed some copy editor to be fully on board: “Latest Exit as…
