Accuracy in Media

Ignoring recent events, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked if using a vehicle as a mass casualty-inflicting attack vehicle was a “copycat” of the Charlottesville tragedy, where a neo-Nazi sympathizer used his car to run over counter-protesters. Here’s what Blitzer said: “There will be questions about copycats. Questions, if what happened in Barcelona, was at all, at […]

From Fox News: Spanish police arrested seven suspected members Sunday of a jihadi cell linked to Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra militants during raids in the eastern provinces of Valencia and Alicante and in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta. In a statement, police said the cell was well-organized and coordinated by a ringleader who […]

Fox News with the latest: Pro-secession parties pushing for Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region to break away and form a new Mediterranean nation won a landmark vote Sunday by capturing a regional parliamentary majority, setting up a possible showdown over independence with the central government in Madrid. With 99 percent of the vote counted, the “Together […]

WASHINGTON — The government of Catalonia, an ethnically and linguistically unique region in Spain, has tabled their recent attempt at declaring independence from Spain. Reuters reported that this latest attempt, a referendum and their campaign for a vote, was temporarily suspended after the Spanish central government in Madrid filed a legal block to a referendum. […]

WASHINGTON — The Spanish government has stopped the shipment of riot gear intended for Venezuelan government supporters and police. The Venezuelan government, led by socialist Nicolas Maduro, was not pleased by this decision. The Guardian reported that the Venezuelan government was livid after the Spanish Conservative government suspended sales last month, according to the country’s […]

WASHINGTON — A protest turned violent in Madrid, where protesters focused on opposing a northern city’s plans to turn a street into a tree-lined boulevard. Reuters reported that the city of Burgos received a lot of criticism for its central government-planned project to build an underground parking garage and other components. The cost could go […]

WASHINGTON — Catalonia, a fiercely independent state within Spain, is urging the European Union to help support its independence from Spain. Reuters reported that Catalonia’s President, Artur Mas, called on the E.U.’s prime ministers to support Catalonia’s independence this upcoming year. It has become a bitter and divisive fight between the state government and the […]

WASHINGTON — Portugal’s economy has struggled for some time, and recent government statistics indicated that these economic doldrums could be over sooner rather than later. Reuters reported that the country’s jobless rate fell for the second consecutive quarter this year and were lower than at this point last year. Unemployment fell to 15.6% from 16.4% […]

WASHINGTON — European Union spending cuts are now targeting the Portuguese poor, lamented recent reports. Reuters reported that the E.U. has enforced spending cuts to their food aid programs and it came at a time where there are more poor Portuguese people than ever before. The country is going to lose 40% (or $27 million) […]

WASHINGTON — Investor sentiment in the eurozone, or the European Union countries that use the euro as currency, is on the upswing even though their overall economies are struggling. Reuters reported that investors were encouraged by the end of the currency bloc’s recession, which was buoyed by the German economy. This is a big improvement […]