Accuracy in Media

Women are running for office in record numbers in this year’s midterm elections, and according to Salon, should look out for the sexism “they will inevitably face” and have a strategy for dealing with it. Failure to do so might have cost Hillary Clinton the 2016 election, the Salon piece, published Thursday. “No serious person […]

Midterm elections are good to the GOP, but presidential years? Not so much. Photo by Gage Skidmore

After his speech at the National Press Club on Tuesday, in which he said that the Democrats failed the middle class by supporting Obamacare—which focused on the “wrong problem”—Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) then blasted the media for being too “negative” and “sensationalistic.” According to Politico, Schumer blamed the media for creating a cynical midterm narrative […]

WASHINGTON — As reported by the Daily Caller, the Hampton University buried its own poll on Election Day in the Virginia Senate race between Republican Ed Gillespie and Democratic incumbent Mark Warner. Warner won the race, but could the poll have swung the race to Gillespie’s favor? Who knows. The university did not clearly answer […]

The White House Press Corps expects some spin from Press Secretary Josh Earnest, but they were stunned on Thursday by his inability to admit just how devastating the midterm elections were for the Democrats. It all started when American Urban Radio Networks reporter April Ryan asked Earnest whether he would describe Tuesday’s election results as […]

Fox News Channel’s coverage of the midterm elections handily beat the competition with an average during primetime of 6.3 million total viewers and 1.6 million in the A25-54 demo, compared to CNN’s 2.1 million and 909,000, and MSNBC’s 1.7 million and 525,000. When comparing Fox News to the broadcast networks—which didn’t start their coverage until 10 […]

WASHINGTON — As we know, the 2014 midterms ended in favor of the Republican Party. The GOP gained a net of 7 U.S. Senate seats, one more than needed to take the outright majority in the upper chamber of Congress. They also held in the House of Representatives, meaning President Obama will have to reach across […]

WASHINGTON — In one of the most bizarre stories in a hotly-contested midterm election cycle, the liberal newspaper New York Times ran a series of videos that explained why people are not going to vote in the midterm elections. The Times asked viewers to use the hashtag “whyvotemidterms” to explain why they will not exercise […]

WASHINGTON — Embattled President Barack Obama said that the upcoming midterm elections will see a good result for his Democratic Party, in an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes yesterday. Reuters reported Obama’s rosy outlook on the 2014 midterm elections this November, and simply said, “Yes, I do” when asked if he was confident in the […]