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 first excerpts of the Jake Tapper-Alex Thompson book on denying former President Joe Biden’s obvious mental decline have been posted, and you can already… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The quick election of a pope born and raised in the United States was a shock to almost everyone outside the Sistine Chapel in Rome…. Read More
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The latest announcement of the Pulitzer Prizes brought great anticipation—not about who would win awards, but about what topics would be honored. Once again, the… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Supreme Court heard arguments on April 30 on whether a Catholic school in Oklahoma named for St. Isidore the Farmer can be the first… Read More
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At the 100-day mark, it’s an obvious fact that the border is now secure. Illegal immigration is now a trickle. The network “news” folks hate… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The New York Times recently published a hissy fit about the White House allowing reporters into the Briefing Room who didn’t vote for Kamala Harris…. Read More
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Is there any political schtick more tedious now than comparing President Donald Trump to Hitler? Politico posted an article noting Al Gore did this at… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Easter season can remind people of classic Hollywood movies with religious themes. Every year, ABC still airs “The Ten Commandments.” People might break out… Read More
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Liberals love to claim conservatives don’t have a firm grip on “reality,” but they also insist reality has a liberal bias—“facts” and “science” are always… Read More
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Journalists are terrible at hiding their desire to run our democracy, using their platforms to direct history to the “right side.” That badly disguised lust… Read More
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On April 7, Facebook pulled the plug on the censorship of “independent fact-checkers,” replacing it with a “Community Notes” approach, like Elon Musk’s X uses…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Our media elites love to tout themselves as “independent” and “fact-based.” But on almost any story on President Donald Trump, they can’t help but put… Read More
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At the Capitol grilling of the PBS and NPR CEOs on March 26, Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, asked PBS boss Paula Kerger, “Would you believe… Read More
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Down in the basement of the Capitol on Wednesday, I witnessed in person an episode of government accountability that upset liberal journalists. That’s because it… Read More
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Michael LaRosa was Jill Biden’s press secretary for the first 18 months of Joe Biden’s presidency, and in recent weeks he’s loosened his lips about… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In the moral battle between President Donald Trump and the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the media have chosen a side. The foreign gangsters… Read More
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Trans woman activist Dylan Mulvaney did a happy-go-lucky softball interview tour to promote the book “Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer.” The “mainstream” media… Read More
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It would have been a dangerous drinking game during the Joe Biden presidency to chug every time the media broadly described Jan. 6 protesters as… Read More
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Everyone knows that winning the assignment of officially responding to a State of the Union speech can be a curse, not a blessing. But it… Read More
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The national media pay for national polls to measure public opinion. But often, they aren’t just measuring public opinion. Their selection of polling questions carries… Read More
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CNN host Jake Tapper announced that he and Axios reporter (and CNN analyst) Alex Thompson have a book coming out in May titled “Original Sin:… Read More
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When Democrats switch parties and become Republicans or vote for Republicans, no one expects the liberal media to keep describing them with words like “liberal”… Read More
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On the PBS show “Washington Week with The Atlantic” on Feb. 7, host Jeffrey Goldberg began: “Elon Musk, the unelected, unconfirmed, unofficial, but extremely powerful… Read More
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The Poynter Institute for Media Studies is a left-wing hive of activists badly disguised as journalists. They run the very biased “fact-checker” PolitiFact, and one… Read More
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CNN data expert Harry Enten delivers poll results on air to his colleagues, whether they want to hear it or not. On the first Friday… Read More
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In CNN’s buildup to the Trump inauguration on Monday, anchor Jake Tapper uncorked a lecture about how five Big Tech executives in attendance “control so… Read More
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Even on Inauguration Day, you can count on taxpayer-funded National Public Radio to act like a hive of Democrats. It’s not surprising. As longtime NPR… Read More
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In all the somber coverage of Jimmy Carter’s death, the audience could and should expect the tone of kindness that wafts over wakes and funerals…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Since Donald Trump won reelection, the fiercest Trump-bashers in the press have raged against any sign of media titans softening their approaches before the second… Read More
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Point and laugh at The Hollywood Reporter. After four years of Team Biden pressuring Big Tech to crush dissent on social media, not to mention… Read More
