NB Podcast

Battle of the briefers? The New York Times reported on Page One that John Kirby, "who is white," might "upstage a Black woman" as the face of the Biden white House. It's "turned their double act into a third-rail subject."

The networks each sang from the same hymnal as they covered the awful shooting at Houston’s Lakewood Church: actively excluding the trans identity of the shooter, which caused a great deal of confusion as details of the story were trickling in.

Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin sent CNN host Chris Wallace into the ceiling. On his Saturday show, he said calling Tucker a useful idiot was an insult to useful idiots. He also called him an "eager puppy." When he was at Fox, Wallace attacked Fox opinion hosts for bashing the media. Now it's fair commentary.

February 8, 2024 was a wild and crazy news day. It began with unified Supreme Court skepticism toward Colorado removing Donald Trump from the ballot. Then special counsel Robert Hur announced he wouldn't prosecute Joe Biden for misusing classified documents...because jurors would sympathize with an elderly person who can't remember when he was Vice President. This prompted an angry Biden press…

Tucker Carlson announced he's in Moscow to interview Vladimir Putin. Elitists like Bill Kristol and Adam Kinzinger exploded in anger at the "traitor." Journalists have been known to interview anti-American tyrants before, so what gives?

The late-night comedy shows sound like they all received an email from the Biden campaign requesting they tout the latest economic numbers. There's really nothing funny about growth in the Gross Domestic Product, or oil production, or manufacturing jobs. But the comedians tried to apply their comedic skills and strategies to give Biden a PR win with low-information voters

Axios reporter Alex Thompson revealed Joe Biden is "obsessed" with "Morning Joe" and "often" calls Joe Scarborough for advice. Joe and Mika had dinner at Kamala's house, and Mika just performed a pillow-soft interview with the First Lady. This is what earns the term "MSDNC." Mark Finkelstein, our Joe & Mika minder, joins us to discuss it.

As the immigration issue begins to panic Democrats and House Republicans push to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the newspapers and networks channel Democrat objectives and imply that only one party's impeachment efforts are a partisan "sham" with "no evidence." They insist Democrat impeachments are glorious. Managing editor Curtis Houck joins the show to discuss the TV…

The front pages of Monday's New York Times and Washington Post both expressed alarm at President Biden's slippage with black voters, the most reliable Democrat voting bloc. The Times channeled "black faith leaders" who are demanding Israel submit to a ceasefire in Gaza, including some well-known Louis Farrakhan fans.

Kamala Harris granted a softball interview to Katie Couric, who delighted in her abortion advocacy and asked her to explain just how reporters allegedly aren't talking up Biden's accomplishments. What? We're in another cycle of reporters complaining that the economy is doing great, and the voters just aren't accepting their spin.

The New Hampshire primary results didn't dampen media enthusiasm for a Trump vs. Biden rerun. But Nikki Haley only lost by 11 percent. Democrat Dean Phillips almost hit 20 percent against President Biden. Haley's voters were lauded for their votes, but Phillips remained an asterisk in the pro-Biden media's coverage. Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro analyzes the election-night spin.

This was another year that the networks skipped over the March for Life. They ignore people who oppose what they favor: abortion on demand at any point in pregnancy. Then their "fact checkers" get angry when you point out they favor abortion at any point. MRC Culture's Tierin-Rose Mandelburg joins the show to discuss what she found on the scene.

As the 2024 campaign heats up, a network’s evening newscast deems it appropriate to cover the president’s cognitive decline. Not the sitting president, though, but his predecessor.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was touted as a mortal threat to Donald Trump's reelection campaign with her election-interference indictments in Georgia. Now news is breaking that she had an affair with her special prosecutor and he's not very qualified for the job. The networks hate this story, and some are skipping over it.