Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org.
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The Washington Post would like you to pretend along with them that they’re the essence of fact-based neutrality, that they don’t play favorites. Then you… Read More
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After some Trump supporters rioted at the Capitol in 2021, the national media aggressively reported on people who showed disrespect for the Capitol Police and… Read More
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The cultural stereotype of a Catholic nun is often very uptight—as in unmercifully swatting a child’s knuckles with a ruler—but sometimes it’s more violent. Nuns… Read More
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The Trump-trashing elitist media erupted in outrage when President Donald Trump told ABC White House reporter Mary Bruce she was a “terrible person” and “terrible… Read More
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When one of the most famous black women in America starts scolding the “white people,” you can feel the double standard marching to center stage…. Read More
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Even the sports pages can be a platform for anti-Trump editorializing. After the Washington Commanders were drubbed by the Detroit Lions, the front page of… Read More
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The self-appointed enforcers of “progressive” media indoctrination are satisfied that CBS hasn’t yet changed the tone of “60 Minutes,” which they call a “crown jewel”… Read More
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Zohran Mamdani surged to an easy victory as the “democratic socialist” mayor of New York City, complete with media enthusiasm that carried echoes of silly… Read More
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The CBS News program “Sunday Morning” has been hailed as one of the “crown jewels” of the network—which means it’s larded with liberal bias. Last… Read More
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Last month, former Vice President Kamala Harris made the rounds of supportive liberal networks to promote her campaign book “107 Days.” The title implied it… Read More
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The silliest Trump scandal imaginable is the forthcoming White House ballroom, funded entirely by private donations. If everything is a scandal, is nothing a scandal?… Read More
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Every once in a while, the “fact-checkers” at PolitiFact publish reader comments, and this one stuck out: “Your site seems to be mostly about Trump… Read More
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One of the more tiresome mantras of leftist media coverage is President Donald Trump allegedly paging through his “authoritarian playbook.” The media have their own… Read More
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Liberals always present themselves as smarter than conservatives. But even their attempts to “own” the conservatives can mangle the facts. On CNN‘s “NewsNight,” 22-year-old MeidasTouch… Read More
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The “fact-checkers” who pick apart President Donald Trump on a daily basis took exception to this recent presidential overstatement: “Portland [Oregon] is burning to the… Read More
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One way you can demonstrate how the liberal networks run on dunking Republicans is how they cover congressional hearings. For weeks, House Oversight Committee chair… Read More
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The aerobic freakout has begun inside the liberal media over the new owners of CBS News appointing “anti-woke” Bari Weiss to the new post of… Read More
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If the national media can be counted on to spin anything dramatically toward the Democrats, it’s a government shutdown. They feel passionately that the Democrats… Read More
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As we approach the second anniversary of Hamas mercilessly slaughtering 1,200 human beings on Oct. 7, 2023, our media remind us daily of the death… Read More
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President Donald Trump’s address to the United Nations General Assembly was the latest example of how our “independent fact-checkers” are better defined as Democrat-dependent messaging… Read More
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ABC stunned the media world on Wednesday by announcing it was suspending “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” indefinitely after several ABC station groups withdrew their support for… Read More
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Once the shock of Charlie Kirk’s murder began to wear off, it became easier to notice how today’s “news” media routinely fail to live up… Read More
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The shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah on Wednesday looked like the opposite of The Washington Post’s motto. It’s “Democracy… Read More
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PBS News tweeted out something unexpected from conservative Christian author Allie Beth Stuckey, author of the book “Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion.” This… Read More
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While artificial intelligence might make the student research paper obsolete, if today a student does his or her own research and writing, it’s quite possible… Read More
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There’s something darkly funny about liberal journalists insisting any new focus on the Russiagate frenzy of 2017-19 is a “distraction” from their current obsession over… Read More
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More than 400 elected Democrat Party officials from all 50 states and seven territories huddled in Minneapolis this week before the horrible mass shooting at… Read More
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One reason that many Republican voters took a shine to Donald Trump in 2016 was the way he showed no respect to the national chattering… Read More
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Liberal journalists who decry an allegedly pusillanimous White House press corps under President Donald Trump never seem to spend 10 seconds considering how “courageous” this… Read More
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The central strategy of media bias is defining your terms. The most obnoxious strategy of liberal journalists is defining the Republicans as ideological extremists engaging… Read More
