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Gannett Newspaper to Furlough Journalists

April 1, 2020March 31, 2020 Admin

Newspaper giant Gannett announced Monday it will begin furloughing employees across the country over the next three months to cut costs during the economic slowdown caused by the novel coronavirus.

The Hill reports, “the publisher of more than 100 newspapers, including USA Today, the Detroit Free Press, The Columbus Dispatch and The Arizona Republic, is reportedly furloughing workers who make more than $38,000 a year and they will be required to take one week of unpaid leave per month in April, May, and June, according to a tweet from investigative reporter Gregory Holman of the Springfield News-Leader in Missouri, a Gannett-owned paper.”

Chinese Propaganda Has Infected the U.K.’s Daily Mail Coronavirus Coverage

March 27, 2020March 26, 2020 Admin

The Daily Mail, the popular British tabloid widely read in the United States, has published dozens of articles in recent months about coronavirus that were based on stories originating from People’s Daily, the communist party’s official newspaper, and other Chinese propaganda mills.

Vox Scrubs China Reference from Title of Coronavirus Video

March 23, 2020March 24, 2020 Admin

Liberal media outlet Vox removed a reference to China from the title of a video it published about the role that wildlife markets there play in the spread of infectious disease like coronavirus.

Vox’s video, which has more than 18 million views, was initially titled “Why new diseases keep appearing in China.” It is now titled: “How wildlife trade is linked to coronavirus.”

Vox acknowledged the edit in a description of the video on YouTube.

Analysis: Vital Facts About Covid-19

March 17, 2020March 24, 2020 Admin

Given the spread of misinformation about Covid-19, Just Facts is providing a trove of rigorously documented facts about this disease and its impacts. These include some crucial facts that have been absent or misreported in much of the media’s coverage of this issue.

Commentary: President Trump and Coronavirus

March 4, 2020March 3, 2020 Admin

The attempt to hang coronavirus around the neck of the president is a movement that has gone from a standing start to neck-snapping speed, as opportunities to discredit Donald Trump in the American media generally do.

Commentary: Fake News Media No Longer Even Trying to Hide It

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 Admin

Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan recently opined that journalists should not be preoccupied with objectivity with their reporting as the country enters the “Trump Unbound” era. In doing so, Sullivan bolstered and further legitimized the president’s continued battle against what he calls the “Fake News Media.”

The Trump Campaign Sues The New York Times for Libel and Defamation Over ‘Russia Conspiracy’ Hoax

February 26, 2020March 19, 2020 Christina Botteri

The Trump campaign announced Wednesday it has filed a lawsuit claiming The New York Times knowingly libeled the president when the paper reported as fact a conspiracy to “collude” with Russia.

CNN and MSNBC Analysts Sign Petition Urging William Barr to Resign

February 17, 2020February 29, 2020 Admin

Eight legal analysts who work for CNN and MSNBC or appear frequently on the networks signed a petition Sunday calling on Attorney General William Barr to resign over his handling of Roger Stone’s case.

Pundits and Dems Wail After Facebook Refuses to Spike an ‘Edited’ Version of Pelosi’s SOTU Speech Rip

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Admin

Media pundits and Democratic lawmakers are lashing out after Facebook explained that an edited video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the State of the Union does not violate company policy.

ANALYSIS: Infanticide Is a Real Issue, Despite Establishment Media Narrative

February 10, 2020February 9, 2020 Admin

Establishment media news outlets insist that Republicans and President Donald Trump falsely emphasize Democratic support for infanticide, but the discussion of infanticide originated with the sitting governor of Virginia — and continues through 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s recent appearance on “The View.”

Commentary: Schadenfreude Has Never Felt So Good

February 4, 2020February 9, 2020 Admin

The impeachment farce will likely conclude this week – and not a minute too soon. For over a week now, my father would call me multiple times a day, in a near panic. He would watch Adam Schiff and his merry gang of Democratic goblins throw out accusation after accusation, and he was certain that the end was near.

New Hampshire Bill Would Require News Outlets to Retract Crime Stories if Defendant Fount ‘Not Guilty’

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 Admin

A new bill scheduled to go before the New Hampshire Legislature this year would compel news outlets to retract stories if a defendant is found not guilty of a crime.

Trump Campaign Blacklists Bloomberg News Over ‘Unfair Reporting Practices’

December 3, 2019December 2, 2019 Admin

President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign will no longer credential Bloomberg News reporters to cover rallies and other events due to the outlet’s stated policy of barring investigations into Democratic presidential candidates while continuing to allow investigations into Trump.

MSNBC’s Joy Reid Apologizes After Network Confused the Fired Navy Secretary with White Supremacist Richard Spencer

December 2, 2019December 1, 2019 Admin

MSNBC host Joy Reid issued a correction Sunday morning after her show’s producers apparently confused white supremacist leader Richard Spencer for a fired Trump administration official.

Commentary: The Indispensable Tucker Carlson

November 30, 2019November 29, 2019 Admin

Michael Blake, the vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee, just paid Tucker Carlson a high compliment. He’s trying to defame, delegitimize, deplatform, and, ultimately, cancel him. That’s because the Fox News host is the most articulate spokesman for a set of principles and priorities that are important to middle America, but anathema to the bipartisan ruling class.

Bloomberg News Pledges Not To Investigate Democratic Presidential Candidates

November 25, 2019November 24, 2019 Admin

Bloomberg News won’t conduct investigative reporting on any of the Democratic presidential candidates, the outlet’s editor-in-chief announced Sunday.

FedEx CEO Challenges NYT Publisher to Public Debate After ‘Factually Incorrect’ Article

November 19, 2019November 18, 2019 Admin

The CEO of FedEx challenged New York Times publisher A. G. Sulzberger to a public debate Sunday after the publication reported that the company didn’t pay any federal taxes in 2018.

The New York Times Describes Decorated War Hero Lt. Col. Jim Hickman as ‘Florida Man’ and ‘Fan of QAnon’

November 12, 2019November 11, 2019 Admin

The New York Times on Thursday covered U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jim Hickman’s explosive allegations against Democrat “star witness” Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman by casting aspersions on Hickman’s character.

Washington Post Writes Obituary for ISIS Leader, Calls Him ‘Austere Religious Scholar’

October 28, 2019October 27, 2019 Anthony Gockowski

The Washington Post ran an obituary Sunday morning for ISIS leader and serial rapist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who killed himself and at least three of his own children Saturday night during a U.S. military raid.

Minnesota Journalist Says Someone Should Have Murdered Roger Ailes Before He Had a Chance to Start Fox News

October 24, 2019October 23, 2019 Anthony Gockowski

A Minnesota-based journalist said Wednesday that someone should have murdered Roger Ailes, who died in 2017, before he had the opportunity to launch Fox News.

Facebook Announces New Effort to Clearly Mark Fake News Ahead of 2020

October 22, 2019October 21, 2019 Admin

Facebook announced Monday an effort to “protect the 2020 U.S. elections” by clearly marking fake news posts, offering protections to politicians’ accounts and offering more transparency.

Report Claims Gannett, Owner of The Tennessean, Plans to Cancel USA Today Print Edition

October 18, 2019January 23, 2020 Anthony Gockowski

A new report claims that the merger between Gannet and GateHouse Media, owned by the New Media Investment Group, will result in the cancellation of USA Today’s print edition.

CNN Insider Cary Poarch Blows Whistle on Jeff Zucker’s ‘Anti-Trump Crusade’

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Admin

On Monday, Project Veritas released the first video in a series that exposes the blatant bias, misconduct, and anti-Trump political agenda of CNN. These tapes, said founder James O’Keefe, “will be the biggest story of the year for Project Veritas.”

‘Harmless Fun’: NYT Faces Backlash After ‘Offensive’ Tweet About Kavanaugh Allegations

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Admin

The New York Times faced backlash after its opinion section tweeted “offensive” comments Saturday while promoting a piece about allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

One America News Network Files $10 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 Admin

One America News Network (OANN) filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit Monday against MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, alleging that the host “maliciously and recklessly” suggested on the air that the conservative news channel is a paid Russian state propaganda outlet.

Historian: Trump ‘Far Ahead’ of His Predecessors on Media Availability

September 2, 2019September 1, 2019 Admin

President Trump has had far more contact with reporters than any other president, according to an award-winning presidential historian. Scholar Martha Joynt Kumar, who specializes in White House communications and presidential transitions, said that as of the end of June, Trump had had 442 exchanges with media reporters.

‘Extremely Alarming’: Journalists Are Worried About Trump Allies Digging Up Their Old Tweets

August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 Admin

Some journalists are irate over a New York Times story about allies of President Donald Trump collecting damaging information on reporters from “news organizations deemed hostile” to the president.

Mike Huckabee Commentary: Coverage of Tragic Attacks Proves the Mainstream Media Are Not Objective Reporters, They Are Democrat Party Press Releases

August 7, 2019August 7, 2019 Admin

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The New York Times just showed the world that it is no longer a legitimate media outlet; the “newspaper of record” is now a full-blown mouthpiece for the Democratic Party. It’s why I usually refer to them as “The New York Slimes.”

One America News Network Demands Retraction from MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and The Daily Beast

July 30, 2019July 29, 2019 Admin

One America News Network (OANN) demanded retractions from MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and The Daily Beast, threatening a lawsuit, after both suggested links to the network and Russian propaganda.

Commentary: Tedious, Entitled, Ignoble and Mad – the Anti-Trump Circus Turns Four Years Old

July 2, 2019July 1, 2019 Admin

by Victor Davis Hanson We are now in the fourth year of an anti-Trump mania, and about reaching the point of caricature. The Left should have learned something after the failed celebrity appeal to undermine the Electoral College, the initial articles of impeachment, the empty invocations of the Logan…

Lone Democrat Andrew Yang Expresses Support for Conservative Journalist Attacked at Antifa Rally

July 2, 2019July 1, 2019 Admin

by Chris White Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang expressed support Monday for conservative journalist Andy Ngo, who was brutally attacked while covering an Antifa rally in Oregon on Saturday. “I hope @MrAndyNgo is okay. Journalists should be safe to report on a protest without being targeted,” wrote Yang, who is…

Trump Predicts Demise of Two Prominent U.S. Newspapers

June 17, 2019June 16, 2019 Admin

President Trump contended Sunday two of the country’s top newspapers, The New York Times and The Washington Post, would go out of business when he leaves office. Trump attacked both newspapers, both of which often publish articles that he labels as “fake news” – stories about his chaotic White…

Commentary: The Right Needs to Take Language Seriously

June 10, 2019June 9, 2019 Admin

by Deion A. Kathawa The Left’s ideas receive a major boost in ubiquity and apparent credibility because progressives control nearly all of the America’s major taste-making institutions: Hollywood, the universities, K-12 education, and the media. Such control allows progressives to set the terms of national debates, demarcating the range of…

Survey: Americans Think Fake News Is Big Problem, Blame Politicians

June 6, 2019June 5, 2019 Admin

Half of U.S. adults consider fake news a major problem, and they mostly blame politicians and activists for it, according to a new survey. A majority also believe journalists have the responsibility for fixing it. Differences in political affiliation are a major factor in how people think about fake…

High-Ranking FBI Official Leaked Sealed Information to Journalists, Accepted Gifts From Reporter

May 30, 2019May 29, 2019 Admin

by Chuck Ross A former FBI official accepted gifts from the media and leaked sealed court information to reporters, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog found. According to a summary of a DOJ inspector general’s report released on Wednesday, the former official, who served as a deputy assistant director, accepted…

Analysis: Abortion Debate Shows How Media Deploys Language Gymnastics to Serve Left-Wing Goals

May 28, 2019May 27, 2019 Admin

by Jarrett Stepman “Pregnancy Kills. Abortion Saves Lives.” That was the headline on an absurd opinion article in The New York Times, deploying Orwellian language to turn the abortion debate on pro-lifers and comfort those who support abortion on demand. While the conversation over Alabama’s new abortion law has drawn out…

Commentary: The Colluders, Obstructionists, and Leakers Project Onto ‘Trump World’ What They, Themselves Do

May 28, 2019May 27, 2019 Admin

by Victor Davis Hanson Before the defeat of Hillary Clinton, the idea that the Russians or anyone else could warp or tamper with our elections in any serious manner was laughed off by President Obama. “There is no serious person out there who would suggest that you could even…

Commentary: Mainstream Media’s Agitprop Distorts Trump’s Actions to Help Protect Trillions in Crony Globalist Status Quo

May 27, 2019May 26, 2019 Admin

by Edward Ring Competing investigations and alternative analyses offer partisans on both sides ample fodder to feed their biases, but a presumption that guilt can be manufactured if it doesn’t exist is the common thread pushing them. Just as the Soviets knew in Stalinist Russia, if you look at anyone long enough,…

FAKE NEWS: Time Columnist Ian Bremmer Admits He Made Up Viral Trump Quote ‘Kim Jong Un Is Smarter and Would Make a Better President than Sleepy Joe Biden’

May 27, 2019May 26, 2019 Admin

by Peter Hasson Time Magazine columnist Ian Bremmer on Sunday tweeted a quote from President Donald Trump about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un that quickly went viral — but it wasn’t real. “President Trump in Tokyo: ‘Kim Jong Un is smarter and would make a better President than Sleepy Joe…

Commentary: The Great Green Media Machine

May 19, 2019May 18, 2019 Admin

by Matthew Boose Remember Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony? By now, it feels like ages ago. At the time, the media hyped what the president’s former attorney had to say into a really big deal. In just a short time, Cohen’s highly dramatized hearing proved to be entirely inconsequential. Everyone…

House Speaker Glen Casada Provides a Statement to the Republican Caucus Regarding Media Reports and Allegations

May 15, 2019May 14, 2019 Admin

Nearly two weeks after the Tennessee State Capitol was roiled with reports of misconduct by House Speaker Glen Casada and his then-Chief of Staff Cade Cothren, Casada’s office has issued his most detailed response to the allegations to date. The Statement, first made available to Members of the House…

Commentary: Rumor and Bias, Inaccuracy and Ignorance Contribute to the Low State of Journalism

April 28, 2019April 28, 2019 Admin

by Jeff Minick William Tecumseh Sherman, a Civil War general not known for his delicacy of speech, once said, “If I had my choice, I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.” Like many people today,…

Commentary: Embarrassing Gaffes Continue to Show Media’s Ignorance of Religion

April 24, 2019April 23, 2019 Admin

by Jarret Stepman It’s become increasingly clear that many in our nation’s elite media know little to nothing about religion—Christianity in particular. This is a disturbing trend for the future of our country. A long list of theological gaffes by The New York Times over the years was recently…

House Judiciary Committee Chair Nadler Falsely Claims Don Jr. Was Offered Stolen Information in Trump Tower Meeting

April 23, 2019April 22, 2019 Admin

by Chuck Ross New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, falsely claimed in an interview on Sunday that Donald Trump Jr. was offered stolen information in the infamous meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016. “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd failed to correct…

Commentary: And Then When That Didn’t Work…

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 Admin

by Victor Davis Hanson Right after the 2016 election, Green Party candidate Jill Stein – cheered on by Hillary Clinton dead-enders – sued in three states to recount votes and thereby overturn Donald Trump’s victory in the Electoral College. Before the quixotic effort imploded, Stein was praised as an…

Jake Tapper: CNN Didn’t Get ‘Anything’ Wrong in Russiagate Reporting

April 1, 2019March 31, 2019 Admin

by Chuck Ross Jake Tapper said Sunday that CNN has not gotten “anything” wrong during the course of reporting on Russiagate, even though his network has bungled numerous stories over the past two years. “I’m not sure what you’re saying the media got wrong. The media reported the investigation…

Minnesota’s Mainstream Media Received $330,000 Grant for Two-Day Conference on Racial Bias in Reporting

March 21, 2019March 20, 2019 Anthony Gockowski

Minnesota’s “mainstream media professionals” gathered for a two-day conference this week at Hamline University to discuss the “impact that racial narratives have on individuals, communities, and trust in media—and how they can collaborate to change it.” The conference, called “Truth and Transformation: Changing Racial Narratives in Media,” was made possible…

Analysis: Support for ‘Soaking the Rich’ Is Rooted in Media Misinformation

February 20, 2019February 19, 2019 Admin

By James D. Agresti Public opinion polls show high levels of support for raising taxes on the wealthy, and some people are touting these results to advance progressive tax policies. Such polls, however, are tainted by the common myth that the rich pay a lower average effective federal tax…

Commentary: The Media’s Selective Curiosity

January 27, 2019January 26, 2019 Admin

by Carson Holloway Members of the mainstream media understandably resent President Trump’s description of them as purveyors of “fake news.” After all, they do the public a service by reporting a great deal of true and relevant information. And when they get the facts wrong, they usually correct the…

Report: Job Slashing Hedge Fund Looking to Buy The Tennessean as Part of Gannett Purchase

January 14, 2019January 13, 2019 Tennessee Star Staff

The Wall Street Journal and Market Watch are reporting that Digital First Media, a hedge fund backed media company renowned for purchasing newspapers and gutting the operations through firings and drastic cost cutting, is preparing a bid to purchase Gannett, which owns The Tennessean, along with about 100 other newspapers…

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