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WNYC Silent as Caller Accuses Jewish Americans of Murder

I’m praying for the speedy recovery of Brian Lehrer’s mother. Even as he's become a fully doctrinaire progressive, abandoning the…

Cuomo PAC ad-buying strategy was bone-headed and ineffectual

Despite his spin, I doubt Andrew Cuomo would ever leave Eric Adams, New York incumbent Mayor, to run as the…

New York Times Runs a Phony Photo of Gaza Starvation

A picture is worth a thousand misleading words--especially if you are determined to demonize Israel. Last week, the New York…

NYTimes Fact Check of Trump Drips with Opinion

Way back around 1990, shortly after this reporter graduated from college with almost no journalism experience but a burning desire…

Do You Know Me?

What do Blue Man Group and Shen Yun have in common? Both have high unaided recall awareness among TV viewers…

MSM Fact-Checkers Rush to Call Trump ‘Liar’ Even When He’s Right

Journalists have made a blood sport of "fact checking" Donald Trump. But sometimes they prove fast and loose with the…

Media Double Standard Filets R’s, Carries Water for D’s

If you are a media critic who generally sees things through a conservative lens, there is a crazy-making quality to…

Why Am I Seeing Spots for Candidates I Can’t Support?

Almost 100 years after Wagner’s election in 1926—among the first campaigns to distribute films to theaters—today’s Democratic Socialists, so-called reformer…

Poor Candidates Err in Trying to Emulate Rich Candidates

While the world focuses on the presidential election, as a longtime media pro I’m fixated on the Congressional. In New…

Washington Post Deletes Cruel Anti-semitic Tweet

There’s a meme among rightwingers on Twitter that reads “However much you hate the media, it’s not enough.” And then…