Written by David E. Smith
The Trump White House has officially launched a media-bias page on its website — and judging by the hysteria from the legacy press, the Trump Administration hit a nerve. Breitbart reports that the new page highlights falsehoods, distortions, and slanted coverage from the usual suspects. And the reaction from those “objective journalists” tells you everything you need to know.
It’s exciting to see a Republican administration go on offense rather than shrink back.… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Biden Administration, CNN, Freedom of the Press Foundation, Jake Tapper, Jennifer Welch, Jim Acosta, Joe Biden, Karine Jean-Pierre, MSNBC, News Literacy Project, NewsBusters, Oliver Darcy, President Donald J. Trump, Washington Post, White House
Media Watch | David E. Smith |
December 4, 2025 5:00 AM |
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Written by Dr. Everett Piper
A phrase often attributed to Saul Alinsky, author of “Rules for Radicals,” or to Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi minister of propaganda, is “Accuse your opponent of what you are doing, to create confusion and to inculcate voters against evidence of your own guilt.” Although attribution for this quote may be spurious, it continues to resonate with millions for a reason.
Psychological projection is part of our common human experience.… Continue Reading
Tags: Anthony Fauci, Bethany Bomberger, CNN, Gavin Newsom, Jake Tapper, Jared Polis, Joe Biden, Joseph Goebbels, Kelly Loving Act, Matt Walsh, Psychological projection, Roderick Theis, Ryan Bomberger, Saul Alinsky, St. Isidore of Seville v. Drummond
Media Watch | David E. Smith |
May 28, 2025 9:00 AM |
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Written by Robert Knight
The only good thing to come out of COVID-19 is the public’s awakening to the fact that government officials will lie to us and the media will help them do it.
We might have suspected it, but it had never been so blatantly obvious, at least not since the Vietnam War or the vanishing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
If they lied to us six ways from Sunday about a pandemic and reasons to invade other countries, it’s a sure bet they have been lying to us about many other things.… Continue Reading
Tags: ABC News, Border Patrol, border security, CNN, COVID–19, Jake Tapper, Joe Biden, President Donald Trump, Riley Gaines, Stephanie Turner
Media Watch | David E. Smith |
May 19, 2025 5:00 AM |
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Written by Tim Graham
The first excerpts of the Jake Tapper-Alex Thompson book on denying former President Joe Biden’s obvious mental decline have been posted, and you can already sense Democrats don’t want to deal with what they have done.
The book’s title is “Original Sin.” Why the biblical title? The authors write:
“The original sin of Election 2024 was Biden’s decision to run for re-election — followed by aggressive efforts to hide his cognitive diminishment.”
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Tags: 2024 Election, ABC, Alex Thompson, Axios, Barack Obama, CBS, CNN, Dean Phillips, Donald Trump, Dylan Byers, George Clooney, Hunter Biden, Jake Tapper, Jill Biden, Joe Biden, NPR, Original Sin, PBS, PBS News Hour, The New Yorker
Media Watch | David E. Smith |
May 16, 2025 9:00 AM |
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Written by Tim Graham
Associated Press reporters were blunt about their latest poll:
“Americans actually agree on something in this time of raw discord: Joe Biden is too old to be an effective president in a second term.”
In the poll, fully 77% said Biden is too old to be effective for four more years, as he would turn 86 in the White House. Naturally, 89% of Republicans agreed — but so did 69% of Democrats and, most importantly for the general election, 74% of independents.… Continue Reading
Tags: 2024 Election, Associated Press, Dianne Feinstein, Donald Trump, Franklin Foer, Jake Tapper, Joe Biden, Joe Biden's Age Will Be an Issue in 2024, Karine Jean-Pierre, London Daily Mail, Mary Katharine Ham, Mitch McConnell, Rob Crilly, Ronald Reagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Strom Thurmond
Executive Branch, Federal Elections, Federal Issues, Political | Alyssa Sonnenburg |
September 2, 2023 5:00 AM |
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Written by Robert Knight
What is it with Republicans who try to fight the culture war with one hand tied behind their backs? They shift to a defensive crouch even when their position is clearly right.
G.K. Chesterton mocked this tendency years ago. Some politicians, he wrote, would loudly oppose the deadly mugging of a grandmother in a city park not because it’s immoral but because it would be a “waste of a perfectly good grandmother.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Abigail Shrier, Biden Administration, Brian Kilmeade, Chris Christie, CNN, female genital mutilation, Fox & Friends, Francis Suarez, G.K. Chesterton, gender affirming care, Gender Dysphoria, gender reassignment surgery, genderqueer, Hunter Biden, Jake Tapper, Joe Biden, LGBTQ flag, Los Angeles Dodgers, Navy Jones Roberts, Robert Knight, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Scott Wilk, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, State of the Union
Political | David E. Smith |
June 27, 2023 8:00 AM |
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Written by Tim Graham
As CNN looks for a new leader, former CNN host Brian Stelter proposed this as the most important question: “What should an anchor do when a guest says something untrue?”
The public could turn this question around: “What should a politician do when a CNN host says something untrue?” The Stelters of this world cannot imagine anyone at CNN would ever say anything false. They arrogantly presume they always defend the “truth.”… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Biden-Harris Campaign, Brian Stelter, CNN, Dana Bash, EWTN, H.R. 8296, Jake Tapper, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Owen Jensen, Planned Parenthood, PolitiFact, Roe v. Wade, Women's Health Protection Act
Media Watch | David E. Smith |
June 9, 2023 6:00 AM |
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Written by Peter Heck
I admit I know very little about former one-term congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois. Some quick online research reveals that he was a tea party activist elected in the anti-Obamacare Republican wave of 2010. During his short tenure in office, Walsh appears to have carved out a reputation as a staunch and sometimes harsh critic of former President Obama, and a reliable vote for conservative policy.
When he lost his re-election bid to Tammy Duckworth in 2012, Walsh went on to host a conservative talk radio show before announcing a presidential primary run against Donald Trump‘s re-election bid in the 2020 cycle.… Continue Reading
Tags: Black Lives Matter, Donald Trump, Jake Tapper, Joe Walsh, Paul Mitchell, Republican Party, Ron DeSantis, social justice, Tammy Duckworth, white nationalist
Media Watch | David E. Smith |
August 30, 2021 4:00 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 Dr. Michael Brown
It is insidious to watch the left do its dirty work of demonization. It starts with a narrative constructed on false accusations and misleading innuendos. Then, the narrative is repeated enough until it becomes accepted truth. Finally, wider conclusions are drawn from it, casting ugly aspersions on the innocent.
In the current iteration, the narrative began with accusations that President Donald Trump was a white supremacist and racist, fueled by selective quotes from his Charlottesville press conference.
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Tags: Barack Obama, Beto O’Rourke, CNN, Donald J. Trump, Donny Deutsch, Heather Mac Donald, Jake Tapper, Joe Lockhart, MSNBC, New York Times, Pete Buttigieg, Racism, Tim Scott, white supremacist
Marriage, Family & Culture, Media Watch | David E. Smith |
August 24, 2019 4:00 AM |
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