NewsGuard has waved its white flag in its censorship fight against “misinformation” and “disinformation,” claiming it is eliminating these terms in favor of alternative language. The move marks the left’s latest rebranding effort following the failure of previous campaigns. Leftist media ratings firm Editor McKenzie Sadeghi wrote in a…
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Column: PolitiFact Seeks to Spoil the Spin of Scott Jennings
The “fact checkers” at PolitiFact barely touch the talking heads on cable television anymore. They used to have a serious tilt against the Fox News hosts in prime time. So it’s unsurprising that on July 9, they published their first attack on conservative CNN analyst Scott Jennings, who…
OXYMORON: AEI ‘Free Speech’ Panel Roots for Big Tech’s Right to Censor
A panel at the American Enterprise Institute turned into a Big Tech lovefest, with the panelists advocating that social media companies have the right to censor Americans. Kate Ruane, a director at the Center for Democracy and Technology, and Corbin Barthold, a TikTok U.S. Content Advisory Council member,…
Psaki ‘Surprised’ Trump Isn’t Helping ‘Trump Supporters’ in Texas, Blames FEMA Cuts
On Tuesday night, MSNBC’s The Briefing With Jen Psaki cited FEMA cuts as a main factor for the response to the Texas floods. Psaki still used this narrative despite multiple reports coming out that emergency management and response had been on par with or exceeded expectations. Psaki let…
National ‘PUBLIC’ Radio Watch: NPR’s ‘Fresh Air’ Aired ZERO Conservative Journalists
As NPR aired Fresh Air here in DC on Thursday, an underwriting announcement said one foundation was funding the show for its “engaging in meaningful conversations.” That’s a clever term for “liberal trash talk.” Fresh Air is a daily talk show out of WHYY in Philadelphia (which airs nationwide)…
POLITICIZED? CNN’s Cornish Grabs Panel to Criticize Brennan-Comey Probe
“This is, unfortunately, a very sad and tragic example of the continued politicization of the intelligence community, of the national security process, and quite frankly, I’m really shocked that individuals who are willing to sacrifice their reputations, their credibility, their decency . . . on something that clearly…
The View’s Conservative Cries at Work Since ‘This Is a Very Hard Job’
The occupant of the so-called “conservative” seat of ABC’s The View, Alyssa Farah Griffin utterly embarrassed herself during Wednesday’s episode when she admitted on-air that she “cried at this job at least a half-a-dozen times.” Her reasoning? Because it’s “a very hard job” and she’s often the only…
Stelter Sees ‘A Narrative Against Public Media That Is Very Loud and Convincing’
The July 2 edition of Slate’s “What Next” podcast, “Is This the End of NPR and PBS?” began its argument for continuing to fund public television and radio with an ancient 1969 clip of Fred Rogers testifying before Congress. Before being officially introduced, guest Brian Stelter, CNN media…
MSNBC: Stop Blaming People for Texas Floods, Blame Climate Change
On her eponymous show Wednesday afternoon, MSNBC’s Chris Jansing decided maybe it was time to stop pointing fingers over the prevention of last weekend’s devastating Texas floods. Jansing didn’t imply that President Trump, who made cuts to the National Weather Service, was at fault. She didn’t place any definitive blame…
Barnes & Noble Hawked Nutty Book to Me that Compared Trump to Mass Murderer Jim Jones
As a bookworm, I’m naturally the obsessive compulsive buyer that Barnes & Noble seeks to attract. But one of my recent trips to their Frederick, MD store showed me just how much the bookstore giant was willing to go to sneak anti-Trump agitprop into their customers’ information diet. …