Trump Pardons Trigger Selective Outrage At CNN En Español

CNN En Español recently gave a master class in selective outrage, as displayed by their coverage of presidential pardons. One recent pardon was covered factually and neutrally. The other required an explainer and was bookended with an editorial crack at the issuing president. It’s not hard to guess which president drew bias and which did not.
Jorge Bonilla
February 19th, 2020 5:21 PM

EU Rejects Facebook Proposal for Content Regulation

Facebook’s plans for regulating Big Tech have not met the expectations of some bigwigs in EU leadership. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg toured Brussels earlier this week, meeting with press and politicians and also publishing a white paper on regulating Big Tech called “Charting the Way Forward: Online Content Regulation.” 
Alexander Hall
February 19th, 2020 5:13 PM

ABC Sends Reporter to Africa to Lecture Americans on Climate Change

Reporting live from Victoria Falls in central Africa for Wednesday’s Good Morning America, ABC’s chief meteorologist Ginger Zee used the spectacular location to lecture American viewers about climate change. It was all part of the network’s new Extraordinary Earth series leading up to the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in April.
Kyle Drennen
February 19th, 2020 4:27 PM

Joy Behar Gushes Over 'Star' AOC: Why Do You 'Trigger' the Right?

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was on The View Wednesday where she was at first lavished with praise from the hosts but then grilled about her support for Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2020 presidential race. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg first introduced Ocasio-Cortez as one of the “most talked about and controversial congresswomen,” before Sunny Hostin asked about her endorsing Sanders.
Kristine Marsh
February 19th, 2020 2:17 PM

Singer John Legend Becomes Member of Vox Media’s Board of Directors

Proving once again that news media and Hollywood are the same propaganda arm of the Democrat party, Vox announced that singer/songwriter John Legend has taken an official position within the leftwing media outlet. The Hollywood Reporter wrote on Feb. 19 that Legend “is joining the board of directors at Vox Media.”
Gabriel Hays
February 19th, 2020 2:15 PM

AG Barr: No ‘Feasible Alternatives’ for People Banned from Big Tech

In his introductory statement made to the Department of Justice Section 230 Workshop, Attorney General William Barr discussed the problems brought on by the rise of Big Tech. “No longer are tech companies the underdog upstarts,” said Barr to the Feb. 19 panels. “They have become titans of U.S. industry.”
Corinne Weaver
February 19th, 2020 1:55 PM

Facebook Compelled to Block News Site in Singapore

Facebook is finding some forms of government regulation to be too much for the company, even as CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls for more of it. Facebook has been "legally compelled," according to Bloomberg News, by the government of Singapore to block access to a fringe news website States Times Review (STR) after it posted rumors about the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Facebook…
Alexander Hall
February 19th, 2020 1:36 PM

Dem Donor Tells Off MSNBC: ‘Anarchist’ Bernie Will ‘Burn Down’ U.S.

While appearing on MSNBC Live With Stephanie Ruhle Wednesday morning, major Democratic Party donor and Nevada businessman Stephen Cloobeck rejected the notion that socialist Senator Bernie Sanders could win the Democratic nomination, even labeling the far-left lawmaker an “anarchist” who “would love to burn down the United States.”
Kyle Drennen
February 19th, 2020 1:25 PM

Partisan New York Times: Trump’s Clemency ‘Spree’ vs Obama’s ‘Mercy’

The New York Times headline echoed its hostile lead story Wednesday: “Trump Exerts His Power With a Spree of Pardons – Critics Denounce Clemency for Blagojevich, Milken and Kerik as Undeserved” by Michael Shear and Maggie Haberman. Catch the echo of “crime spree” in the headline? "But the president’s announcements on Tuesday were mostly aimed at wiping clean the slates of rich, powerful and well-…
Clay Waters
February 19th, 2020 1:16 PM

WHAT? Krugman Says ‘Zombie Ideas’ Sometimes ‘Eat Centrists’ Brains’

Poor Paul Krugman. He’s been reduced to using zombie metaphors to illustrate his disdain for certain “centrist” Democratic presidential candidates.
Joseph Vazquez
February 19th, 2020 12:49 PM

CNN's Harwood Claims Obama 'Has the High Side' on Economy vs. Trump

John Harwood's official job title may be CNN White House correspondent, but practically he has taken it upon himself to be a one of the frontline defenders of President Obama's economic legacy as he did once again when he joined Brooke Baldwin on Tuesday's CNN Newsroom.  
Alex Christy
February 19th, 2020 12:39 PM

Scarborough Swears: 'I'm Not Doing Biden's Bidding,' But... 

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says of Joe Biden, "I'm not doing his bidding. I'm just telling you the truth."  And the truth, according to Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, is that Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders would be weak candidates, whereas Biden would have the best chance of defeating President Trump.
Mark Finkelstein
February 19th, 2020 11:01 AM

New York Review of Books Admits Newspapers Are Now More Biased

If you read a publication that claims newspapers have become biased, you might assume that the source of that charge was conservative. However, it might surprise you to know that even the liberal New York Review of Books also made that claim of bias in their February 27 issue in an article by Nicholas Lemann, "Can Journalism Be Saved?"
P.J. Gladnick
February 19th, 2020 10:39 AM

Bloomberg Is Now ‘Highest Spending Presidential Candidate of All Time’

Liberal billionaire 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is willing to spend $2 billion to defeat President Donald Trump, and he continues to put his money where his mouth is.
Joseph Vazquez
February 19th, 2020 8:52 AM