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April 20, 2024

NPR reporters scoff at claims outlet is biased: ‘We have strong, heated editorial debates’ about coverage

In a new Washington Post piece, NPR reporters countered the wave of criticism their outlet received following their former colleague Uri Berliner's essay accusing NPR of liberal bias.

April 14, 2024

NPR whistleblower essay exposed 'reluctance' by journalists to admit mistakes, argues Chicago editorial board

A Chicago Tribune editorial noted that the NPR essay showed journalists displaying a refusal to admit faults even after false reports like the Russia collusion story.

April 10, 2024

NPR relied on 'ever-present muse' Adam Schiff during Russiagate to 'damage' Trump, editor says

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., did at least 32 interviews with NPR about Russiagate, with one editor saying his talking points became the "drumbeat" of NPR news reports.

March 30, 2024

NBC's Ronna McDaniel meltdown: Falsehoods and debunked narratives MSNBC promoted on its 'sacred airwaves'

MSNBC stars pushed out Ronna McDaniel from their "sacred airwaves," which has featured such narratives as Trump-Russia collusion and Hunter Biden's laptop being disinformation.

March 27, 2024

What NBC’s Ronna McDaniel debacle reveals about the state of journalism today

The NBC fiasco where they hired and then almost immediately fired Ronna McDaniel shows the collapse of news in journalism. Whining MSNBC host Maddow is a prime example of the problems.

February 14, 2024

'Political espionage campaign' targeted Trump, Russia collusion tale a 'WMD-style story,' journalist says

Matt Taibbi, the journalist known for the Twitter Files and extensive Occupy Wall Street reportage, dissected his new report on Western intel agencies and the Trump-16 campaign

January 20, 2024

Maddow derided for refusing to air Trump’s ‘untruths’ after video of her debunked claims goes viral

After MSNBC's Rachel Maddow refused to air Trump's Iowa victory speech because of his "untrue things," a video of her past claims that have since been debunked went viral on X.

November 10, 2023

GOP senators demand DOJ give answers after it allegedly spied on House, Senate staffers during Russia probe

Senate Republicans are demanding answers from the Justice Department amid revelations that the agency “engaged in a campaign of covert surveillance" of congressional staffers, calling the move “a true attack on our democracy." 

September 13, 2023

Ex-FBI official in Trump-Russia probe who admitted to Russian oligarch scheme nearing plea deal in 2nd DC case

Charles McGonigal, who admitted to a money laundering scheme involving Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, requests more time in the Washington, D.C., case.

September 10, 2023

Bush institute exec pushing 'civility' pledge leaked Steele dossier to media outlet in 2016

The George W. Bush Institute executive who organized a joint statement by 13 presidential libraries championing democracy on Thursday was behind the Steele dossier media leak in 2016.