Written by Robert Knight
Anything can happen in 2024.
But right now, as the new year dawns, former President Donald Trump holds an insurmountable lead for the GOP presidential nomination, barring an unforeseen circumstance.
The former president also holds a slim but steady lead in polls over President Biden, notably in several battleground states.
Even a conviction on one or more of the many bogus charges filed in four different courts by Democratic prosecutors and being heard by Democratic judges would not derail him.… Continue Reading
Tags: Brian Stelter, Brian Stelter Memorial Award, Clarence Thomas, Democrats, Donald Trump, Fox News Channel, Gavin Newsom, Ginni Thomas, GOP presidential nomination, Jason Johnson, Joe Biden, Joe Scarborough, Kamala Harris, Media Research Center, MSNBC, Sean Hannity
Federal Issues | David E. Smith | January 3, 2024 8:00 AM | Comments Off on High Stakes in 2024 Election Are Cause for Anxiety
Written by Tim Graham
Is President Joe Biden treating the press better than former President Donald Trump did? It’s a low bar to argue he doesn’t describe the media as “enemies of the people.” Is he really treating them as they view themselves — as representatives of the people? Or is he not interested in addressing the people? Are they all too negative?
Ben Smith at Semafor.com reported on the White House holiday party for journalists, described as a chance “to dispel his main problem with the U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: 60 Minutes, Ben Smith, Dean Phillips, Donald Trump, Fox News Channel, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Josh Boak, Marianne Williamson, Nicolle Wallace, Peter Doocy, Republican National Committee, Scott Pelley, Sean Hannity, The New York Times, The Washington Post
Media Watch | David E. Smith | December 16, 2023 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Biden and the Press: Is He the Bumper-Bowling President?
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 | Comments Off on Jake Tapper and Chuck Todd Prove (Again) Why Media Trust is So Low
Written by Peter Heck
If I hadn’t watched the clip twice, I wouldn’t have actually believed what I was seeing. CNN anchor Brian Stelter, the man who hosts a program called Reliable Sources no less, stared at me through the camera in the most serious tones he could muster. Discussing the upcoming days in the impeachment inquiry, Stelter motioned noticeably at the screen next to him and cautioned,
“Some people are going to insult your intelligence in the days ahead.”
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Tags: ABC News, Brian Stelter, Carl Bernstein, CNN, Donald Trump, Jeff Zucker, Jeffery Epstein, Mark Levin, Oliver Darcy, Peter Heck, Reliable Sources, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Sean Spicer, Tucker Carlson
Media Watch | David E. Smith | November 15, 2019 8:00 AM | Comments Off on How Long Can CNN Justify Keeping Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy?
Written by Peter Heck
Feverishly covering the story that noted left-leaning, pro-LGBT news anchor Shepard Smith had abruptly left Fox News after 23 years, CNN’s “senior media reporter” Oliver Darcy expressed his stoic concern about what this meant for the future at Fox:
First of all, I understand the potshot at Fox. Darcy is attempting to sustain a career at a supposed news network that, far from being Fox’s rival, is struggling to even compete with the ratings of Hallmark Channel, Investigation Discovery, and TLC in primetime.… Continue Reading
Tags: Anderson Cooper, Antifa, Barack Obama, Bret Baier, Chris Cuomo, Chris Wallace, Don Lemon, Donald J. Trump, Fox News Channel, Laura Ingraham, Nancy Pelosi, Oliver Darcy, Project Veritas, Sarah Sanders, Sean Hannity, Shepard Smith, Tucker Carlson
Media Watch | David E. Smith | October 18, 2019 7:33 AM | Comments Off on CNN Seems Blissfully Unaware That They Are a Punchline
Written by Laurie Higgins
In a recent appearance on The Journal Editorial Report, Republican economist Arthur Laffer (of “Laffer Curve” fame) unintentionally revealed the rot at the core of the GOP. In an astonishing statement, he waxed exultant at the prospects of Democrat Jared Polis winning the gubernatorial race in Colorado (which Polis did). Laffer is thrilled because Polis has the right economic plan. For those who don’t know, Polis is openly homosexual, “married” to a man, and supports every lousy pro-homosexual legislation that a sexual anarchist can conceive.… Continue Reading
Tags: American Unity Fund, Ann Coulter, Arthur Laffer, Brandon Straka, Bruce Rauner, Candace Owens, Carlos Curbelo, Chadwick Moore, Charlie Dent, Cliff Asness, Dave Rubin, Democrat Party, Dennis Prager, DOMA, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, GoProud, Grover Norquist, Guy Benson, Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Jared Polis, Jeanine Pirro, John Bolton, Ken Mehlman, Laura Ingraham, Lisa Murkowski, Log Cabin Republicans, Margaret Hoover, Mike Coffman, Mike Huckabee, Milo Yiannopoulos, Obergefell v. Hodges, on Huntsman Jr., Paul Singer, Peter Thiel, Phil Scott, Prager University, Rachel Hoff, Republican Platform Committee, Richard Burr, Richard Grenell, Rob Portman, S.E. Cupp, Scott Wagner, Sean Hannity, Student Non-Discrimination Act, Susan Collins, The Journal Editorial Report
Media Watch | David E. Smith | November 12, 2018 4:00 AM | Comments Off on The Corruption of the GOP
Written by Laurie Higgins
Conservatives who are considering voting for Jeb Bush might want to query him about what he said to Sean Hannity yesterday, January 7, on Hannity’s afternoon radio program:
The three things that matter for people to get out of poverty is [sic] graduating from high school and being college- or career-ready; having work, working rather than non-work; and having two-parent families that are organized to support and love their children in whatever form it comes.
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Written by Matt Barber
“Hillary is a liar.”
This was Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s response to Sean Hannity when asked about Hillary Clinton’s disgusting, and completely out-of-context, charge that he committed treason by encouraging LU students to defend themselves should Muslim terrorists, like the “San Bernardino Two,” ever attack Liberty University. Clinton, a woman intimately familiar with the elements of treason, made her defamatory accusation on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”… Continue Reading