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Sep 09 2020
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias by Photo: The Hill Draws Criticism for Trump Crowd Pic
The Hill (Center media bias) recently faced charges of media bias and fake news after it tweeted a headline about Trump’s recent rally in North Carolina that didn’t match what was shown in the accompanying photo, then deleting it.
“JUST IN: Trump, supporters gathered without masks in North Carolina despite request from local GOP official,” read the headline, alongside a photo showing
Julie MastrineMar 04 2019
News
India/Pakistan Conflict
“Hostilities escalated rapidly [between India and Pakistan] following a suicide car bombing on Feb. 14 that killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police in Indian-controlled Kashmir… Indian warplanes carried out air strikes on Tuesday inside northeast Pakistan’s Balakot… [and] Pakistan retaliated on Wednesday with its own aerial mission…
“The flare up appeared to be easing on Saturday
The Flip SideFeb 07 2013
News
Fox News Least Trusted News Network in Poll’s History, But Also Most Trusted
Fox News Channel is the most trusted — and the least trusted — news network in the nation, according to a new survey, illustrating the divisive and partisan nature of politics across the nation at the moment.
All in all, the only news network considered more trusted than not was PBS, a clear sign of the public's negative opinion of the mainstream press.
Fox News, known for being
Newsmax (News)Jun 14 2019
News
Hong Kong Protests
“Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Hong Kong [last] Sunday to voice their opposition to legislation that would allow people to be extradited to mainland China where they could face politically charged trials.” (AP News)
Despite the odds, both sides are cheering the protestors in their fight against China:
“For any protest anywhere, a million marchers would be
The Flip SideJul 04 2012
News
District of Columbia’s Demographics Change, but Democratic Voting Doesn’t
Today we continue our Presidential Geography series, a one-by-one examination of the economic and demographic peculiarities that drive the politics in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Todays special Independence Day stop: the District of Columbia. FiveThirtyEight spoke with Washingtons sole member of Congress, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.
If New Hampshire is a light-blue
New York Times (News)Jul 02 2012
News
Poll: Half of Hispanics independent
In an election year in which Hispanics in the U.S. are expected to play a crucial role, a significant percentage of them may be up for grabs come November, a new USA Today/Gallup poll suggests. A slight majority of Hispanics in the country, 51 percent, identify as politically independent, according to the survey released Monday. About a third, 32 percent, consider themselves Democrats, while
PoliticoJan 24 2013
News
More-Liberal Obama: Opportunity for GOP?
As I watched President Obamas second inaugural address and reflected on it afterwards, I realized a few things about politics and life. His address was a well-crafted and well-delivered, clear, progressive statement of where he sees the country and where he wants to go in a broad way. It reflected the diversity of the country in many ways, though I think it left out much of the diversity of
ABC News (Online)Nov 04 2019
News
Warren Releases Healthcare Plan
“Elizabeth Warren on Friday proposed $20 trillion in federal spending over the next decade to provide health care to every American without raising taxes on the middle class.” (AP)
The left applauds Warren’s detailed projections despite noting that some of the estimates may be unrealistic.
“The administrative costs [and profits] of private insurers are more than 25% of what they
The Flip SideFeb 09 2015
News
Joe Biden and John Kerry Are Shunning Israel’s Prime Minister — But Guess Who They Did See This Weekend
A political storm was raging in Israel Sunday after the leader of the left-wing Zionist Camp said he had met Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry Saturday on the sidelines of an international security conference in Germany shortly after the same top U.S. officials had reportedly decided to shun Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he addresses a joint session of
The BlazeNov 21 2016
Opinion
The unbearable smugness of the press
The mood in the Washington press corps is bleak, and deservedly so.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that, with a few exceptions, we were all tacitly or explicitly #WithHer, which has led to a certain anguish in the face of Donald Trump’s victory. More than that and more importantly, we also missed the story, after having spent months mocking the people who had a better sense
CBS News (Online)