Written by Peter Heck
No one familiar with the world of politics would mistake Vox co-founder Matthew Yglesias as anything but a long-time, card-carrying leftist. As pointed out by the Washington Free Beacon,
He advocated for lying about the benefits of Republicans’ tax cuts. He dismissed Joe Biden’s plagiarism habit. He tacitly endorsed terrorizing Tucker Carlson’s family.
No longer with Vox, Yglesias runs his own podcast and Substack newsletter, farming for attention with provocative posts on his X account.… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, John McCain, Matthew Yglesias, Mitt Romney, NPR, Paul Ryan, Tucker Carlson, Vox, Washington Free Beacon
Federal Elections, Media Watch, Political | David E. Smith | October 25, 2024 6:00 AM | Comments Off on The Dirty Little Secret the Left Won’t Admit About Trump
Written by Don Surber
On Labor Day, the traditional start of fall election campaigns, Real Clear Politics gave Kamala Harris a lead of 1.8 points in the national polls. On the same date in 2020, Joe Biden had a 7.2 point lead. On the same date in 2016, Hillary Clinton had a 4.1 point lead.
While this appears to be comforting news, the three races were different because the first two races had October Surprises that favored Donald J.… Continue Reading
Tags: 2024 Election, Anthony Wiener, Arlington National Cemetery, Chinese Communist Party, COVID, Donald J. Trump, Hillary Clinton, J.D. Vance, Jeff Carlson, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Lara Trump, Make America Great Again, NPR, Real Clear Politics, RFK Jr., RNC, Scott Pressler, Social Security, Tim Walz, Tulsi Gabbard
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | September 7, 2024 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Making It Too Big To Rig
Written by Tim Graham
On the same day that President Joe Biden implied Jan. 6 was a darker day than 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, leftist protesters fought and shoved police and burned the American flag near the Capitol. They pulled down the American flag and replaced it with the Palestinian flag. Some flew the Hamas flag and vandalized monuments with spray-painted slogans like “Hamas is comin'” and “I commend Hamas.”
The occasion was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to a joint session of Congress.… Continue Reading
Tags: ABC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, All Things Considered, Andrea Mitchell, Benjamin Netanyahu, CBS, Hamas, Jennifer Ludden, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Lester Holt, Matt Gutman, Nancy Pelosi, NBC, Nick Schifrin, NPR, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PBS NewsHour, Rashida Tlaib, Scott MacFarlane, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Tom Malinowski
Islam & Sharia, Media Watch | David E. Smith | July 27, 2024 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Sanitizing Violent, Flag-Burning Pro-Hamas Protesters
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 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 Tim Graham
One of the grandest fictions of our leftist media is that somehow, championing “social change” is what makes you a “bona fide news organization.” Anyone who resists that siren song isn’t a professional, but a propagandist. One-sided coverage is great — if you’ve picked the right side.
On Feb. 19, National Public Radio displayed this fiction with an audaciously arrogant story headlined “Poland’s new government deprograms its once far-right public media.” Let’s especially giggle at the word “deprogram.”… Continue Reading
Written by Tim Graham
The line between radical activism and “mainstream” journalism has been obliterated, especially when it comes to the LGBTQ+ lobbyists. The war on traditional Christianity is on. It was splashed all over the front page of the July 25 USA Today.
The headline above the photograph was “Christian transgender man says fighting LGBTQ+ discrimination has increased his faith.” The big headline underneath was the trans man’s quote: “This is what I was supposed to be doing.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Alliance Defending Freedom, Glen Haworth, Grant Hagiya, Gregory Baylor, Jason DeRose, Morning Edition, NPR, Religious Exemption Accountability Project, Thomas Aquinas, Tim Graham, United Methodist Church, USA Today, Zayn Silva
Media Watch | David E. Smith | July 28, 2023 7:00 AM | Comments Off on The ‘Mainstream’ Media’s Radical Rebellion Against God
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 | Comments Off on Congressional Hearings About Team Biden Die in Darkness
Yes, I called IL-11 Republican nominee Catalina Lauf a “phony” on national radio and here’s why
by John Lopez
On September 11, 2022, I phoned in to Beyond the Beltway with Bruce DuMont, which is broadcast live across the country Sunday nights from Salem Media Group’s studios in Elk Grove Village. Three Republican guests were talking about Donald Trump’s influence on Republican Party politics. In particular, DuMont and three guests were talking about Hispanic voters.… Continue Reading
Tags: 2nd Amendment, abortion, Bill Foster, Bruce DuMont, Burgess Owens, Cal Skinner, Catalina Lauf, Derek Murphy, Esther Joy King, FEC, John Feehery, Keith Pekau, McHenry County Blog, NPR, NRA, Regan Deering, Salem radio, Sallie Nyhan Davis, The Hill
Exclude From Homepage, Federal Elections, Federal Issues, Illinois Politics, Political | Admin | September 15, 2022 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Catalina Lauf Abandons “Pro-Life Conservative” and Second Amendment Planks