Category Archives: Media Bias

How reporting all facets of current events matters

Posted on June 6, 2020 by

It has long been the habit of North Carolina media outlets to report stories that cite seemingly random people, and in particular, activists, without telling the audience any background or details about that person or activist. 
What follows is a juxtaposition of two such stories.  Continue reading →

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Cooper Admin Stealth Edits HB2 Related Press Release

Posted on January 21, 2019 by

Someone in the Cooper Administration stealth edited a press release to restore a link to an HB2 related document last week.  
That press release is a public document. Someone needs to answer for this. Continue reading →

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Cooper Dumps Nearly 20k Pipeline Slush Fund Documents. All Pretty Useless.

Posted on December 22, 2018 by

On Friday, the office of NC Governor Roy Cooper dumped a pile of nearly 20,000 documents related to the Pipeline slush fund being investigated by the General Assembly. 

These documents appear to be 99% useless junk. Continue reading →

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NC AG Stein Announces Fed Grant For Rape Kit Backlog Gov. Cooper Claimed He Fixed

Posted on October 8, 2018 by

The NC Rape Kit backlog, which according to Roy Cooper in 2016 was not supposed to exist anymore, is back in the news.  The state’s attorney general took a break from blocking media public records requests and held a press conference about the backlog last week. Continue reading →

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WRAL Publishes Racist School Choice Cartoon

Posted on May 9, 2018 by

Stay classy, WRAL. Continue reading →

Posted in Charter Schools, EDUCATION, LL1885, Media Bias, Stay Classy, WRAL | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

N&O Gives Party Who Booed God A Swipe At Lt. Governor on Religion

Posted on April 18, 2018 by

Joining the ranks of WRAL on the religious bigotry front is the News and Observer. Continue reading →

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WRAL Tries Out Religious Smear On Lt. Governor. Response? SO WHAT.

Posted on April 17, 2018 by

Roy Cooper Defender Jim Goodmon has had his Capital Broadcasting minions trying to slime the Lt. Governor since last Fall in preparation for the 2020 North Carolina Governor’s race.

Last week, we saw more of the same from them with an attempt at smearing the Lt. Governor for… gasp…being religiously inclined. Continue reading →

Posted in LL1885, Lt. Gov Dan Forest, Media Bias, Really?, Stay Classy, WRAL | Tagged , , | 1 Comment