by Rachel Alexander at Townhall
The mainstream media has become so biased in recent years that President Donald Trump popularized the phrase “fake news” and Elon Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, posts rants about them almost daily on his X platform. Both have sued the media for libel or defamation. But little has changed; outside of some pushback at a few publications like The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times due to their publishers, the mainstream media is doubling down with the slant and partisan bias against Trump and conservatives, further decimating their shrinking numbers.
As I’ve written about extensively, the AP Stylebook Orwellianly dictates what words and phrases mainstream journalists must use, such as “election denier” and “insurrection” to refer to J6, so there is no way around that built-in bias. Mainstream journalists are required to follow that style, and even the few newspapers like The New York Times which have their own style guides mostly copy the AP Stylebook.
Another way the bias is built in is due to their funding structure. There is a perception that news makes money from subscriptions and advertising — but a primary source of the money actually comes from wealthy partisan nonprofits. The far left Arabella Advisors is a key funder of the mainstream media, especially the most partisan sites. Not surprisingly, left-wing billionaire George Soros funds many of them. Much of the money from Soros and others like him is funneled through an organization first called States Newsroom, which then passes it on to these sites. The Capital Research Center has done some incredible research into this organization’s dark money network.
If journalists dare to write articles that show any semblance of respect for the right,…
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