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Mark Hemingway at The Federalist made an important point about media self-congratulation in an article provocatively titled "For Five Straight Years, The Pulitzer Prizes Have Rewarded Misinformation."

Steve Krakauer has worked at CNN, NBC, Fox News, and The Blaze, but now he's in demand as a media critic. He has a new book out titled Uncovered: How the Media Got Cozy with Power, Abandoned Its Principles, and Lost the People. On today's podcast, we explore how the press came unglued in the tumult of Trump. 

This week, as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg considered indicting former President Donald Trump on a flimsy felony charge over a seven-year-old hush-money payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels, Trump placed his focus on the man he perceives as the truest threat to his political dominance: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trump backers demanded that DeSantis sound off on the looming…

On Monday's PBS NewsHour, the show hyped the latest U.N, report on global warming that makes dire predictions about the climate's future while pushing for dramatic new regulations on carbon dioxide emissions.

The broadcast networks were shamed into stepping up their game Thursday night and Friday morning in covering the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on TikTok as members of both parties put on one of the more bipartisan displays one could ever witness in these divisive times, but they still managed to slip in a few pathetic nods to so-called influencers.

The miserable millionaires of ABC’s The View spent part of their Friday show lecturing average Americans about how “greedy” they were and how they live lives of “excess.” According to the cast, Americans needed to “get rid of possessions” and pay more in taxes so they could live happy lives like the people in Finland or like meditating monks who have been to prison.

MSNBC keeps coming up with reasons to oppose a potential presidential campaign by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The latest reason came on Thursday from The 11th Hour guest host Mehdi Hasan and Crooked Media podcaster Juanita Tolliver where they lamented DeSantis’s popularity will likely increase because he “tortured” prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

Beware those “independent fact-checkers” when they throw the allegation “Missing context.” This can translate as: “not enough liberal context.” Facebook limited our promotional reach for sharing a Bernie Marcus opinion from Fox News. The "Missing context" was no liberal guest in the segment! Does AP follow that "context" rule in its own reporting?

PBS celebrated the return of the ancient “October Surprise” election conspiracy theory -- the unsubstantiated rumor that Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign, led by William Casey, delayed the release of the 52 American hostages in Iran in order to win election over Democrat Jimmy Carter. The original version was advanced by former Carter aide Gary Sick before being discredited…

Benjamin “BenDeLaCreme” Putnam of RuPaul’s Drag Race and Comedy Central The Daily Show temp host Al Franken not only alleged that Republicans in Tennessee had no idea what they’re talking about when they passed their “insidious” ban on children attending drag shows, but such laws contribute to high suicide rates.

Television broadcast networks tend to slap a “far-right” label onto anything even remotely conservative, often referring to conservative Republican of Congress, fringe conspiracy theorists, and outright domestic terrorists with identical terminology for all three. Yet these same networks refuse even to acknowledge the existence of a “far-left,” — and in fact, since the 2022 midterms, they have…

ABC slammed DeSantis for backing a "controversial" "Don't Say Gay" bill.  Reporter Mary Bruce announced "DeSantis has built a brand on cultural divisions." But if the Biden White House aggressively supports everything DeSantis opposes, why aren’t they branded as culturally divisive? Because they’re on “the right side of history”?

Fox News host Tucker Carlson opened his popular show Tucker Carlson Tonight by ridiculing National Public Radio (NPR) for their clownish new double standard on the Second Amendment rights of Americans. Apparently, only the LGBTQ alphabet mob is permitted to own firearms, according to U.S. state media outlet. Carlson called them out using sarcastic humor and ridicule in a way only he…

Amid a pile-up of scandals and catastrophes caused by the Biden administration’s incompetence and destructive economic policies, the big three broadcast networks have done their best to shield Biden from any and all blame for the numerous calamities. Much to their chagrin, the public has appeared to notice who is to blame. According to two new polls, President Joe Biden and Vice President…