Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org.
View all authorsPoliticsCommentary
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
PoliticsNews
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
PoliticsCommentary
He held an important position—U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia—but Matthew Graves has been nearly invisible in the national media over the last four… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Joe Biden may still hold the office of president of the United States, but the media are treating him like he’s anything but a newsmaker…. Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Even after The Wall Street Journal published a four-byline bombshell detailing how President Joe Biden’s staff energetically hid his ongoing cognitive decline from the public,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Don’t call PolitiFact an “independent fact-checker.” When they assemble to select their “Lie of the Year,” they’ve singled out Donald Trump in 2015, 2016, 2017,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
After ABC News settled with Donald Trump for $16 million over George Stephanopoulos incessantly lying about Trump being held “liable for rape,” the hot concept… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The reelection of Donald Trump has created overwhelming angst among the press. With Trump, they have been like the opposite of the Humpty Dumpty rhyme…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Trump-loathing media hate the notion of mass deportations. They are upset that voters support it. After the election, a CBS News poll found 57%… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The anti-Trump media have already congratulated themselves for destroying the Matt Gaetz nomination for attorney general and are now attempting to destroy the Pete Hegseth… Read More
LawCommentary
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
