Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org.
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No one should be surprised that President Joe Biden lied when he said he would not pardon his corrupt son Hunter before wandering out of… Read More
LawCommentary
Democratic attorneys waged legal war on former President Donald Trump on every level of government: federal, state, county and city. Now that he’s been reelected,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
There’s something about Donald Trump winning an election that drives journalists crazy. The National Press Club in the nation’s capital is an epicenter of media… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Last month, ABC anchor Martha Raddatz was mocked by JD Vance when she tried to minimize the threat of gangs in Colorado taking over apartment… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The 2024 election results certainly came as a surprise to the national media. They spent the last few weeks of the campaign wildly speculating about… Read More
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After the decisive Republican victory on Election Day, one question bouncing around in conservative circles was: Will this lead the liberal media to change their… Read More
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Nothing underlines the partisan nature of PBS right now more than The Atlantic magazine being allowed to take over the long-running “Washington Week” program in… Read More
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The 2024 presidential campaign is ending pretty much where it began: loathing the never-ending presence of Donald Trump. On the day before the election, The… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Left has a tendency to grade the media’s performance based on results. It doesn’t matter if you favor the Democrats aggressively if they don’t… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
It’s deliriously funny that The Washington Post jumped into a cauldron of boiling angst by refusing to endorse Kamala Harris for president. The decision is… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The ideal of a town hall meeting—where citizens can spontaneously ask politicians the questions they would like answered—doesn’t match what the town hall is in… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
On Sunday, the “60 Minutes” squad put out a statement dismissing Donald Trump’s accusations of manipulative editing in their Kamala Harris interview as “false.” But… Read More
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It shouldn’t be considered incredibly brave for Vice President Kamala Harris to consent to an interview with Bret Baier on Fox News. JD Vance has… Read More
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Liberal journalists love to paint the Republicans as opposed to facts—which implies that liberal journalists own the facts and determine who is using them properly…. Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Bob Woodward is the most overpraised journalist in modern American history. He’s an “icon” because he took out Richard Nixon. Every book should be titled… Read More
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For more than two months, Republicans have mocked Vice President Kamala Harris for hiding in the basement and not granting interviews and press conferences, which… Read More
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It’s late in the campaign, so the network “news” programs often seem indistinguishable from the cascade of negative campaign ads that air around the harrumphing… Read More
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The Democrats were distraught when Rachel Maddow negotiated with her Comcast paymasters to do her show only one night a week. What would the Left… Read More
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The Left used to pressure reporters trying to be objective by insulting them as “stenographers to power.” You can’t just repeat what the powerful say,… Read More
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The easiest thing in the world to predict is that Vice President Kamala Harris is going to be coddled by minority journalists. If you speak… Read More
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Kamala Harris consented to a puffball panel discussion with the National Association of Black Journalists on Sept. 17, and it was announced that PolitiFact would… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The debate debacle hosted by ABC News underscored why the conservative half of America is hostile to “fact-checkers.” Object to them, and the Left decrees… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Even battle-hardened conservatives can find it shocking when Democrat-boosting reporters fail to identify Kamala Harris as a “liberal” or a “progressive” or even, dare one… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
News consumers are often unaware of just how friendly the power players in Washington are, and those relationships are often undisclosed. You can tell that… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
There is never a level playing field in an American election. For example, the two major political parties have major advantages that third parties can’t… Read More
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Taxpayer-subsidized National Public Radio shouldn’t be a starting place for aggressively biased coverage against either Democrats or Republicans. But you can ask Clarence Thomas how… Read More
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The Washington Post is owned by Jeff Bezos, but it reads like it’s owned by the Democratic National Committee. Consider the bias by omission. On… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
How do voters know the prestige press is hopelessly partisan? For three weeks, Vice President Kamala Harris has been refusing all requests for interviews or… Read More
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Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her Democratic running mate, offering a balance of different races and genders—if you’re one of… Read More
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It’s funny how journalists admit Vice President Kamala Harris is getting a media honeymoon, and then deny it means anything. Ben Smith at Semafor sent an email… Read More
