The Beat Goes on: Doocy, WH Press Keep Crushing Psaki Over Afghanistan

After almost an entire week away on vacation (aside from an August 23 briefing), The Psaki Show hasn’t exactly gone swimmingly for the Biden administration and, like Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday was no exception as Press Secretary Jen Psaki had little in the way of friendly reporter questions as Fox’s Peter Doocy had the cavalry on his side in pressing on issues surrounding the collapse of…

Curtis Houck
August 25th, 2021 11:10 PM

ABC Helps Rescue Afghan Interpreter, Family Before Biden Would Abandon

While the Biden administration was getting ready to abandon anywhere between 1,000 and 1,500 Americans along with thousands of Afghans that helped American troops over the course of the last 20 years, ABC reported on Wednesday that they had made moves behinds the scenes to help one Afghan interpreter and his family escape the country as the Taliban nipped at their heels.

Nicholas Fondacaro
August 25th, 2021 10:44 PM

NewsBusters Podcast: When the Media Polls Look Bad for Biden, Bury 'Em

On the latest NewsBusters Podcast, we discuss the media's temperamental use of polling results. They have a tendency to highlight polls that underline the narratives and candidates they like, but tend to bury poll results they don't like and don't match their talking points. On Sunday, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd found some negatives for Biden in the latest NBC News poll, but those…

Tim Graham
August 25th, 2021 9:22 PM

NBC Whines SCOTUS Backing Order to Bring Back 'Remain in Mexico'

In a 6-3 ruling late Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices approved a lower court decision that forced the Biden administration to reinstate former President Trump’s so-called “remain in Mexico” policy for asylum seekers. And while the morning newscasts of ABC and CBS only briefly mentioned it Wednesday morning, they moved on by the evening while NBC Nightly News

Nicholas Fondacaro
August 25th, 2021 8:56 PM

South Korea Cracks Down On Big Tech

South Korea is cracking down on Big Tech in a move many hope will allow competition to flourish.

Autumn Johnson
August 25th, 2021 6:12 PM

Wall Street Journal Nails the Sycophancy in 'Scrubbing Cuomo's Emmy'

The Wall Street Journal editorial board nailed it on the head Wednesday in an editorial on "Scrubbing Cuomo's Emmy." Last November, the Emmy Award people gave a special award to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his coronavirus press conferences, for his "masterful use of television to inform and calm people around the world."

Tim Graham
August 25th, 2021 5:26 PM

Kandahar Joy Insists U.S. Is Doing ‘Thorough Job,’ Dismisses Critics

After having ignored Afghanistan on Monday’s show, MSNBC’s ReidOut host Joy Reid circled back by insisting all is going well for the Biden administration on Afghanistan, saying they’ve done “a thorough job” in Kabul despite a lack of “burden-sharing” on the part of NATO allies. Reid also made sure to level bad-faith attacks on Team Biden (with some help from MSNBC analyst Malcolm…

Curtis Houck
August 25th, 2021 4:50 PM

Ohio Joins Battle: State Representative Proposes Big Tech Busting Bill

Ohio State Representative Al Cutrona (R-OH) declared in a new statement that Big Tech “‘should not have the power to dictate what they deem as acceptable speech, that's exactly why we have the First Amendment and why I'm introducing this legislation.”

Alexander Hall
August 25th, 2021 3:47 PM

Sciutto Falsely Slams Supreme Court Conservatives for Border Hypocrisy

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined to issue a stay of a lower court ruling that the Biden administration's decision to repeal former President Trump's Remain in Mexico was "arbitrary and capricious" and thus illegal. On Wednesday, CNN Newsroom host Jim Sciutto declared this to be an outrageous act of hypocrisy.

Alex Christy
August 25th, 2021 3:01 PM

Oregon Governor Mandates Mask for Vaccinated People OUTDOORS

The authoritarian left has complete control over Oregon. Of course that's been clear since Antifa made themselves permanent and beloved citizens there, free to loot, pillage and bludgeon people as they pleased. Now it’s become even more apparent due to the fact that the state government is now mandating the worst COVID restrictions in the country.

Gabriel Hays
August 25th, 2021 1:24 PM

Newsweek Celebrates Taliban Vow to ‘Fight Terror and Climate Change’

Has Newsweek lost its mind? The outlet published an insane article giving the Taliban praise for promising to fight “terror” and “climate change” in order to gain legitimacy in world politics.

Joseph Vazquez
August 25th, 2021 1:12 PM

PEW: Plurality of Americans Say Gov’t Shouldn’t Censor Speech Online

Even after years of liberal media and politicians calling for the censorship of online speech, a plurality of Americans still say the government should not intervene — even at the cost of some false information slipping through. A new…

Alec Schemmel
August 25th, 2021 1:05 PM

Scared of ISIS, Scarborough Backs Biden's 8/31 Deadline on Afghanistan

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough supports President Biden's decision not to extend the August 31st deadline for evacuating American citizens and Afghan allies from Afghanistan. Scarborough says he's worried about attacks by ISIS and the more radical elements of the Taliban. 

Mark Finkelstein
August 25th, 2021 1:03 PM

Former GMA Exec Accused of Sexual Assault, ABC Covered Up

Another day, another case of stark media hypocrisy. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the former executive producer for Good Morning America is being sued by a fellow GMA producer for sexual assault. An ABC News veteran, Michael Corn abruptly left GMA last April after these allegations came out, which ABC kept hidden from the media. 

Kristine Marsh
August 25th, 2021 12:44 PM