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Former Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani, who died Tuesday, was an architect of the 1973 oil embargo and widely misreported by Arab-language media, including CNN’s Arab edition, to have been the first Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Arab News reported Wednesday that the claim of him serving as Secretary-General was false and attributed it to Yamani’s page on the Arabic Wikipedia, which has included the false claim since the page’s creation in 2005.

America’s three most prominent networks–ABC, NBC, and CBS–ignored any mention of sexual harassment claims against Gov. Andrew Cuomo during their evening news programs Wednesday. CNN and MSNBC also declined to address the scandal.

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) called out misreporting and misinformation spread by corporate media networks earlier today, amid a push by Democrats to have cable news carriers shut down Fox News, OAN, and Newsmax.

McMorris Rodgers on Wednesday at a hearing slammed Democrats for wanting to censor conservative media outlets.

More people cut the cable-satellite TV cord than ever before in 2020, which is pretty remarkable when you consider how the coronavirus kept everyone at home for most of the year.

During a Tuesday appearance on CNN’s “New Day,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, sounded off on the “low points” over the last year of the coronavirus pandemic. Host Alisyn Camerota asked Fauci about now-former

Two weeks ago, the media said that maskless Super Bowl celebrations would lead to a coronavirus outbreak, that has apparently not happened.

Chinese state media did not relent in its attacks on President Joe Biden, publishing a column on Thursday accusing him of attempting to “ring-fence China,” a day after Biden appeared to justify the construction of over 1,000 concentration camps for ethnic minorities in the country.

CNN confirmed this week that it has reinstated a ban on host Chris Cuomo covering his brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), whose administration is facing immense political fallout for covering up the number of coronavirus-related fatalities in nursing homes. Past coverage, CNN asserted, was of “significant human interest.”

Joe Biden commented about the vaccine during a CNN town hall with host Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night. 

One reporter asked Psaki during the White House press briefing for clarification about Biden’s comments about China during a CNN town hall on Tuesday.
Psaki walked back Biden’s assertion that China would face “repercussions” for human rights abuses.

Establishment media outlets wasted no time in viciously attacking conservative talk radio legend Rush Limbaugh following the news of his passing, describing him as the “bigoted king of talk radio” and accusing him of generating controversy “for hateful commentary on gender and race.”

CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter ran an obituary montage for the late conservatives talker Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday that highlighted controversies in the radio host’s life.

CNN and NBC each paid left-wing filmmaker John Sullivan $35,000 for his footage of violence during the Capitol riot, according to court documents filed by his attorneys.

President Joe Biden repeated the false claim that Trump did not condemn the Proud Boys. He also blamed the police and military for spreading white supremacy.

President Joe Biden said during a CNN town hall on Tuesday that he inherited difficult circumstances for the coronavirus vaccination rollout because former President Donald Trump “wasted so much time.”

CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin announced Tuesday that she will depart the cable news network in April. 

NBC’s Dylan Byers, an alumnus of CNN, reported on Tuesday that Allison Gollust, CNN’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer, is the “top internal candidate” under consideration to succeed Jeff Zucker, the news media outlet’s current president.

Tuesday, White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to comment on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) mishandling of the coronavirus in his state. Cuomo has caught flack from both Democrats and Republicans for his executive order to move patients sick with COVID-19 to nursing homes — putting them close to those more vulnerable to the virus’ effects — and the ensuing cover-up.

Jacobs and Stelter share a common left-wing misunderstanding of what the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was about.

Monday, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) sounded off on the Senate impeachment acquittal of former President Donald Trump.

Sunday in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment acquittal, former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) discussed the GOP’s identity with Trump no longer in office.

CNN’s Chris Cuomo ignored a report stating his brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), hid the number of coronavirus-related nursing home deaths to avoid investigation, receiving backlash as a result.

Friday, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) weighed in on former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial as a growing number of Republicans try to distance themselves from supporting Trump.

CNN political analyst Carl Bernstein on Wednesday’s “Cuomo Prime Time” ripped the GOP for supporting “evil” former President Donald Trump.

CNN’s Chris Cuomo threatened to “traumatize” Republican senators who are all but certain to acquit former President Trump.

Thursday, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) sounded off on the Senate impeachment of former President Donald Trump.

Sean Spicer said CNN’s disinterest in a conflict of interest between Axios and the Biden administration reveals the news outlet’s corruption.

Wednesday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) discussed the Senate impeachment proceedings from the day before.

Tuesday, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) sounded off on the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump for the riot at the U.S. Capitol last month.

CNN’s Randi Kaye said she called the police over maskless fans in Tampa, Florida,  celebrating the Super Bowl.

Monday on CNN’s “New Day,” former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper weighed in on whether former President Donald Trump should continue to receive classified intelligence briefings.

Freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called out the mainstream media for “addicting our nation to hate” in a press conference on Friday, one day after the U.S. House voted to remove her from her committee assignments.

CNN is attempting to cozy up Americans to the idea of masks sticking around for the long run, likening them in an article Wednesday to a best friend whom people “cherish and appreciate for a good, long time.” The piece addresses questions individuals who receive a vaccine for the Chinese coronavirus will likely ask.

Disgraced CNN chief Jeff Zucker announced this week he wants to leave the far-left cable channel, but he will continue to serve there at least until the end of 2021.

Thursday, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) discussed her proposal of sweeping reform to U.S. antitrust laws that is aimed at reducing monopoly power.