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====Notable examples====

====Notable examples====

*A New York Times piece claimed Energy Secretary-designate [[Rick Perry]] had no idea a key purpose of the Department of Energy is to maintain US nuclear security. But Perry’s statement '''on the day he was nominated''' says flatly he looks forward to "safeguarding our nuclear arsenal." [http://nypost.com/2017/01/19/newsrooms-latest-low-blows-against-team-trump/]

*A New York Times piece claimed Energy Secretary-designate [[Rick Perry]] had no idea a key purpose of the Department of Energy is to maintain US nuclear security. But Perry’s statement '''on the day he was nominated''' says flatly he looks forward to "safeguarding our nuclear arsenal." [http://nypost.com/2017/01/19/newsrooms-latest-low-blows-against-team-trump/]

*There have been numerous times where both Republicans and Democrats have made the same or similar gaffes, but the media only focuses on, or criticizes, the gaffe when the Republican says it.<ref>Shaw, Adam (March 10, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/10/four-times-republicans-faced-outrage-for-things-dems-did-first.html Four times Republicans faced outrage for things Dems did first]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.</ref>

*There have been numerous times where both Republicans and Democrats have made the same or similar gaffes, but the media only focuses on, or criticizes, the gaffe when the Republican says it and uses that gaffe to try to discredit the Republican, while they whitewash and ignore the Democrat gaffe.<ref>Shaw, Adam (March 10, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/10/four-times-republicans-faced-outrage-for-things-dems-did-first.html Four times Republicans faced outrage for things Dems did first]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.</ref>

*The media uses mass shootings to push their agenda. When shootings occur, they call for gun control even to the point of repealing the [[Second Amendment]], and it tried to blame pro-gun organizations such as the [[National Rifle Association]] even when failure to enforce existing regulations are at fault.<ref>Multiple references:

*The media uses mass shootings to push their agenda. When shootings occur, they call for gun control even to the point of repealing the [[Second Amendment]], and it tried to blame pro-gun organizations such as the [[National Rifle Association]] even when failure to enforce existing regulations are at fault.<ref>Multiple references:

*Adelmann, Bob (February 22, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/28353-media-stacking-the-deck-for-gun-control-following-florida-shooting Media Stacking the Deck for Gun Control Following Florida Shooting]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 22, 2018.

*Adelmann, Bob (February 22, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/28353-media-stacking-the-deck-for-gun-control-following-florida-shooting Media Stacking the Deck for Gun Control Following Florida Shooting]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 22, 2018.

*Hawkins, Awr (October 22, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/22/former-npr-ceo-liberal-medias-2nd-amendment-coverage-proves-dont-understand-guns/ Former NPR CEO: Liberal Media’s 2nd Amendment Coverage Proves They Don’t Understand Guns]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 18, 2018.</ref> In 2018, CNN organized a Townhall on gun policy and filled the audience only with people strongly opposed to gun rights (rather than have them represent the U.S. population),<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (February 22, 2018). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/02/22/jake-tapper-allows-two-students-attack-dana-loesch-mother/ CNN Lets Students Attack Dana Loesch as a Bad Mother at Town Hall on Guns]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 22, 2018.</ref> and it had those audience members ask scripted questions.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (February 21, 2018). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/02/21/shooting-survivor-quit-cnn-town-hall-refusing-ask-scripted-question/ Shooting Survivor Quit CNN Town Hall After Refusing to Ask ‘Scripted’ Question]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 22, 2018.</ref><ref>Concha, Joe (February 22, 2018). [http://thehill.com/homenews/media/375008-florida-school-shooting-survivor-cnn-provided-scripted-question Fla. shooting survivor says CNN rejected town hall armed guards question: 'It ended up being all scripted']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 22, 2018.</ref>

*Hawkins, Awr (October 22, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/22/former-npr-ceo-liberal-medias-2nd-amendment-coverage-proves-dont-understand-guns/ Former NPR CEO: Liberal Media’s 2nd Amendment Coverage Proves They Don’t Understand Guns]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 18, 2018.</ref> In 2018, CNN organized a Townhall on gun policy and filled the audience only with people strongly opposed to gun rights (rather than have them represent the U.S. population),<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (February 22, 2018). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/02/22/jake-tapper-allows-two-students-attack-dana-loesch-mother/ CNN Lets Students Attack Dana Loesch as a Bad Mother at Town Hall on Guns]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 22, 2018.</ref> and it had those audience members ask scripted questions.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (February 21, 2018). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/02/21/shooting-survivor-quit-cnn-town-hall-refusing-ask-scripted-question/ Shooting Survivor Quit CNN Town Hall After Refusing to Ask ‘Scripted’ Question]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 22, 2018.</ref><ref>Concha, Joe (February 22, 2018). [http://thehill.com/homenews/media/375008-florida-school-shooting-survivor-cnn-provided-scripted-question Fla. shooting survivor says CNN rejected town hall armed guards question: 'It ended up being all scripted']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 22, 2018.</ref>

*The mainstream media frequently uses the label "conservative" – along with additional descriptors such as "predictable," "very," "deeply," and "staunch" – to describe conservative judicial nominees, while they do not use any of those labels when describing judicial nominees just as or even more left-wing.<ref>Flood, Brian (July 9, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/09/mainstream-media-will-pile-on-conservative-label-to-trumps-supreme-court-pick-study-shows.html Mainstream media will pile on 'conservative' label to Trump's Supreme Court pick, study shows]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 9, 2018.</ref>

*The mainstream media frequently uses the label "conservative" – along with additional descriptors such as "predictable," "very," "deeply," and "staunch" – to describe conservative judicial nominees, while they do not use any of those labels when describing judicial nominees just as or even more left-wing.<ref>Flood, Brian (July 9, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/09/mainstream-media-will-pile-on-conservative-label-to-trumps-supreme-court-pick-study-shows.html Mainstream media will pile on 'conservative' label to Trump's Supreme Court pick, study shows]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 9, 2018.</ref>

*According to the [[Media Research Center]] in July 2018, the mainstream media took a negative stance on President Trump's immigration policies 92% of the time, and it gave migrants and illegals 120 time more airtime than victims of illegal migrant crime.<ref>Dinan, Stephen (July 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/24/networks-coverage-trump-immigration-policy-92-perc/ Networks' coverage of Trump immigration policy 92 percent negative]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Munro, Neil (July 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/24/tv-news-gives-migrants-100-times-airtime-victimized-americans/ TV News Gives Migrants 120 Times Airtime As Victimized Americans]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref>

*According to the [[Media Research Center]] in July 2018, the mainstream media took a negative stance on President Trump's immigration policies 92% of the time, and it gave migrants and illegals 120 times more airtime than victims of illegal migrant crime.<ref>Dinan, Stephen (July 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/24/networks-coverage-trump-immigration-policy-92-perc/ Networks' coverage of Trump immigration policy 92 percent negative]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Munro, Neil (July 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/24/tv-news-gives-migrants-100-times-airtime-victimized-americans/ TV News Gives Migrants 120 Times Airtime As Victimized Americans]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref>

*Media Research Center has found that the mainstream media devotes significantly more time to covering political scandals involving Republicans compared to Democrats, even if the scandals involving Democrats are very similar.<ref>Flood, Brian (August 10, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/10/study-suggests-mainstream-media-double-standard-at-work-after-arrest-rep-chris-collins.html Study suggests mainstream media double standard at work after arrest of Rep. Chris Collins]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 10, 2018.</ref>

*Media Research Center has found that the mainstream media devotes significantly more time to covering political scandals involving Republicans compared to Democrats, even if the scandals involving Democrats are very similar.<ref>Flood, Brian (August 10, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/10/study-suggests-mainstream-media-double-standard-at-work-after-arrest-rep-chris-collins.html Study suggests mainstream media double standard at work after arrest of Rep. Chris Collins]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 10, 2018.</ref>

*The liberal media tries so intensely to portray conservatives as neo-Nazis that they end up giving a large platform to the very small number of actual neo-Nazis in the U.S.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (August 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/08/11/pollak-almost-nobody-cares-about-charlottesville-except-nbc-cnn-and-200-neo-nazis/ Pollak: Almost Nobody Cares About Charlottesville Except NBC, CNN, and 200 Neo-Nazis]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 12, 2018.</ref>

*The liberal media tries so intensely to portray conservatives as "neo-Nazis" that they end up giving a large platform to the very small number of actual neo-Nazis in the U.S.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (August 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/08/11/pollak-almost-nobody-cares-about-charlottesville-except-nbc-cnn-and-200-neo-nazis/ Pollak: Almost Nobody Cares About Charlottesville Except NBC, CNN, and 200 Neo-Nazis]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 12, 2018.</ref>

=====Liberal to Conservative Ratio=====

=====Liberal to Conservative Ratio=====

{{See also|Token conservative}}

{{See also|Token conservative}}

Talk to any Fox News hating liberal and you will hear the same old regurgitated talking point – ''Fox is not Fair & Balanced.'' One network, Fox News, has twice the number of opposing commentators than does all media sources combined. If you add up the major media properties of ABC, NBC, CBS, [[MSNBC]], [[CNN]], [[PBS]], New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek, you get a total of five so-called conservative personalities among hundreds of liberals. At the least, Fox News employs the following liberals, among others:

Talk to any Fox News hating liberal and you will hear the same old regurgitated talking point – ''Fox is not Fair and Balanced.'' One network, Fox News, has twice the number of opposing commentators than does all media sources combined. If you add up the major media properties of ABC, NBC, CBS, [[MSNBC]], [[CNN]], [[PBS]], New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek, you get a total of five so-called conservative personalities among hundreds of liberals. At the least, Fox News employs the following liberals, among others:

*[[Bob Beckel]]

*[[Bob Beckel]]

''CBS Evening News with [[Walter Cronkite]]'' regularly carried news reports from its [[Moscow]] Bureau Chief, [[Bernard Redmont]]. When peace negotiations commenced with North Vietnam in Paris, Redmont became ''CBS News'' [[Paris]] Bureau Chief.  What Redmont never reported during the ten year conflict was that he had been a [[KGB]] operative since the 1930s, and member of the notorious [[Silvermaster group]].<ref name="KGB file 43173 vol. 2 v pp. 46-55">[http://hnn.us/articles/11581.html KGB file 43173 vol. 2 (v) pp. 46-55], Alexander Vassiliev, Notes on A. Gorsky’s Report to Savchenko S.R., 23 December 1949. Original document from KGB Archives [http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page46.html].</ref>  Redmont was the only journalist to whom his fellow [[Comintern]] party member, and North Vietnamese chief negotiator, Mai Van Bo, granted an interview to bring the Communist point of view into American living rooms in what has been called "the living room war."

''CBS Evening News with [[Walter Cronkite]]'' regularly carried news reports from its [[Moscow]] Bureau Chief, [[Bernard Redmont]]. When peace negotiations commenced with North Vietnam in Paris, Redmont became ''CBS News'' [[Paris]] Bureau Chief.  What Redmont never reported during the ten year conflict was that he had been a [[KGB]] operative since the 1930s, and member of the notorious [[Silvermaster group]].<ref name="KGB file 43173 vol. 2 v pp. 46-55">[http://hnn.us/articles/11581.html KGB file 43173 vol. 2 (v) pp. 46-55], Alexander Vassiliev, Notes on A. Gorsky’s Report to Savchenko S.R., 23 December 1949. Original document from KGB Archives [http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page46.html].</ref>  Redmont was the only journalist to whom his fellow [[Comintern]] party member, and North Vietnamese chief negotiator, Mai Van Bo, granted an interview to bring the Communist point of view into American living rooms in what has been called "the living room war."

The single most explicit example of such biased reporting is typically seen to be the portrayal of the Tet offensive, as mentioned above, in which Western media was charged with inspiring and aiding the propaganda war of the communists.

The single most explicit example of such biased reporting is typically seen to be the portrayal of the Tet offensive, as mentioned above, in which Western media was charged with inspiring and aiding the propaganda war of the Communists.

Truong Nhu Tang, a founder of the National Liberation Front, and a minister of justice for the Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government - one of the most determined adversaries of the US during the war -  stated years later,

Truong Nhu Tang, a founder of the National Liberation Front, and a minister of justice for the Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government - one of the most determined adversaries of the US during the war -  stated years later,