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[VIDEO] The mainstream media’s Leftist bias means it’s all fake news

June 29, 2017 by Bookworm 17 Comments

Even if the MSM isn’t lying about the facts, it’s still purveying fake news because its Leftist values permeate everything from story placement to language.

Fake News Media BiasPragerU is back with another of its excellent videos, this time about fake news. In it, Andrew Klavan offers his three-point rule of thumb for identifying the fake news that constantly spills from the mainstream media.

He makes an important point about fake news, which is that it’s not always about fake facts, which only occur some of the time. Instead, the real issue is that all of the time, every single time, the overwhelmingly Progressive atmosphere in which the mainstream media exists leaves reporters unable to avoid serious confirmation bias. This confirmation bias leads them to impose values on the facts, and these values are invariably hostile to conservatives and supportive of Progressives, no matter how badly those Progressives behave.

I agree with everything Klavan says. However, after you’ve watched the video, I’ll add one more thing I think he missed:

What Klavan missed is that there is a type of fake news that the media consistently uses that goes beyond what he identified. Klavan identified two primary tactics: (1) assigning relative values to stories (e.g., front or back page status) and (2) using emotionally colored adjectives (e.g., calling Tea Partiers racists or Occupy people heroes). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Immigration, Media matters Tagged With: Andrew Klavan, Confirmation Bias, Fake News, illegal aliens, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Mainstream Media, media, Media Bias, MSM, Undocumented Immigrants, VICE News

Andrew Klavan on Obama’s “good news” approach to terrorism

February 26, 2015 by Bookworm 3 Comments

Be of good cheer, Christians and Jews! Andrew Klavan lets us share Obama’s “it’s not all about you” philosophy when it comes to that “non-Islamic” terrorism:

Filed Under: Barack Obama, Islam Tagged With: Andrew Klavan, Barack Obama, Islamic Terrorism

[VIDEO] The reinstatement of blasphemy laws in the West

January 29, 2015 by Bookworm 6 Comments

I’ve noticed how proud Leftists are of their “Je Suis Charlie” cries.  I’ve also noticed that, while all of them like to show tearful and/or bloody pens and pencils, none are showing pictures of Mohamed.  Not nasty pictures, but any pictures — like this one:

17th century French picture of Mohamed

You see, these so-called liberals don’t really believe in free speech. They only believe in “free” speech that (a) supports everything any given Progressive believes at any given moment and (b) supports everyone who hates America, Christianity, Jews, Israel, and Western values.

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Filed Under: Free speech Tagged With: Andrew Klavan, Blasphemy, Free speech, Islam, Stevie Wonder

Andrew Klavan takes an amusing look at the way the Left corrupts language

November 7, 2014 by Bookworm Leave a Comment

I especially enjoyed Klavan’s “21st century” riff, but the whole thing is a amusing — not to mention being a good reminder that words county, and their misuse can be as powerful as their correct use:

Filed Under: Lefties on Parade Tagged With: Andrew Klavan

[VIDEO] The American dream of a land where men are men and women are women is no more

October 9, 2014 by Bookworm 3 Comments

Andrew Klavan tries to sort out the Left’s gender constructs. It’s not easy, but I will say that he can carry a tune:

Filed Under: GBLT, Gender Tagged With: Andrew Klavan, Leftist Gender Constructs

Andrew Klavan’s “Europe is for real” (or, as I would say, “the real Europe”)

September 25, 2014 by Bookworm 3 Comments

The first minute and forty seconds of this video were “eh,” but they’re the set-up for the last two minutes and fifty seconds, which are worth every bit of your attention, because it’s as pithy a summary of modern Europe as you’ll ever hear:

Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: Andrew Klavan, Europe is for Real, European Socialism

Andrew Klavan gives “microaggression” the politically incorrect treatment it deserves

September 11, 2014 by Bookworm Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Political correctness Tagged With: Andrew Klavan, Microaggression

Andrew Klavan looks at “Opposite Day” — the day when you look at how things are, not how Leftists say they are

September 4, 2014 by Bookworm 3 Comments

Filed Under: Lefties on Parade Tagged With: Andrew Klavan

Andrew Klavan explains why Democrats call conservatives “racist”

May 22, 2014 by Bookworm 11 Comments

I always enjoy Andrew Klavan’s videos, but this may well be one of the best he’s ever done. With sly sarcasm and wit, he quickly and neatly exposes the rank hypocrisy and disdain for blacks that has animated the Democrat party for more than 150 years:

Filed Under: African-Americans, Democrats Tagged With: African-Americans, Andrew Klavan, Blacks, Democrats, Racism

Andrew Klavan tells “The Revolting Truth” now that the debate is over

May 8, 2014 by Bookworm 3 Comments

Nothing new here, but all so delightfully expressed:

Filed Under: Free speech Tagged With: Andrew Klavan, The Debate Is Over

Andrew Klavan examines “crony capitalism,” which isn’t capitalism at all

October 31, 2012 by Bookworm 1 Comment

This may be Klavan’s most brilliant effort yet:

Filed Under: Capitalism Tagged With: Andrew Klavan, Capitalism, Crony

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