Media obsequiousness

Fox News & Explosive Rage

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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz, 10/1/36

Headline: “Donald Trump’s insatiable demand for Fox propaganda”

“President Donald Trump lashed out at Fox News on Wednesday with a lengthy online harangue that made little sense but demonstrates the network’s impossible task in satisfying the president’s demand for pure propaganda. . .”

“. . .The president’s commentary about Fox typically blends praise for the hosts he loves and segments he appreciates with critiques of personalities who don’t meet his standard for sycophancy and attacks on the network’s accurate pollsters. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/donald-trumps-insatiable-demand-fox-propaganda

At Least One Press Outlet Still at WH!

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Article in The Babylon Bee by Staff

Headline: “Update: ‘The Babylon Bee’ Now The Only News Outlet Left In America With Press Credentials”

“Several media outlets have officially walked out of the White House Press Corps in solidarity with CNN, MS NOW, and Politico after President Trump banned them from the premises. Now, The Babylon Bee is in a unique position as the only remaining news outlet with White House credentials.

“As the only source for news in the White House, The Babylon Bee vows to accurately report every cool thing President Trump does, whether it’s bomb Iran or order a Diet Coke. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://babylonbee.com/news/update-the-babylon-bee-now-the-only-news-outlet-left-in-america-with-white-house-credentials

Comcast Censoring Musk Film?

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Article in Common Dreams by Brad Reed

Headline: “Will Universal Studios, Owned by Comcast, Decide to Withhold Elon Musk Documentary?”

Subhead: “’Have I mentioned lately that oligarch-owned media consolidation is bad?’ said one critic.”

“Filmmaker Alex Gibney’s scathing four-hour documentary about SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has received rave reviews since its debut at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, but it could soon be without an international distributor.

“According to a Wednesday report from The Hollywood Reporter, Comcast-owned Universal Pictures, which holds distribution rights to the film outside the North American market, is getting ‘cold feet’ about releasing it. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.commondreams.org/tag/elon-musk

His Master’s Voice

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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz, 8/19/26

Headline:  “Fox & Friends, echoing GOP memo, runs cover against ‘far-left’ data center opposition”

“Republican leaders who fear that the furious, bipartisan backlash against AI data centers could cost their party in the midterm election are getting help from their loyal propagandists at Fox News. On its flagship morning show, the network’s hosts and contributors are attempting to convince viewers to support data centers by telling them that the ‘far left’ is behind the opposition. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/index%2Ephp/artificial-intelligence-and-data-centers/fox-friends-echoing-gop-memo-runs-cover-against-far-left

Media Give Politicians a Break?

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Article in Common Dreams by James Zogby, 8/18/26

Headline:  ” Independent Interviewers Expose How Mainstream Media Lets Politicians Off the Hook”

Subhead: “Two recent podcasts demonstrated what happens when establishment politicians, whose prepared talking points never stray from what serves as the conventional wisdom about Israel-Palestine, run up against interviewers unwilling to give them a pass.”

“Two July podcasts hosted by progressive media stars and featuring leading Democratic lawmakers brought home the deep disconnect that exists between the way establishment politicians and media operate and the way both come to speak about the Middle East and the realities that exist in that region.. .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/mainstream-media-israel-palestine

Media Distort New Movements?

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Article in FAIR by Raina Lipsitz

Headline:  “Corporate Media Portray DSA’s Grassroots Organizing as a Sinister Conspiracy”

“. . .The ‘takeover’ language is telling: The corporate press sees any assertion of agency on the part of everyday people as a threat to establishment interests. The Free Press (7/21/26) sounded the alarm in an article headlined ‘What the Movement Taking Over the Democratic Party Wants.’ And Fox News (7/27/26) went further with a story headlined ‘[US Rep. Steve] Scalise Warns ‘Bolshevik Revolution’. . .”

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https://fair.org/home/corporate-media-portray-dsas-grassroots-organizing-as-a-sinister-conspiracy/

Climate Not Reported?

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Article in Media Matters by Evlondo Cooper, 8/6/26

Headline: “ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change”

Subhead:  “In coverage from June 29 to July 26, national broadcast networks failed to link multiple successive heat waves to global warming”

“From late June through July, successive heat waves swept across large portions of the United States, breaking temperature records and placing more than 100 million people at a time under heat alerts. ABC, CBS, and NBC closely tracked the extreme heat as it moved across the country, repeatedly reporting threatened or broken records and warning viewers about dangerous conditions.

“What the networks did not explain was why these events kept arriving in rapid succession. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-networks/abc-cbs-and-nbc-aired-nearly-200-segments-about-three-us-heat-events-without

Fox News Ignoring Something in the Room?

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Article in Media Matters by Tyler Monroe & Kayla Gogarty, 8/3/26

Headline:  “Fox News and podcasters in the right-wing media ecosystem bury recent reporting on alleged domestic abuse by Ohio GOP Rep. Max Miller”

Subhead:  “The Benny Show, The Joe Rogan Experience, The Megyn Kelly Show, Steve Bannon’s War Room, The Ben Shapiro Show, Loomer Unleashed, Tim Pool Daily Show, and Timcast IRL all ignored the story”

“The right-wing media ecosystem has largely buried recent reporting detailing reports of alleged domestic abuse by Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), with Fox News spending just 4 minutes discussing the story and several popular podcasters ignoring it completely. . . ”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/congress/fox-news-and-podcasters-right-wing-media-ecosystem-bury-recent-reporting-alleged-domestic

Media White Flag?

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Article in The Bulwark by Jonathan V. Last 7/27/26

Headline:  “Trump Was Right About the Corporate Media”

Subhead:  “The White House Correspondents’ Association surrenders.”

“On Friday night the White House Correspondents’ Association hosted the re-do of its annual dinner. It was a stunning display of weakness. A sham in which serious journalists chose to pretend that Donald Trump is a normal political figure. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-was-right-about-the-corporate

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Article in The Nation by Jeet Heer, 7/27/26

Headline:  “Submissive Mainstream Media at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner”

Subhead:  “His speech was racist, homophobic, vindictive, and soul-crushingly unfunny—and the journalists in the crowd didn’t seem to care. “

“Fittingly, the disgraceful second edition of the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD) was celebrated in a venue that embodies Donald Trump’s corruption and impunity. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-whcd-speech-media-humiliation/

Media Dinner Indigestion

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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 7/27/26

Headline:  “Opinion | The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was an embarrassment”

Subhead:  “President Donald Trump’s hour of rambling, insults and ridicule left the association with little to celebrate”

“No president in the history of this country has devoted more energy and resources to trying to weaken the free press than President Donald Trump. He has sued, threatened, insulted and tried to intimidate the press, and has been successful in undermining the trust Americans have in one of the cornerstones of our democracy.

“And yet, there was Trump last Friday, being handed a microphone by the WHCA to say whatever he wanted. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-trump-speech/