Freakout! NY Times Goes Nuts Attacking Facebook to Defend Soros

Business
December 3rd, 2018 1:39 PM
Since when it is controversial for a company to research a powerful billionaire calling for it to be regulated and who could potentially impact its stock price? Since now — if the company is Facebook and its opponent is liberal billionaire George Soros. The New York Times has become Soros’ press office now that Facebook has acknowledged looking into where his money goes. The paper has done 18…

Journalists’ Union Part of Coalition to Break Up Facebook

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November 29th, 2018 11:42 AM
As Facebook finds itself in the midst of another controversy, coming under fire from the left this time, it turns out a coalition attacking Facebook includes a prominent press union. Facebook is in the midst of what Vox called a “liberal apology tour” after hiring an opposition research firm which sought to shed light on connections and funding of the Freedom From Facebook (FFF) coalition and…

Vanity Fair: Bloomberg is ‘Anti-Donald Trump,’ Has Wall Street Support

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November 28th, 2018 5:26 PM
Following his $100 million midterm donations to Democrats and an official party registration switch, many bet former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will run for president in 2020. Let media speculation over his odds (and promotion of his candidacy) begin.

Media Push ‘Staggering’ Outlier Climate Claims of Economic Harm

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November 27th, 2018 2:21 PM
If you’ve been tuned into TV news the past few days, you’ve probably heard “climate change could strip away 10 percent” of U.S economic growth by 2100. What you likely didn’t hear was why that was an “embarrassing” exaggeration based on the earth warming 15 degrees Fahrenheit.

Media Hyped Warming Study, Some Still Haven’t Admitted Its Flaws

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November 16th, 2018 12:23 PM
Just a couple weeks ago the media were warning about “startling new research” by Princeton and Scripps scientists that indicated faster global warming, but it turns out that panic was overblown. The researchers issued corrections to the paper after a climate skeptic pointed out a math error in the study.

WIRED Glorifies Environmental Crimes as ‘Climate Activism’

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November 14th, 2018 4:32 PM
The left loves political theater and judicial activism. So does WIRED magazine, apparently, given its promotion of “pipeline vandals” and other crimes committed in order to try to persuade a jury about climate change.

Steyer’s $120M Impeachment Agenda That the Networks Censored

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November 13th, 2018 2:30 PM
Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer is taking a victory lap now that Democrats have won a majority in the House of Representatives. But voters should wonder why broadcast networks failed to report on his $120-million dollar efforts to flip the House so that the left can impeach President Donald Trump. The left now has the power to investigate and try to impeach Trump. NBC Nightly News acknowledged…

Liberal Steyer Wants ‘Disgracing’ of GOP, Not Bipartisanship

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November 6th, 2018 3:50 PM
If Democrats manage to obtain a majority in the House of Representatives, lefty California billionaire and mega-donor Tom Steyer doesn’t want them working with the Republicans to get things done. Steyer told Slate staff writer Jim Newell on Nov. 5, that would be a waste of time, and instead, the Democrats should investigate the Trump administration, “punish people” and disgrace the GOP. Since…

Four Media Owners Among Top Midterm Political Donors

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November 6th, 2018 1:09 PM
Billions of dollars are being spent on both sides to influence the outcome of the 2018 midterm elections — much of it from major media figures. The day before the election, the Los Angeles Times (LAT) profiled the 12 biggest spenders trying to “determine control of Congress” based on trackable political donations to candidates, committees and outside groups. Giving to nonprofits or 501(c)4s were…

Weak Before Midterms: CBS, NBC Barely Cover Strong Economy Before Vote

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November 5th, 2018 4:32 PM
As voters head to the polls this Election Day, one thing on many of their minds is the U.S. economy. They just haven’t seen much of it on the network news. The liberal media know the economy is one of the top issues for voters, yet broadcast network evening shows provided scant coverage of it the week before the elections in spite of an 18-year-high for consumer confidence and a 250,000 jobs…

American Hustle: NBC Spends 2X as Long on Movie Ratings as 250K Jobs

Business
November 2nd, 2018 9:34 PM
With the election looming, the addition of a quarter million new jobs in October, grabbed headlines. But NBC Nightly News gave more than twice as much attention to the hot topic of celebrating Hollywood’s movie rating system.

CNBC: Consumer Confidence Hits 18-Year High Thanks to Jobs, Wages

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October 30th, 2018 5:33 PM
With one week to the midterm elections, the Conference Board released its latest survey of consumers showing their confidence soared to an 18-year high and also found high expectations for early 2019. This might well surprise many news consumers given how little effort the media have spent reporting on the good economy.

Networks Skip 3.5% GDP, Less Than Two Weeks Before Midterms

Business
October 30th, 2018 10:25 AM
The economy “charged ahead in the third quarter,” according to The New York Times. But the good news didn’t make it into the broadcast evening news coverage on Oct. 26, even though it was one of the final big economic announcements before the 2018 midterm elections.

As Libs Clamor for Tax Hikes, Networks Say Little

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October 24th, 2018 9:10 PM
Tax and spend liberals are at it again. Although there were huge benefits to the 2017 tax cuts including a rise in take-home pay for a majority of American wage earners’ and hiring or investment expansions at hundreds of companies, many liberals are calling for tax hikes. Just don’t expect the networks to spell that out for voters.