Written by Robert Knight
One of the most chilling scenes in the anti-communist 1965 film “Dr. Zhivago” shows the doctor returning to his Moscow home after forced duty in the Red Army.
The Bolsheviks overthrew the czar and took power in Russia in the October Revolution of 1917.
As his wife, Tonya, gives him a hug and a silent warning, Yuri looks around and sees dozens of people unrelated to him. What was once the Zhivagos’ home — a large, magnificent house — is now a sordid commune crammed with state-sponsored squatters.… Continue Reading
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Bidenomics, Bolsheviks, Carolyn Hax, Dr. Zhivago, Michael J. Coren, Riley Gaines, Ten Commandments, The Washington Times, Valerie Richardson, Washington Post
Media Watch | David E. Smith | June 25, 2024 4:00 AM | Comments Off on The Left’s War On The American Dream
Written by Tim Graham
It’s hard to believe, but our “news” media think U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito‘s wife hanging a flag upside-down outside their home for a few days is a much more serious matter than an attempted assassination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022. That story was quickly squashed.
Start with taxpayer-funded National Public Radio, which never managed to produce a single feature story on the foiled Kavanaugh assassination but has provided multiple stories in the Alito flag frenzy.… Continue Reading
Tags: Brett Kavanaugh, Chris Hayes, Clarence Thomas, Elie Mystal, Ketanji Brown Jackson, NAACP, National Public Radio, Nina Totenberg, Ruth Bader, Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court
Media Watch | David E. Smith | May 31, 2024 1:00 PM | Comments Off on Smearing Alito and Thomas as Racist Insurrectionists
Written by Peter Heck
Much has been said about the Harrison Butker situation over the course of the last few days, but I wonder if anyone has paused to consider how violative the secular progressive left is right now of their own rules of inclusion and open-mindedness.
A few years ago, I watched a commencement address at a moderately sized public university. The speaker spent nothing short of 25 minutes warning the graduates about the perils of homophobia, transphobia, climate change, and more than a few other buzzwords associated with our state religion.… Continue Reading
Written by Tim Graham
On May 11, Kansas City Chiefs placekicker Harrison Butker gave the commencement address at Benedictine College, a Catholic school in Kansas. Within 48 hours, the media elites were ablaze with outrage. There’s a “growing uproar,” warned NBC’s Hoda Kotb.
A Catholic speaker talked about Catholic issues to Catholic graduates. But the Butker critics who aren’t Catholics pulled out little snippets they could not abide.
First, they hated that Butker paid tribute to his wife Isabelle for making him successful, for assuming “one of the most important titles of all: homemaker.”… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Benedictine College, Bobby Burack, Catholic, Change.org, Harrison Butker, Hoda Kotb, Joe Biden, Jonathan Beane, Kansas City Chiefs, NFL, Outkick, Rashee Rice
Media Watch | David E. Smith | May 17, 2024 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Boos and Hisses for the Kansas City Kicker
Written by Peter Heck
Last week, what remains of the United Methodist Church voted to reject the authority of God’s Word on matters of human sexuality and publicly affirm and embrace sin as a tenet of their denomination.
There was nothing particularly surprising about the move. In fact, after having chased all of the God-honoring, Christ-worshipping, Bible-submitting believers out of their group, it was completely expected.
Not the Bee reported on their convention/rainbow circus HERE several days ago when it happened.… Continue Reading
Tags: Christianity Today, Forbes Matonga, heresy, MSNBC, Relevant Magazine, Religion News Service, Tyler Huckabee, United Methodist Church, West Zimbabwe
Faith & Religion, Media Watch | David E. Smith | May 8, 2024 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Someone Please Tell Christianity Today There’s Nothing “Historic” About Heresy
Written by Tim Graham
The national media consider themselves essential in educating the electorate, so what happens when the electorate does not consider them a trustworthy guardian of democracy?
The Associated Press and the American Press Institute just released a poll on the 2024 election and found only 14% of their sample expressed “a great deal of confidence in election-related information they receive from national sources.” By contrast, 46% have little or no confidence at all in the information they receive from national news organizations.… Continue Reading
Tags: American Press Institute, Associated Press, Brian Stelter, Chris Licht, CNN, David Bauder, Donald Trump, Katherine Maher, Michael Bolden, National Public Radio, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post
Media Watch | David E. Smith | May 3, 2024 11:00 AM | Comments Off on Little Trust for the ‘Democracy-Saving’ Media
Written by Peter Heck
Truth isn’t trendy.
The proclamation of truth isn’t to concern itself with fads.
That’s why I don’t get into pastoral sermon series that focus on Hollywood movies and how they reflect gospel themes. It’s why I don’t understand the desire of believers to immediately promote high-profile converts into positions where they speak on behalf of the church.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m more than elated and hopeful when I see those so entrenched in our godless culture be delivered from it all.… Continue Reading
Written by Dr. Everett Piper
In the past few weeks, Uri Berliner, a 25-year veteran of NPR, blew the whistle on the state-funded media giant’s pervasive liberal bias. In response, NPR’s new CEO, Katherine Maher, suspended the senior editor without pay for telling the truth about the company. This ultimately led to Mr. Berliner‘s resignation.
NPR’s heavy-handedness in suppressing truthful dissent should surprise no one. Ms. Maher, after all, has been clear in saying that “truth” is not important to her.… Continue Reading
Written by Robert Knight
For years, those of us in the media have known that National Public Radio could also be called National People’s Radio.
It’s no secret that tax-subsidized NPR has leaned left since its inception in 1970. But the network had some good reporting and used to keep its most radical elements mostly in check.
Public radio even features discussions pitting conservatives against liberals on various issues. I did some of those when I worked as a cultural policy analyst for the Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America.… Continue Reading
Tags: Adam Schiff, Black Lives Matter, Concerned Women for America, DEI values, Donald Trump, Family Research Council, George Floyd, Hillary Clinton, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, National Public Radio, New York Post, NPR, Sarah Lawrence, Substack, Uri Berliner, Washington Times, white privilege
Media Watch | David E. Smith | April 15, 2024 7:00 AM | Comments Off on NPR’s Lurch to the Left
Written by Peter Heck
The over-politicization of our culture has ruined so much. Among plenty of other things, our language has been one of the greatest casualties of our 24-hour “news” culture, our obsession over ideological purity and political scandal. Words don’t mean what they used to mean anymore.
People who aren’t bigots are called bigots because it’s easier to call names than make arguments.
Things that aren’t racism are deemed racist because shaming is easier than logically engaging.… Continue Reading