Tim Murtaugh
Columns by Tim Murtaugh
White House enlists media allies to protect Biden from videos of himself
In 2020, the mainstream media protected then-candidate Joe Biden by dismissing his son's laptop as "Russian disinformation" when it wasn't. This time, they're howling over unflattering video clips of President Biden and declaring them fake when they aren't. Published June 20, 2024
Hunter Biden’s laptop is real, and The Washington Post is in trouble
Two events in the political world this week proved that mainstream journalism is in the same sorry state it was during the last presidential campaign. Published June 6, 2024
Biden proves he’s a demagogue on race, yet his own record is terrible
When President Biden talks to a Black audience, he's able to convey only one thought: The United States of America is a racist hellscape, and he's the only hope for redemption. Published May 23, 2024
News media that botched huge stories appoint themselves arbiters of truth again
We are less than six months away from the presidential election, which means that certain members of the news media will soon appoint themselves the arbiters of truth. Published May 9, 2024
Spineless Biden won’t condemn antisemitic campus protests
It's instructive to watch the way people react to the pro-Hamas demonstrations on college campuses. You can learn a lot, especially about members of the media and President Biden. Published April 25, 2024
Brutal critique from within NPR proves it’s a leftist-only zone
Bashing National Public Radio's leftward bias is a favorite pastime of conservatives, especially since it is funded by taxpayer money, but critics received a boost this week from an unlikely source. Published April 11, 2024
Epic media failures and hissyfits are ominous signs for 2024 election coverage
If the last two weeks are any indication of how the news media are going to cover the 2024 presidential race, it seems clear that accurate reporting and independent thinking will be in short supply. Published March 28, 2024
Biden blew his chance at Sister Souljah moment on Laken Riley killing
In politics, there's a thing called a "Sister Souljah moment," named for a 1992 incident when then-candidate Bill Clinton criticized the rapper by that name after she had encouraged interracial violence. Published March 14, 2024
Biden’s media allies shield him from ramifications of his border policy
If President Biden is talking about illegal immigration, it means he's losing the argument. Published February 29, 2024
New York AG Letitia James conducts the left’s war on free expression
It's clear that the government has orchestrated censorship in quite a lot of cases, in direct violation of free speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution. Published February 15, 2024
Media should tear apart Biden’s claims on illegal immigration
The news media are always on the hunt for disinformation, if you believe their proclamations. Published February 1, 2024
Left again uses media and government to suppress political opposition
They got away with it the first time, so why wouldn't they try it again? Published January 18, 2024
Media identifies villains in Harvard president’s downfall: Conservatives, of course
Throughout my life, I've seldom thought about who runs Harvard University. And when I say "seldom," of course, I mean "never." Published January 4, 2024
‘Swing Hard in Case You Hit It’ recounts recovery from addiction and 2020 Trump campaign
I've been lucky to live two lives so far: a drinking life and another life completely free of alcohol. Published December 21, 2023
Biden should fire all White House interns over anonymous pro-Hamas letter
In an open letter to President Biden, a group of more than 40 leftists portrayed Israel as a bloodthirsty aggressor while offering only passing condemnation to Hamas for its horrific assault on Israeli civilians on Oct. 7. Published December 7, 2023
The left points to free speech platforms to distract from its own antisemitism
If the last couple of months have shown us anything about American politics it's that there's a sizeable antisemitism problem in the Democratic Party. Published November 23, 2023
Media attacks on Speaker Mike Johnson just make him more relatable
You knew the media were going to attack the new Republican speaker of the House. You just didn't know who it was going to be for a while. Published November 9, 2023
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s answer on antisemitism was a disaster
It's possible that President Biden's press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, misheard a reporter's question about increasing threats to Jews in America, but that doesn't make it plausible. Published October 26, 2023
Some in U.S. media still sympathize with Hamas over Israel
The civilized world has been in shock since the vicious and bloody attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists from Gaza last Saturday. Published October 12, 2023
Media outlets trash their own polls, but they can’t hide Biden’s failures
It's gotten so bad for President Biden that the media have started to shoot down public opinion polls that are bad for him, even when the news outlets themselves pay for, conduct, and publish the poll in question. Published September 29, 2023
