WashPost Touts 'Reality-Grounded' Briefings Under Biden, Skips Scandal

January 19th, 2021 10:25 AM

Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty wrote a piece for Tuesday’s paper headlined “The return of White House press briefings.” It’s not like the briefings disappeared in 2020. But then you see the online headline: “Get ready for reality-grounded White House press briefings.” She insisted Kayleigh McEnany “set a new standard in shamelessness” at the podium. 

NPR Touts Biden Spokesman Won't Allow 'A Platform for Right-Wing Spin'

December 31st, 2020 9:34 AM

On Thursday’s Morning Edition, National Public Radio touted their Jen Psaki interview with the headline  “Biden's Incoming Press Secretary: Briefings Won't Be A Platform For Right-Wing Spin.” As usual, NPR thinks “right-wing spin” is the opposite of their reportage….which is “objective.” Not left-wing spin!

CNN Political Correspondent Sara Murray Is a Dem Donor (Corrected)

Business
December 22nd, 2020 1:22 PM

Despite multiple requests for comment on whether political correspondent Sara Murray donated to Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, CNN informed NewsBusters on Tuesday afternoon that both CNN and Murray unequivocally deny that she's made any political donations and are looking into the donation’s origins and this discrepancy. Check out the full post to see the original story.

Journalists Protest Being Objective About Trump-Pence at Any Time

November 21st, 2020 6:01 AM

On Friday, Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi explored the increasing snark in White House "pool reports," which are supposed to be dry, fairly objective descriptions of presidential movements, but with today's Trump-hating press corps, no one could possibly be restrained. The headline in the paper was "Waters are getting a bit nippy in White House pool."

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Column: Anti-Trump Lions of The Press Turn Into Cuddly Biden Kittens

November 13th, 2020 6:46 AM

Even now, Joe Biden is continuing his basement strategy with the press, which is downright comical considering the namby-pamby questions they ask when given the opportunity. 

LOL! David Letterman: The Press ‘Educates’ and ‘Informs’ People

Culture
November 3rd, 2020 5:20 PM

Folks in the TV business industry hate Donald Trump, but what is it about the president that upsets them the most?

Wall Street Vet Charles Mizrahi & Morals of American Capitalism

Business
October 8th, 2020 11:49 AM

Wall Street veteran and Alpha Investor Editor Charles Mizrahi talked to MRC Business about his frustrations with the media’s leftist agenda using the coronavirus to attack American capitalism.

 

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. KARL? ABC Reporter Now Endorses Acosta's Aggression

September 25th, 2020 8:40 PM

ABC’s Jonathan Karl gave an interview to Mediaite and demonstrated the notion of cognitive dissonance. He finds it unfortunate that people think the press acts as the Resistance to Trump, and yet, he wants to reverse his negative take on CNN White House shrieker Jim Acosta in his reporter’s memoir, insisting on reflection that Acosta’s bombastic approach has been “vindicated.”

NPR Promotes Attack on Trump's VOA Boss Cracking Down on Liberal Tilt

September 7th, 2020 7:21 AM

The last people who should try to sound credible about preventing bias and preserving neutrality in government-funded broadcasting is NPR, but  media reporter David Folkenflik has aired several stories in the last few weeks touting the complaints about political interference in the Voice of America news service, now run by Trump appointee Michael Pack. This is a massive conflict of interest:…

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HuffPost Harangue at Trump: Regret 'All the Lying...You Have Done?'

August 14th, 2020 2:22 PM

Indian-born HuffPost White House reporter Shirish (or S.V.) Date set the table for viral video and CNN and MSNBC delight on Thursday night by bald-facedly asking the president if he has any regrets about his energetic lying. This should not be that surprising for the website we've called "Huffington's House of Horrors."

Column: Your Opinion Is Not Reality

July 15th, 2020 8:00 AM

Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson has a Republican pedigree and an evangelical Christian background. He wrote profound speeches for George W. Bush, who was mocked as a mangler of the English language. Today he sounds like a speechwriter for the gaseous opening of the Brian Stelter show on CNN.

Column: The Press Secretary Puts Down Bombastic Reporters

July 10th, 2020 6:10 AM

The July 6 Washington Post carried a typically colorful headline on top of the Style section. “A binder full of bombast: Kayleigh McEnany plays her boss and his base with derisive news briefing walk-offs.”

Column: Biden's Puffballs from the Press

July 1st, 2020 6:14 AM

Everything about the June 30 press conference with Joe Biden underlines how the snarling, vicious watchdogs of the Trump administration are going to transform into cuddly little lapdogs if Biden is elected president. Biden began with a 20-minute speech, and CNN and MSNBC ran it all live, unlike their avoiding 96 percent of Trump's Tulsa rally.

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'Absurd' Query to McEnany: Is Trump Sad the South Lost the Civil War?

June 29th, 2020 5:08 PM

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany had to deal with what she called "absolutely absurd" questions at Monday's press briefing. Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker asked the president believed "it was a good thing that the South lost the Civil War?"