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Jun 03 2019
News
Don’t let Fox gaslight you over Laura Ingraham’s defense of Paul Nehlen
Fox News has again found itself in a firestorm over the abhorrent conduct of its prime-time hosts, this time over Laura Ingraham’s defense of Paul Nehlen, a prominent white nationalist and anti-Semite. The network is trying to bully, bluster, and gaslight its way out of potential fallout from advertisers with the ridiculous claim that Ingraham wasn’t actually defending Nehlen.
For years
Media MattersMay 14 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Israel and the Palestinians Go to War
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
Seven years ago, when violence between Israelis and Palestinians last reached these levels, Israel was still a bipartisan issue in the U.S. Congress. But today, as bombs drop on Gaza, as rockets are fired toward Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and as riots rage on the ground throughout the region, it’s clear how dramatically
Dan SchnurOct 16 2023
Headline Roundup
Should the US Accept Gaza Refugees?
As Israel looks poised to launch a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, should the U.S. help resettle displaced Palestinians?
The Details: Over 1 million people in the Gaza Strip have been displaced as Israel retaliates for the deadly Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, and Gaza's border remains closed to evacuees. Over the weekend, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and several other Republicans said
CNN (Online News) The Hill National Review (News)Jan 03 2024
Headline Roundup
AP Criticized After Deeming Plagiarism Accusations a 'New Conservative Weapon'
The Associated Press (Lean Left bias) altered an article that originally deemed plagiarism accusations to be a “new conservative weapon” after receiving criticism.
For Context: On Tuesday, Claudine Gay resigned from her position as president of Harvard University following controversies regarding anti-semitism on Harvard’s campus and accusations that she committed plagiarism in her
Associated Press The Daily Wire Daily MailDec 03 2023
Headline Roundup
Why Did MSNBC Cancel Mehdi Hasan’s Show?
MSNBC (Left bias) announced it was canceling opinion commentator Mehdi Hasan’s Sunday night show on Thursday, drawing opinions from journalists and media outlets.
For Context: Hasan is known for his debate-style interviews, and book, Win Every Argument.
A Big Mistake: An opinion for The Nation (Left bias) praised Hasan as one of the best interviewers in American media and “
The Nation Glenn Greenwald TownhallFeb 05 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Both Parties Split in Half
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
The nastiest argument in American politics will be center stage in the upcoming days when Donald Trump’s impeachment trial commences in the U.S. Senate. But while the outcome of that ongoing fight is pre-ordained, it will temporarily obscure intramural brawls within the two political parties that will have just as
Dan SchnurJan 31 2024
Headline Roundup
Who Would Donald Trump Select For His Running Mate?
As former President Donald Trump grows closer to securing the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election, analysts across the spectrum are speculating who he may select as his running mate.
Trump’s Words: During a town hall event hosted by Fox News (Right bias) earlier this month, Trump stated, “I know who it’s going to be.” He declined to elaborate, but expressed a
The Guardian RealClearPolitics Washington ExaminerDec 08 2022
Perspectives Blog
Is Media Coverage of Chinese Anti-Lockdown Protesters Biased?
From the RightAnti-lockdown protests in cities across China have garnered media attention in the Western world in recent weeks. Yet the coverage of anti-lockdown protesters in China has taken a very different angle than it took in 2020, when anti-lockdown protests occurred in the U.S. and other Western nations, revealing media bias by slant.
Headlines and coverage from Vox (Left
Julie MastrineMar 08 2019
News
The Democrats’ Dilemma
What Ilhan Omar and Dean Phillips tell us about the future of the Democratic Party.
MINNEAPOLIS—They have gathered in defiance of the freezing temperatures on a late February’s night, scores of them twirling Somali flags in one hand and American flags in the other, crowding around the arrivals terminal and waiting to welcome one of their own. The vast Somali community in the Twin Cities
PoliticoFeb 27 2017
Opinion
What Does Steve Bannon Want?
President Trump presents a problem to those who look at politics in terms of systematic ideologies. He is either disinclined or unable to lay out his agenda in that way. So perhaps it was inevitable that Mr. Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, who does have a gift for thinking systematically, would be so often invoked by Mr. Trump’s opponents. They need him not just as a hate object
New York Times (News)