Accuracy in Media

Mainstream media TV networks spent 2017 bashing President Trump in every way imaginable — but it’s not just an overreaction by his supporters.   The Washington Post analyzed closed captioning from news programs every hour of every day from five networks – Bloomberg, CNN, CNBC, Fox Business, Fox News and MSNBC – and found words typically […]

Since Donald Trump’s Election Night victory over Hillary Clinton, the stock market has seen a “Trump bump,” or stock prices going up ever since his election. The liberal media did not cover the “Trump bump” as much as other news, based on our research. This week, some liberal media headlines pointed out the stock market bump […]

The liberal media consistently used the word “chaos” to describe the Donald Trump presidential administration, when chaos could be used to describe parts of Obama’s own presidency (for example: the Iran nuclear deal that has been kept secret or the short-lived “red line” in the Syrian civil war). Here are examples of these “chaos”-ridden headlines: […]

Donald Trump, the President-Elect, went all-out on Buzzfeed and CNN for their reports on his alleged (not substantiated) ties to Russia. Here are some of the notable quotes from the press conference yesterday, as reported by CNBC: Trump called BuzzFeed a “failing pile of garbage,” arguing the online media outlet “will suffer the consequences.” A […]

Pro-Bernie Sanders supporters protested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ahead of the DNC convention yesterday in protest of released DNC e-mails, which showed how the Democratic Party rigged the system in favor of Hillary Clinton.

From the Zika virus to a behind-schedule construction effort to dirty and sewage-filled waters and the ongoing impeachment procedures against Brazil’s elected president Dilma Rousseff, this Rio Olympics is looking to be a giant disaster. Add in this financial crisis for the host city and this is almost like Sochi in Russia. Photo by Mark_JH

Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus, who called the last GOP presidential primary debate, hosted by CNBC, a “crap sandwich,” was very pleased with last night’s debate, which was hosted by the Fox Business Network and The Wall Street Journal. In a statement issued after the debate, Priebus said, “Debates need to focus on the issues, and […]

The lack of respect for the GOP candidates was very clear in the CNBC debate, so the RNC has suspended debates with NBC, the parent company. You can read Reince Priebus’s letter to NBC here.

About 26% said Donald Trump won the debate, while most political commentators thought Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz won the debate.

Here are the ten most egregiously biased and dumb questions from the CNBC moderators Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick, and John Harwood (transcript via Washington Post): “What is your biggest weakness and what are you doing to address it?” (Quintanilla to all candidates) “Is this a comic book version of a presidential campaign?” (Harwood to Trump) […]