Bill D'Agostino
Bill D'Agostino | February 22, 2022
Broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC are incredibly uncomfortable talking about Special Counsel John Durham’s latest filing. In the week immediately after the document came out, ABC and CBS refused to touch the story for even a second on their flagship morning and evening newscasts. NBC, meanwhile, took a full five days to cover the filing, and offered only scant coverage when they finally got…
Bill D'Agostino | February 15, 2022
According to a recent filing by Special Counsel John Durham, it turns out Trump was being spied on after all — both as a candidate in 2016 and as President of the United States — by operatives paid by Clinton campaign associates. In addition to being an explosive revelation in its own right, this is also very embarrassing news for the media, who have repeated endlessly that nobody spied on the…
Bill D'Agostino | February 15, 2022
According to a recent filing by Special Counsel John Durham, it turns out Trump was being spied on after all — both as a candidate in 2016 and as President of the United States — by operatives paid by Clinton campaign associates. In addition to being an explosive revelation in its own right, this is also very embarrassing news for the media, who have repeated endlessly that nobody spied on the…
Bill D'Agostino | February 10, 2022
In the age of COVID, it’s hard to get through a full hour of TV news without hearing somebody talk about the worrying rise of ”disinformation.” Unfortunately, media’s definition of misinformation includes things that may not be false at all, but are instead just things that they don’t want people talking about.
Bill D'Agostino | February 4, 2022
NBC commentators discuss China's former one-child policy during coverage of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Aired February 4, 2022.
Bill D'Agostino | February 4, 2022
NBC commentators discuss the ongoing Uyghur genocide during coverage of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Aired February 4, 2022.
Bill D'Agostino | February 4, 2022
NBC commentators discuss the ongoing Uyghur genocide while previewing the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Aired February 3, 2022.
Bill D'Agostino | January 20, 2022
Meanwhile, broadcast networks CBS and NBC continue to completely avoid the story in their flagship morning and evening newscasts.
Bill D'Agostino | January 19, 2022
TV journalists always seem eager to praise any Republican Senator who’s willing to break party lines and vote against his or her own caucus. Yet strangely, these same talking heads now have nothing but contempt for Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) for refusing to fall in line with their caucus and vote to nuke the filibuster.
Bill D'Agostino | January 12, 2022
For the past year, journalists have dishonestly framed the fight over election reform as a struggle over “voting rights.” Furthermore, they allege that Republicans have been trying to rescind the right to vote from some portion of the electorate.