For 'Hate Group' Reporting, Univision Cites 'Independent' SPLC

In another self-inflicted blow to its credibility, Univision once again turned to the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to hype the alleged growth of ‘hate groups’ in the United States during the first year of the Trump administration.
Kathleen Krumhansl and Ken Oliver-Méndez
March 18th, 2018 10:51 AM

ABC and NBC Spread Misinformation Following the Firing of McCabe

In the wake of the former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s firing from the FBI for misleading Inspector General investigators, the liberal media were rife with misinformation of their own. During the Sunday morning news programs, NBC’s Chuck Todd mislead viewers on why McCabe was fired and ABC’s George Stephanopoulos lied about the messages sent by pro-Hillary Clinton FBI agents investigating her…
Nicholas Fondacaro
March 18th, 2018 10:38 AM

Clapper News Network? CNN Pays Source for Leaking With Paid On-Air Gig

George Neumayr at The American Spectator made hay with the new House Intelligence Committee report that accuses former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper of leaking to CNN in January as CNN's Jake Tapper broke the story that senior intelligence officials briefed President Obama and President-elect Trump on the Christopher Steele "dossier." That would make sense...considering CNN is…
Tim Graham
March 17th, 2018 10:44 PM

AP, NBC Won't Admit That Fired McCabe Was Found to Have Lied

In the wake of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Friday firing of Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, two Associated Press dispatches and an NBC news story wouldn't directly admit that his dismissal was largely based on a finding that he lied to internal investigators. Meanwhile, a pre-firing Wall Street Journal editorial had no problem using the word.
Tom Blumer
March 17th, 2018 9:58 PM

Scientific American: 'Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns?' Racism

Scientific American continues on its activist leftward path, diluting its science trademark by transmitting biased anti-gun propaganda under the guise of unbiased sociology. The latest entry was posted Wednesday: “Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns? -- Research suggests it's largely because they're anxious about their ability to protect their families, insecure about their place in the job market…
Clay Waters
March 17th, 2018 9:11 PM

MSNBC Frets Over Trump Pushing More Death Penalty, Tougher Sentencing

On Friday, several MSNBC shows reacted negatively to President Donald Trump's call for more death penalties and tougher sentencing for some drug dealers. After host Stephanie Ruhle mocked the plan by wondering what should happen to drug companies, substitute host Chris Jansing the next hour suggested that the President has been too quick to support capital punishment in past cases, as she oddly…
Brad Wilmouth
March 17th, 2018 7:39 PM

WashPost Frets: Trump Is Hiring Media Stars!

The Washington Post is aghast. Here's the headline: "The Daily 202: Trump may hire multiple cable news personalities as part of shake-up." The story by James Hohmann says this in part: "THE BIG IDEA: Donald Trump’s reality television presidency may be getting more star power for season two." 
Jeffrey Lord
March 17th, 2018 4:00 PM

Jemele Hill's Claim of NFL Owner Hypocrisy Fall Short

Trump detractor and former ESPN SportsCenter anchor Jemele Hill, who called the president and his supporters "white supremacists" last fall, is now condemning an NFL team owner who raised money for the commander in chief. Now a sports writer for ESPN's The Undefeated blog, Hill targeted Tampa Bay Bucs' owner Ed Glazer for attempting to help Trump's re-election campaign raise $5 million.
Jay Maxson
March 17th, 2018 3:56 PM

Disney: Woke Is In, ‘Wrinkle’s’ Christianity? Not So Much

And then there’s A Wrinkle in Time.The long-awaited adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved book got all the bells and whistles Disney could muster. But A Wrinkle in Time’s use of religious themes made it both controversial and one of the most thought-provoking children’s stories in modern fiction. It appears that change wasn’t an accident.
Christian Toto
March 17th, 2018 1:30 PM

Douglas Brinkley Goes Full Drama Queen Over McCabe Firing

Quick! Somebody pass the smelling salts to CNN's Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley. He went full blown hysterical on CNN's Tonight on Friday over the news about the firing of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. He tossed out words like "Friday night slaughter" and "paranoid" to describe President Donald Trump and he was only getting warmed up. He acted as if the firing was strictly…
P.J. Gladnick
March 17th, 2018 12:53 PM

This Week in Media Bias: Stop Patriotism Before It Gets Out of Hand!

After the Gulf War in 1991, Time magazine was worried about an outbreak of patriotism. It must be stopped before it “bursts the bounds of reason” and “passes into jingoism.” Another example from the This Week in Media Bias History archives: Dan Rather, he’s not subtle. The now-disgraced CBS Evening News anchor in 1995 described the 1994 GOP congressional class as aiming to “demolish” programs “…
Scott Whitlock
March 17th, 2018 12:15 PM

Juan Williams Plays 'But Trump!' Excusing Dems' Farrakhan Embrace

On the March 10 midnight edition of Fox News @Night, Juan Williams disingenuously made three attempts to create a false equivalence between Congressional Black Caucus leaders' political and physical embraces of National of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and Donald Trump's non-existent relationship with the KKK. Host Shannon Bream and the Daily Caller's Vince Coglianese weren't having any of it, but…
Tom Blumer
March 17th, 2018 11:05 AM

Bozell & Graham Column: Deeply Loving Disruptive Walkouts

The leftist-organized wave of school walkouts to protest “gun violence” on March 14 is a classic example study in the way protests are categorized by our news and entertainment media. Liberal protests are always authentic, newsworthy, and even apolitical. Conservative protests are phony, boring, and yet extreme.
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
March 17th, 2018 7:52 AM

PBS's David Brooks Rips Kudlow, John Bolton as the Republican D-List

On Friday's PBS NewsHour, David Brooks, who is somehow described as the Republican or conservative half of the pundit panel, dismissed the ascent of men liked by the conservative movement as the worst kind of public servants, the C or D level of Republican aides, because they're too ideological. Larry Kudlow is just the "worst," and John Bolton is "anything but neutral on anything." 
Tim Graham
March 16th, 2018 10:46 PM