Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org.
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On June 25, 33-year-old Democrat Zohran Mamdani became a new socialist sensation in the media when he won the Democratic primary for mayor of New… Read More
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Democrats can say the wildest and craziest things and know that all those badly named “mainstream” media outlets and fact-checkers won’t care in the slightest…. Read More
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Liberal journalists dumped a barrel of glorifying adjectives upon the news Bill Moyers died at age 91. The Washington Post headline was “Bill Moyers, eminence… Read More
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is apparently the leader of a menacing conspiracy. The New York Times put this on its June 24 front page: “Under… Read More
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The “No Kings” rally against President Donald Trump on June 14 featured several angry speeches from Democrats. Mediaite had this story: “Eric Swalwell ‘Trump Is… Read More
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The national media employ a long-held double standard on political protests. They boost left-wing protests regardless of crowd size and pretend they’re not leftist. When… Read More
SocietyCommentary
So the House Republicans voted to end taxpayer funding for Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. NPR CEO Katherine Maher has repeatedly claimed, in… Read More
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Nicolle Wallace is one of the original “MSNBC Republicans,” a former adviser to George W. Bush and John McCain who quickly swapped sides to become… Read More
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Jack Blanchard at Politico’s Playbook newsletter made the leftists angry by praising President Donald Trump’s energetic availability to the press. While CBS star Scott Pelley… Read More
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The liberal media viscerally hate anything the Donald Trump administration is doing to defund the federal government pushing leftist ideology and squashing conservative counterpoints. One… Read More
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CBS News thinks the crown jewel of its news division is “60 Minutes,” the alleged gold standard of investigative journalism on television. But when it… Read More
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When Donald Trump is president, it’s considered dangerously authoritarian if he accuses someone of treason—and it’s considered heroic “truth-telling” when you accuse Trump of being… Read More
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You can always tell when a leftist media outlet doesn’t like a story angle. They’ll cry “no evidence,” and you want to ask them if… Read More
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
