Category Archives: Wonky Media

NPR Seems Upset About “Protesters” Getting Run Over

See, this is all your fault Vehicle Attacks Rise As Extremists Target Protesters Right-wing extremists are turning cars into weapons, with reports of 50 vehicle-ramming incidents since protests against police violence erupted nationwide in late May. At least 18 are categorized as deliberate attacks; another two dozen are unclear as to motivation or are still […]

Cancel Culture: Washington Post Goes After Woman In Blackface From Two Years Ago

The best part of this is that it’s double friendly fire: the woman is a friend of Washington Post employee Tom Toles and an uber-leftist A 3,000-word, two-byline investigation informing you that a woman you have never heard of, who is not a public figure (until now!), wore an offensive Halloween costume two years ago […]

Good News, Protest Is Once Again Patriotic

So says the NY Times editorial board In America, Protest Is Patriotic When George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, the scourge of police violence, festering for generations, became a rallying point for Americans yearning for the fulfillment of this country’s founding aspiration to promote life, liberty and happiness. Yet as they turned […]

MSNBC Prefers To Call Burning Buildings And Looting “Protests, Not Riots”

We’ve all seen the video of the 30 buildings that were burned through Wednesday night, Target and other stores looted, stuff thrown at police officers, right? MSNBC’s Ali Velshi says situation not ‘generally speaking unruly’ while standing outside burning building An MSNBC journalist attempted to explain that the violence that erupted in Minneapolis on Thursday night […]

After Telling Trump He Has The Power To Do Something About Bat Soup Virus, Liberals Seem Upset About His Call To Open Churches

Remember when all the media folks were telling Trump to use his power to Do Something about COVID19, even when he didn’t actually have that power? Well, now, Vox seems upset Trump claims he will “override the governors” who closed churches in the pandemic At a press conference Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump announced he […]

Exercises In News Bias: Senate On Weekend Break And Biden’s “You Ain’t Black”

Let’s start with the NY Times editorial board, which has forgotten some important information With Unemployment Expected to Reach 20%, Senators Take a Vacation Facing a calamity on par with the Great Depression, they left without a new relief package in place. After three weeks in session, the United States Senate emptied out again on […]

Media Tries To Play Gotcha With Trump Press Secretary, She Utterly Owns Them

Some in the media were upset that Kayleigh McEnany had comments prepared on the subject, but, really, the press is utterly predictable White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Is Asked Why She Downplayed Coronavirus Threat — And She Tries To Turn The Tables On The Media In her second official briefing before the White House […]

NY Times Seems Rather Cavalier About Curtailing Constitutional Rights

The editorial board forgets to mention what it looks like when threat passes. What are the conditions? We the People, in Order to Defeat the Coronavirus There are times when government must curtail individual freedoms to protect the public. But those measures must end once the threat passes. The tension between private liberty and public […]

NY Mag Reporter Asks Incredibly Dumb, Incredibly Partisan Question

He was asked “During these first 100 days,” he asked, “what has surprised you the most about this office? Enchanted you the most from serving in this office? Humbled you the most? And troubled you the most?” “Are you ready to call yourself the ‘comeback kid’?” “You definitely have some impressive accomplishments….And more than a lot of […]

Press Corp Which Demanded Trump Has Authority To Close Everything Upset Trump Says He Has Power To Reopen Everything

This is one of those times I would have liked to see Trump take a bit more of an even tone, maybe work a bit more with folks across the aisle, but, then, Democrats in governor and city leadership positions seem to want to keep things closed as long as possible. Mostly because they want […]

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