Politico Q&A with Totalitarianism Expert Focuses on Trump

May 21st, 2024 4:55 PM

"News" outlets are engaged in feverish speculation about just how dystopian Donald Trump's second term might be. Their fervent imaginations overrule the reality of Trump's first term, which never devolved into dictatorship. Politico conducted a Q&A with Samantha Rose Hill, a scholar of totalitarianism and the author Hannah Arendt which center on how much of a dictator Trump might become if…

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PBS Sees Dangerous GOP, Is Sad That Hunter Trial May Make Joe Unhappy

May 20th, 2024 8:28 PM

It was a livelier-than-usual roundtable on Friday’s Washington Week with The Atlantic, as the import of former President Trump’s polling strength in the face of multiple trials seemed to be causing panic among the press corps. Moderator Jeffrey Goldberg led the feisty journalists in the discussion, including Laura Barrón-López of PBS NewsHour, Eugene Daniels of Politico,…

Politico TILT: North Idaho Is Extremist, Far-Right, Ultra-Conservative

May 20th, 2024 11:46 AM

You can tell Politico is firmly on the Left by how outraged it is by "ultra-conservatives" limiting abortions in red states. Politico's Magazine posted an article by freelancer Cassidy Randall reporting on the alleged craziness of northern Idaho.

Politico Media Critic: Fox News Coverage of Trump Trial's a 'Brownout'

May 19th, 2024 6:20 AM

Politico senior media writer Jack Shafer argued on Saturday that Fox’s coverage of the Trump trial in Manhattan exposed a propaganda network -- while CNN and MSNBC going into gavel-to-gavel overdrive does not?

Is Soros Buying Universities’ Silence on Anti-Semitic Agitators?

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May 7th, 2024 10:22 AM

First on MRC Business: George Soros’ Open Society Foundations sunk massive amounts of cash into several universities—most of which have been a breeding ground for radical anti-Israel students and whose administrations responded poorly to protestors, agitators and rioters trespassing, breaking into and occupying buildings and harassing Jewish students.

NewsGuard Is Applauding OpenAI for Partnering with This Media Outlet

May 2nd, 2024 10:21 AM

NewsGuard Co-editor and chief Gordon Crovitz praised OpenAI artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT’s use of "trustworthy journalism."  However, his definition of "trustworthy" depends on NewsGuard's biased news reliability rating system. NewsGuard has repeatedly demonstrated its left-leaning bias, by giving higher scores to left-leaning media outlets and more lenient scoring when these…

Everyone Laugh at Team Biden Hating NYT for Not Being Liberal Enough

April 25th, 2024 6:28 PM

In need of a laugh? Check out this unintentionally comical story running 3,850 words from Thursday in Politico about the Biden regime’s apparently disgust with The New York Times: “The Petty Feud Between the NYT and the White House; Biden’s people think they’re ‘entitled.’ The Times says ‘they’re not being realistic.’” In short, Politico’s Eli Stokols revealed the…

Politico Exposes Media's Anti-Trump Legal Echo Chamber's Meetings

April 24th, 2024 3:08 PM

Cable news has often been described as an echo chamber, but a Tuesday report from Politico’s Ankush Khardori provided evidence that cable news legal analysts regularly meet up to discuss what talking points they should bring with them when they are on the air.

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Politico Legal Editor Claims Legal System Is Too Nice to Trump

April 15th, 2024 7:13 AM

The blog discusses Politico's alleged bias in its portrayal of Donald Trump. Writer James Romoser’s article is criticized for painting the legal system as being overly lenient with Trump. The author argues that by omitting crucial details, Romoser commits journalistic fraud. The blog refers to the case against Trump by New York Attorney General Tish James and also mentions Trump's recent bond…

Politico: White House Reporters Steal From Air Force One

March 29th, 2024 2:32 PM

White House reporters like to portray themselves as the guardians of democracy who hold the powerful accountable, but if a Thursday Politico report by Eli Stokols, Lauren Egan, and Ben Johnson is true, they are also a collection of thieves who steal things from Air Force One.

Christian Group Ramps Up Pressure on Politico to Apologize for Smear

March 5th, 2024 3:56 PM

On Tuesday, the Family Research Council rolled out a new effort to pressure left-wing Politico into apologizing for the anti-Christian hate their democracy investigator Heidi Przybyla spewed when she smeared all Christians as dangerous “extremist[s]” for believing that our rights come from God. In a letter to supporters, FRC president Tony Perkins slammed Przybyla’s non-apology article and…

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ICYMI: Jacqui Heinrich Grills Flustered KJP Over Biden Border Crisis

March 4th, 2024 11:56 AM

In a Friday White House press briefing that perhaps flew under the radar, Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich threw down with a flustered Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre over the ongoing Biden border crisis, including her pointing out the President’s hesitation to act via executive order on the border was curious given his penchant to use the pen on issues like student loans.

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Clueless Journalists Confounded by the Concept of God-Given Rights

March 2nd, 2024 8:00 AM

The following are the worst media outbursts from the month of February.

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Politico Reporter Blames ‘Clumsy Words’ for How HATE Was ‘Interpreted’

March 1st, 2024 11:22 AM

A week ago, Politico’s so-called democracy investigator Heidi Przybyla flaunted her stone-cold civics illiteracy and anti-Christian bigotry when she suggested that anyone who believed that our rights came from God was a dangerous “extremist” and “Christian Nationalist.” But following overwhelming condemnation, Przybyla published a non-apology on Thursday in which she blamed “clumsy…