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| | *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). [https://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: | | *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). [https://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). [https://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. | + | *[[Mollie Hemingway]] (January 9, 2019). [https://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. | | *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. | | *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. |