Ad Fontes seeks to determine which media platforms are acceptable for Americans to use and which ought to be dismantled—all under the guise of non-partisanship and impartiality. However, an MRC Free Speech America investigation into Ad Fontes exposed the company’s claim of impartiality to be a mere facade.
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Broadcast Nets Still Won’t Admit Killer Is an Illegal Alien
The major broadcast networks have spent 114 minutes of airtime on Danelo Cavalcante, the illegal alien who escaped a Pennsylvania prison on August 31 after being convicted of murder. Yet throughout this coverage, no broadcast network has reported that Cavalcante entered this country illegally.
Media Hide the “D” When Covering Those Prosecuting Trump
TV news coverage of the 2024 campaign has been dominated by the legal cases brought against Donald Trump. Yet even though these cases are taking place in the obviously partisan environment of a presidential election, an examination of ABC, CBS and NBC evening news coverage finds the networks rarely identified even elected Democratic prosecutors as “Democrats.”
Tell-All Biden Book Exposes Mental Slips
This damaging book by Franklin Foer says that Biden allegedly whined that his aides treat him “like a toddler.” “The Last Politician” was written by Franklin Foer, a staff writer at The Atlantic.
Unprofessional Media Tie DeSantis to Mass Shooting
One of the most infuriating and tiresome tactics our hyperpartisan media employ is trying to tie a mass shooting to conservative policy or rhetoric. Speaking out against critical race theory in our schools shouldn’t be thrown on a greasy slope with inspiring violent death.
ABC Joins NBC in Smear Linking DeSantis Black History Standards to Shooting
Monday’s ABC World News Tonight joined both NBC’s flagship morning and evening newscasts in smearing Ron DeSantis by linking the DeSantis administration’s African-American history standards to the racist mass shooter who killed three shoppers at a Dollar General in a predominantly black neighborhood in Jacksonville.
CBS Gleefully Mocks Trump for His Weight at Booking
Was Trump exaggerating how light he was? More than likely. Did it require an entire segment with special graphics to mock it? Definitely not. Were there better things they could have used the time for? Yes, like the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Biden family corruption.
TV News Spends Days Pushing Misinformation on Topical Storms Battering SoCal
Looking to blame the rare event on climate change, many of their estimates on how “historic” the storm was ranged from 26 to 84 years since the last tropical storm dumped rain on the region. In reality, it was just one year ago.
Networks Spend Over 60 Minutes on Trump’s Georgia Indictment
Fulton County DA Fani Willis, gave the liberal media another excuse to ignore the bribery and corruption allegations swirling around Biden and his family. Between Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning, the Big Three broadcast networks dedicated a combined 62 minutes flat on their flagship newscasts to hyping Trump’s fourth indictment.
Damning Report Reveals Big Tech’s Interference in Kari Lake’s Election
Newly obtained emails expose how social media platforms helped turn Arizona into a hub of leftist politicians. The Arizona Capitol Oversight unleashed on August 10 emails exposing how Governor Katie Hobbs, as then-Arizona secretary of state, coerced Twitter and Facebook to censor her leading opponents ahead of her contentious bid for governor in 2022.
Former Aide Says Biden Team Sees the Press as a “Threat” and “Hazard”
On the Fox commentator Howard Kurtz lamented that Biden rarely appears before cameras, and former Jill Biden press aide Michael LaRosa departed from the Democrat script and lamented that Team Biden lives “in a bunker mentality” and treat the press “as a threat, as a hazard, and not as an opportunity.”
Networks Spend Nearly 25 Minutes on Latest Trump Indictment
In stark contrast to their dismissive coverage of Hunter Biden’s criminal activity, the three networks spent a combined 24 minutes and 36 seconds on the third indictment of Trump. ABC’s World News Tonight was the worst offender when it comes to the obsessive network coverage.
CNN and MSNBC Barely Mention Hunter Pal Devon Archer
Instead, they bring up Trump 759 times.
MSNBC Historian Says Trump Could Start Jailing People
On MSNBC’s The ReidOut, anchor Joy Reid hosted the network’s pseudo-historian Michael Beschloss to concoct yet another one of his conspiracy theories about how former President Donald Trump is a wannabe fascist dictator and will start jailing people if he gets elected again in 2024.
Networks Ignore Axios Report of Biden Screaming at Staff
A stunning report by Axios revealed that Biden frequently screams at his staff when he’s not given the answers he requests. Despite breathlessly reporting on false rumors and innuendo about then-president Trump for four years, all three evening news broadcasts ignored this story because it would make Biden look bad.
NY Times Reporter Smears Moms for Liberty
New York Times reporter Jonathan Weisman, who has a history of sketching conservatives as racist and/or bigoted extremists, gleefully went after the newly influential Moms for Liberty, founded to oppose school closings and mask-vaccine mandates in schools and which now targets the teaching of Critical Race Theory principles in schools.
PBS Showers Hunter and Joe with Sympathy
The PBS weekly political roundtable Washington Week on Friday used Hunter Biden’s surprise appearance at a White House state dinner to actually linger over the Hunter controversy. But the panelists offered a soft shoulder for President Biden, having to deal with a family crisis even as nasty Republicans try to make political hay out of his personal suffering.
NewsNation Displays “Countdown” to Titanic Sub Passengers Dying
Liberal cable networks like CNN tried a similar stunt during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, running a “death counter” graphic as a passive jab at then-President Trump’s handling of the crisis. However, as with CNN’s death counter, NewsNation’s countdown timer instead came off as grim sensationalism.
It’s Ironic That MSNBC and CNN Refused to Air Trump Speech, Because They Can’t Air Untruths
Are anchors Maddow and Tapper seriously trying to suggest that Joe Biden, or Barack Obama never lied? Because we know their speeches were aired live on CNN and MSNBC.
The Woke Tony Awards
The Tony Awards celebrating the “best” of Broadway on CBS became a LGBT rally on Sunday night. The oh-so-progressive cheered wildly like they were all in Stephen Colbert’s late-night audience.
Bye-Bye Chuck! The Worst of NBC’s Todd
Here are just a few of his most egregious attacks on conservatives and his praise of progressives since 2014 including citing research that there are more than two genders and stating that Republicans are putting party over country.
NPR Hypes Mary Trump’s Amateur Romance Novel with E.J. Carroll
You might think the liberal snobs who dominate the NPR audience would look down on the romance novel. But NPR can’t resist hyping a romance novel when it’s written by heroes of the #Resistance. On Friday’s All Things Considered, NPR reported Trump’s bitter niece Mary Trump is writing a romance novel. This story dominated the ATC website on Friday.
Blame the Media for the National Debt
What is the budget for the current fiscal year? What was the last budget deficit? How large is the national debt? These are questions that are rarely answered by news anchors. What we get is a lot of horse-race jockeying and finger-pointing instead of facts. They must think the viewers are too stupid to juggle numbers.
Nets Trash DeSantis in Attempt to Bury Him Before 2024 Launch
On Wednesday morning ahead of Governor Ron DeSantis’s 2024 presidential announcement with Twitter owner Elon Musk, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC lambasted DeSantis from the left and touted Trump’s attacks, all in an attempt to bury DeSantis before he officially enters the race.