Media Bias: Subtle (and Not So Subtle) Ways Journalists Slant the News — Transcript

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1. 0:00Have you noticed how
2. 0:01some in the media just
3. 0:02suck up to some politicians?
4. 0:04I’m struck, just in your presence.
5. 0:06Struck, in her presence.
6. 0:09Looking you in the eye,
7. 0:10with your passion that
8. 0:11you are displaying.
9. 0:12Republicans are treated differently.
10. 0:15If I may finish this answer—
11. 0:15Well let me just, I’m going to
12. 0:17go ahead and interrupt you here.
13. 0:18On the DOJ--
14. 0:19But are you comfortable
15. 0:20with that term?
16. 0:20Let’s just, just on my
17. 0:22question though governor—
18. 0:23Excuse me.
19. 0:23Aggressive interviews are easy to notice,
20. 0:26but some bias is more subtle.
21. 0:28For example--
22. 0:29What a great campaign.
23. 0:31The media have always covered
24. 0:33Iowa Caucus victory speeches.
25. 0:35We’re going to want to
26. 0:36listen in very, very closely.
27. 0:39Thank you, Iowa.
28. 0:40But this year, when Trump won,
29. 0:42Thank you, we love you all.
30. 0:43CNN cut away from his speech.
31. 0:45Here he is right now under,
32. 0:47under my voice.
33. 0:48You hear him repeating his
34. 0:50anti-immigrant rhetoric.
35. 0:51Actually, no Jake, you hear him.
36. 0:54We don’t.
37. 0:55CNN wouldn’t let us actually listen
38. 0:57to Trump and decide for ourselves.
39. 1:00MSNBC showed none of Trump’s speech.
40. 1:02Rachael Maddow said—
41. 1:04We will let you know if there’s
42. 1:05any news made.
43. 1:06Maddow says it’s not responsible
44. 1:08to broadcast Trump live,
45. 1:09because he lies so much.
46. 1:11But we reporters can point that out
47. 1:14instead of cutting away
48. 1:15when he talks.
49. 1:16I’ve repeatedly reported on Trump’s lies.
50. 1:19Trump lies even about unimportant things,
51. 1:22like the crowd at his inauguration,
52. 1:24the ratings of his TV show.
53. 1:26But Biden lies too.
54. 1:28Here he lies about doing
55. 1:29well in law school.
56. 1:31Ended up in the top half of my class.
57. 1:33Biden now concedes he did not
58. 1:34graduate in the top half of his
59. 1:36law school class.
60. 1:37He also lied when he said--
61. 1:38I have never discussed with my son
62. 1:41or my brother or anyone else
63. 1:44anything having to do
64. 1:45with our businesses.
65. 1:46Period.
66. 1:47I shouldn’t be surprised that
67. 1:48the media treat Republicans differently.
68. 1:51For every Republican in newsrooms,
69. 1:52there are 10 Democrats.
70. 1:55And now, NPR has actually hired
71. 1:57this woman to be its new CEO.
72. 1:59She not only tweeted,
73. 2:01“Trump is a racist.”
74. 2:05[Glass breaking] But during BLM looting said,
75. 2:07“Sure, looting is counterproductive,
76. 2:10but it’s fine because
77. 2:12what they’re looting comes from
78. 2:13a system of oppression.”
79. 2:15She’s now the boss of
80. 2:16government funded radio?
81. 2:18Yes.
82. 2:19Here’s another example.
83. 2:20The Governor of Texas
84. 2:21refuses to give in to Federal law.
85. 2:23Recently, reporters suddenly got
86. 2:26very upset about rule of law.
87. 2:28The Governor of Texas
88. 2:29refuses to give in to Federal law.
89. 2:31The media can’t believe that
90. 2:33Texas politicians put up a fence
91. 2:35and won’t remove it even after
92. 2:37the Feds told them to.
93. 2:39But when it comes to sanctuary cities,
94. 2:41the tone is very different.
95. 2:43Communities that shield
96. 2:44undocumented immigrants
97. 2:45by not reporting offenses
98. 2:46to immigration enforcement.
99. 2:48They choose not to follow
100. 2:49federal immigrations laws.
101. 2:51They simply choose not to follow the law.
102. 2:54They don’t refuse like Texas does.
103. 2:56The Governor of Texas refuses
104. 2:58to give in to Federal law.
105. 3:00Finally, the way the media labels
106. 3:02politicians is just biased.
107. 3:04[Chainsaw sounds]
108. 3:05Argentina’s new president is
109. 3:07a libertarian who promises to
110. 3:09take a chainsaw to big government.
111. 3:11So, the media call him “far right.”
112. 3:14Far-right radical.
113. 3:16Far Right Javier Milei.
114. 3:17Far Right Javier Milei.
115. 3:18Far right libertarian Javier Milei.
116. 3:20At least she calls him libertarian.
117. 3:22But libertarians aren’t far right.
118. 3:25Most of us support ending wars,
119. 3:27free trade, gay marriage,
120. 3:29and all sorts of things
121. 3:31far from far right.
122. 3:33Milei supports legalizing
123. 3:34the sale of human organs.
124. 3:36Maybe you oppose organ markets,
125. 3:38but it’s not “far right.”
126. 3:40Conservatives are more likely
127. 3:41to oppose organ sales.
128. 3:43The shallow media just label
129. 3:45anyone who doesn’t agree with them,
130. 3:47“right wing.”
131. 3:48Argentina elected a right-wing,
132. 3:49former TV host.
133. 3:51Far right.
134. 3:51“Far right,” and “Trump-like.”
135. 3:54Donald Trump of Argentina.
136. 3:56He makes Trump almost look
137. 3:57like a conventional political candidate.
138. 3:59He is nothing like Trump.
139. 4:01Economist Daniel Di Martino
140. 4:02points out that Milei’s policies
141. 4:04are very different from Trump’s.
142. 4:07The only thing that's similar to Trump
143. 4:08is that he went against the establishment.
144. 4:10He's funny in his speeches, he's charismatic,
145. 4:13he has crazy hair.
146. 4:14But that's it.
147. 4:15I mean, this is a guy who is for free trade.
148. 4:17This is a guy who’s very set on principles,
149. 4:19who's very smart on economics.
150. 4:21The media eagerly cover protesters
151. 4:23who oppose Milei’s
152. 4:25cutting the size of government.
153. 4:27Thousands are attending a demonstration
154. 4:29opposing his drastic cuts to public spending.
155. 4:31The media call most any budget cut,
156. 4:34“drastic,”
157. 4:35“slash and burn,”
158. 4:36“astronomical,”
159. 4:37“draconian.”
160. 4:38But at least in Argentina,
161. 4:40the proposed cuts are big.
162. 4:42A lot of people don't like this.
163. 4:44Unions are protesting.
164. 4:46In Argentina, it's very popular
165. 4:47to protest and block streets.
166. 4:49It's the second protest
167. 4:51against him this month.
168. 4:52But President Milei did something different.
169. 4:54Because some union members
170. 4:56get welfare payments—
171. 4:57He said that anybody who
172. 4:59blocks a street illegally
173. 5:00will lose all welfare benefits.
174. 5:03Guess what happened?
175. 5:04No streets were blocked.
176. 5:06Who knew that protesters blocking streets
177. 5:08could be stopped by threatening
178. 5:10their government handouts.
179. 5:12You won’t hear it from the leftist media.
180. 5:15Libertarians get trashed,
181. 5:17Republicans get interrupted
182. 5:18and their speeches cut off,
183. 5:20but Democrats largely get a pass
184. 5:23even if you can’t tell
185. 5:24what they say.
186. 5:25Beer brewed here...
187. 5:27Huh it is use to make
188. 5:28the brew beer here…
189. 5:29It is defined...
190. 5:31Oooh Earth Rider...
191. 5:32Thanks for the Great Lakes.
192. 5:33But there is some good news.
193. 5:35Today more people ignore leftist media.
194. 5:38CNN’s prime time viewership
195. 5:40fell behind the History Channel’s recently.
196. 5:42More people now get their news
197. 5:44from independent journalists
198. 5:45who publish in places like
199. 5:47Substack and YouTube.
200. 5:49Like us!
201. 5:50It’s a good trend because
202. 5:52we’re more thoughtful
203. 5:53than the silly people on TV.
204. 5:55Mr. President, what did you order?
205. 5:57Chocolate, chocolate chip.
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