William Donohue of the Catholic League identified the Tuesday New York Instances demonstrated an apparent labeling distinction. On web page A1 got here the headlined “Fox Information Ousts Carlson, a Voice Of the Far Proper.” However on B-1, there was no label within the header “Lemon Out At CNN; He Says He Is ‘Shocked’. ”
Within the piece by Michael Grynbaum, John Koblin, and Benjamin Mullin, Lemon was solely “fiery” and “spiky,” not liberal or far-left:
One among CNN’s most recognizable stars, Mr. Lemon had a fame as a fiery political commentator throughout his eight years as a prime-time anchor…
His long-running 10 p.m. program, Don Lemon Tonight, drew followers for his spiky exchanges and pull-no-punches commentary on politics and the Trump White Home.
However the Carlson story by Jeremy Peters, Katie Robertson, and Grynbaum started: “Fox Information on Monday dismissed Tucker Carlson, its hottest prime-time host, who grew to become one of the crucial influential voices on the American proper lately together with his blustery, inflammatory monologues on immigrants, Black civil rights activists, vaccines and nationwide id.”
There have been 5 mentions of conservatives and their media within the piece, and two “far-right” makes use of within the copy:
Each Mr. Trump and Mr. Carlson helped push far-right positions on points like border coverage and race relations into the Republican mainstream, and each relished antagonizing their political opponents with audacious and infrequently unfaithful assaults.
Carlson was responsible of “borrowing a few of his central themes from the white nationalist and far-right internet and sprucing them up for a extra mainstream viewers.”
Donohue relayed a broader survey of media protection:
We did a examine at present of how the media are responding to the ousters of Carlson and Lemon. We discovered over 200 examples of Carlson being known as “far proper,” however just a few cases of Lemon being known as “far left.” PBS, NBC and MSNBC referred to Carlson as “far proper” however none referred to Lemon as “far left.”
No media outlet we checked was extra unprofessional than the New York Instances. In at present’s paper it has a information story on Dong Yuyu, the “longtime author and editor at a prime Chinese language Communist Celebration newspaper.” If anybody deserves being known as “far left” it could be him. However, no, he’s stated to have written “liberal-leaning commentaries.”
In different phrases, Communist Celebration leaders aren’t even “liberals,” by no means thoughts “left-wingers”—and so they most definitely aren’t “far-left wingers.” They only “lean” to the liberal facet.
Donohue ended his piece by noting the soft-soap Instances obit of Harry Belafonte, was additionally not described as “far left” regardless of calling himself an “unabashed lefty” who revered “the true beliefs of socialism.” Peter Keepnews at the least famous “In 2002, he accused Secretary of State Colin L. Powell of abandoning his rules to ‘come into the home of the grasp.’ 4 years later he known as Mr. Bush “the best terrorist on this planet.” Overlook Osama bin Laden…
