Brad Wilmouth
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog
On Tuesday's CNN Tonight show, during a discussion of the ABC News town hall with President Donald Trump, host Don Lemon and contributor David Swerdlick tried to portray the President's "Make America Great Again" slogan as a racist dog whistle, suggesting he wants to take the country back to times of oppression against African Americans.
But, in fact,…
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog
On Saturday's NBC Nightly News, the show displayed another crack in the liberal media narrative that mail-in voting works quite well as correspondent Katie Beck informed viewers that many mailed votes are rejected over signatures, which she also noted disproportionately effects minorities.
The story suggested that people should submit new signatures to…
Over the past several days, the media have been displaying a classic example of their double standard in which police shooting stories receive attention. If it bolsters the liberal narrative that police violence is motivated by racism, it is much more likely to receive attention than if a questionable case of police violence involves a white victim.
Last Friday, an apparently unarmed 13-year-old…
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog
Over the past several days, the media have been displaying a classic example of their double standard in which police shooting stories receive attention. If it bolsters the liberal narrative that police violence is motivated by racism, it is much more likely to receive attention than if a questionable case of police violence involves a white victim.…
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog
On Tuesday's New Day show, CNN hosts John Berman and Alisyn Camerota took the time to lament the case of an eight-year-old African American boy who was so afraid of being shot by police, that his mother found an officer to reassure her son that he does not need to be afraid.
The pair displayed no self-awareness of their profession's role in frightening…
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog
On the Labor Day edition of CNN's New Day, the show hyped Brandeis University professor and sexual harassment activist Anita Hill's decision to endorse Joe Biden for President as the show previewed one of its upcoming documentaries on the presidential candidates.
As CNN's Gloria Borger relayed that Hill has hopes of working with a President Biden on…
