Twitter Now Adding ‘Hacked Materials’ Warning Label to Tweets

February 24th, 2021 2:59 PM

Big Tech was once seen as a haven for whistleblowers and journalists. But Twitter has changed all that and has been using its tools to besmirch news outlets for reportedly exposing nefarious government activity.

Facebook, Australia Forge Agreement Following Aussie News Blackout

February 24th, 2021 12:33 PM

In retaliation to a proposed law in Australia that would require tech giants like Facebook and Google to pay for news content on their platforms, Facebook blocked all local and global news sites from Australia. Facebook’s Australian news blackout ended after five days when the two sides came to an agreement.

Appalling NYT Favors Press Restrictions for Murdoch-Led News in UK

February 17th, 2021 10:29 PM

New York Times’ London bureau chief Mark Landler’s obsessive hostility toward mogul Rupert Murdoch’s right-leaning media empire was on display Wednesday. His coverage of two fledgling right-of-center news outlets also documented the resulting panic of liberals like Landler: “Murdoch to Challenge U.K.’s Fairness Statute With Fox News Playbook.” He fretted: "While Britain has long had a…

Comic Ricky Gervais: ‘Cancel Culture’ a ‘New, Weird Sort of Fascism'

July 15th, 2020 9:00 AM

Being a comedian is one of the most dangerous occupations during these days of political correctness. That’s the message from English comic Ricky Gervais, who is on a crusade against the “cancel culture” -- which he describes as a “new, weird sort of fascism” -- by defending free speech wherever he can.

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De Niro Says ‘Lunatic’ Trump ‘Doesn’t Care How Many People Die'

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May 13th, 2020 12:29 PM
Presumably bored and grouchy during quarantine, Goodfellas star Robert De Niro has re-ignited his war of words with his least favorite president, Donald Trump. During a May 12 interview on BBC program Newsnight, the Oscar-winner blistered Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Considering his usual disdain for the President, it wasn’t a surprise to hear De Niro blame the President for the…
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BBC Touts Editor Charging Trump with 'Crime Against Humanity' on WHO

April 15th, 2020 12:35 PM
On Wednesday, Stephen McDonell, the BBC’s China correspondent, approvingly tweeted out the latest anti-Trump rant from Richard Horton: "The Editor of the Lancet (one of the world's oldest and most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals) has just said on the BBC that the #USA pulling funding from the @WHO right now is a 'crime against humanity'."

Ready for Greta-Vision? BBC Producing Thunberg Documentary Series

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February 12th, 2020 3:25 PM
“Dora the Extorter?” “Exploited Development?” “How I Nagged Your Mother?” Whatever the eventual title, be afraid. Greta Thunberg is headed for TV. During the BBC Showcase on Feb. 10, the network announced production of a docu-series on the life and and propaganda of the Swedish Scold.
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BBC's 'Doctor Who' Depicts Earth Destroyed by 'Global Warming'

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January 13th, 2020 9:48 PM
Over the weekend, the BBC's long-running science fiction television series, Doctor Who, ventured into promoting climate alarmism as the show depicted an uninhabitable futuristic Earth that has been destroyed by global warming because the human race refused to heed warnings that were raised by "every scientist alive."

Biased BBC Might Restrict Its Journalists on Twitter

December 26th, 2019 4:18 PM
UK's government-funded news media giant BBC is considering measures to discourage its “top correspondents” from biased tweeting.
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Merry Impeachmas: BBC Commissions ‘12 Days of Impeachment' Carol

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December 23rd, 2019 2:38 PM
With the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump so close to Christmas, it wasn’t long before partisan sham received it’s own holiday spin from the media. BBC arranged a professional choral performance of the “Twelve Days of Christmas” updated with lyrics about the political hit job, because honestly, the congressional rebuke of the President is a more festive occasion for the liberal media than…

Britain's Boris Johnson Boycotts BBC Show Program Over Election Bias

December 17th, 2019 10:16 AM
As people in the U.S. media prepare for the 2020 presidential election, their counterparts in the United Kingdom are clashing over the British Broadcasting Company’s radio coverage of that nation’s December 12 contest, which gave the Conservative Party a majority within the government. Instead, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has criticized the BBC’s flagship Today program for having media bias as…

Google Favors CNN, Left Media in Biased Mass Shooting Search Results

August 9th, 2019 8:19 PM
AllSides, a media technology company that provides media bias ratings and balanced news across the political spectrum, conducted an audit of Google’s “Top Stories” section following the two mass shootings that occurred in Dayton, OH and El Paso, TX last weekend. The findings reveal a heavy preference for CNN and left-leaning media outlets overall, reinforcing previous audits completed by AllSides…

BBC Pushes Firearm Falsehoods, Then Quietly Changes Article

August 6th, 2019 11:51 AM
A BBC article published on Monday, in the wake of recent mass shootings, included a graphic that contained blatant lies about the fire rates of different types of firearms. BBC later removed the graphic from the article, but they provided no editor’s note in the article and failed to announce the correction on Twitter.
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Futuristic Family Saga: Female Trump Insults Reporters, Goes to Jail

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July 30th, 2019 1:01 AM
As BBC's Years and Years, which has aired in the United States on HBO, came to a close with Episode 6 airing July 29, the writers couldn't help but throw in some more comparisons between evil Prime Minister Vivienne Rook (Emma Thompson) and President Donald Trump.