Liberal ‘Fake News’ Site Spends Millions on Deceptive Facebook Campaign

Courier Newsroom is promoting the same candidates as its left-wing donors

Joe Schoffstall
August 24, 2020 5:05 PM

Courier Newsroom, a "news" site bankrolled by a major Democratic fundraising network, has undertaken a seven-figure ad campaign to push flattering pieces about vulnerable House Democrats, garnering an estimated million-plus impressions on social media.

NYT Editorial Board Member and MSNBC’s Brian Williams Can’t Do Basic Math

Alex Griswold
March 6, 2020 11:20 AM

MSNBC broadcast a wildly inaccurate tweet Thursday night claiming that Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg's $500 million in election spending could've provided every American with $1 million each.

Media’s Favorite Anti-Pharma Expert Was Paid Hundreds of Thousands By Lawyers Suing Drug Companies

Washington Free Beacon Staff
January 27, 2020 1:05 PM

Hundreds of media outlets cited a healthcare expert's attacks on Big Pharma without mentioning that he was being paid six-figure sums by lawyers suing drug companies.

CNN Silent on Contributor’s False Viral Tweet

Surely the former Bill Clinton spokesman wasn't being deceitful?

Alex Griswold
January 23, 2020 1:25 PM

CNN has remained silent about a contributor's viral tweet that misleadingly claimed to relay a conversation between Republican senators.

The Root Attacks ‘White’ National Review Writer… Who’s Actually Black

'Well, I guess if Elizabeth Warren can be Cherokee, I can be white'

Alex Griswold
January 17, 2020 4:50 PM

A left-wing website attacked a “white” National Review Online writer for his perspective on black history, failing to realize the writer in question is black.

AP Blames U.S. For Iran Shooting Down Commercial Jet

An engine lies on the ground after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning on January 8, 2020

Alex Griswold
January 10, 2020 1:30 PM

The headline of an Associated Press piece blamed the United States for the crash of a civilian airplane Iran shot down.

WaPo Reveals Photoshop Is Problematic If It Targets Dems

Paper attacks Elise Stefanik for 'manipulating' Pelosi photo

Alex Griswold
January 9, 2020 1:20 PM

A Thursday Washington Post story attacked Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) for "manipulating" an image of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), even though such modifications are standard in political advertising on both sides of the aisle, including from Pelosi herself.

CNN Settles Lawsuit From Free Beacon Man of the Year Nick Sandmann

Sandmann accused CNN of falsely portraying him as the aggressor in a viral January 2019 confrontation

Alex Griswold
January 7, 2020 5:05 PM

Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann scored a legal victory against fake news after CNN agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging that the network falsely tarred the teenager as racist.

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Erases Black Experience

Pompeo's photo clearly showed retired African-American admiral Cecil D. Haney

Alex Griswold
December 16, 2019 2:35 PM

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell falsely claimed Monday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted out an "all-white" photo of advisers, ignoring the retired African-American admiral who was clearly pictured.

CNN Forced to Correct 2017 Manafort Bombshell Following IG Report

Alex Griswold
December 10, 2019 12:30 PM

CNN amended a 2017 article claiming the FBI wiretapped former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort after the Justice Department released a report refuting the story.