The “prestige media” that lecture everyone else about being patsies for disinformation ought to be humbler and more apologetic about how they report on “mass casualty” events that have the potential to cause global unrest.
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Networks Give “The Squad” a Pass on Palestine Hospital Disinformation
On Wednesday, all three broadcast networks began their evening newscasts with the latest on the partially destroyed hospital in Gaza — specifically, that U.S. intel agencies and even the President himself had confirmed all evidence pointed to a misfired Hamas rocket as the cause, not an Israeli airstrike. However, none of these networks sought comment from Reps Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who have not yet acknowledged that Israel was not responsible.
“60 Minutes” Escorts Fumbling Biden
Once again, former CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley politely offered Biden a helpful platform to pretend he’s taking the tough questions. Pelley did not confront the president with his frosty relationship with Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Instead, Biden was painted as the family man who visited German death camps.
Why Did George Soros Fund a Radical, Pro-Hamas Group?
Al-Shabaka, also known as the “Middle East Policy Network,” published a disgustingly brazen post on X (formerly Twitter) in support of Hamas roughly a day after the terrorist group launched thousands of rockets on Israel and proceeded to rape women, murder civilians and kidnap children and the elderly.
When Reporters Get Cozy with the Democrat Pals
Anyone watching the TV coverage of President Biden can sense the chumminess between the president and the pro-Biden press. But you don’t always see the friendships behind the scenes.
More Election Interference as Google Search Buries Biden Opponents
Is Google shilling for Biden? It appears so, as its search engine once again buried Republican “presidential campaign websites.”
Media Literacy Firm Rigged to Davos Left-Wing Media
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.
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.