Hurricane Helene -- and the ‘Climate Change’ Experts

October 10th, 2024 11:20 AM

“No one can deny the impact of climate crisis anymore. At least I hope they don’t. They must be brain dead if they do. Scientists report that with warming oceans powering more intense rains, storms like Helene are getting stronger and stronger. They’re not going to get less; they’re going to get stronger.” -- President Joe Biden, Oct. 2, 2024 Three years ago, Science News published an article…

The Truth About Class Action Lawsuits

September 18th, 2024 6:38 PM

Have you gotten a letter that says, “You may be entitled to compensation”? I get a bunch. One claimed my union (New York State forced me to join) probably cheated me on medical insurance. I didn’t think they did, but I filled out the forms. I got a check for $557. Great! Except ... my lawyers pocketed $7 million. How is that fair? Likewise, lawyers accused the Boston Globe of…

Kimberly Atkins Lohr MSNBC The Weekend 8-31-24
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MSNBC Logic: Kamala's 'Quote-Unquote' Policy Changes Were NOT a Shift!

September 1st, 2024 2:37 PM

On MSNBC's The Weekend, MSNBC political analyst Kimberly Atkins Stohr, who's also a Boston Globe columnist, claims that Kamala Harris' "quote-unquote" policy changes are NOT a "shift," but simply a matter of "pragmatism."

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Ashamed of the USA?! Media’s 20 Worst Anti-American Outbursts

July 3rd, 2024 4:00 PM

Over the years, the Media Research Center has caught journalists ridiculing and deriding America. The following is a countdown of the Media’s 20 Worst Anti-American Outbursts (as culled from the MRC’s archives).

Boston Globe Christmas Cartoon: White Family Won't Thank Santa Biden

December 25th, 2023 7:36 PM

The Boston Globe's Christmas Day cartoon depicts Joe Biden as Santa, displaying the "gifts" of a better economy, etc. he has left under the tree for a white family. But instead of thanking him, they shower insults on him.

Weyant cartoon The Boston Globe 11-23-23

For Thanksgiving, The Boston Globe Serves Up Trump—The Turkey Killer

November 23rd, 2023 6:38 AM

On Thanksgiving, the online edition of The Boston Globe publishes a cartoon depicting Donald Trump on his way to the tree stump, axe at the ready, to dispatch the turkey. And in turn, the turkey is regretting having rejected Biden because of his age.

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Scarborough Puts Plagiarist Mike Barnicle Among 'Greatest Columnists'

October 14th, 2023 6:38 PM

On his 80th birthday, Morning Joe hails Mike Barnicle—who was forced to resign by the Boston Globe for a variety of journalistic improprieties—"as one of the greatest columnists of the 20th century."

How Often Did Media Promote Pundits From Iran's 'Expert Initiative'?

September 26th, 2023 2:09 PM

Jay Solomon over at Semafor is out with a piece that details how the Iranian Foreign Ministry worked closely with a bunch of American and European academics to help sell the Iran nuclear deal back in 2014 by repeating Tehran’s lines. Members of the group, dubbed the Iran Experts Initiative, were frequent sources for media outlets before and after the deal was signed in 2015.

Krugman Sobs Green Energy a Victim of ‘Anti-Woke Mind Virus’ in Texas

Krugman Sobs Green Energy Victim of ‘Anti-Woke Mind Virus’ in Texas

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June 2nd, 2023 10:55 AM

The New York Times’s insufferable economics writer Paul Krugman absurdly accused Texas GOP lawmakers of being plagued with “anti-woke mind virus” simply because they’re signaling favor for fossil fuels over green energy pipe dreams.

Boston Globe Offer: Subscribe for $1, We'll Give $5 to Green Leftists!

April 22nd, 2023 10:50 AM

I received a promotional email from The Boston Globe with a unique subscription offer: Get a 6-month digital subscription for $1, and the Globe would donate $5 to a leftist environmental charity. Boy, that says a lot about who the Globe thinks its audience is! And who they're favoring in the "climate crisis" debate. 

President’s Day Parade (of Quotes): Using History to Spin the News

February 20th, 2023 8:50 AM

Journalists love to use past presidents to measure today’s politicians, either to build up those who exemplify their historical liberal heroes, or to belittle conservatives with whom they disagree. Here’s a deep dive into the MRC’s archives showing how the media have used presidents from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln to JFK as talking points in today’s political battles.

Climate Change Forecasts Through the Years

August 30th, 2022 2:10 PM

“‘The trouble with almost all environmental problems,’ says Paul R. Ehrlich, the population biologist, ‘is that by the time we have enough evidence to convince people, you’re dead. ... We must realize that unless we are extremely lucky, everybody will disappear in a cloud of blue steam in 20 years.’” --The New York Times, 1969.

Column: The Politics of Weaponized Car Attacks

November 26th, 2021 6:08 AM

As we learn more about the senseless SUV attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin, some liberal media outlets are energetically attempting to spin away from the suspect Darrell Brooks and his left-wing politics on social media. In their Thanksgiving edition, USA Today’s front page explored the politics of “vehicle ramming.” But they shifted the scrutiny back to people who resent “Black Lives…

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Boston Globe: Kaepernick’s Offense Lesser Than Rodgers’

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November 12th, 2021 1:05 PM

Colin Kaepernick has numerous media sycophants who will never let it go with the ex-NFL social justice warrior. Year after year, they keep crying about him not getting another chance to play in the league. They’ll use anything in NFL news cycles they can to make a case for a Kaepernick grievance.