Category Archives: Journalistic Malpractice

About That General Flynn Thing…

According to ABC News’ Brian Ross, doom was coming down on Trump. Um, but Here's the full "clarification" @BrianRoss read on-air on "World News" tonight pic.twitter.com/bY2dE7QUmr — Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 2, 2017 As Allahpundit notes So “candidate” Trump asked his top natsec guy to rethink U.S. foreign policy towards Russia, and president-elect Trump reached […]

Journalism: Trump Tells Confidants That Government Shutdown Would Be Good For Him Or Something

Every day there seems to be a negative story on President Trump that offers nothing but unknown, unnamed, anonymous sources. In an age where the media is part and parcel of the #Resistance, where they are even more unhinged and opposed to a sitting Republican president, how can we take the media seriously? How can […]

Washington Post Blamestorms Trump For Rising Hate Crimes In 2015 And 2016

Remember the days when it was all about Barack Obama inheriting problems from President George W. Bush? Those days went all the way through his first term, and a little bit into his second. Of course, Donald Trump is president now, so, everything must be blamed/linked to him Hate in America is on the rise […]

Washington Post Is Enraged Over California Shooting, And Wants Congress To Do Something

According to the Brady Campaign, California is the state with the most gun restrictions. They have 8 laws on “assault weapons” and magazine size. Eleven on background checks. Seven on high risk gun possession. Twelve on buyer regulations. Seven for possession. Eighteen for domestic violence. The Washington Post Editorial Board seems to forget this Don’t […]

Play Politics With Irma: People Want Trump To Open Mar-A-Lago As Storm Shelter

No matter what happens, Democrats are required by rule to make it political. It’s what they do. And, as you read this, remember that the publication date shows two hours before the posting of this post, as the hurricane has already been lashing Florida Florida residents call on Trump to open Mar-a-Lago as a shelter […]

NY Times Is Suddenly Very Concerned About Executive Pardons

At least when it comes to one person, the NYT Editorial Board is upset Say No to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Mr. Trump By pardoning an official who showed contempt for a judge, the president would show contempt for American courts. It would be difficult for President Trump, who has insulted judges and tried to interfere […]

Washington Post Has Category 5 Meltdown Over Trump Staying Strong On North Korea

Perhaps they’d prefer the pajama boy, mom jeans, coddling and bowing version one typically saw from Barack Obama when it came to threats from foreign nations. Or, perhaps they’d approve of signing a deal that would simply push North Korea’s nuclear ambitions off for 10 years while giving them oodles of cash and access to […]

NY Times Buries The Real Story On Deporting Iraqi Christians

There’s an old Internet maxim, namely that most people will read the first 3 paragraphs or 30 seconds of any article. After that, they either skim through it, head to the comments, or just move on. I remember an LA Times hitjob on President George W. Bush, castigating him for daring to require active military […]

CNN Tracks Down Wrestling GIF Creator, Threatens To Expose Them

CNN and political commissar Andrew Kaczynski seem very proud of themselves How CNN found the Reddit user behind the Trump wrestling GIF The Reddit user who initially claimed credit for President Donald Trump’s tweet that showed Trump tackling CNN issued an apology Tuesday for the video and other offensive content he posted — one day […]

Washington Post Very Concerned About A Potential Government Wide Questioning Of “Climate Science” Or Something

This Washington Post article is less about ‘climate change’ than about shoddy journalism using zero named sources – they’re all anonymous – to have a conniption fit about the government questioning the “consensus” of climate science. But, hey, wait till we get the money quote EPA chief pushing governmentwide effort to question climate change science […]

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