Greetings From a Small Town in Florida

February 20th, 2023 9:22 AM

WASHINGTON -- There is a phenomenon that has been creeping across America for at least the past 30 years that I have yet to comment on. Social scientists, however, have been writing on it for a long time. It is the phenomenon of people on the right moving into neighborhoods that are already heavily conservative. On the other hand, people on the left end of the political spectrum tend to stay…

President’s Day Parade (of Quotes): Using History to Spin the News

February 20th, 2023 8:50 AM

Journalists love to use past presidents to measure today’s politicians, either to build up those who exemplify their historical liberal heroes, or to belittle conservatives with whom they disagree. Here’s a deep dive into the MRC’s archives showing how the media have used presidents from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln to JFK as talking points in today’s political battles.

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Mayorkas Struggles to Explain Open Border After Wallace Grilling

February 19th, 2023 8:43 PM

On CNN's Sunday night long form interview show Who's Talking to Chris Wallace, the eponymous host sat down with the incompetent Biden Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. While you may think that this blog will detail a softball interview by Wallace, that isn't the case this time. It appears Wallace hasn't completely sold out to his CNN puppet master Chris Licht.

NPR: Santos Is ‘Embodiment’ of New GOP ‘Shamelessness’ (Clinton Who?)

February 19th, 2023 5:10 PM

NPR’s Tamara Keith fired the latest salvo in the media’s attempt to imply Democrats have higher moral standards than Republicans. Keith used the embarrassing story of newly elected Republican Rep. George Santos and his myriad lies to make a version of that argument – that GOP shamelessness rules the American political landscape, on Wednesday’s Morning Edition.

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CBS Confronts Socialist Sanders for Using Capitalism to Sell Books

February 19th, 2023 1:50 PM

On Sunday's CBS Face the Nation, moderator Margaret Brennan had a sit-down interview with Socialist Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders about his new book "It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism," which he ironically sells on Amazon for $22.40. On top of that, tickets to his book…

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CNN's Abby Phillip: 'Nobody' Has Condemned White Supremacists in GOP

February 19th, 2023 11:10 AM

During a panel discussion on CNN's Sunday morning political talk program Inside Politics, the newly announced candidacy of former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was a big topic. This of course brought out the race baiters on the CNN panel to lash out at Haley as they have all week, for the sin of not condemning America and her Republican Party as racist. 

NPR Touts Biden as 'Strong and Vigorous Man,' Hails His SOTU Lies

February 19th, 2023 8:02 AM

On NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, host Scott Simon sounded like state-run radio as he touted Biden's latest physical showed "a strong and vigorous man" as Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley "openly played the age card" in her announcement. NPR political analyst Ron Elving insisted "any kind of dissing of old folks is a risky strategy and likely to backfire." Liberals…

NYT Turn: Only 'Feverish' Right Doubts EPA Response to Toxic Chemicals

February 19th, 2023 6:47 AM

Stuart Thompson, who patrols the “online information flows” beat for the New York Times, hit out at “right-wing” outlets for not trusting the Environmental Protection Agency’s response to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio earlier this month that spewed the carcinogen vinyl chloride and resulted in evacuations for miles around. Thompson dismissed concerns, at least those by…

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MSNBC's Phang Predicts Georgia DA Fani Willis Will Indict Trump

February 19th, 2023 6:20 AM

On her MSNBC show Saturday, Katie Phang predicted that Fulton County, Georgia DA Fani Willis will indict Donald Trump in connection with the 2020 presidential election, but fretted whether that indictment can "coexist" if special counsel Jake Smith indicts Trump on federal charges. MSNBC contributor Joyce Vance assured Phang that the indictments can coexist.

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The Real 2024 Contest: The Media Vs. Trump

February 18th, 2023 4:00 PM

Former South Carolina Governor and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley has announced her candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. She will be opposing the already announced former President Donald Trump.

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CBS Shows Photos From Fired Teacher, 'School Libraries Look Like This'

February 18th, 2023 1:45 PM

The cast of CBS Saturday Morning spread some misinformation about the state of education in Florida when correspondent Cristian Benavides claimed that “classrooms and school libraries look like this” while showing a photo from a substitute teacher that was fired on Wednesday for spreading misinformation.

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Joe Rogan: Ex-CNN Star Brian Stelter Is ‘Basically a Prostitute’

February 18th, 2023 1:30 PM

Podcaster Joe Rogan hasn’t forgotten Brian Stelter’s reign of error at CNN.

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MSNBC's Melber Struggles To Defend Network's Mueller, COVID Reporting

February 18th, 2023 11:42 AM

HBO Real Time host Bill Maher was discussing Fox News and its lawsuit with Dominion on Friday with MSNBC’s The Beat host Ari Melber when he asked if MSNBC also simply tells its viewers what it wants to hear, “Can you honestly say MSNBC doesn't do some of that?”

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LA Times Columnist Claims DeSantis Is Using 'A Dog Whistle'

February 18th, 2023 10:18 AM

Friday’s edition of CNN Tonight was experiencing a rare moment of appreciation that the left’s DEI initiatives have gone too far when Los Angeles Times columnist LZ Granderson ruined it by claiming that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis does not mind using “a dog whistle.”