The NY Times’ bias problem

The NY Times’ bias problem

By Christopher B. Daly.   Today’s front page of the New York Times presents a dramatic example of what drives some people crazy about the news media — hidden bias. Many people expect the Times to exemplify the 20th Century ideal [...]
MSNBC’s Brzezinski: Hillary was “Amazing” During Debate—Worries That Trump Will “Do Quite Well” Post Debate

MSNBC’s Brzezinski: Hillary was “Amazing” During Debate—Worries That Trump Will “Do Quite Well” Post Debate

  By Don Irvine.   MSNBC’s Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinksi—who has declared that she will be voting for Hillary Clinton despite her concerns over the email scandal—said Tuesday that Hillary was “amazing” during the debate [...]
Al Jazeera America is Back with English Digital News Channel

Al Jazeera America is Back with English Digital News Channel

By Don Irvine.   Al Jazeera America, which was shut down in April after losing millions of dollars and failing to find an audience in the U.S., is back, but this time as a digital news channel. The news channel—called Al Jazeera [...]
MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson Allows Wasserman Schultz to Lie about Gore Winning Florida in 2000

MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson Allows Wasserman Schultz to Lie about Gore Winning Florida in 2000

By Don Irvine.   During a discussion of the presidential race in Florida, MSNBC reporter Hallie Jackson allowed former DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) to lie about Al Gore winning the state in the 2000 presidential election. Jackson [...]
Gallup: Trust in News Media Hits All-Time Low

Gallup: Trust in News Media Hits All-Time Low

By Don Irvine.   A new poll by Gallup released on Wednesday shows that the American public’s trust and confidence in the media has fallen to the lowest point in the poll’s 44-year history. Thirty-two percent of respondents in the [...]
New York Times Calls for Full Disclosure on Candidates’ Health

New York Times Calls for Full Disclosure on Candidates’ Health

By Don Irvine.     Acknowledging that there is no requirement to submit health records when running for the presidency, The New York Times is calling for full disclosure of both Hillary Clinton’s and Donald Trump’s health [...]
Left-Wing Journalist Glenn Greenwald Criticizes Liberal Pundits for Trying to Delegitimize Negative Coverage of Clinton

Left-Wing Journalist Glenn Greenwald Criticizes Liberal Pundits for Trying to Delegitimize Negative Coverage of Clinton

By Don Irvine.   Left-wing journalist Glenn Greenwald—who is no fan of Donald Trump—came down hard on liberal pundits who he believes are trying to delegitimize negative coverage of Hillary Clinton, in a lengthy piece for The Intercept. What [...]
New York Times Urges Hillary Clinton to Cut Ties with Clinton Foundation

New York Times Urges Hillary Clinton to Cut Ties with Clinton Foundation

By Don Irvine.   The New York Times editorial board called on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to cut ties with the Clinton Foundation in light of the recently released emails that show that the foundation sought favors [...]
Trump epitomizes the “charismatic leader” where power is personal

Trump epitomizes the “charismatic leader” where power is personal

By Christopher B. Daly.   Nothing so aptly captures the phenomenon of Donald Trump as the social theory laid out more than a century ago by the German social thinker Max Weber. In Weber’s scheme of understanding power, Trump epitomizes [...]
MSNBC’s Number of the Day—Trump Leads Clinton 17-0 in 2016 Press Conferences

MSNBC’s Number of the Day—Trump Leads Clinton 17-0 in 2016 Press Conferences

By Don Irvine.   MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki’s Most Important Number of the Day on Monday was 268. That’s the number of days since Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has held a press conference. Clinton’s last press [...]
Despite Freedom of Information laws on the books for decades, records access often doesn’t come without a fight

Despite Freedom of Information laws on the books for decades, records access often doesn’t come without a fight

By Karl Grossman. The Freedom of Information Act, I tell my journalism students, was the best thing to come along for journalists since the typewriter. For nearly 40 years in my “Investigative Reporting” course at SUNY Old Westbury [...]
Media Scoundrels for Hillary

Media Scoundrels for Hillary

By Stephen Lendman.   Never before in US history was media coverage so outrageously biased for one presidential candidate over the other. It’s so bad, it’s surreal, character assassination posing as journalism. Veteran pollster [...]
USA Today Columnist: Brazil’s Police Far From Innocent in Ryan Lochte-Robbery Saga

USA Today Columnist: Brazil’s Police Far From Innocent in Ryan Lochte-Robbery Saga

  By Don Irvine.     First, the security guard at the gas station did point a gun at the U.S. swimmers (including Ryan Lochte) to extort money, and then, second, the police have been focusing so much on this and not dealing with [...]
Univision’s Jorge Ramos: Journalists Can’t be Neutral in an Election

Univision’s Jorge Ramos: Journalists Can’t be Neutral in an Election

  By Don Irvine.     Univision and Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos is apparently still smarting from being escorted out of a Trump press event last year. He called on journalists to ignore ethical standards and take a stand against [...]
Feature NYT Story Endorses Hillary’s Anti-Trump Big Lies

Feature NYT Story Endorses Hillary’s Anti-Trump Big Lies

  By Stephen Lendman.     I criticize deplorable Times reporting and opinions so often, I imagine I’m one of its leading critics – a deplorable publication featuring misinformation and Big Lies on issues mattering most, [...]
Howard Dean: Hillary Shouldn’t Hold Pressers Because Media Isn’t Legitimate

Howard Dean: Hillary Shouldn’t Hold Pressers Because Media Isn’t Legitimate

By Don Irvine.     Former Democratic presidential candidate and Hillary Clinton supporter Howard Dean said on Wednesday that the press is not “legitimate,” and therefore their questions aren’t either. Dean appeared on MSNBC [...]
WaPo’s Cillizza: Clinton’s Lack of Press Conferences Sets a “Dangerous Precedent”

WaPo’s Cillizza: Clinton’s Lack of Press Conferences Sets a “Dangerous Precedent”

  By Don Irvine.     The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza thinks that the lack of a true press conference—it’s been 263 days—and the chance that there may not be one before the election, won’t cost Hillary Clinton the [...]
Liberal Media Bias: Comparison of Criticism of George W. Bush vs. Barack Obama

Liberal Media Bias: Comparison of Criticism of George W. Bush vs. Barack Obama

By Don Irvine.     Here’s what a 2008 USA Today column said about George W. Bush’s response to Hurricane Katrina: President Bush has shown that he can be empathetic, sensitive and decisive. But those qualities eluded him for [...]
MSNBC’s Morning Joe Slams Clinton for Dragging Colin Powell into Her Email Scandal

MSNBC’s Morning Joe Slams Clinton for Dragging Colin Powell into Her Email Scandal

  By Don Irvine.     MSNBC’s Morning Joe panel, liberally tilted as usual, slammed Hillary Clinton Monday for repeatedly trying to justify her use of a private email server by comparing it to former Secretary of State Colin [...]
The Bias Buzz Podcast- Trump Shakes Up Campaign, Does the Media Favor Hillary?, Obamacare Suffers Big Setback and More!

The Bias Buzz Podcast- Trump Shakes Up Campaign, Does the Media Favor Hillary?, Obamacare Suffers Big Setback and More!

By Don Irvine.     Episode 21.  On this broadcast I am joined by special guest host Jerry Cave as we discuss the latest Trump campaign shakeup and will it make a difference, the media’s pro-Hillary stance, the Baton Rouge flooding [...]