NY Times Gloats: ‘Bring Back Big Government’ Over Coronavirus
March 19th, 2020 6:30 AM
Farhad Manjoo, New York Times tech columnist turned proudly left-wing opinion columnist, positively gloated over the private sector and President Trump’s failure to bring the coronavirus to heel in “Bring Back Big Government -- America’s failed response to the coronavirus is a direct result of decades of starving federal agencies of expertise.” Of course, it turned out to be Ronald Reagan's…
Column: The Truth vs. The New York Times
March 18th, 2020 6:40 AM
The New York Times spent $2 million on an advertisement during the Oscars broadcast in February promoting their "1619 Project." But on March 11, the Times felt pressed to publish an “update,” a “clarification” on this grand, brand-building project. It was based on the idea that slavery was “one primary reason the colonists fought the American Revolution.” It seems their point was not true. To…
NYT's Partisan Virus: Trump Too Harsh Days Ago, Not Harsh Enough Now
March 17th, 2020 5:25 PM
The New York Times will fault President Trump on the coronavirus no matter what he does or does not do, as starkly evident in Tuesday’s lead story by Katie Rogers and Emily Cochrane criticizing him for taking insufficient measures: “Short of Mandate for Limits That Other Nations Enacted.” Yet days earlier, the Times faulted Trump for excessive, unilateral measures to mitigate the spread under…
NY Times Reporter Blames Racism 'Freaked-Out Whites' for No Safety Net
March 17th, 2020 8:10 AM
Eduardo Porter, economics reporter for the New York Times, equated the United States’ lack of his preferred European-style levels of “safety net” taxes and welfare spending to racism in his Sunday Review piece: “Why America Will Never Get Medicare for All.” The text box was blunter: “Racism explains why the country lacks the safety net its citizens deserve.” It’s adapted from his new book “…
NYT Used 'Wuhan Virus,' Accuses Conservatives of Racism for Doing Same
March 14th, 2020 3:10 PM
Demonstrating that the paper’s priorities remained in perfect order, New York Times reporter Katie Rogers nailed the real coronavirus crisis: “Politicians’ Use of ‘Wuhan Virus’ Starts a Debate Health Experts Wanted to Avoid -- Despite the recommendations of health officials, some conservatives are using the term to describe Covid-19, prompting a blame game over who is politicizing the coronavirus…
NY Times: 'Transgender' Kids Need Puberty Blockers to Avoid Suicide
March 13th, 2020 4:06 PM
New York Times reporter Dan Levin earned Friday’s lead National section story – which was not about the coronavirus outbreak, but “Transgender Teenagers Brace for Flurry of Bills Set to Curb Their Rights.” Despite its placement, this was a soft feature story which made the anti-science assumption that some children are born in the “wrong” body and that radical medical steps must be taken to “fix…
NY Times Angry at Trump’s ‘America First’ Response to Virus
March 13th, 2020 3:00 PM
New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger fulminated against President Trump’s 30-day suspension of entry into the United States for Europeans: “It’s China’s Fault, Trump Says. And Also Europe’s.” As if it’s a crazy idea that China, which squelched initial news about the virus, could possibly be blamed for its spread. Again, the paper is using the coronavirus crisis as a…
NYT Wishful Thinking: Coronavirus Could Harm Trump Reelection Chances
March 12th, 2020 8:56 PM
As much as newspapers insist they merely "report," they write up a lot of wishful thinking about how the Republicans are sure to lose in the fall. Such was the case with New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin aerobically rubbing a crystal ball on Thursday in "Trump’s Re-election Chances Suddenly Look Shakier."
Coronavirus Cudgel: NYT's Baker Spreads Anti-Trump Fever on Front Page
March 9th, 2020 5:57 PM
On the front of Monday’s New York Times, Peter Baker savored how the coronavirus had become a political headache for President Trump: “Twitter Pulpit Is No Match For Viral Foe.” Baker raises some defensible criticisms of some of Trump’s statements (while only briefly noting vital steps the President took over indignant liberal opposition). But Baker’s overall tone matched the feverish anti-Trump…
NY Times Lets Schumer Off the Hook: Dems 'Not All That Unhappy'
March 7th, 2020 2:31 PM
New York Times congressional correspondent Carl Hulse predictably shrugged off Sen. Chuck Schumer’s volatile verbal threats directed at two Supreme Court justices nominated by the Trump administration: “Schumer Regrets Content, But Not Spirit, of Warning.” Hulse generally gives Democrats the benefit of the doubt when they make nasty attacks on Republicans, and similarly shrugged off Schumer’s…
NY Times’ Lerer Weeps Over ‘Two White Men,’ But Slimed Tulsi Gabbard
March 6th, 2020 5:55 PM
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has dropped out of the presidential race, and The New York Times (which bizarrely endorsed both Warren and Sen. Amy Klobuchar) is bitter. The headline to Friday’s front-page “news analysis” by Lisa Lerer blamed sexism: “A Two-Man Race? Women Aren’t Surprised.”
Liberal Outlets Downplay Strong Jobs Report, Elevate Coronavirus Fears
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March 6th, 2020 12:34 PM
Leave it to the liberal media to take the good news of the February jobs report and try to throw cold water on it as quickly as possible by pounding on coronavirus fears. MSNBC's Maddow Blog, NBC News, The New York Times and The Washington Post all wrote liberal spin stories on the latest jobs report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The job numbers showed that the economy added a whopping 273,…
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MSNBC FAIL: Bloomberg ‘Could Have Given Each American $1 Million’
March 6th, 2020 11:08 AM
MSNBC anchor Brian Williams just can’t seem to ever get his facts straight. During his 11th Hour show Thursday night, the hapless host eagerly seized on fake news from Twitter that the $500 million spent by failed Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg could have provided all 327 million American citizens with “$1 million” each. It’s actually about $1.50 each.
NYT Delights in Pandemic Politics: 'Tables Turned' on GOP 'Falsehoods'
March 6th, 2020 10:35 AM
More coronavirus bias from the New York Times, with congressional reporter-columnist Carl Hulse on Thursday, “A Sense of Emergency And Fear Can Become Powerful Political Tools,” pretending that only Republicans play partisan politics with potential pandemics. And Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni positively gloated in a “news analysis,” “A Bad Week for the President, Made Worse by Biden.”
