How Will the Media Treat the American Pope?

May 10th, 2025 4:00 PM

Amazing. Over there in Rome the Cardinals of the Catholic Church have, astonishing the world, elected an American. That would be one Cardinal Robert Prevost, elected as the heir to the chair of St. Peter. The Cardinal, born in Chicago, is now Pope Leo XIV. (For those not into Roman numerals, that would be Leo the 14th.)

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PBS On Souter: 'We Need That Model' To Stand Up To Trump

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Not even the death of a former Supreme Court justice can stop PBS News Hour from freaking out about President Donald Trump setting up some sort of dictatorship. On Friday, former Trump impeachment witness and David Souter law clerk Noah Feldman joined the show to remember his former boss and while he never explicitly mentioned Trump, it was clear who he was referring to when he…

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Celebrities: Trump Will Destroy the World!

May 10th, 2025 1:30 PM

The era of the movie star ended some time ago, assuming your last name isn’t Cruise.

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'Like When The Pandas Are F******': Maher Uses Pope To Trash Religion

May 10th, 2025 11:35 AM

Every once in a while, HBO’s Bill Maher feels the need to remind people that he is still an intensely anti-religious individual. Friday’s episode of Real Time was one of those occasions, as Maher used the election of a new pope to launch into multiple anti-religious ramblings in order to portray religious people as unintelligent and violent, but it was Maher who relied on…

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PBS: Pope 'In Line With The Gospel,' But Not 'Right-Wing Politics'

May 10th, 2025 9:45 AM

The cast of Friday’s PBS News Hour joyfully welcomed the election of Pope Leo XIV on Friday as they tried to claim him as one of their own as all hailed him as the anti-Trump figure the country needs, but all also avoided any parts of Leo that might make them uncomfortable.

NewsBusters Podcast: The Liberal Media’s Potpourri of Papal Hot Takes

May 9th, 2025 6:18 PM

On this episode of the NewsBusters Podcast, I’m joined by News Analyst Alex Christy to discuss the liberal media’s covetous reaction to the election of Pope Leo XIV. We breakdown who and which outlets rushed to claim Leo as one of their own, while at the same time trying to downplay and or obfuscate his conservative elements. Yet others were surprised that the leader of the Catholic Church…

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The View’s ‘Catholics’ Fear Pope Will Follow Church Marriage Doctrine

May 9th, 2025 3:24 PM

While the rest of the liberal media were trying to convince the American public that Pope Leo XIV was one of theirs, the purported Catholics of ABC’s The View were fearful that he would abide by church doctrine. They were upset by the idea that he would continue the church’s understanding that marriage was between a man and woman, while an anti-Catholic voice tried to smear him with…

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CNN Dreams: Maybe An English-Speaking Pope Will Change Trump’s Mind?

May 9th, 2025 2:52 PM

It’s no secret that the gang at CNN aren’t exactly fans of President Trump’s strict immigration policies. But the election of a new American Pope on Thursday has at least some at the network hoping that Leo XIV will be able to get through to Trump in ways that others could not because — wait for it! — he speaks English.

PolitiFact Shows Trump Is Right On Due Process, Still Rates Him False

May 9th, 2025 12:50 PM

PolitiFact’s relationship with Facebook might be over, but just in case Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg feels the need to change his mind one day, a Thursday article from Maria Ramirez Uribe proved why it should stay that way. Uribe rated President Trump “false” for saying “there’s a different standard” for due process for illegal immigrants despite admitting he was, in fact, correct.

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THUNDERDOME: Ana Navarro Gets Caught Lying for Biden, Gets ANNIHILATED

May 9th, 2025 11:19 AM

On the most recent edition of the Thunderdome, also known as CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip, Senior CNN commentator Ana Navarro came on and nakedly shilled for former President Joe Biden, lying about his infamous “no daylight” remark to Kamala Harris upon endorsing her for the presidency. Navarro quickly found out that she wasn’t on ABC’s The View.

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Lib Journalists Delight in New Pope As Possible Anti-Trump Activist

May 9th, 2025 10:59 AM

Liberal journalists took special delight in evidence that the new Pope seems to disagree with the Trump administration on issues like immigration, yet Pope Leo XIV’s obvious opposition to same-sex marriage, abortion, and other positions embraced by American liberals received a lot less attention from these same programs.

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Late Night Shows Celebrate New Pope's Criticisms Of Trump And Vance

May 9th, 2025 10:10 AM

The Thursday editions of the late night comedy shows truly proved that they are simply MSNBC with more jokes. Like that network, they appreciated that the first American pope, the newly elected Leo XIV, has criticized President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on immigration. The fact that he would rebuke their views on abortion, gender, and sexuality were inconvenient things to be…

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

May 9th, 2025 9:43 AM

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

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ABC News Just Can’t Quit Ye Olde ‘Joe Biden, Devout Catholic'

May 8th, 2025 10:58 PM

The most Biden-sycophantic network newscast was unable to help itself on the day of the election of the first American pope. During a roundup of presidential reactions to Pope Leo XIV, correspondent Rachel Scott went to a tired but true hook: “Joe Biden, devout Catholic.”