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Written by Terrell Clemmons
Earlier this month, David Frum spilled his spleen in a lengthy harangue at The Atlantic titled, This Is Trump’s Fault. Against the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak, the author of the upcoming Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy, spent more than 5,000 words (that would be about a ten-page, single-spaced Word document, by the way) taking the president to task in hyperbolic, over-the-top, no-holds-barred terms.… Continue Reading
Tags: Coronavirus, COVID–19, David Frum, Donald J. Trump, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Mike Pence, PragerU, The Atlantic, This Is Trump’s Fault, Trump Derangement Syndrome, Trumpocalypse, Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy
Federal Elections, Media Watch, Political | David E. Smith |
April 22, 2020 4:00 AM |
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Written by David Limbaugh
Though some deny it, many harbor a strong hostility toward Christians in our society, especially those who obediently wear their faith on their sleeves.
You know what they find worse than an outspoken evangelical Christian? An outspoken evangelical Christian who’s also an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump. Talk about a perfect storm of contemptibility!
Mike Lindell, owner of MyPillow, and the Rev. Franklin Graham fall squarely into this category.… Continue Reading
Tags: Ali Velshi, Brad Hoylman, CNN, Corey Johnson, Coronavirus, Daily Beast, Dean Obeidallah, Donald Trump, Franklin Graham, Jonathan Chait, Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, Mike Lindell, MSNBC, My Pillow, New York Magazine
Media Watch | David E. Smith |
April 4, 2020 7:00 AM |
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Written by Peter Heck
In a 2017 USA Today op-ed, journalist Jonathan Merritt, who has distinguished himself by persistently undermining the authority of Scripture while wearing the name of Jesus, fretted over a potential Christian boycott of Disney and its LGBT activism. He wrote:
It risks making Christians look like antiquated bigots, and it reeks of moral hypocrisy. Worse, it diverts energy from a more worthwhile effort: teaching Christian children to coexist in a pluralistic society.
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Tags: Bill de Blasio, Chick-Fil-A, intersectionality, Jonathan Merritt, LGBTyranny, New York, Samaritan's Purse, USA Today, Washington Post
Media Watch, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
April 3, 2020 7:00 AM |
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Written by Peter Heck
When Gallup released the results of their recent Coronavirus crisis trust poll, I can’t help but think there were several jaws that hit the floor in America’s newsrooms. Having asked the American people whether they approved or disapproved of the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by a host of various leaders and institutions, there was only one that found more disapproval than approval, on average.
President Trump? No, by a wide 22 points, Americans approved of his leadership.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chuck Todd, CNN, Coronavirus, COVID–19, Donald J. Trump, Jake Tapper, Laura Ingraham, Nancy Pelosi, NBC, Sean Hannity
Media Watch | David E. Smith |
March 31, 2020 4:00 AM |
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Written by Andrea Widburg
In February, China reported that chloroquine could fight coronavirus, which led to a burst of media optimism. However, when President Donald Trump said he hoped that chloroquine might cure coronavirus, the media instantly turned on the drug. Unsurprisingly, the media were wrong. The lead doctor of the latest study on the drug says chloroquine is so helpful it would be unethical to deny it to control groups.
We first learned about chloroquine in mid-February, when Sun Yanrong, the deputy head of the China National Center for Biotechnology Development, announced that it was one of three drugs that the Chinese had successfully used to treat coronavirus.… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
During this period of social distancing and stay-at-home orders, how can conservatives effectively communicate in ways that will affect election outcomes and impact our culture? Carol Davis says social media is a great medium to disseminate these messages.
In her address at the Women Win 2020 conference that was held in Washington, D.C. and sponsored by FreedomWorks, Davis presented tips for making the most of Facebook posts and shares and Twitter tweets and retweets.… Continue Reading
Written by Peter Heck
It has become nearly impossible to take the New York Times seriously. Even those who appreciate the Times regularly quote it not because of its accuracy or insight, but because it’s taking a caustic (and usually careless) swipe at a president that they hate. That’s not a great look for the country’s “newspaper of record.”
The most recent demonstration of their embarrassing current state of affairs has to be education policy reporter Erica L.… Continue Reading
Written by Robert Knight
“You don’t ever want a crisis to go to waste. It’s an opportunity to do things that you would otherwise avoid.”
So said former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was President Obama’s chief of staff and an astute practitioner of smashmouth politics.
It’s worth remembering this as the Democrats and their media do everything they can to hype the dangers of the Wuhan coronavirus. Not that it isn’t deadly serious. It is.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alex M. Azar II, Bernie Sanders, COVID–19, Donald Trump, Eliot L. Engel, Hyde Amendment, Joe Biden, Media Research Center, Melania Trump, Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, National PTA Legislative Conference, Nita Lowey, Obamacare, Rahm Emanuel, Rose L. DeLauro, USA Today, Washington Post, World Health Organization, Wuhan coronavirus, xenophobic
Media Watch | David E. Smith |
March 19, 2020 7:00 AM |
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Written by Carol M. Swain
Under the guise of a venture called the “1619 Project,” revisionist history about race in America is being introduced into classrooms across America without undergoing the normal peer review expected of educational materials. August 2019 marked the birth of the project, a publication of The New York Times Magazine and the Pulitzer organization, containing a collection of essays and artistic works to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of slavery in America.… Continue Reading
Tags: Carol M. Swain, critical race theory, Cultural Marxism, Declaration of Independence, Founding Fathers, History of Black Americans, indentured servitude, Jake Silverstein, Philip Foner, Slavery, The 1619 Project, The New York Times, victim-hood, white guilt
Education, Media Watch | David E. Smith |
February 21, 2020 7:00 AM |
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Written by Jane Ryan Carrell
Chicago Tribune writer Eric Zorn has offered a new paradigm for U.S. elections. Zorn says, “Let’s give Green Card holders (non-citizens who have legal status to reside permanently and work in the U.S.) voting rights. After all, they pay taxes!” His January 23rd column is titled, “Jesse White’s blunder makes me want to ask, what’s so terrible about allowing non-citizens to vote?”
The column was precipitated by the news that Illinois’ automatic voter registration system, which is in effect at driver’s license facilities and other state agencies, had mistakenly registered 545 non-citizens who had interacted with a state agency.… Continue Reading