Russia invades Ukraine

On Friday, NBC’s Today show went after Republican Senator Lindsey Graham for urging Russians to rise up and “take out” brutal dictator Vladimir Putin. The broadcast scolded the South Carolina lawmaker for his “controversial call” and even quoted propaganda from Putin’s regime denouncing the comment.  

There was a serious case of whiplash during ABC’s The View on Friday as co-host Sunny Hostin called Russian dictator Vladimir Putin “smart” for attacking the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, an accolade that was deemed a treasonous act earlier in the week after former President Trump said something similar. If things didn’t seem out of place with that, Hostin also called for an…

Early Friday, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s stooges in parliament (known as the Duma) passed a law criminalizing accurate reporting about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a possible sentence of 15 years in jail. When it came to this actual and genuine attack on free, independent journalism, NBC’s Today omitted it from their Friday morning show.

Esta semana, Jorge Ramos de Univisión, intentó integrar el pánico de coronavirus a una toma en vivo desde la frontera entre Ucrania y Polonia, pero acabó exponiendo los peligros del periodismo de paracaídas.

On Thursday, Fox News Associate Editor Kristine Parks reported: “NBC’s Chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander repeated White House talking points to his Republican guest during a MSNBC interview on Thursday. Alexander denied that the Keystone XL Pipeline would’ve had any impact on the United States’ dependence on foreign oil.”

After the end of the Cold War, foreign policy experts across the spectrum assured us that things had changed. Wars of pure border conquest were over. Wars over oil would soon be a thing of the past. Instead, the increasingly intertwined world would move toward peace. Thomas Friedman suggested in his massive 1999 bestseller “The Lexus and the Olive Tree” that no two countries with McDonald's…

After having two days off for President Biden’s State of the Union and trip to Wisconsin, Thursday brought the return of The Psaki Show and, with the Biden administration still refusing to ban the import of Russian oil, the questions were fierce. They included a slew from Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich with one presenting Psaki with the notion that the U.S. is “financing” Russia’s “war” against Ukraine…

During Thursday’s Good Morning America, ABC aired co-host and former Clinton official George Stephanopoulos grilling Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Russia’s merciless war against the innocent people of Ukraine and the Vladimir Putin regime’s lies about the invasion and their ugly lies about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy being a neo-Nazi.

Following DirectTV’s pledge and execution on dropping the state-funded “news” station earlier this week, Russia Today (RT) told staff that they would experience a “permanent” “layoff” as the network “ceasing production” in a couple of months. That, according to CNN media beat writer Oliver Darcy, who obtained an internal memo announcing the move to staff.

Univision's Jorge Ramos tried to bring Covid panic into a live hit from the Ukraine-Poland border, but inadvertntly exposed us to the perils of parachute journalism.

After Wednesday’s installment of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, host Trevor Noah should wonder if he has good job security because an appearance by Stacey Abrams was more hilarious than anything Noah has ever done. Abrams unintentional joke: that she and her “voting rights” movement are comparable to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and ordinary Ukrainians fighting for their freedom…

Ask and you shall receive! Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his nation is not giving up in its David vs.Goliath mismatch, but its military is badly in need of ammunition. That statement prompted NASCAR racing team owner Richard Childress to say done deal, ammunition will soon be on the way. 

On Thursday, RedState’s Alex Parker reported: “We are no longer a serious society. Case in point: On Tuesday — amid a brutal Russian invasion killing thousands — CBS News published a piece it must’ve considered urgently important.” He quoted a tweet from the network that fretted: “Transgender acceptance in Ukraine is not widespread, and changing legal documents to match gender requires a long…

Twenty-four hours after having a meltdown over President Joe Biden not selling his "economic wins" during his State of the Union address, Stephanie Ruhle on Wednesday challenged Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg over what the administration will do to lower skyrocketing gas prices.