The anti-Trump beat: Big media outlets downplay rash of factual errors

The anti-Trump beat: Big media outlets downplay rash of factual errors

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 10, 2017 The same major media outlets that bristle whenever President Donald Trump tweets “Fake News!” continue to provide the president with ammunition. A rash of factual errors in the past week alone raises questions about once rigorous standards of objectivity and professionalism in today’s news industry. On Dec. 8, […]

Google-Facebook advertising monolith threatens to wreck ‘digital publisher ecosystem’

Google-Facebook advertising monolith threatens to wreck ‘digital publisher ecosystem’

by WorldTribune Staff, December 5, 2017 Google and Facebook will receive a staggering 84 percent of all digital ad dollars in 2017 and will account for all Internet advertising growth for the year. That dominance “is exceedingly bad news for the balance of the digital publisher ecosystem,” the investment management firm GroupM said. The two […]

Google, Facebook and Drudge reduce former news giants to boutiques

Google, Facebook and Drudge reduce former news giants to boutiques

by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2017 The narratives that wind up as the “news of the day” for Americans are heavily driven by just four Internet giants – Google, Facebook, Twitter and the Drudge Report. According to Pew Research Center, 45 percent of Americans say they get some of their news from Facebook. “That means […]

Who, really, is Maggie Haberman of the NY Times?

Who, really, is Maggie Haberman of the NY Times?

by WorldTribune Staff, November 1, 2017 Maggie Haberman, currently of The New York Times and formerly of Politico, has gained a reputation as the go-to reporter for Democrats looking for positive spin. In her new book “Smear”, former CBS journalist Sharyl Attkisson now with Sinclair Broadcast Group describes how Democratic operatives use friendly journalists to […]

Silenced: U.S. social media giants bow to China’s Xi Jinping

Silenced: U.S. social media giants bow to China’s Xi Jinping

by WorldTribune Staff, October 26, 2017 Sacrificing principle, not to mention truth, for the elusive attraction of China’s massive market, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have bowed to Beijing and compromised the standards of journalistic integrity once fiercely upheld by the American free press. The most recent suspension by Twitter means that three social media platforms […]

‘Dirtiest trick’: DNC bought and paid for Russian dossier, but Democrat media focus on Flake

‘Dirtiest trick’: DNC bought and paid for Russian dossier, but Democrat media focus on Flake

by WorldTribune Staff, October 26, 2017 When news broke this week that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee had funded the discredited dossier from Russian sources that smeared President Donald Trump, the major media’s long-running narrative on Trump-Russia collusion was effectively neutralized. Those who were paying attention and can think critically could immediately see […]

Las Vegas security guard provides scripted interview to TV comedienne

Las Vegas security guard provides scripted interview to TV comedienne

by WorldTribune Staff, October 20, 2017 Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Campos gave his first and only interview on Oct. 19 – a scripted explanation to talk show host and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres. “The giant company (MGM) that owns the Las Vegas casino feared he would spill the beans about the shooting timeline if he […]

NYT editor: We tried to show voters how ‘insanely crazy’ Trump is, Pence ‘f—— horrible’

NYT editor: We tried to show voters how ‘insanely crazy’ Trump is, Pence ‘f—— horrible’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2017 The Homepage Editor for The New York Times was caught on hidden-camera admitting the Times’ was determined to influence the 2016 election with its reporting. “I think one of the things that maybe journalists were thinking about is like…Oh, if we write about him, about how insanely crazy he […]

Trump vs ‘corporate media’ one year ago: ‘This is a struggle for the survival of our nation’

Trump vs ‘corporate media’ one year ago:  ‘This is a struggle for the survival of our nation’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 14, 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took aim at what he called his number one nemesis at a rally Oct. 13 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Yes, Hillary Clinton is his Democrat Party opponent and a major problem for his campaign: “The Clinton regime is at the center of this […]

Who is battling social media’s confiscation of the free press? Rupert Murdoch, that’s who

Who is battling social media’s confiscation of the free press? Rupert Murdoch, that’s who

by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2017 News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch is spearheading the news industry’s war against tech and social media giants Facebook and Google, which have “eaten journalism’s business model and forever changed how readers consume information,” an analysis said. “Stories in recent months highlighting Facebook and Google’s fraught role in the election […]