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
Written by David Harsanyi
One of the central justifications for the Left’s proposed court-packing scheme is to claim that the reversal of Roe v. Wade is so radically out of step with the American public that it is an undemocratic, minoritarian power grab. Not only is the argument based on the unconstitutional notion that justices should weigh the vagaries of public opinion before ruling but it also relies on the irreconcilable claim that empowering the public to vote on an issue unmentioned in the U.S.… Continue Reading
Written by Tim Graham
There’s a second wave of media reaction to John Durham‘s latest filing on the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. The first wave was silence, hoping somehow the whole story would vanish. Now the second wave is “Explainers,” which attempt to hem and haw defensively through the whole business.
The Associated Press “Explainer” was headlined “How the latest Trump-Russia filing generated buzz.” This article was sent to me on Twitter by a fellow who apparently hates Donald Trump with the energy of a thousand suns, so that illustrates the type of people who eagerly share these dismissive articles.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Elissa Nadworny, Eric Tucker, Hillary Clinton, John Durham, Michael Sussman, Monica Lewinsky, NPR, Robert Mueller, Russian Collusion Hoax, Ryan Lucas, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Trump-Russia investigation
Media Watch | David E. Smith | February 18, 2022 8:00 AM | Comments Off on ‘Explainer’ Articles Insist Nobody ‘Spied’ on Trump
Written by Tim Graham
CNN anchor Brianna Keilar is hosting a temporary program pompously titled “Democracy In Peril.” On Jan. 18, Keilar huffed: “We can’t discuss the tsunami of disinformation, jeopardizing American democracy, without talking about the mothership, Fox.”
On the very same day, NPR U.S. Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg aired a story claiming that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was callously ignoring requests from Chief Justice John Roberts to wear a mask during oral arguments in deference to diabetes-suffering colleague Justice Sonia Sotomayor.… Continue Reading
Tags: Ariane de Vogue, Bret Baier, Brian Fallon, Brian Stelter, Brianna Keilar, Clarence Thomas, David Gura, Drew Holden, Eddie Glaude, John Roberts, MSNBC, Neil Gorsuch, Nina Totenberg, NPR, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Shannon Bream, Sonia Sotomayor, Twitter
Media Watch | David E. Smith | January 21, 2022 11:00 AM | Comments Off on NPR’s Fake News From the SCOTUS