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The press doesn't have—or won't use—the proper language to describe today's radical Republican Party
Half of America wants Trump removed from office. Why does the press keep shrugging that off?
With the House Judiciary Committee poised to take up the impeachment baton and hold a new round of public hearings this month, the Beltway press continues to absorb and echo Republican talking points that claim […]
CNN's Sean Duffy problem is only going to get worse
How do you solve a problem like Sean Duffy? The former Republican congressman, who was hired by CNN to blindly defend Donald Trump while the impeachment process unfolds, is creating problems for the network by constantly fabricating […]
The GOP's 'process' attacks on impeachment are a joke—and the press should say so
Nancy Pelosi called the GOP's impeachment bluff this week, and in doing so she completely undercut the “process” attacks they have been making about the House inquiry. Demanding that a formal House vote be held […]
Facebook and the shameful media tradition of enabling Breitbart hate
Here we go again: Facebook just became the latest traditional media player to enable the right-wing hate of Breitbart News. Unveiling its news tab initiative last week, on which Facebook is partnering with outlets such as […]
Why is Facebook trying to re-elect Trump?
Bullying works. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on a GOP charm offensive, and it seems to be working for the social media behemoth as it makes its allegiance to the Republican Party more open. […]
D.C. press whitewashes its role in 2016 email fiasco after State Department exonerates Clinton
Page 16 and 649 words. That’s how The New York Times treated the recent news that a years-long State Department investigation concluded there was no systemic or deliberate mishandling of classified information via emails sent to and […]
Of course Trump should be kicked off Twitter
Enough is enough. If there was a tipping point for Donald Trump’s blatant abuse of Twitter with his hate speech, it may have come when he recently posted a series of tweets warning of a […]
Why Fox News is getting trounced in the public opinion battle over Trump impeachment
Shepard Smith's recent, abrupt resignation isn’t the only crisis Fox News is facing these days. Aside from allegations that conservatives simply will not tolerate any dissenting voices amid a chorus that worships Donald Trump, the right-wing cable […]
Why there's no room for a Shepard Smith in today's right-wing, Trump-boosting media
Shepard Smith’s sudden departure from Fox News signaled that the drawbridge has effectively been raised, and all Trump nonbelievers belong on the other side of Rupert Murdoch's cable castle. No longer a place where any serious […]
Fact-checking Democrats in the age of chronic Trump lies
At the outset of his presidency, several major news outlets eagerly and proudly announced that they were going to fact-check Donald Trump's every utterance and document all the misinformation he was spreading. To their credit, […]
How Trump's phony Mexico trade deal duped the press
Donald Trump lies about everything. So why do newsrooms still assume he's telling the truth, especially when he unveils grand initiatives? On Friday, Trump claimed he had reached a landmark last-minute immigration deal with Mexico, […]
How canceling White House press briefings is now helping Trump fight impeachment
It's been nearly 100 days since Donald Trump appointed Stephanie Grisham to be the new White House press secretary, and during that time she has refused to hold a single press briefing. Ripping up decades […]
The Fox News effect: Can we have an impeachment debate if one side is brainwashed?
“All right senator, I have no idea why a Fox News conspiracy, propaganda stuff is popping up here,” lamented Meet The Press host Chuck Todd on Sunday morning, trying to get a straight answer out of […]
Visiting foreign journalists call out Trump's increasingly erratic behavior. Why won't D.C. press?
Donald Trump's stupefying public performances last Wednesday as the widening collusion scandal continued to gain momentum were stunning, even by his erratic standards. Trump uncorked rambling, incoherent, angry, whiny monologues that were filled with lies […]
Why does The New York Times assume impeachment poses political problem mostly for Democrats?
Adopting a warped view of the Ukraine collusion scandal that's engulfing Donald Trump's presidency, The New York Times seems to think that it's Democrats who are caught in a “tricky” political position. The coverage highlights […]
It's time: Newspapers should demand Trump resign. That's what they told Bill Clinton
Openly colluding with a foreign government to dig up dirt on his political opponent, while offering up the assistance of the Department of Justice. Freezing U.S. foreign aid to make sure the overseas dirt gets dug. […]
The press has a Rudy Giuliani problem
The impeachment battle lines now appear to have been drawn in terms of the unfolding messaging war that will dominate the airwaves for months to come: Democrats are doggedly perusing the checked-out claims of a government […]
Confused Fox News not sure how to spin Trump's admitted Ukraine collusion
Fox News has never cared about having a coherent and consistent message. As a propaganda and disinformation network, it's not Fox News' job to make sense: It's Fox News' job, these days, to cover for Donald […]
How the press keeps helping Trump spread his crooked Ukraine conspiracy
Tapped to handle damage control on the stunning revelation that Donald Trump aggressively tried to pressure a foreign country to dig up dirt on his possible 2020 Democratic opponent, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo engaged […]
Good grief, New York Times—Trump is not a 'populist' like Warren
Signaling that it's going to work hard to elevate Donald Trump during the upcoming presidential campaign, The New York Times recently suggested that Trump and Elizabeth Warren are politically similar because both offer up a […]
Kavanaugh's confirmation was built on lies. The entire GOP traffics in lies. Why the press silence?
We're witnessing a political revolution in this country, and the press is missing this monumental shift. It’s not that journalists can’t spot the game-changing story; it’s that they’re too afraid to document it. They’re too bullied to […]
Vicious anti-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attack ad shows 2020 swift boating has begun. Is press ready?
It started in depressing fashion, but the 2020 election season may have officially begun when a right-wing group aired a vicious attack ad last week against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. The spot, which […]
Letting Trump constantly lie about 9/11 means the press will let him lie about anything
Sometimes it feels like the press has just completely surrendered to Donald Trump's relentless lies, and that reporters have essentially thrown up their hands, signaling that Trump has complete permission to fabricate whatever wild fantasies […]
