By Tony Perkins
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March 17, 2021 (Family Research Council) This week, the Washington Post was forced to majorly correct its January 9 report on President Trump s phone call with a Georgia elections investigator. The article s headline read Find the fraud : Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in a separate call legal experts say could amount to obstruction. In other words, one of America s largest newspapers publicly claimed that the sitting president had committed potentially criminal misbehavior.
House Democrats cited Trump s alleged pressure on Georgia election officials in their article of impeachment against Trump, and they cited The Washington Post article itself in their impeachment brief and during televised oral arguments. The only problem is, they made up quotes, as CNN commentator Mary Katherine Ham
We knew this would happen and it wasn’t hard to predict.
Two weeks ago we told you about Ben Shapiro being invited by Politico editors to write their morning
Playbook and how that triggered woke liberals into outrage all over the media, including at Politico, who read the
Playbook every morning.
At the time Politico defended the decision, saying:
“We published a piece by a very prominent writer, provocateur, and podcaster. We stand by every word in there, it was very closely edited. Mischief making has always been a part of Politico’s secret sauce. We were an upstart. Some of that sensibility is always going to be a part of this publication.”
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How Media Bias and ‘Woke Identity’ Have Infiltrated Newsrooms
Two conservatives, CNN contributor Mary Katherine Ham and Fox News contributor and radio host Guy Benson, share the worst examples of media bias in 2020. (Photo: YouTube)
It is no secret that the media leans left. From the ways in which journalists choose to report on critical issues, to the questions they decide to ask political leaders on different sides of the aisle, media bias is undeniable.
CNN contributor Mary Katherine Ham and Fox News contributor and radio host Guy Benson are co-authors of “End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun).” Last week, they assessed the media at The Heritage Foundation’s annual President’s Club Meeting. Today, we share their perspectives on The Daily Signal Podcast.