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NewsBusters Podcast: Stelter Hits Rupert as World's Most Dangerous Man
As the networks show us grisly photos of dead civilians lying in the streets of Ukraine, when most people could agree what Vladimir Putin is a deeply evil man, CNN and Brian Stelter touted a hot take attributed to President Biden that Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch is somehow "the most dangerous man in the world." The last we checked, Murdoch hadn't mowed down any civilians.
CNN's Zurawik Agrees: Fox's Murdoch 'Most Dangerous Man in The World'
During a brief segment at the end of Sunday's Reliable Sources on CNN, host Brian Stelter and CNN media analyst David Zurawik discussed a new book that's set to be released by two New York Times reporters that details behind the scenes drama in the Biden White House.
NYT's Down Under Doom-Monger Hits Rupert Murdoch’s ‘Extreme' Outlets
After imposing authoritarian Covid restrictions, Australia is no longer acting like a liberal democracy. But to New York Times’ Australia bureau chief Damien Cave, the big news from Down Under is how conservative media mogul villain Rupert Murdoch may be accepting some precepts of the “climate change” movement. The headline had a “when did you stop beating your wife?” feel: “Murdoch’s…
Rocker David Crosby Wants Fox News Creator ‘Taken Out’ & ‘Shot’
Musician and peace and love enthusiast David Crosby is currently moonlighting as a bloodthirsty fascist who thinks about shooting people who promote politics he doesn’t believe in. Yeah sure, the first member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young embodies that hippy lifestyle, though today it seems in a way less reminiscent of John Lennon and more akin to Charles Manson.
NY Times Snickers at Fox Weather Launch, Whines About 'Climate Change'
New York Times media reporter Michael Grynbaum gained front-page Business section play on Tuesday with his story about…weather coverage? But you see, it’s Fox weather coverage, so it’s automatically controversial, even if the project hasn’t actually launched yet: “Fox Wants to Do for TV Weather What It Did for Cable News.” One can almost hear the booing and hissing among Times…
Evil: MSNBC’s Reid, Guests Gleefully Spit on Rush Limbaugh’s Grave
With Wednesday’s passing of conservative icon Rush Limbaugh, venom coarsened through the left and their media pals as many openly celebrated his death. MSNBC’s The ReidOut was no exception with host Joy Reid, conservative-turned-ardent liberal Charlie Sykes, and Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank rhetorically spitting on his grave as having made Americans dumber and…
Appalling NYT Favors Press Restrictions for Murdoch-Led News in UK
New York Times’ London bureau chief Mark Landler’s obsessive hostility toward mogul Rupert Murdoch’s right-leaning media empire was on display Wednesday. His coverage of two fledgling right-of-center news outlets also documented the resulting panic of liberals like Landler: “Murdoch to Challenge U.K.’s Fairness Statute With Fox News Playbook.” He fretted: "While Britain has long had a…
Amanpour Lauds Shep Smith Not Watching Right-Wing Media
On Tuesday's Amanpour & Co. on PBS and CNN International, host Christiane Amanpour lauded Shepard Smith's negativity toward right-wing voices on Fox News Channel as the former Fox News host discussed his decision to leave the network.
Amanpour and Guest Blame Fox News for 'Monstrous' Climate 'Denial'
Journalists despise government efforts to "investigate media power" -- unless it's Rupert Murdoch. On Friday's Amanpour & Co. on PBS and CNN International, host Christiane Amanpour provided an unchallenged forum to former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd to complain about Rupert Murdoch's influence on issues like global warming, and to talk up an effort he is pushing to…
Brainwashing Future Reporters: Journalism Professors Lash Out at Fox
Despite many calls for people across the country to work together in reversing the coronavirus outbreak, several journalism professors have decided to go “against the flow” and criticize the most popular network on cable television. An open letter sent to the heads of the Fox News Channel was signed by 74 teachers and released by Oliver Darcy, a senior media reporter for the liberal CNN…
Joy Reid Guest: Fox News Has Been 'Getting People Killed for Years'
NY Times Delivers Page One Climate Lectures For Australia
PBS Science Reporter Blames Global Warming for Australian Wildfires
