Anne Applebaum

A Trio of Terrified Trump Haters Warns of Fascism, Election-Stealing

"Apocalypse Now" would have been a fitting title for this Morning Joe segment from today's show. It featured three women painting a terrifying portrait of life under President Trump, and a prediction of further doom to come. 

Mark Finkelstein
June 4th, 2020 3:57 PM

New York Times Again Lets Leftist Twitter Edit Its Front Page

The New York Times appears to have once again caved to the radical left on Twitter and changed a perfectly accurate headline deemed sufficiently anti-Trump. This was the original banner headline on the front page of Tuesday’s first edition: “As Chaos Spreads, Trump Vows To ‘End It Now.’” After left-wing outcry, including from former Obama staffers and media favorites Jon Lovett (“Just…

Clay Waters
June 4th, 2020 1:06 PM

STUDY: 99.3 % of TV's Protest Coverage Ignores Mob's Murder Victims

Broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC have been consistent cheerleaders for the nationwide protests against police brutality, offering nearly 12 hours of coverage (710 minutes) over the past seven days on just their flagship morning and evening news shows. But despite dedicating all of those hours of airtime to the protests and riots, these networks have barely breathed a word about those who…

Bill D'Agostino
June 4th, 2020 12:45 PM
NYPD Curfew Crackdown - CBS

CBS Decries NYPD Enforcing Curfew, Ignores Officers Shot and Stabbed

On Thursday, CBS This Morning denounced the NYPD for “using batons and chasing people down” in Brooklyn while dispersing protesters and enforcing New York City’s 8:00 p.m. curfew Wednesday night. However, the report never mentioned that two police officers were shot and one was stabbed while defending stores from looters nearby.

 

Kyle Drennen
June 4th, 2020 12:19 PM

#Woke CBS News Says Protests ‘Underscore Worsening Racial Wealth Gaps’

The news media are trying to rationalize violent riots. CBS News published a piece headlined, “Protests underscore worsening racial wealth gaps: ‘Justifiable anger.’” Authors Aimee Picchi and Irina Ivanova exploited the murder of George Floyd to suggest that the “nationwide protests” have also drawn “attention to the stark socioeconomic differences between black and white Americans.”

Joseph Vazquez
June 4th, 2020 12:09 PM

Nets Outraged by 'Controversial' Pro-Flag Comments From NFL Player

NFL Quarterback for the New Orleans’ Saints Drew Brees came under immediate backlash from other athletes and the media yesterday after saying in an interview that players shouldn’t “disrespect” the American flag by protesting during the National Anthem. This statement was treated like heresy by the networks this morning, who hyped how “controversial” “tone-deaf” his comments were and hyped…

Kristine Marsh
June 4th, 2020 11:44 AM

USA Today's Sports Staff Goes All Out For Social Justice

USA Today sports writers/social justice warriors live for days like Wednesday. With multiple stories dedicated to social justice, Colin Kaepernick, racist team nicknames, anti-police hit pieces and the like, this left-stream publication's sports page is nothing more than a politicized, left-wing gripe publication.

Jay Maxson
June 4th, 2020 10:00 AM

CNN Anchor Touts 'Beautiful Scene' of 'Necessary' Police Protests

CNN's "Facts First" motto isn't being applied to the wave of protests against the death of George Floyd in police custody. CNN personalities feel compelled to support the protests, even tout them as "beautiful" and "necessary" for "real change." That happened with CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin.

Randy Hall
June 4th, 2020 9:15 AM

Bernard Shaw: Trump Is an 'Aberration,' But CNN Is 'Balanced'

Monday’s Erin Burnett OutFront ended with Burnett interviewing former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw to help mark CNN's 40th anniversary. However, he ended up spending most of his airtime trashing President Trump. According to Shaw, “the critical focus of history will judge Donald Trump as a presidential aberration. Walking from the White House through the tear gas-laden Lafayette…

Ryan Foley
June 4th, 2020 1:26 AM

Tucker: ‘Ministry of Truth’ CNN, MSNBC Are Now Pro-Riot Mouthpieces

Following up on his Monday night monologue that spared no one, FNC host Tucker Carlson continued to savage the liberal media (but CNN and MSNBC in particular) on Tuesday and Wednesday for “assisting the riots” as glorified “revolutionary organizations” from their comfy, safe homes and TV studios.

Curtis Houck
June 3rd, 2020 11:54 PM

CNN Cites One Tweet as Reason to Doubt Antifa Involvement in Riots

While some have tried to pretend that Antifa is not that bad-- after all, it's short for anti-fascist," so how bad can they really be?-- others have asserted without any evidence that it's actually white supremacists posing as Antifa that is responsible for the violence across the country. On Tuesday's CNN Newsroom, hosts Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto claimed to have found the evidence…

Alex Christy
June 3rd, 2020 11:39 PM

Nets Skip Rosenstein Drop Support for FBI’s Lie-Filled FISA Warrant

In a Wednesday hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testified that he wouldn’t have approved the FBI’s FISA warrant to spy on a Trump campaign staffer, if he had known the bureau was lying to him and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. It was testimony that went unreported on ABC’s World News Tonight, CBS Evening News…

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 3rd, 2020 11:36 PM

NYTimes Hits Rush & Co. on Floyd: ‘Conservative Media Outrage Machine'

Sunday’s New York Times tried to put “law and order conservatives,” not liberal riot supporters, on the defensive in the violent aftermath of the unjust death under police custody of George Floyd in Minneapolis: “Floyd Case Presents Ideological Challenge for Law-and-Order Conservatives.” The text box: “Even Limbaugh and Pirro can’t defend an officer’s actions.”

Clay Waters
June 3rd, 2020 9:39 PM

ABC Lauds Former Military Leaders Denouncing Their President

After largely ignoring former military leaders who were critical of former President Obama during his time in office, ABC’s World News Tonight touted those who had launched “scathing words” against President Trump on Wednesday, including former Defense Secretary James Mattis, who blasted the President as “a threat to the Constitution.” Anchor David Muir and chief global affairs…

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 3rd, 2020 8:52 PM