Media Hall of Shame Series: Daily Kos

Daily Kos is not a traditional news outlet in any meaningful sense—it is an activist-driven blog and opinion platform designed to advance progressive Democratic causes. Founded in 2002 by Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, a self-described former libertarian turned “proud progressive,” Daily Kos was born in the early days of the blogosphere as a digital megaphone for…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Alternet

AlterNet is an unabashedly left‑wing digital media platform—with roots reaching back to 1987—founded by the Independent Media Institute and designed to aggregate and amplify progressive content from across the ideological ecosystem. In April 2018, it was acquired by the owners of Raw Story—John K. Byrne and Michael Rogers—who continue to operate it under AlterNet Media…

Media Hall of Shame Series – Jacobin

Jacobin is not your typical news outlet with a thin veneer of objectivity hiding a partisan agenda. It is, proudly and openly, a socialist publication, founded in 2010 by Bhaskar Sunkara and based in New York City. Though rooted in the United States, it draws heavily from European Marxist traditions and global Leftist thinkers. It…

Media Hall of Shame Series: The Intercept

When The Intercept launched in 2014, it promised to be a radical departure from the establishment press. Born out of the Edward Snowden leaks and funded by a tech billionaire, it presented itself as the home for aggressive investigative journalism—fearless, adversarial, and independent of corporate or state influence. For a brief time, it lived up…

Media Hall of Shame Series – The Guardian UK

Once regarded as the genteel voice of British liberalism, The Guardian has in recent decades transformed into one of the most aggressively ideological media outlets in the English-speaking world. It has shed the cloak of classical liberalism and donned the armor of full-spectrum progressivism: anti-capitalist, anti-nationalist, secularist, globalist, and deeply antagonistic to traditional Western values—especially…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Podcast Save America

Pod Save America is a flagship podcast of Crooked Media, a company founded in 2017 by former Obama administration staffers: Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor. All three were top-level political operatives within President Obama’s communications team—Favreau as chief speechwriter, Lovett as a speechwriter, and Vietor as National Security Council spokesman. Together, they launched…

Media Hall of Shame Series: NowThis

NowThis is a digital media outlet that specializes in short-form video content targeting young, left-leaning social media users. Founded in 2012 by former Huffington Post co-founder Kenneth Lerer and former CNN executive Eric Hippeau, NowThis quickly gained traction for its mobile-first format and highly stylized, emotionally driven video news clips. Its hallmark is short, engaging…

Media Hall of Shame Series – Mother Jones

In the vast ecosystem of left-leaning media, Mother Jones stands out—not for balance or investigative rigor, but for its full-throated, unapologetic progressive activism. Founded in 1976 and named after the fiery union agitator Mary “Mother” Jones, the magazine was always intended to be a partisan outlet. And that’s exactly what it is: an ideological fortress…

Media Hall of Shame Series: The Nation

The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States, founded in 1865 in the aftermath of the Civil War. Originally conceived as a classical liberal outlet focused on civil discourse, The Nation has undergone a radical transformation over the decades. Today, it functions as one of the most ideologically left-wing publications…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Salon

Salon was founded in 1995 as one of the earliest digital-only news magazines, positioning itself as a progressive alternative to legacy print media. It gained prominence during the early 2000s with its acerbic tone, cultural commentary, and fierce opposition to the Bush administration. Over time, Salon cemented its place as a mouthpiece for hardline progressivism,…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Insider

Originally launched in 2007 as Business Insider, the outlet began with a focus on financial and tech news but has since expanded into a wide-ranging digital platform known simply as Insider. Under the leadership of co-founder Henry Blodget—a former Wall Street analyst banned from the securities industry for fraud—Insider quickly adopted a brash, attention-grabbing style…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Buzzfeed

Founded in 2006 by Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed began as a viral content experiment that combined listicles, quizzes, memes, and pop culture commentary with a growing appetite for “internet-native” news. Its early success was driven by shareable clickbait headlines and social media optimization rather than journalistic rigor. Over time, it attempted to evolve into a serious…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Quartz

Quartz, launched in 2012 as a business-centric digital publication, initially operated under the umbrella of Atlantic Media, a company historically aligned with center-left sensibilities. In 2018, Quartz was sold to Uzabase, a Japanese media and data firm, and then sold again in 2020 to Quartz’s co-founder and CEO, Zach Seward, who later sold it in…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Daily Beast

The Daily Beast was founded in 2008 by Tina Brown, the former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, with financial backing from media conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp. IAC, chaired by Barry Diller (a longtime Hollywood and media powerbroker), has owned a wide array of digital properties including Match.com, Vimeo, Investopedia, and People Media. It also…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Axios

Axios was founded in 2016 by former Politico journalists Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz, then launched to the public in 2017 with the mission of delivering snappy, bulleted news in 300 words or less. In 2022, Cox Enterprises acquired the outlet, tying it to a broader media conglomerate with substantial corporate partnerships. Though…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Slate

Slate is an explicitly progressive, online-only news and opinion outlet founded in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley. Originally launched under the ownership of Microsoft, it was later sold to The Washington Post Company, and ultimately to Graham Holdings, which spun off Slate into The Slate Group, a subsidiary focused on digital media…

Media Hall of Shame Series: TruthOut

Founded in 2001 in the wake of the disputed Bush-Gore election and the lead-up to the Iraq War, Truthout emerged as a digital nonprofit news organization with an openly left-wing, activist bent. Its stated mission is to provide “independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues,” and unlike many legacy outlets,…

Media Hall of Shame: Discovery Now!

Discovery Now! is the kind of name that inspires wonder. With its bright visuals, trendy narration, and dynamic programming, it presents itself as a digital-age platform for “curious minds” and lifelong learners. A newer face in the media landscape, Discovery Now! has sought to blend educational content with pop culture relevance, aspiring to become a…

Media Hall of Shame Series – USA Today

At first glance, USA Today may not seem like an obvious candidate for a “Hall of Shame.” Compared to overtly ideological outlets like Rolling Stone or The Nation, USA Today presents itself as cheerful, accessible, and middle-of-the-road. Its colorful graphics, digest-style layout, and bite-sized summaries are designed to appeal to a broad, mainstream audience. But…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone magazine was once the iconic voice of the American counterculture. Founded in 1967 amid the swirl of psychedelic music, Vietnam protests, and youthful rebellion, it captured the spirit of a generation demanding freedom from “the Man.” But decades later, Rolling Stone no longer fights “the system”—it is the system, echoing the ideological demands of modern…

Media Hall of Fame: The Daily Wire

In an era where once-trusted media institutions have succumbed to the dogmas of progressivism, where truth is sacrificed on the altar of narrative, and where many conservative outlets tread lightly for fear of cancellation, The Daily Wire stands apart. Bold. Unapologetic. Effective. Founded in 2015 by Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing, The Daily Wire began…

Media Hall of Fame Series: GB News (UK)

In an era where much of the British press has surrendered to ideological conformity, corporate groupthink, or government appeasement, GB News has emerged as a beacon of dissent, common sense, and free inquiry. Launched in 2021, GB News was widely mocked by its progressive media rivals. But rather than crumble under the weight of criticism,…

Media Hall of Fame Series: CBN News

In an age where the mainstream media industry is awash in relativism, selective outrage, and secular dogma, CBN News stands out as a powerful exception—one that not only reports the truth but does so with spiritual conviction and biblical clarity. As the news arm of the Christian Broadcasting Network, CBN News brings something few other…

Media Hall of Fame Series: The Post Millennial

In an era of mass censorship, politicized violence, and inverted morality, The Post Millennial (TPM) has emerged as one of the most audacious truth-tellers in the modern media landscape. Launched in Canada and growing in influence across the United States, TPM made its mark by covering what legacy outlets feared to touch: Antifa riots, gender…

Media Hall of Shame: Politico

Politico emerged in 2007 with a bold promise: to provide real-time, granular, and relentless coverage of American politics. It branded itself as the outlet for political insiders—the kind of publication that congressional aides, lobbyists, and executive branch staffers check every morning before their second cup of coffee. With its focus on Capitol Hill maneuvering, campaign…

Media Hall of Shame – PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) presents itself as a calm, steady, trustworthy institution in a media environment that often feels shrill and partisan. For decades, it has wrapped its programming in a soothing tone, authoritative narrators, and orchestral theme music designed to convey seriousness, culture, and objectivity. From PBS NewsHour to Frontline, from Washington Week…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Vox

Vox Media, founded in 2011, is a prominent digital media company that owns and operates several well-known progressive brands, including Vox, The Verge, Polygon, and Eater. The Vox brand itself launched in 2014 as a project spearheaded by former Washington Post journalists Ezra Klein, Melissa Bell, and Matthew Yglesias. From the outset, its mission was…

Media Hall of Shame Series: CNBC

CNBC bills itself as “the recognized world leader in business news,” a reputation built on real-time stock market coverage, interviews with corporate executives, and financial commentary aimed at investors and business leaders. To the casual viewer, CNBC might seem like a bastion of free-market capitalism—championing entrepreneurship, profit, and innovation. But behind the tickers and suits…

Media Hall of Fame Series: Fox News

In the modern American media ecosystem, no outlet has been more synonymous with conservative news than Fox News. Since its founding in 1996 by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former Nixon and Reagan advisor Roger Ailes, Fox News has grown from a fledgling upstart into the most-watched cable news network in the country. It is…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Huffpost

HuffPost—originally known as The Huffington Post—emerged in 2005 during the blogging boom as a kind of liberal response to the Drudge Report, but it quickly evolved into one of the most influential online news and opinion platforms on the Left. It was founded by Arianna Huffington, a political chameleon who shifted from center-right conservatism to…

Media Hall of Shame Series: The Atlantic

The Atlantic carries itself as a publication of gravitas—serious, literary, urbane. It appeals to readers who see themselves as thoughtful and enlightened, citizens of the world rather than mere inhabitants of a nation. Founded in 1857 by abolitionists and intellectuals like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Atlantic has long framed itself as…

Media Hall of Shame Series: The New Yorker

The New Yorker, despite its cultural sophistication and literary legacy, has over the past few decades evolved into one of the most predictably progressive media outlets in the United States. Founded in 1925 and owned since 1985 by Condé Nast—a media conglomerate that also owns Vogue, GQ, and Vanity Fair—The New Yorker today functions less…

Media Hall of Shame Series – Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News is often presented as the grown-up in the room: sober, data-driven, and immune to the hysterics of legacy broadcast networks. Its target audience isn’t the average voter—it’s the policymaker, the hedge fund manager, the international bureaucrat. With its vast network of reporters and global presence, Bloomberg offers financial news, economic forecasts, and business…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Time Magazine

Once a titan of American journalism, Time magazine—founded in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce—was, for decades, considered the defining voice of middlebrow America. It brought news to coffee tables across the nation with gravitas and clarity. But that era is gone. Since being sold off by Meredith Corporation to Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff…

Media Hall of Shame Series: The Chicago Tribune

Founded in 1847, the Chicago Tribune once branded itself as “The World’s Greatest Newspaper.” That was no modest claim, but there was a time it might have been taken seriously. For decades, the paper wielded enormous influence over Midwestern politics and national opinion, often leaning Republican and embracing a muscular editorial tone. However, like so…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Wikipedia

Wikipedia presents itself as a free, crowd-sourced online encyclopedia “that anyone can edit,” a claim that seems democratic and open-minded on the surface. However, this anonymity and openness mask an entrenched ideological ecosystem shaped not by the average contributor, but by a relatively small group of senior editors, moderators, and administrators. These gatekeepers enforce not…

Media Hall of Shame Series – BBC News

Few media organizations enjoy the brand prestige of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). For generations, it was considered the gold standard in international journalism—calm, impartial, thoroughly researched, and dignified. Its name conferred trust. Its tone conveyed seriousness. And its global footprint extended from English villages to African townships to American college classrooms. But in the…

Media Hall of Shame Series: ABC News

ABC News, the news division of the American Broadcasting Company, is one of the most recognized and trusted names in American media. For decades, it carried an aura of dependability and respectability, largely shaped by the gravitas of figures like Peter Jennings and Barbara Walters. For many baby boomers and Gen Xers, ABC News represented…

Media Hall of Shame Series: CBS News

CBS News holds a place of historic prestige in American journalism. For generations, it was known as the “Tiffany Network”—a reference to its polish and class. Names like Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, and Dan Rather defined the idea of a trustworthy broadcaster for millions of Americans. Even now, CBS retains a certain aura of…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera presents itself to the world as a global beacon of journalism—an independent voice from the Arab world, offering a fresh, critical perspective on Western imperialism, global inequality, and injustice. With its slick design, diverse correspondents, and sharp critiques of the West, it has gained a loyal audience among college students, anti-imperialists, and progressives…

Media Hall of Shame Series: MSNBC

If CNN has drifted into progressive bias, MSNBC has fully embraced it. Where other networks attempt to maintain a facade of neutrality, MSNBC wears its ideological allegiance on its sleeve. It is not merely a news channel—it is a platform for moral and cultural evangelism on behalf of the political Left. From its talking heads…

Media Hall of Shame Series: CNN

Once hailed as the pioneer of 24-hour news coverage, CNN (Cable News Network) began in 1980 with the promise of neutral, fact-based reporting delivered straight to the American people. Founded by Ted Turner, CNN emerged during the Cold War as a vehicle for bringing fast, global coverage into living rooms across the country. For years,…

Media Hall of Shame Series: NPR

Among American media outlets, few possess the aura of quiet authority and intellectual charm quite like NPR (National Public Radio). With its calm-voiced hosts, refined music interludes, and thoughtful long-form features, NPR has cultivated a public image of credibility, civility, and sophistication. For many of its loyal listeners—especially on college campuses, in coffee shops, and…

Media Hall of Shame Series: The Young Turks

The Young Turks (TYT) is an online news and commentary network founded in 2002 by Cenk Uygur, a former MSNBC contributor, and co-hosted by Ana Kasparian, among others. It began as a radio show before expanding to YouTube, becoming one of the earliest and most aggressive examples of a fully digital leftist broadcast outlet. TYT’s…

Media Hall of Shame Series – Reuters

Among global news organizations, Reuters occupies a distinctive position. It is not known for flashy anchors, primetime punditry, or ideological screeds. Instead, Reuters wears the mantle of a straight-laced wire service, supplying raw news to newspapers, websites, financial firms, and governments around the world. In many ways, its reputation for neutrality rivals that of the…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Semafor

The name Semafor is derived from the maritime word “semaphore”—a visual signaling system once used by ships to communicate over distances with flags or lights. It suggests clarity, signaling, and structured communication—ideals that Semafor claims to embody in a noisy, fragmented media landscape. According to its founders, the name reflects a goal to “signal” truth…

Media Hall of Shame Series: Associated Press (AP)

The Associated Press (AP) enjoys one of the most prestigious reputations in global journalism. It’s often referred to as the “gold standard” for objective, fact-based reporting. Its wire service feeds newspapers, broadcasters, and digital platforms around the world—its content reaching more than half the globe’s population on any given day. For decades, the AP symbolized…

Media Hall of Shame Series: NBC News

NBC News, one of the oldest and most established broadcast networks in the United States, is a pillar of the mainstream media complex. It projects stability, professionalism, and seriousness through its slick productions, high-profile anchors, and constant presence on television, cable, and digital platforms. For many Americans, NBC has long been a household name—once trusted,…