You don’t need a background in media bias to spot it today. You need only look at the Hunter Biden laptop scam, which was covered by Big Tech and other major news sources without any evidence. This is now, one year later than the 2020 presidential election. The New York Times The Washington PostAdmit the truth.
It’s true. You can do it all.
Reporters said otherwise to “protect” the nation from a second Trump term. Period.
Media bias is a constant theme, from the way reporters present breaking news to how entertainment content floods your smartphones. You won’t find a better example than Variety’s report on The Daily Wire’s new entertainment plans.
The conservative web site announced this week it will bring children’s programming to its platform, in direct response to Disney’s vow to indoctrinate kids with its social agenda. Disney’s cultural shift follows the controversy surrounding new Florida legislation preventing public schools from teaching sexual identity issues to children as early as five years of age.
Notice: This reporter works for Daily Wire.
Let’s start with the Variety headline: “Right-Wing Media Outlet Daily Wire Claims It Will Invest $100 Million in Kids’ Content to Counter ‘Woke’ Disney Fare That Is ‘Brainwashing’ Children”
The word “claims” is odd. Would Variety use a similar phrase to describe another company’s plans? It’s doubtful.
The article itself reveals the author’s disgust for the web site’s plans. The story says The Daily Wire has no history producing children’s content. That’s technically accurate, but it’s placed in the lede to send a message.
It’s amateur hour time.
We get some straight news about the company’s plans including quotes from its co-founder, Jeremy Boreing.
Here’s the next paragraph.
The Daily Wire’s most popular property is the daily podcast from co-founder Ben Shapiro, who has argued that homosexuality and transgender identity are mental illnesses.
It is not fair or balanced.
Could we also get some Shapiro quotes? The media is no longer trustworthy, therefore more information and links are needed. Shapiro might be considered a social conservative. However, his views may differ from the official site.
We then get a quote from Disney CEO Bob Chapek which repeats the provable lie that the Florida legislation prevents teachers from using the term “Gay.” In Chapek’s defense, august media outlets have been peddling that fiction long before this Variety article.
It’s hardly the first time reporters pushed a false narrative.
Remember how many mainstream news reporters inaccurately called Ivermectin a “horse dewormer?”
Next, VarietyThe Daily Wire was threatened with being discredit by linking its funding for fracking. This is a warning to liberal readers about its wicked nature.
The Daily Wire states that it is entirely owned by Bentkey Ventures LLC. Previously Forward Publishing LLC, Boreing, Shapiro and Daily Wire COO Caleb Robinson own the company. Farris Wiks was a co-founder of a hydraulic fracking business with Dan. They sold it in 2011 for $3.5B.
The story ends with a side by side view of a company who pulled its ads from The Daily Wire last January without citing specific examples.
Daily Wire launched the razor brand after Harry’s Razors a year ago pulled its advertising over anti-gay and anti-trans opinions in its shows.
It’s instructive to read Axios’ version of this Daily Wire story. Although it is not conservative, the outlet offers a fact-based, nuanced approach that incorporates context and nuance.
It’s a far cry from what Variety offers.
Variety isn’t The Nation, The New RepublicHuffPo. This outlet should provide balanced news and entertainment reporting.
It’s clear the site offers something far different.
[Cross-posted from Hollywood in Toto]
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