Accuracy in Media

CNN quoted Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, as the source of its article on tax cuts. Krugman happens to be a staunch liberal economist. The Republican tax cuts passed in December have been ineffective and a “nothing burger,” Krugman said, as it has not led to economic growth nor have tax cuts benefited the average American […]

MSNBC’s Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough assailed the proliferation of fake news and said that journalists need to do their job if they are serious about putting a stop to it. Scarborough cited an article in The Federalist listing 16 fake news stories that the media have published or broadcast since Trump won the election: “We’ve […]

Left-wing journalist Glenn Greenwald—who is no fan of Donald Trump—came down hard on liberal pundits who he believes are trying to delegitimize negative coverage of Hillary Clinton, in a lengthy piece for The Intercept. What got Greenwald riled up was a recent column by New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, who  criticized the media for […]

On economic issues, Krugman believes that Trump’s protectionism won’t destroy jobs when compared to Cruz’s proposals. Photo by visionshare

Harper’s Magazine President and Publisher John R, MacArthur accused The New York Times of trying to marginalize the left by promoting the inevitability of Hillary Clinton’s nomination for president in 2016: A typical media ‘analysis’ was provided by The New York Times, which almost immediately started promoting the inevitability of Hillary Clinton’s nomination as the […]

Liberal New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, who has a little over one million followers on Twitter, explained to his readers last week that he really can’t be bothered with the micr0-blogging service: One reason is that I have better things to do with my time. Another is that I don’t think my instant reactions […]

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, President Obama reveals that he prefers Jon Stewart over cable news and that he reads The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. On Stewart; I like The Daily Show, so sometimes if I’m home late at night, I’ll catch snippets of that. I think […]

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced yesterday that he cancelled his office’s subscription to The New York Times after liberal columnist Paul Krugman called 9/11 “an occasion for shame” on Sunday. Rumsfeld tweeted to his followers that “After reading Krugman’s repugnant piece on 9/11, I cancelled my subscription to the New York Times this AM.” […]