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FLASHBACK: Last Court Vacancy, Media Melted Down Over ‘Catastrophe’
Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retired on Wednesday, prompting absurd responses from journalists such as Andrea Mitchell. She bizarrely described Breyer as “conservative or moderate…
Indignant Todd Hammered Swearing Trump, Silent on Vulgar Biden
Don’t look to Chuck Todd to speak truth to a swearing Joe Biden. The MSNBC journalist on Tuesday offered no response to the President lashing out at Fox reporter Peter Doocy as a “stupid son of a bitch.” He tweeted nothing about it. This is quite the contrast from when then-President Donald Trump spewed his own vulgarity in 2018.
Media Raged When This One GOP Senator Won; Can You Imagine 2022?
Twelve years ago this week, Massachusetts shocked the world as the liberal state elected a Republican Senator, ending then-President Barack Obama’s brief 60 vote majority. The media did not react well to the GOP win, railing about how it was “premeditated murder” and an affront to the cause of the sacred Ted Kennedy. And that was only one Senate win. Imagine how the networks, CNN and MSNBC…
Last Year, Media Claimed Joe ‘Lincoln’ Biden Would ‘Hug,’ Heal Nation
Thursday marks the one year anniversary of Joe Biden’s inauguration. And while the Democratic president is deeply unpopular and dealing with several policy failures, journalists had high hopes on January 20, 2021. They compared the Democrat to Lincoln, called him our “papa-in-chief,” hailed the return of “facts and truth.” It’s quite the contrast to the actual results of the President who is…
CBS Thought Questioning Reagan and Trump’s Mental Fitness Was Fine
Four years ago this week, CBS managed to question the mental fitness of two Republican presidents, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump, in one show. Almost four years later, the same network would only gingerly, mildly bring up the topic with Joe Biden. On January 12, 2018, then-CBS This Morning co-host Norah O’Donnell pushed veteran CBS anchor Bob Schieffer on whether Trump had some kind…
FLASHBACK: Baldwin Wanted to ‘Stone’ Republicans, ‘Kill Their Wives'
This week saw the one year anniversary of a violent mob attacking Congress. On the night of the ugly riot, Alec Baldwin, who later in the year would shoot and kill a filmmaker on the set of a movie, viciously tweeted, “Put Ted Cruz in the stocks and throw rotten fruit and buckets of horse piss at him. Then ride him on a rail. Then tar and feather him. And film it. For Netflix.”
New Year, But SAME OLD Press: Here’s What the Media Will Do in 2022
Happy New year, NewsBusters readers. It is now officially 2022 and big things are ahead for the country. Given the bad polling for Democrats, as well as Joe Biden’s low approval ratings, a looming abortion ruling from the Supreme Court, it could be a very depressing year for the left. Let’s preview how the media will react to it all.
30 Years Ago, the USSR Collapsed and the Press Praised Gorbachev
Freedom lovers all over got an amazing Christmas present 30 years ago today. On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union was collapsed. Three of the regime’s republics had declared independence and others were preparing to leave. Christmas night 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev accepted reality and announced the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
At Christmastime, Roker's Rant About ‘Sin’ of Not Fighting Warming
Christmas 2021 is just one week away. It's a time when millions of Christians prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and reflect on the nature of their faith. So it would be interesting if a network news show would talk about religion this time of the year. It just so happens that Al Roker brought up “sin” just three years ago today. But it's not what you think. This was about the sin…
FLASHBACK: Media’s Gushing Goodbye to Castro: ‘Tears of Sorrow’
It was five years ago this week, on November 25, 2016, that Cuba’s Fidel Castro died Rather than focus mostly on how repressive he had been, many outlets could not stop themselves from hailing the murderous dictator. Cheering his work on health care and literacy, they focused less on the killing and the jailing.
New Expose on the Time FDR Messed With Thanksgiving (and Regretted It)
The holiday of Thanksgiving is under a yearly attack from liberals who find the holiday hateful and a “day of mourning.” But a newly reissued book on the history of the day finds it’s not the first time Thanksgiving has been under fire. Conservatives will find chapter 7 particularly interesting: It reminds readers of Franklin Roosevelt’s botched attempt to mess with the holiday.
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Famous Journalist Mocked GOP Landslide as Toddler's 'Temper Tantrum'
A lot will happen between now and November 8, 2022. But currently, things are looking grim for the Democrats. One poll this week show a GOP congressional ballot advantage of 10 and another puts it at 13. How should we expect network journalists to react? Well, the past is always a good guide. In 1994, Republicans gained eight seats in the Senate and a whopping 54 in the House. Then-ABC …
MSNBC FLASHBACK: My Job Is to Make Obama's Presidency a Success
Americans can be forgiven for suffering a collective whiplash over the last 13 years in how the liberal media views presidents. They desperately wanted Barack Obama to succeed and Donald Trump to fail. Now, they are attempting to rescue the floundering Joe Biden. Perhaps one of the best examples of working on the behalf of Obama came 13 years ago last month. Then-MSNBC host Chris Matthews came…
FLASHBACK: Nets Buried Historic Second Amendment Win at Supreme Court
This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments over a potential blockbuster Second Amendment case, one in which the conservative majority appeared poised to overturn New York (and other states) restrictions on who can get a concealed carry permit. But if that happens, don’t expect the network newscasts to celebrate this as a “historic” decision. Those only count at the Supreme Court when…