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Jennifer Harper

Jennifer Harper

jharper@washingtontimes.com

Jennifer Harper wrote the daily Inside the Beltway column for The Washington Times.

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A Media Research Study reveals consistent bias against Republicans at CNN and MSNBC. (AP Photo)

Media bias at CNN and MSNBC: Just 3% of questions friendly to GOP: Study

A new study reveals why the Republican Party has an image problem with many TV viewers. They are outnumbered, then subjected to potentially hostile questions, according to a major new study by the Media Research Center. It reveals that CNN and MSNBC host Democratic lawmakers seven times more frequently than their Republican counterparts -- then center the discussion around Democratic talking points.

August 20, 2019
Democrats' fixation on a recession and the Trump administration will backfire, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Democrats sharpen their recession obsession

Oh, beware the "R" word. Right on cue, "recession" is being bandied about by the news media and the Democratic Party ad nauseam, leading the next predictable push against President Trump and his administration. The threat of a "recession" is the new narrative meant to upset voters and undermine the president.

August 19, 2019
Presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders eats a corn dog with his wife, Jane, (left) at Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Inside the Beltway: The Democrats and their deep-fried politics

The deep-fried Oreos, the funnel cakes, the pork chops on a stick: The news media covers what presidential hopefuls eat on the campaign trail as much as their policy statements. Maybe more. It is a very telling moment when a candidate addresses a corn dog live on camera; to emerge unscathed is definitely part of the contemporary political skill set.

August 18, 2019
"Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency" by Andrew McCarthy meticulously proves that President Trump has faced some unprecedented partisan hostility. (Encounter Books) (Encounter Books)

Inside the Beltway: Russia ‘collusion:’ Andy McCarthy explains all

A timely new book has just landed: "Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency" by Andrew McCarth meticulously proves that President Trump has faced some unprecedented partisan hostility. The author parses the "collusion fable" and revisits details almost too numerous to mention.

August 13, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Des Moines Register Soapbox during a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Inside the Beltway: Joe Biden and the flamethrower

The spectacle of 2020 presidential politics continues, punctuated by melodrama, unintentionally comedic moments and gaffes. Now-and-then Democratic front-runner Joseph R. Biden had a moment in that realm during a campaign appearance at a "gun safety" forum in Iowa — when he declared that flamethrowers were illegal.

August 12, 2019
Pollster Frank Luntz warns journalists that their credibility with the public is dropping due to hostile reporting against President Trump. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Backfire: Anti-Trump media irks the public

The news media was hostile to President Trump the moment he declared his intention to run for the White House in 2015. The tradition continues. Ongoing analysis of broadcast coverage by the conservative Media Research Center, in fact, has documented the fact that 90% of the news accounts have been negative toward Mr. Trump since he took his oath of office.

August 8, 2019
"All the News That's Fit to Print" apparently doesn't have to be true. (Associated Press/File)

Inside the Beltway: Weakening: The woes of The New York Times

A leading progressive publication has a warning for the zealous liberals and Democrats who attacked The New York Times for running a headline that was actually fair-minded toward President Trump, noting that he was urging "national unity" over racism during a difficult week amid a contentious campaign.

August 7, 2019
Hello, Main Street. New research from Gallup finds that Americans reject socialism in favor of capitalism, small business and entrepreneurship. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Feisty small business thriving despite alarmist predictions

Hello, Main Street. Amid an avalanche of alarmist coverage of the economy and the stock market comes this happy news. Gallup reveals noteworthy sentiments among the nation's U.S. small business owners: 58% say their revenues have increased in the past year, 64% say they expect further increases in the future, while 79% now say they are optimistic about the future in general. All of these percentages are up since the second quarter of the year, the pollster says.

August 6, 2019