Written by Robert Knight
More people than ever realize the media are gaslighting us. But I wonder if they know just how much.
You can lie with falsehoods or you can omit or obscure inconvenient facts. Just watch any “mainstream” media coverage of the Jan. 6 show trial. On second thought, why would you want to?
I thought about all this while reading the “Fact Checker” column by Glenn Kessler in The Washington Post.
Mr.… Continue Reading
Tags: AIDS epidemic, And the Band Played On, Benjamin Ryan, China, Chuck Grassley, Democrat Party, Donald Trump, Fact Checker, Glenn Kessler, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, LaQuandra Nesbitt, monkeypox, petroleum reserve, Randy Shilts, Sinopec, The Washington Post, Washington Examiner
Media Watch | David E. Smith |
July 28, 2022 7:00 AM |
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Written by Tim Graham
The very supportive media environment around President Joe Biden has turned suddenly sour over this administration’s shoddy handling of Afghanistan. This debacle shouldn’t be buried and ignored by the press, like they’ve tried to do with the border crisis. But Biden’s gone back to hiding as a strategy, as he did in his 2020 presidential campaign.
For four days, the president disappeared from public view. Then he gave a speech on Aug.… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, David Axelrod, David Brooks, Donald Trump, Edward-Isaac Dovere, George Stephanopoulos, Glenn Kessler, Jen Psaki, Jim Geraghty, Joe Biden, Khizr Khan, Mark Knoller, National Review, New York Times, Peter Baker, Washington Post
Media Watch | David E. Smith |
August 23, 2021 7:00 AM |
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Written by Robert Knight
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has again apologized – sort of – for lying about being an American Indian back when it helped advance her academic legal career.
At a Native American presidential forum in Sioux City, Iowa last week, the Massachusetts Democrat framed her prevarications as a mistake:
“I want to say this, like anyone who’s been honest with themselves, I know that I have made mistakes. I am sorry for harm that I have caused.
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Tags: 2020 Election, Black Lives Matter, Darren Wilson, Elizabeth Warren, Ferguson, Glenn Kessler, Heather MacDonald, Kamala Harris, Laquan McDonald, Michael Brown, Robert McCulloch, The War on Cops, Washington Post
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith |
August 31, 2019 4:00 AM |
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Written by Jonah Goldberg
For partisan Democrats, when the word “Benghazi” comes up, the sophisticated thing to do is roll your eyes. If the name Charles Woods comes up, the normal thing to do is say, “Who?”
So let’s talk about Cindy Sheehan for a moment instead. Remember her?
For a while, she was the Joan of Arc of the anti-war Left. The mother of a U.S. Army specialist killed in Iraq, Sheehan held a vigil outside President George W.… Continue Reading
Tags: Benghazi, Brian Williams, Carl Quintanilla, Charles Woods, Cindy Sheehan, George Stephanopoulos, Glenn Kessler, Hillary Clinton, ISIS, Islamic State, Joe the Plumber, Matt Welch, Patricia Smith, Sandra Fluke, Tom McLaughlin, Tyrone Woods, Valerie Plame
Federal Elections, Media Watch, Political | David E. Smith |
January 20, 2016 6:00 AM |
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Written by Roger Aronoff
A new ad put out by the left-wing Advocacy Project seeks to link Republican budget cuts with the spread of the Ebola virus, a shameful fear tactic that could take hold among a populace rightfully concerned about this epidemic. While media organizations such as Time Magazine and Real Clear Politics have reported on the existence of the video, all they did was cite the ad, not challenge the veracity of its information.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bobby Jindal, Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Francis Collins, Erica Payne, Glenn Kessler, Hillary Clinton, Joy Reid, National Institutes of Health, New York Times, Sheri Fink, World Health Organization
Illinois Politics, Media Watch | David E. Smith |
October 22, 2014 5:00 AM |
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