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Paul Wilson | May 4, 2018

It isn’t exactly news that The Washington Post often attacks the Trump administration and downplays good news regarding its policies. This is the same Jeff Bezos-owned publication where an editor praised Michelle Wolf’s White House…

Julia A. Seymour | 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.…

The saga of the environmental crusade against Chevron over pollution in Ecuador will be coming to San Francisco theater this month.

Filmmaker and investigative journalist Phelim McAleer co-wrote the play The 18-Billion Prize, with…

Julia A. Seymour | May 3, 2018

Protests by workers and activists and, in some cases, violence by anarchists marked the far-left holiday May Day this year.

But most American news consumers would not have known that some London demonstrators carried communist flags and…

Julia A. Seymour | April 30, 2018

Superheroes, the naming of a new royal and an adorable child umpire were all more important to ABC, CBS and NBC news than the latest U.S. economic data.

The Commerce Department announced a better-than-expected estimate of GDP — 2.3…

Julia A. Seymour | April 27, 2018

On-air editor Rick Santelli announced the first quarter gross domestic product (GDP) estimate for CNBC’s Squawk Box on April 27.

“Holy cow! Better than expected up 2.3 percent. You know many were thinking, and there’s a…

Julia A. Seymour | 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…

Paul Wilson | April 26, 2018

Drew Cloud was a prolific writer specializing in student loan issues, founder of the Student Loan Report, and “a source for news on the student loan industry, financial aid, and scholarships.” Media relied on him for sensational…

Julia A. Seymour | April 25, 2018

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals clearly had enough of PETA’s monkey business, when it ruled against the animal activists on April 23.

The extreme group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), filed suit as “next…

Gabriel Hays | April 25, 2018

Jeff Bezos’ media properties, The Washington Post and Express newspapers, are acting more than ever like press agents for the Amazon CEO.

Both publications recently heralded the “unspoken requirement” for Amazon…

Paul Wilson | April 23, 2018

Ah yes, what better way to get people to “help” the planet than by auctioning off prizes from mansion owning, private jet flying Hollywood stars?

Liberal environmental website EcoWatch published the Natural Resources Defense…

Julia A. Seymour | April 23, 2018

The Federal Reserve and the Conference Board both issued positive progress reports about the U.S. economy last week. Neither got a peep from the broadcast networks on those days.

In fact, on April 18 and 19, the evening news…

Julia A. Seymour | April 19, 2018

The GOP-passed tax legislation passed in late 2017, remains a centerpiece of the 2018 mid-term elections. One side will be praising it, the other attacking it. USA Today only seems to care about who backs one side of that battle.

Paul Wilson | April 19, 2018

Celebrity promotion of liberal views are predictable as death and taxes. But these days the media also take these opinions seriously, trying to turn absurdities into news.

The latest example was the media frenzy over a Tweet from Sen.…

Julia A. Seymour | April 17, 2018

Shot: Anti-booze groups held a conference on influencing government policy.

Chaser: Two government agencies were involved with the event.

The 2018 Alcohol Policy Conference convened in Washington, D.C. on April 11-13, with…

Julia A. Seymour | April 17, 2018

Robert Johnson, the founder of BET television and America’s first black billionaire, had some positive things to say about the economy in April, but most liberal media failed to notice. The one national paper to cover it delayed including…

Corinne Weaver | April 12, 2018

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The dreaded Republicans are in control, new tax legislation has been passed, and it is tax season. What’s a wealthy, overprivileged celebrity to do?

Complain, of course. Some celebs…

Julia A. Seymour | 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…

Julia A. Seymour | April 10, 2018

A fuzzy animal, faulty directions and famous murderers all outranked the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The BLS announced on April 6, that the U.S. added 103,000 jobs in March and unemployment remained low.…

Julia A. Seymour | April 5, 2018

Stock markets have been stumbling and volatile since late January. But to hear The Washington Post tell it, that means the tax cuts failed to do what President Donald Trump said they’d do.

“The tax cuts were supposed to be…