Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
