Google Gets the Hot Seat over Sensorsvault Spying
Google has come under fire from both Republicans and Democrats for its invasions of privacy. Now Congress wants is holding its feet to the fire. Democrats and Republicans from the House Energy and Commerce Committee penned an April 23 open letter to Google’s CEO over its Sensorvault database. They demanded answers from Google by May 7, followed with a briefing by May 10.
April 25th, 2019 1:49 PM
Conservative Ads Banned By Google for Condemning Infanticide
Google has gone out of its way to attack conservatives. Americas PAC, a pro-life,conservative political action committee run by Tom Donelson, has fallen afoul of Google’s ad policies for creating and running pro-life ads. Americas PAC was permanently banned from advertising by Google on April 5.
April 25th, 2019 1:46 PM
NY Times Implies Impeachment Historic Responsibility, Disagreed in '99
As Democrats make hay out of the potential “obstruction of justice” details in the Mueller report and ponder impeachment proceedings, the New York Times is taking a much more enthusiastic line on impeaching a president than it did the last time it was done, to Democrat Bill Clinton, in 1999. Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos reported on Thursday’s front page under a headline suggesting…
April 25th, 2019 12:51 PM
Facebook Uses Wikipedia to Call Conservative News ‘Harmful’ ‘Lies’
Facebook is subtly trying to discredit conservative media as “conspiracy theories” and it’s using Wikipedia to do it. The company’s latest policy update, “Expanding Our Fact-Checking Program,” included new details on how the platform planned to combat “misinformation.”
April 25th, 2019 11:44 AM
CBS Skips Biden Scandal: ‘Uncle Joe’ Talking About America’s ‘Values'
Don’t be surprised, but CBS This Morning on Thursday covered the launch of Joe Biden without ever mentioning any of his gaffes, including his habit of being grabby with women. Instead, co-host Norah O’Donnell touted “Uncle Joe” talking about America’s “core values.” The CBS journalist also repeated the talking points from the Democrat’s announcement video.
April 25th, 2019 11:40 AM
Excited ABC Hypes Biden’s ‘Progressive Patriotism’ ‘American Values'
All three networks led Thursday morning with former Vice President Joe Biden’s long-awaited announcement that he would run for president in 2020. ABC’s Good Morning America focused heavily on Biden’s appeal to Democrats’ “patriotism” and “American values,” with correspondent Terry Moran gushing about Biden taking back this “nationalism” message for “progressives.”
April 25th, 2019 10:53 AM
Gwyneth Paltrow, Billy Eichner Help Buttigieg Get Major Hollywood Cash
South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg sure seems to be taking a liking to the Hollywood crowd these days. Lavish donations aside, the attention from all those pretty people must be exhilarating for a guy that looks like the MC at a local Star Trek convention. He’s being hosted around L.A. over the next few weeks by celebs like Gwyneth Paltrow and Billy Eichner.
April 25th, 2019 10:15 AM
Double Standards: Sport Journalist Nails Media on Kate Smith
After character assassins at The New York Daily News portrayed the late singer Kate Smith as a racist this past week, MLB's New York Yankees and the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers announced that her version of "God Bless America" will no longer be heard in their respective venues. That prompted Fox Sports 1 commentator Jason Whitlock to defend Smith and expose the double standard of media giving black…
April 25th, 2019 10:00 AM
Comcast Exec and Chief Lobbyist Hosting Biden Fundraiser
During a fawning report on Thursday’s Today show about former Vice President Joe Biden officially entering the 2020 presidential race, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell briefly noted that the Democratic frontrunner’s first campaign fundraiser will be hosted “At the home of David Cohen, Senior Vice President of Comcast, parent company of NBCUniversal.”
April 25th, 2019 9:49 AM
Media Help Warren Sell 'Bold,' ‘Free-College,' Loan-Forgiveness Plan
A $1.25 trillion giveaway program to college grads and future college students deserves scrutiny, not praise as a “bold,” “sweeping” or “ambitious” plan that could “distinguish” Sen. Elizabeth Warren from her Democratic competitors.
Some news stories, including CBS and NBC online, bordered on being a sales pitch for the plan to forgive student loans and make public colleges tuition-free. CBS…
April 25th, 2019 9:46 AM
Netflix Short Series Preaches BDSM Is ‘Liberation from Shame’
In the era of feminism and #MeToo, Netflix’s newest short form show Bonding paints masculinity as constricting, states that if men got their periods then abortions would be everywhere and claims that only Republicans want to keep bathrooms separated by gender. And that’s just the beginning.
April 25th, 2019 6:00 AM
SEAL Team Exposes VA: ‘A Health Cre That Runs Like Post Office'
CBS’s SEAL Team has been mostly quiet this season regarding social issues. In its place, recent episodes have taken a deeper perspective into the lives of soldiers during and after deadly missions. This week's episode offers the latest example with a critical look at Veterans Affairs.
April 25th, 2019 1:26 AM
'Black-ish' Claims Whites Avoid Black 'Hoods' Because They're Racist
The racially charged ABC sitcom black-ish[sic] took to defending black, inner-city neighborhoods on Tuesday’s episode, “Good in the ‘Hood,” stating that they’re “stereotyped as dangerous” and that white people avoid them because they’re racist.
April 25th, 2019 12:27 AM
Fox Drama: ‘Real Threat in America Is White Supremacy’
In the Star universe, Atlanta may be a sanctuary city now, but that doesn’t stop Gravity Records from continuing to turn Simone (Brittany O’Grady) into “a political figure on the national stage” in April 24’s episode “Square One.”
April 24th, 2019 11:21 PM