Now the NY Times Tells Us: Mueller’s ‘Wobbly’ Testimony No Surprise

Clay Waters
July 25th, 2019 12:08 PM

The New York Times gave former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony on Capitol Hill a negative review in Thursday’s edition, terming it “shaky” and “halting,” even “excruciatingly awkward,” while tucking in rumors that he wasn’t fully engaged in the prosecution. Can one detect some frustration, even embarrassment in the paper’s coverage, now that the former special counsel, whose…

 

‘Reliable Sources?’ Lib Journos Loved Holocaust-Denying Al Jazeera

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Matt Philbin
May 20th, 2019 3:11 PM
Being a lefty journalist means never having to say you’re sorry. Good thing, too. You’d be so busy wiping egg from your face you’d barely have time to scream about climate change causing pregnant hens to fly. Take media-types’ early, swooning support for Al Jazeera’s attempts to enter the U.S. market. Sure, character witnesses Nicholas Kristof, Brian Stelter and the Boston Globe said, The…
 

NYT’s Kristof: Happy Easter! Is the Virgin Birth a ‘Bizarre Claim’?

Clay Waters
April 21st, 2019 7:26 PM
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof spent yet another Easter Sunday trying to see just how little one can believe of Christianity’s anchoring ideas, and still consider oneself a Christian. Kristof refers to these regular interviews with theological figures as “my occasional series of conversations about Christianity.” All have the same theme -- seeing if one can get away with calling…
 

NY Times Spent Years Crying ‘Collusion,' Dropped It As Report Loomed

Clay Waters
March 24th, 2019 5:21 PM
In May 2017, Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel to look into issues around possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, which the media and Democrats quickly boiled down to a single word, “Collusion,” a vague charge which Donald Trump nonetheless was almost surely guilty of when it came to Russia. Twenty-two months later, the report has been issued and been…
 
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MSNBC's Velshi Pushes Gun Control in NZ Shooting Aftermath

Brad Wilmouth
March 20th, 2019 9:48 AM
In the aftermath of the New Zealand mosque attacks, MSNBC host Ali Velshi predictably devoted an entire segment on his show to promoting more gun control while only havng on guests who are in line with his anti-gun views.
 

NYT’s Kristof Shoots Self in Foot With Rants on N.R.A. ‘Fanaticism'

Clay Waters
November 11th, 2018 3:59 PM
New York Times Nicholas Kristof has taken on an old nemesis, the National Rifle Association, in two multi-media pieces over the last two weeks – two weeks that have witnesses shooting tragedies. The Sunday Review brought the photo-heavy “Witness the N.R.A’s Evolution -- It’s magazine covers show how it shifted focus, to fanaticism.” A week earlier he said the group had been "hijacked by extremist…
 
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MSNBC: ‘Burden’ on Journalists to Educate ‘Bizarre’ Climate Deniers

Scott Whitlock
October 11th, 2018 12:58 PM
As Hurricane Michael smashed into the Florida panhandle, both MSNBC and CNN on Thursday were worried about the really important issue: How to educate the “bizarre” and ignorant Americans who don’t fully adopt the left’s prescriptions for solving global warming. MSNBC journalist Craig Melvin talked to fellow liberal Nicholas Kristof and lectured, “Most sane-thinking people would acknowledge that…
 
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Chris Hayes: Trump Not ‘Burdened by Caring’ About Outcome of Summit

Bill D'Agostino
June 11th, 2018 9:18 PM

MSNBC’s live coverage of the Singapore summit between President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un amounted to little more than an airing of grievances about the President. Right out of the gate, commentators commenced hurling scornful remarks about Trump’s supposed incompetence and apathy, until All In host Chris Hayes eventually asserted Donald Trump was not “burdened by caring” about the…

 
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CNN's Brian Stelter Admits to Columnist: 'I'm a Trump Addict'

Ryan Foley
May 15th, 2018 6:29 AM
During an appearance on Sunday's edition of CNN's Reliable Sources, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof admitted that the media has an addiction to covering President Trump, leading them to avoid covering other newsworthy topics. He flushed this argument out further in a recent New York Times op-ed entitled “Our Addiction to Trump.” CNN host Brian Stelter admitted "I'm a Trump addict. I…
 
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NYT’s Kristof Laments Media ‘Addiction’ to Trump ‘Car Wreck’

Kyle Drennen
May 7th, 2018 5:10 PM
Appearing on Monday’s MSNBC Live With Stephanie Ruhle, left-wing New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof promoted his latest piece for the paper, warning of a media “addiction” to covering the “car wreck” of Donald Trump’s presidency. He confessed that journalists “blew it in 2016" and feared the President’s agenda was being implemented while his press colleagues were being distracted by “the…
 
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NYT’s Kristof Slams Trump’s ‘Dangerous Gamble’ on North Korea

Curtis Houck
March 9th, 2018 2:22 PM
After some liberal journalists initially praised President Trump’s willingness to meet with murderous North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, a number of them remembered later Thursday night that they’re members of The Resistance. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof was one such lefty, telling host Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC’s The Last Word that Trump has made “a dangerous gamble,” despite…
 

Silly Things NYT Writers Say: Pathetic Patriots, Killer Tobacco Execs

Clay Waters
January 25th, 2018 4:05 PM
On Wednesday, former reporter Frank Bruni’s ridiculous extended metaphor linked the Super Bowl, the New England Patriots, Donald Trump, and the American economy in a web of corruption: “The Hell of This Year’s Super Bowl.” The text box: “It’s the Patriots, again, and a metaphor for Trump’s America.” Not to be outdone, Nicholas Kristof wrote the next day that "American tobacco executives have…
 

NYT’s Kristof: Trump Is Scientifically Proven ‘Threat to Democracy’

Chris Reeves
January 10th, 2018 6:28 PM
On Wednesday, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof published a column promoting an upcoming book by Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt arguing that President Trump shows the “four warning signs” of being a “dangerous authoritarian.”
 

Is Using Pesticides an Act of Chemical Warfare?

Angela Logomasini
November 15th, 2017 3:43 PM
A substance that “belongs to a class of chemicals developed as a nerve gas made by Nazi Germany is now found in food, air and drinking water,” thanks to President Donald Trump according to an article found online. This “neurotoxin” is in “same chemical family as sarin nerve gas,” which has been used as a chemical weapon in Syria, notes another writer.