Accuracy in Media

Zephyr Teachout, a liberal activist who lost to Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), recently wrote a column taking Franken’s side. Teachout lost in a primary election to serve as the state’s senator, and said Franken’s eventual resignation — Franken had not given a resignation date when he made the announcement a couple weeks ago — exposed […]

Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus wondered whether Sen. Al Franken’s (D.-Minn.) resignation “is a good outcome” for women in an interview with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC. Here is the transcript: MITCHELL: Indeed, and Ruth Marcus is here. Ruth, you have written and thought about all of these issues very deeply. Al Franken was even being […]

Sen. Al Franken (D.-Minn.) has been accused by multiple women of sexual harassment. Thirty-two Democratic senators called for him to resign, and he announced he will resign some time in the coming weeks. In his speech, Franken criticized his accusers, leaving some observers to question whether his resignation speech was an apology: Some of the allegations […]

Sen. Al Franken’s (D.-Minn.) resignation announcement on Thursday sparked a number of conservatives to complain that he had been “railroaded” and was the victim of a “lynch mob” while warning that this could open up the floodgates to other politicians being forced from office without having received due process. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich blasted Franken’s […]

Democrats’ decision to force out Sen. Al Franken (D.-Minn.) over sexual misconduct allegations was as much about preparing another front in the war on President Trump as it was about claiming the moral high ground — but they may be regretting it already. “Shut out of power completely, [Democrats] are looking for a way out […]

As some called for Al Franken to resign in the wake of a woman accusing him of sexual harassment, the mainstream media has constructed a double standard with regard to such charges. CNN’s Brooke Baldwin said, “I realize that this was years and years ago, this story, and he was a private citizen at the […]

First, it was Bernie Sanders, but now it’s Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin and Al Franken joining in on the religious litmus test for government officials and judicial nominees. Sanders asked a nominee to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Russell Vought, about his religious views during his hearing. At the time, conservatives were outraged by […]

CNN ran articles talking about President Donald Trump’s alleged mental health issues, accusations coming from Democratic Senator Al Franken (Minnesota) and liberal blogger Andrew Sullivan. Did they have evidence of said mental health? Just conjecture and guessing on their part, as far as their media appearances can tell.