NewsBusters Podcast: Media GLEE Breaks Out Over Trump-Musk Feud

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are now dramatically at odds, and no one is happier than the left-wing press. Time magazine's giddy headline was "The Musk-Trump Implosion Can Be Seen From Space." This week pundits compared Elon's DOGE efforts to the mass murders of Stalin and Mao, including The View. Nick Fondacaro explains the craziness.

Tim Graham
June 6th, 2025 10:02 PM
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CNN Uses Pompous Clooney Play to Say Trump Era WORSE THAN 'Red Scare'

In the context of promoting CNN's broadcast of George Clooney's Broadway play, Good Night and Good Luck, host Audie Cornish brings on an Axios media reporter to suggest that under Trump, repression of dissent is worse than during the Joe McCarthy era.

Mark Finkelstein
June 6th, 2025 8:53 PM

CNN This Morning Guests Compete for Worst Take on Trump and Musk Feud

Regardless of where you stood on President Trump and Elon Musk’s heated social media battle, anyone could take a moment to appreciate the people who were most definitely getting it wrong. Many in the media were quick to blow the debate out of proportion Friday morning, and CNN This Morning was no exception.

Lucas Escala
June 6th, 2025 6:13 PM

GOP Rep. Calls Out CNN for Hyping Trump/Musk Feud Over Real Problems

On Thursday night’s broadcast of The Source with Kaitlan Collins, Tennessee Republican Congressman Tim Burchett turned the tables on CNN and accused the network of overhyping the escalating feud between Elon Musk and President Trump while ignoring the very economic anxieties of working Americans.

Ashley Taylor
June 6th, 2025 4:41 PM

Study: Media Ignored Booker’s Goofy ‘Nazi’ Salute, but Hammered Elon’s

Back in January, when Elon Musk made an strange hand gesture which resembled a Nazi or Roman salute while celebrating President Trump’s inauguration, the corporate media were eager to conclude that Musk’s on-stage awkwardness must categorically make him a Nazi. Yet last week, when Democratic Senator Cory Booker made an identical motion at the end of a speech in California, none of those same…

Bill D'Agostino
June 6th, 2025 3:46 PM

NYT Picks Sides, Trusts Anti-Semitic UN: Gaza's'Deadly Aid Deliveries'

Lauren Jackson started off Wednesday’s edition of the New York Times newsletter “The Morning” with anti-Israel bias: “Deadly Aid Deliveries in Gaza -- Israel’s troops have repeatedly shot near food distribution sites.” Jackson previously covered the United Nations, and knee-jerk favoritism for her old beat, and distrust of anything said by Israel, is peppered throughout the report.…

Clay Waters
June 6th, 2025 2:16 PM

Acosta Displays Amazing Hypocrisy On Election Conspiracy Theories

Even by his own standards, former CNN anchor turned Substack podcaster Jim Acosta displayed a stunning amount of hypocrisy on Tuesday when it comes to conspiracy theories about the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections. On 2020, Acosta let former CNN colleague Michael Fanone go on a profanity-laden rant against Speaker Mike Johnson and fellow Republicans while he labeled actress Rosie O’Donnell…

Alex Christy
June 6th, 2025 1:21 PM

VIDEO: PBS and NPR, Versus Their Own Record of Venom and Deceit

Well, it’s finally happened: the Trump White House has sent a rescissions package to Congress containing $1.1 Billion in cuts to funding for NPR and PBS. Now House Republicans just have to pass it.

Bill D'Agostino
June 6th, 2025 1:17 PM

Guess Who Google Blots Out in ‘Trump Rescission’ Package Search

Google excluded right-leaning media outlets from search results about a Trump administration rescission package. MRC researchers found that Google's results favored left-leaning media such as NPR and PBS, omitting conservative sources like Fox News and The Daily Caller. MRC President David Bozell condemned Google for bias, claiming it erases conservative voices. The search results' political…

Gabriela Pariseau
June 6th, 2025 12:28 PM

‘Sue the Sh** Out of Them’: Veterans Threaten NBC Affiliate With Suit

The Buffalo media’s dogpile onto SVU Detective Richard Hy had some major developments since he blew the whistle in late April. The pressure on Buffalo, New York public schools ratcheted up once the local media realized that there was truth to Hy’s allegations, with teachers and parents coming forward. But one outlet in particular, Channel 2 WGRZ (the local NBC affiliate) was allegedly defaming…

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 6th, 2025 12:16 PM

Awkward: CBS Co-Host Tries to Equivocate on Anti-Semitism

Wednesday’s CBS Mornings and CBS Mornings Plus featured exclusive, heartbreaking interviews with the family of Sarah Miligrim, who was murdered by an alleged far-left anti-Semite last month outside the Capital Jewish Museum. After the segment on the latter show, co-host Adriana Diaz tried to insinuate there’s some equal risk of threats to people of all faiths, not just Jews…

Curtis Houck
June 6th, 2025 11:09 AM

POLL: What Was the Worst Media Take of the Week?

POLL: What Was the Worst Media Take of the Week?

Geoffrey Dickens
June 6th, 2025 10:05 AM

'Devout Catholic' Colbert Says Female Jesus Is 'Long Overdue'

The questionable sincerity of CBS’s Stephen Colbert’s devout Catholicism was on display for the second straight night as The Late Show host welcomed actress Cynthia Erivo to hype her upcoming role as Jesus, telling her that her…

Alex Christy
June 6th, 2025 9:54 AM

Hollywood Ramps Up Assault on Catholic Church: Top 5 Recent Examples

There’s a disturbing trend happening in Hollywood right now, just as the Catholic Church elected a new pope. The entertainment industry has long hated Catholics, but we’ve noticed several shows have amplified sacrilege and bigotry to new levels. Here’s a roundup of the most recent offenders.

Dawn Slusher
June 6th, 2025 9:40 AM