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How about innocent?
PE Bias Grade 
: F
Donald Trump wasn't innocent, he is just lucky. That's the amazing message from this "analysis" piece by the Elizabeth Warren campaign biographers who.... Read more
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Laying it bare, alright
PE Bias Grade : C-
What has been laid bare is the overwhelming cooperation the White House has given the Independent Counsel. The President not only allowed but encourag.... Read more
Trump not dismissing Mueller report, he is reveling in it
PE Bias Grade : F
[Warren Report #110-2019] President Trump is not “dismissing” the findings of the Mueller Report. He is reveling in them. No collusion. No char.... Read more
Who was supposed to be guarding America against Russia in 2016?
PE Bias Grade : N/A
When the Globe editorialized that the President’s main job was to protect America and we were let down, I thought for sure they were going to refer .... Read more
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Editorial Reviews
Hypocrisy is the issue
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Globe columnist Yvonne Abraham completely misses the two points related to Bernie Sanders wealth, as shown in his tax-return release. The concern is not that Sanders rallies against “millionaires and billionaires” when he is a millionaire himself.... Read more
Crony capitalism is an unworthy goal
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I don’t expect Democrats to be the vanguards of capitalism. From ideas like rent control to the many Socialist policies in the Green New Deal, Democrats don’t seem to understand or appreciate where wealth comes from in America. Most seem to think.... Read more
Sen. Markey’s delusion
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Being lectured on science by former Ice-Cream-Truck-driver Ed Markey and Bartender Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is quite amusing. But the juggernaut of misinformed people from academia, research scientists, politicians, and students is indeed attempting t.... Read more
Article Reviews
Impossible assignment
PE Bias Grade : F
This article must have been one of the toughest assignments these three journalists have been given in the last three or four years: Write an article about the Mueller Report from the point-of-view of the Trump administration. It should have been .... Read more
Fake analysis
PE Bias Grade : F
The media disguises editorial opinion on its news pages by using the subhead "analysis." This biased piece suggests readers need to look at the Mueller Report not for its conclusions, but “in its broadest outlines.” Really? That's pretty conve.... Read more
Reframing the Mueller Report
PE Bias Grade : F
Do you remember when the Special Counsel was investigating the Trump campaign about colluding with Russia to steal the election from Hillary Clinton? I can hardly recall that, because I have heard it morph into other investigations, like obstructi.... Read more
Investigative Journalism
Boston Globe hides breaking Warren news
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An error of commission is making a mistake. An error of omission is leaving something out that should be in. The Boston Globe has, sometime over the last three days, committed an error of omission. It failed to publish any story or make a mention .... Read more
Trump even wants to destroy our alliances!
PE Bias Grade : C+
Congress has invited the NATO Secretary-General to speak, which is a fine idea. But with the very public disagreement over funding between President Donald Trump and NATO allies, would today’s article try to cast the President in a bad light? What .... Read more
Where’s Richard Burr?
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The Boston Globe has an obsession over coverage of President Trump. 99% of it is negative, but that's just an estimate. It could be 100%. The basis for much of this coverage has been the story of the Trump campaign colluding with Russia to steal t.... Read more
Media Criticism
No collusion, no exoneration
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The Boston Globe's front-page Friday is a good example of editorial bias. The Globe has used its front page inappropriately several times in the past, including a completely fake cover during the election which falsely predicted dire consequences fro.... Read more
Where’s my Warren Report?
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It’s Monday, and no Warren Report in the Boston Globe. What gives? The Globe was running an almost daily Warren Report for months and months. If it wasn’t Warren, it was someone she mentored, it was a college giving her a degree, it was her do.... Read more
Why does the Globe keep running articles on Trump’s mental health?
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The Boston Globe has written several articles by psychiatrists who are trying to diagnose President Donald Trump with mental illness, despite not having examined him. This runs contrary to American Psychiatric guidelines, yet the Globe continues to g.... Read more