NewsBusters Podcast: Leftists Identify As 'Truthful, Not Neutral'

September 15th, 2023 10:17 PM

The advocates of aggressive liberal bias have endorsed the Christiane Amanpour slogan "truthful, not neutral." CNN host Dana Bash even wore a shirt on air with the slogan to celebrate Amanpour's 40th anniversary with CNN. They equate "truthful" with liberal and "democracy" with victory for Democrats.

The WashPost Way: 'Badass' Journalists 'Afflicting the Comfortable'

October 15th, 2022 5:17 PM

Margaret Sullivan recently stepped away from her soapbox as a media columnist for The Washington Post, but she has a new book -- Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life. She touts Woodward and Bernstein as "badass," loves the "righteousness" of reporters "afflicting the comfortable," and backs "radical change" from the woke mob in newsrooms.

NPR Skips the D-Word on Reporter's Killer, Alludes to Trump Instead

September 11th, 2022 11:06 PM

On the terribly titled All Things Considered on Saturday night, NPR weekend anchor Michel Martin explored threats to journalists and journalism with liberal Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan, who just left the paper. They began with the killing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German by a Democrat...and they never mentioned the Democrat part. 

Comical WashPost Complaint: Liberal Media 'Fell for Pro-Life Rhetoric'

May 7th, 2022 7:26 PM

Liberal media critics seem to blame the liberal media whenever conservatives get a win -- or in the case of the Alito draft on abortion, a prospective win. Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan dragged the media as patsies for the pro-lifers under the headline: "The media fell for ‘pro-life’ rhetoric — and helped create this mess."

WashPost's Sullivan Hopes New Top NY Times Editor Embraces Strong Bias

April 25th, 2022 6:36 AM

Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan wants the incoming executive editor of the New York Times to ditch any shred of objective coverage of "radicalized" Republicans since they, in her view, pose a threat to democracy.

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UPDATED: Sleazebags Use Death of Fox News Cameraman to Score Points

March 15th, 2022 2:24 PM

On Tuesday, we got more terrible details about the fate of the Fox News crew that came under fire by Russian forces as they were newsgathering outside Kyiv on Monday where one was left hospitalized and at least two killed, including cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and local reporter/producer Oleksandra Kuvshynova. Of course, this meant that some of the classless ghouls in the liberal media were…

WashPost Media Columnist: We Haven't Obsessed Over 1/6 or Trump Enough

January 3rd, 2022 2:14 PM

Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan was thumping the tub for aggressively activist journalism with a new vigor on Monday under the headline “If American democracy is going to survive, the media must make this crucial shift.” The crucial shift? More activism. More overt grabbing readers and viewers by the lapels and scaring them. "Shout it from the rooftops," she insisted…

WashPost's Sullivan: Stop 'Fair-Minded' Coverage of January 6 Hearings

July 28th, 2021 10:58 PM

Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan once again claims it is the patriotic duty of journalists to ditch objectivity in covering the January 6 hearings.

NEW NewsBusters Podcast: Margaret Sullivan's Rules for Radicals

April 16th, 2021 4:55 PM

On Wednesday, Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan had a column headlined "Bad news for journalists: The public doesn’t share our values." A new poll from the so-called Media Insight Project is "disturbing." The pull quote is “Only one of five core values touted by journalists also shares support of a majority of Americans.”

WashPost Media Critic Warns WH Press, Don't Be Too 'Tough' on Biden!

March 23rd, 2021 4:55 PM

We’re two days out from President Biden’s first ever formal press conference and Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan is getting worried. Not for her fellow journalists, getting transparent information from a president who has been hiding from the press for over 60 days now, of course.

Ben Shapiro Column: This Is Not Normal

January 27th, 2021 2:48 PM

For four years, we were informed by our establishment media that President Donald Trump's behavior was "not normal." The abnormality of Trump's behavior became a near rallying cry for the self-appointed heroes of journalism, who spent every waking hour poring over his bizarre tweets and his bloviating self-absorption. The media dedicated themselves to preventing Trump's supposed normalization…

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Tucker Truth-Bomb: CNN, Media Lefties Want to See FNC Shut Down

January 26th, 2021 7:56 PM

During his Monday night monologue, Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson stated the blunt, honest truth that, from CNN to The Washington Post, many in the liberal media see it as their life’s mission to not only shut down Fox News (and we would add like-minded outlets), but send every last person who worked there to the unemployment lines.

WashPost's Sullivan to Press: No Obsessing Over Trump After Term's Up

December 21st, 2020 12:21 PM

Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan, who has spent the past four years obsessing about President Donald Trump is now begging the media to stop covering Trump after he leaves office.

WashPost Freaks Out Over 'Race & Violence In Our Cities' Debate Topic

September 25th, 2020 3:39 PM

Merely the announcement of topics for the first presidential debate caused great liberal angst and foot-stomping at The Washington Post. We found four articles of complaint so far. They couldn't just wait for the actual questions??