Atlantic Highlights Bloomberg’s Plan to ‘Crush Trump with Big Data’

Business
January 31st, 2019 4:03 PM
Media mogul and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg may or may not be running for president in 2020. But in either case he’s building what The Atlantic called “the most powerful political organization in America” designed to defeat President Donald Trump. He already has a tremendously powerful media empire. It includes TV, magazine, radio, online and industry publications. Bloomberg News publishes 5,…

Likely Candidate Bloomberg’s Magazine Hits Trump over Stock 'Slump’

Business
January 3rd, 2019 3:41 PM
Political watchers are well aware that former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is probably running for president in 2020. That makes his media empire’s attacks on President Donald Trump more concerning than ever. The cover story of the Jan. 7, issue of Bloomberg Businessweek shows a dejected looking Trump with his red tie extending all the way to the ground. “The Trump Slump,” the headline read…

Vanity Fair: Bloomberg is ‘Anti-Donald Trump,’ Has Wall Street Support

Business
November 28th, 2018 5:26 PM
Following his $100 million midterm donations to Democrats and an official party registration switch, many bet former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will run for president in 2020. Let media speculation over his odds (and promotion of his candidacy) begin.

Four Media Owners Among Top Midterm Political Donors

Business
November 6th, 2018 1:09 PM
Billions of dollars are being spent on both sides to influence the outcome of the 2018 midterm elections — much of it from major media figures. The day before the election, the Los Angeles Times (LAT) profiled the 12 biggest spenders trying to “determine control of Congress” based on trackable political donations to candidates, committees and outside groups. Giving to nonprofits or 501(c)4s were…

Is Michael Bloomberg a Centrist? The Washington Post Can Pretend

October 30th, 2018 7:17 AM
At this point, is Michael Bloomberg really anywhere near the center? The Washington Post pretended it was so on Sunday in a Michael Scherer article titled "A political aberration courts the Democratic nomination." To be a stitch to the right of today's Democratic Party is not the "center," just like being a stitch to the right of the ultraliberals in Manhattan is not the "center." 

Billionaires Including Soros, Steyer Spend $78M on Ballot Initiatives

Business
October 22nd, 2018 5:39 PM
Billionaires, especially liberal ones, aren’t just funding candidates and impeachment campaigns in 2018. Many are also funding ballot initiatives around the country, mostly in states they don’t live in. The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) found that 34 billionaires including liberals George Soros, Tom Steyer, Michael Bloomberg and Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent a combined $78…

Bloomberg Spending on Dems Rocketing Toward $100 Million

Business
October 1st, 2018 2:25 PM
Former mayor Michael Bloomberg promised in June he’d spend $80 million on Democrats in an attempt to “flip the House” this November. Now Axios, says he’s already surpassed that number and is heading toward $100 million.

Bloomberg Tries to ‘Flip the House,’ Pledges $80M For Dems in 2018

Business
June 20th, 2018 5:46 PM
In case there’s any doubt left about the political leanings of billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg. The former Republican, turned “Independent” announced he will spend $80 million supporting Democrats in the 2018 midterm elections.

Media Fall for ‘Equal Pay Day’ Agenda With Gap as Low as a Penny

Business
April 11th, 2018 3:01 PM
You’ve probably heard already. April 10, was “Equal Pay Day,” a symbolic day media, politicians and celebrities use each year to complain about gender-based pay discrimination — by abusing a statistic that does not illustrate that.

NYT Pro-Gun Mom's Op-Ed Leads to Twitter Fight Over 'White Privilege'

March 7th, 2018 6:15 AM
Even though it’s almost three weeks since the shooting on Valentine's Day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, liberals and conservatives continue to clash over issues regarding gun control. One of the latest skirmishes involves conservative Jewish columnist Bethany Mandel and Shannon Watts, a founder of Moms Demand Action, a liberal group associated with the Michael…

Bloomberg Promotes ‘Smart Guns,’ Ignores Critics and Blasts NRA

Business
February 20th, 2018 1:59 PM
Gun control activist and media mogul Michael Bloomberg isn’t just pushing gun control through his activist group — he also has a giant media company to promote those views. Bloomberg media is filled with anti-gun content.
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CBS Promotes Far-Left Gun Control Group During FL Shooting Coverage

February 14th, 2018 6:27 PM
During CBS’s live coverage of the deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, Homeland Security correspondent Jeff Pegues showed his liberal bias by peddling dubious statistics from the far-left gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety without vetting their credibility or citing their leftist tilt.

Top 10 Ways Media Distorted Business, Economic News in 2017

Business
December 18th, 2017 10:27 AM
Liberal media bias has existed for years, but in 2017, it appeared to reach unprecedented levels given the media’s hostility to President Donald Trump. The media distorted many stories in 2017, in many different ways. They ranged from lies such as Al Gore’s claim that “Superstorm Sandy” proved a global warming prediction from An Inconvenient Truth was true, to using Big Bird to mislead about…

Michael Bloomberg Commits Another $114 Million To Anti-Coal Crusade

Business
November 16th, 2017 10:10 AM
Billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg is opening his wallet again to help stop coal — and opening it wide. $114 million wide. Against energy jobs.