Written by Tim Graham
The easiest layup in proving the “mainstream media” is hyperpartisan is to study how they cover congressional hearings. After two years of obsessive media promotion and congratulation and live coverage of the Pelosi-picked panel on Jan. 6, the network “newscasts” can’t locate a hearing now with two hands.
On March 1, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Biden administration Attorney General Merrick Garland for the first time in the new Congress. The hearing was not devoid of newsworthiness.… Continue Reading
Tags: ABC, Brett Kavanaugh, Catholic, CBS, Jen Psaki, Joe Biden, Josh Hawley, Justice Department, Latin Mass Catholics, Mark Houck, Merrick Garland, NBC, Nicholas Roske, NPR, PBS, Ted Cruz, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
Executive Branch, Federal Issues, Media Watch | David E. Smith | 
March 3, 2023 8:06 AM | 
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Written by Tim Graham
President Joe Biden averaged a 56 percent job approval rating from his inauguration through March, according to Gallup, about the same as the ratings of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and much higher than former President Donald Trump‘s (42 percent). One factor in that approval might be the tone of press coverage.
Rich Noyes and Bill D’Agostino of the Media Research Center studied ABC, CBS and NBC evening-news programs from Jan.… Continue Reading
Tags: ABC, Bill Clinton, Bill D'Agostino, CBS, Dave Weigel, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Georgia, illegal immigration, Jim Crow, Joe Biden, John Aravosis, Major League Baseball, Media Research Center, NBC, Rich Noyes, Steven DeKnight, Twitter
Media Watch | David E. Smith | April 21, 2021 7:00 AM | Comments Off on The Watchdogs Nap for Biden
Written by Hugh Fitzgerald
On 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders about his early enthusiasm for Fidel Castro, the late Cuban dictator. Sanders said that he was no longer an enthusiast, but did want us all to remember that Castro had done some good. He praised the literacy program implemented by Castro, asking, “Is that a bad thing?”
No, it’s a not a bad thing. But it hardly makes up for 60 years of dictatorship, suppression of free speech, torture and imprisonment of political prisoners, destruction of much of the economy which for a long time was kept afloat by infusions of cash from the Soviet Union.… Continue Reading
Tags: 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper, Benito Mussolini, Bernie Sanders, CBS, Cuba, El Sistema, Fidel Castro, Geoffrey Baker, Hugo Chavez, Isaac Babel, Jorge Ramos, Nazi, Nicolas Maduro, Osip Mandelshtam, Piazza Venezia, Spanish Civil War, Univision
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | March 2, 2020 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Bernie Sanders on Cuba: “Is That A Bad Thing?”
