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October 19, 2018
On the 23rd anniversary of the Million Man March, organizer Louis Farrakhan was in Detroit, Michigan delivering yet another vile speech. A video he posted online showed him standing at the pulpit receiving applause and laughter while he…
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September 12, 2018
RESTON, VA – Today, the Media Research Center (MRC) said Congress must hold hearings to investigate Google for possibly trying to fix the presidential election following a bombshell report by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Monday night. The…
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July 27, 2018
CNBC’s Squawk on the Street and Bloomberg.com viewed the latest U.S. GDP report as good news for the Trump administration.
The 4.1 percent second-quarter GDP estimate announced July 27, was the best quarterly pace in almost four years.…
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May 4, 2018
The unemployment rate dropped below 4 percent for the first time since 2000, prompting analysts to call it a “wow” number. It also provoked a surprising election analysis from MSNBC Morning Joe contributor Donny Deutsch on May 4.…
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April 27, 2018
CNBC’s on-air editor Rick Santelli reacted to the April consumer confidence numbers positively, but the same night ABC, CBS and NBC evening news programs all ignored the latest update of consumer attitudes toward the economy, as did their…
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April 11, 2018
You’ve probably heard already. April 10, was “Equal Pay Day,” a symbolic day media, politicians and celebrities use each year to complain about gender-based pay discrimination — by abusing a statistic that does not illustrate…
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July 6, 2017
As fact-checkers play an increasingly important role in journalism, it’s important to fact check who funds them.
One such journalistic operation -- the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) -- just received a massive financial boost from two…
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April 27, 2017
It was a “moment made for Bill Nye,” so The Washington Post said.
The Post was referring to the April 22, March for Science, but they could just has easily been making a broader point about Nye’s recent resurgence and the media…
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May 12, 2016
Eleven days after a raging forest fire forced the entire town of Fort McMurray to evacuate, there is still no timeline for the displaced families to return home. The media, however, have been busy using the tragedy as yet another opportunity to…
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November 14, 2008
Gas prices are up: that’s bad. Gas prices are down: that’s even worse. You can’t win either way.
After a series of gas price hardship segments over the last year and a half…