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| | *Barillas, Martin M. (January 22, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/covington-catholic-high-school-closes-for-safety-after-students-receive-dea Covington Catholic high school closes for ‘safety’ after students receive death threats]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.</ref> This was the fourth major media hoax in 2019.<ref>Nolte, John (January 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/22/nolte-four-massive-media-hoaxes-in-first-three-weeks-of-2019/ Nolte: Four Massive Media Hoaxes in First Three Weeks of 2019]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.</ref> | | *Barillas, Martin M. (January 22, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/covington-catholic-high-school-closes-for-safety-after-students-receive-dea Covington Catholic high school closes for ‘safety’ after students receive death threats]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.</ref> This was the fourth major media hoax in 2019.<ref>Nolte, John (January 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/22/nolte-four-massive-media-hoaxes-in-first-three-weeks-of-2019/ Nolte: Four Massive Media Hoaxes in First Three Weeks of 2019]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.</ref> |
| | *In January 2019, a ''Washington post'' reporter called Trump supporters "rubes" in an interview with a left-wing podcast.<ref>Nolte, John (January 29, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/29/nolte-washington-post-political-reporter-calls-trump-supporters-rubes/ Nolte: Washington Post Political Reporter Calls Trump Supporters ‘Rubes’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.</ref><ref>Chamberlain, Samuel (January 28, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/washington-post-reporter-calls-trump-supporters-rubes Washington Post reporter calls Trump supporters 'rubes' on podcast]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.</ref> | | *In January 2019, a ''Washington post'' reporter called Trump supporters "rubes" in an interview with a left-wing podcast.<ref>Nolte, John (January 29, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/29/nolte-washington-post-political-reporter-calls-trump-supporters-rubes/ Nolte: Washington Post Political Reporter Calls Trump Supporters ‘Rubes’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.</ref><ref>Chamberlain, Samuel (January 28, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/washington-post-reporter-calls-trump-supporters-rubes Washington Post reporter calls Trump supporters 'rubes' on podcast]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.</ref> |
| | + | *Media "fact-checking" has effectively become a way for it to push left-wing political views and criticize conservative viewpoints with a "veneer of impartiality."<ref>Harsanyi, David (February 6, 2019). [http://thefederalist.com/2019/02/06/state-american-fact-checking-completely-useless/ The State Of American ‘Fact-Checking’ Is Completely Useless]. ''The Federalist''. Retrieved February 7, 2019.<br>See also: |
| | + | *Hemingway, Mollie (January 9, 2019). [http://thefederalist.com/2019/01/09/medias-angry-response-to-president-trumps-oval-office-speech-comes-up-short/ Media’s Angry Response To President Trump’s Oval Office Speech Comes Up Short]. ''The Federalist''. Retrieved February 7, 2019. |
| | + | *Concha, Joe (January 10, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/424696-foxs-hume-fact-checking-has-become-a-branch-of-opinion-journalism Fox's Hume: 'Fact-checking has become a branch of opinion journalism']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 7, 2019. |
| | + | *Flood, Brian (February 6, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bizarre-sotu-fact-check-trump Bizarre State of the Union 'fact checks' fall flat, as media accused of nitpicking]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 6, 2019. |
| | + | *Nolte, John (February 6, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/02/06/nolte-the-medias-9-worst-fact-checks-of-trumps-state-of-the-union/ Nolte: The Media’s 9 Worst ‘Fact Checks’ of Trump’s State of the Union]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 6, 2019.</ref> |
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