Tucker vs NY Times, Round 2: ‘Nativist Tilt and Racial Scaremongering’

May 2nd, 2022 5:19 PM

In Part Two of the New York Times’ vast hit piece against Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, “How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News -- and Became Trump’s Heir,” which dominated Monday’s front page, reporter Nicholas Confessore claimed the host “had adopted increasingly catastrophic views of immigration and the country’s shifting demographics….Even among the generally right-of-…

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CBS Fawns Over Book From NYT Reporters, Skirts Dirt on Democrats

May 2nd, 2022 5:16 PM

As part of their weeks-long media tour promoting their book This Shall Not Pass, New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns joined Monday’s CBS Mornings and, as predicted, almost the entirety of their eight-minute-plus segment was devoted to trashing the Republican Party and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) while all but ignoring attempts by the authors to…

NY Times Goes to War on Tucker: ‘Most Racist Show in History of Cable'

May 1st, 2022 10:30 PM

The New York Times is running a three-part expose of Fox News show host Tucker Carlson. sub-titled “American Nationalist,” delivered by a staggering ten-person research/reporting crew led by reporter and MSNBC contributor Nicholas Confessore, including an exhaustive analysis of 1150 episodes of Tucker Carlson Tonight. Confessore relied on anonymous sourcing and hostile…

NY Times Says Illegal Aliens Voting Is a 'Fake Threat' -- But Wait...

May 1st, 2022 8:19 AM

The front page of Friday’s New York Times carried a two-pronged attack on Republicans. Reporter Jazmine Ulloa accused the Republican of both lying and racism in “Republicans Devise Fake Threat To Election, by Way of the Border.” Voting by illegal immigrants is a "fake" charge, but the Times hates requiring proof of citizenship at the polls.

NYT: FL Under DeSantis:‘Rightward Lurch…Rigid Conservative Orthodoxy'

April 29th, 2022 10:03 PM

Another day, another hostile New York Times story about the star Republican governor of Florida (and potential 2024 presidential candidate) Ron DeSantis: “Rapidly Flexing Power, DeSantis Turns Florida Into a Lab for the Right,” Miami bureau chief Patricia Mazzei portrayed Florida as a hot-headed state throwing a conservative temper tantrum led by a attention-seeking governor :"Florida…

Musk Panic at NYT:Twitter Free Speech Equals ‘Bullying…Misinformation'

April 29th, 2022 3:35 PM

As if the New York Times news pages weren’t crazed enough about Elon Musk,Times opinionizers really kicked up the dramatics over the billionaire entrepreneur acquiring Twitter, led by editorial board member Greg Bensinger’s aggrieved take in Tuesday’s edition, “Twitter Under Elon Musk Will Be a Scary Place.” Bensinger, whose livelihood depends on tolerance for free expression…

Musk’s Twitter Buy Spurs Fear Over ‘Misinformation’ at NY Times

April 27th, 2022 12:44 PM

The New York Times held its fire against Elon Musk during the will-he-or-won’t-he phase of the drama over the entrepreneurial billionaire’s potential purchase of Twitter, the social media “town square” that has throttled conservative opinion in the name of squelching “hate speech” and “disinformation.” Musk has caused controversy among the left for his strong free-speech proclamations…

NewsBusters Podcast: Kayleigh McEnany on How to Take on the Media

April 27th, 2022 9:22 AM

For the latest NewsBusters Podcast, we talked to Kayleigh McEnany -- former White House press secretary, current co-host of the Fox News show Outnumbered, and author of the book For Such a Time as This: My Faith Journey through the White House and Beyond.

Column: Wanted! Brave Reporter on the 'Right-Wing Media'

April 27th, 2022 5:37 AM

Back in the old days, newspapers assigned reporters to beats like Congress, the Supreme Court, the Pentagon, and Health and Human Services. Now it seems like the new beats are about covering threats, foreign and domestic – ideological threats. So The New York Times has a “climate” department. Michael Bender was recently hired to report on “Trumpism,” and the Times is seeking…

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Morning Joe On Musk Twitter: 'We All Believe In Free Speech, BUT...'

April 26th, 2022 5:47 PM

Morning Joe has given a general thumbs-down on Elon Musk's Twitter takeover. there was an exchange between Mika and NYT Washington bureau chief, Bumiller. The latter uttered that classic line, "we all believe in free speech, BUT . . . "  Bumiller went on to fret about the "guardrails" coming down, and claimed Twitter has become "a platform for a lot of misogyny." A terrified Mika recited a…

NY Times Claims Chris Rufo ‘Fuels Cultural Fires For Right’ in Florida

April 26th, 2022 10:01 AM

The New York Times has a new public enemy: Christopher Rufo, who has publicized myriad accounts of critical race theory indoctrination in schools and corporations via leaked documents and tapes. A Times’ headline writer let readers know he was bad news: “He Fuels Cultural Fires For the Right in Florida.” As in Florida, home of Gov. DeathSantis! Reporter Trip Gabriel’…

WashPost's Sullivan Hopes New Top NY Times Editor Embraces Strong Bias

April 25th, 2022 6:36 AM

Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan wants the incoming executive editor of the New York Times to ditch any shred of objective coverage of "radicalized" Republicans since they, in her view, pose a threat to democracy.

Deluded NYT Tells Biden: Embrace Climate Extremism or Lose Youth Vote

April 24th, 2022 4:14 PM

As Earth Day came and went, the New York Times still insists the Democrats can ride to victory on the issue of climate change – or at least warn the party is doomed if it doesn’t embrace extreme measures touted by…a high school student? That was environmental reporter Lisa Friedman’s spin in Saturday edition, “Frustrated by Inaction, Climate Activists Plan Rallies Across Country.” …

NYT Says GOP ‘Demonizing’ Refugees, But ‘Soaring’ Biden Cried Jim Crow

April 24th, 2022 6:22 AM

The New York Times knows the Democrats are in trouble, and they’re getting frantic. A front-page story on Friday, “G.O.P. Memo Shows Plan to Attack Democrats on Immigration,” was based on a leaked document distributed to House Republicans. The reporters seized on it to play defense attorney for the Democrats, trying to refute every piece of the memo on the party’s behalf. Reporters…