A Critical Examination of Media Bias and Poll Construction The latest ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll claiming Americans “largely oppose” President Trump’s White House East Wing renovation reveals more about the state of American journalism than it does about public opinion. A closer examination of the poll’s construction, framing, and presentation exposes a textbook case of…
Category: Media Malfeasance
House Fire Occurs. Trump Administration Mentioned in Same Sentence. Coincidence? TIME Magazine Says: Probably Not!
BREAKING: House Fire Occurs. Trump Administration Mentioned in Same Sentence. Coincidence? TIME Magazine Says: Probably Not! Police are investigating a fire that burned down the home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein, who had reportedly received death threats for weeks related to her work. “At this time, there is no evidence to indicate…
A Matter of Standards: When Rhetoric Crosses the Line at MSNBC
Newsbusters: MSNBC Hosts Lets Guest Smear ICE Agents as Trump’s Lawless ‘Gestapo’ On Saturday’s The Weekend, MSNBC enabled the throwing around of more Nazi references as one guest excoriated ICE as “Trump’s Gestapo,” and another called it Trump’s own “national police” that has no accountability. The latest demonization came during a discussion of ICE arrests…
The Jimmy Kimmel “Cancellation” Myth: A Corporate Decision, Not Free Speech Martyrdom
While Jay Leno’s recent comment that “usually, it’s the truth that winds up getting canceled” sounds noble in defense of Jimmy Kimmel, it fundamentally misrepresents what actually happened to the late-night host—and reveals the dangerous conflation of corporate employment with constitutional rights that has poisoned our public discourse. Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t “cancelled.” He lost a…
A More Honest Telling of 1948: Beyond Simplistic Narratives
A fact-checking exposé on Doug Saunders’s 1948 claim Doug Saunders recently wrote that “in May, 1948, Israel declared its sovereignty and immediately launched military raids on the lands separating its strips of land, forcing hundreds of thousands of Arabs to become refugees.” It is a powerful sentence — simple, dramatic, and evocative. But it is…
The Case for Perjury Charges Against John Brennan
To quote an oft-used phrase in Washington, DC … “No one is above the law.” Despite compelling evidence suggesting that John Brennan, former CIA Director, may have committed perjury by providing false testimony under oath to Congress about the Steele Dossier and the CIA’s spying on Senate staffers, both the media and the Biden Administration…
The Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal: Media’s Muted Echoes
In the annals of American political history, few scandals have captured the nation’s attention like the affair between President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Yet, how this story was told—or rather, how it was not told—reveals much about the biases and priorities of mainstream media at the time. This documentary delves into…
This just in from Crazy Town! “Republicans Against Trump” call Gabbard a Russian Agent.”
The “Republicans against Trump” account, that bastion of nuanced political commentary, has once again graced us with their pearls of wisdom. They claim Donald Trump has nominated Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence. What a revelation! According to these keen observers, she’s not just any ordinary nominee; no, she’s a “known Russian asset” and…
Propaganda or Journalism? The Line the Media Loves to Blur
In the vast arena of American politics, where ideals and ideologies clash like titans, the media has long been viewed as the impartial judge, the keeper of truth, and the voice of reason. However, beneath this veneer of neutrality, a different narrative unfolds, one where the media isn’t merely reporting the news but actively shaping…
Echo Chambers and Emotional Hooks: The New Face of News Reporting
The Shift from Fact to Fiction The erosion of trust in American media can be starkly traced back to the moment when journalism began to blur the lines between fact-based reporting and narrative-driven fiction. Once revered as the fourth estate, the watchdog of democracy, journalism’s role has morphed into something akin to a creative writing…