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Tom Friedman on PBS: Why Won't Press Ask Hamas Leader About Killing?

January 29th, 2024 4:02 PM

The PBS current affairs program Amanpour & Co. on Thursday hosted the invariably self-assured long-time New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who unleashed some harsh criticism of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But then things took a surprising and welcome turn, as Friedman criticized journalists’ double standards in its war coverage. What about…

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Loopy NYT Columnist Pushes Israel to Give 'Free Pass' to Hamas Leaders

November 29th, 2023 6:48 PM

Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN, New York Times foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman delivered some flaky analysis of the war in Gaza as he pushed for Israel to offer a "free pass" to Hamas terrorist leaders if they turn over the weapons and leave the country after releasing all hostages. He even suggested that Israel might release on…

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FLASHBACK: The Media’s Long History of One-Sided Shutdown Coverage

September 30th, 2023 8:50 AM

Journalists’ shutdown playbook is straightforward: single out Republicans for blame; highlight “victims” of the shutdown to build public anger; and then claim Democrats won because they were the “grown-up” party.

No, Israel Is Not in Existential Danger of Civil War

July 28th, 2023 6:22 PM

This week, according to sources ranging from the Biden White House to Moody’s to The New York Times’s Thomas Friedman, Israel entered into a period of severe existential danger. What prompted this crisis? Not a potential Iranian nuclear attack, not the presence of violent terrorist groups embedded in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. According to our foreign policy elite, the breaking point…

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34 Years After Tiananmen: Dumbest Media Quotes About Chinese Communism

June 3rd, 2023 8:56 AM

American reporters aren’t shy about “speaking truth to power” when it comes to American politicians. But when it comes to the far nastier conduct of the Chinese dictatorship, the media lions too often turn into pussycats.

Even the West Has Some Dictator Envy

July 14th, 2022 1:24 PM

Some Western leaders envy dictators' powers. President Donald Trump said, when North Korea's Kim Jong-un speaks, “his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.” President Barack Obama told reporters it would be so much easier to be the president of China. Canada's foolish Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, said he admires China because “their basic dictatorship is allowing them…

Climate Critics RIP Tom Friedman for Griping Over U.S. ‘Oil Addiction’

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March 31st, 2022 3:43 PM

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman has a hot take about the Ukraine War, and of course, it involved trying to freak people out about climate change.

Poll Highlights How Lib Media Missed Mark on Biden Boom Propaganda

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October 26th, 2021 1:09 PM

The liberal media slobbered over how President Joe Biden could return the U.S. economy to glory. So far, their optimism has been a bad joke, and a new poll highlights just how badly they missed the mark. 

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Kooky Tom Friedman: Cruz, Hawley Seek to 'Burn Down the Country'

October 21st, 2021 3:29 PM

On Wednesday night's Anderson Cooper 360, the host lamented the state of America, as Trump Republicans keep challenging the 2020 election results. Then New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman asked "how the hell" could Democrats be losing "when we have a big plan, and all they have is a Big Lie?" Then he turned on Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley as nihilists.

The 2021 Debt War: Brace for Nasty Media Name-Calling

September 22nd, 2021 1:45 PM

There’s a new battle brewing over the federal debt ceiling. Ten years ago, after the Obama administration instigated massive federal spending to deal with the Great Recession, Republicans insisted on long-term deficit reduction, and the liberal media slammed them as nihilists, hostage-takers, terrorists, suicide bombers and zombie vampires.

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NYT's Friedman Fears 'Disaster' if 'Crazy' GOP Wins in 2022

May 14th, 2021 6:57 PM

While on Thursday's Cuomo Prime Time, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman was acting again like a partisan cheerleader for Democrats, declaring it would be a "disaster" if Republicans won control of Congress next year and derailed President Joe Biden's agenda.

NYT’s Tom Friedman Makes a Fool of Himself Glorifying a ‘Biden Boom’

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March 31st, 2021 5:08 PM

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman wants President Joe Biden to stimulate the economy into such a sugar high that former President Donald Trump’s GOP won’t regain control of Washington.

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Cuomo and Friedman: 'For America to Live,' the GOP 'Has to Die'

February 15th, 2021 11:35 PM

In November, CNN host Chris Cuomo openly threatened the lives of Republican lawmakers when he warned that “they are going to lose way more than this election.” He even admitted to “targeting” them. And on Monday’s edition of Prime Time, Cuomo continued down that dangerous road by commiserating with New York Times columnist and communist China sympathizer Tom Friedman about…

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WHAT?! Cooper Compares Trump, Supporters to Hutus in Rwandan Genocide

February 9th, 2021 10:54 PM

Tuesday night on CNN, AC360 host Anderson Cooper added to the Jeffrey Zucker-led network’s resume of hate against those they disagree with as he compared former President Donald Trump and his supporters to those that carried out the Bosnian and Rwanda genocides in the 1990s. And to underscore Cooper’s seriousness, a NewsBusters search found that he also leveled these comparisons back on…