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STUDY: PolitiFact's Much More Likely to Defend Biden Than Check Him

January 27th, 2022 10:00 AM

 PolitiFact begs for donations by proclaiming "Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy." But this "independent fact-checker" routinely betrays a tilt by coming out more aggressively to “correct” attacks on Democrats. In Biden's first year, MRC analysts found Biden was fact-checked 40 times, while Biden critics were checked on 230 occasions.…

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LAUGHABLE! The Eight-Least Covered Kamala Harris Blunders

January 19th, 2022 8:58 AM

The following is a look at how the broadcast evening news shows (ABC’s World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News) have covered or, more accurately, BURIED Harris’s most embarrassing moments in the past year.

STUDY: How the Networks Buried One Year of Biden’s Disasters, Failures

January 18th, 2022 9:30 AM

As of January 20th, 2022, Joe Biden will have completed his first year as president. He will do so deeply unpopular, cratering to the mid 30s in two recent polls. Over the last year, the three network evening newscasts have done their best to hide policy disasters, such as Afghanistan and the border. They have ignored controversies involving Hunter Biden, as well as extremist nominees from the…

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STUDY: NBC, CBS Bury Phrase 'Islamic Extremist' After Synagogue Attack

January 17th, 2022 1:05 PM

From Saturday night through Monday morning, the networks extensively covered Malik Faisal Akram taking hostages at a Texas synagogue. They mostly avoided phrases like “Islamic extremist,” though they covered details around his demand that Aafia Siddiqui be released from prison. Referred to as “Lady al Qaeda,” he's serving a long sentence for attempting to murder U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.…

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Priorities: CNN Spends Almost 3x More on January 6 Than Inflation News

January 13th, 2022 2:30 PM

On Wednesday afternoon, the House Select Committee on January 6 requested cooperation from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Naturally, CNN returned January 6 to its prime position as, from 3:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Eastern, the Jeff Zucker-led network spent 97 minutes obsessing over what it (and other developments) meant for the probe. In contrast to the 97 minutes and 19 seconds on…

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Journalists EXPLOIT January 6 to Push Dems ‘Voting Rights’ Agenda

January 11th, 2022 9:00 AM

The following are just some of the most atrocious examples of the leftist media exploiting the Capitol Hill riot anniversary in just the last few weeks.

 

Fox Bests CNN, MSNBC on January 6 Anniversary (And It Wasn't Close)

January 7th, 2022 6:24 PM

CNN and MSNBC spent over 1,600 minutes Thursday obsessing over the first anniversary of the January 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol, but it failed to translate into any success in the ratings department. Thanks to early numbers from Nielsen Media Research, the Fox News Channel cruised to an easy victory in both total viewers with 1.6 million and 245,000 in the 25-54 demographic.

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The Second Half: CBS/NBC Give Jan. 6 Over 80% Evening News Airtime

January 6th, 2022 8:48 PM

As NewsBusters documented Thursday morning, the anniversary of January 6 was their Super Bowl as the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) spent nearly 90-combined-minutes obsessing over the riot at the Capitol like their political careers depended on it. That infatuation cared over through half-time (to stick with the football nomenclature) to their evening newscasts where CBS and NBC each…

It’s Their Super Bowl: Networks Go ALL OUT With 90 Mins on January 6

January 6th, 2022 12:42 PM

On Thursday, it was the liberal media’s Super Bowl and on the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack and riot at the U.S. Capitol as, according to a NewsBusters analysis of the major broadcast network morning newscasts, ABC’s Good Morning America, CBS Mornings, and NBC’s Today spent roughly 90 minutes dissecting, obsessing over, and painting the 75 million-…

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Libs Blame ‘Governor’ Youngkin for Highway Mess, Nets Skip Actual Gov

January 4th, 2022 12:48 PM

As a winter storm slammed Virginia on Monday, a disaster developed on the busy I-95 highway. Thousands of motorists, including babies, were trapped in freezing temperatures for 12 hours or more, low on gas and food. All of this with no help seemingly coming from the state’s governor. Liberals on Twitter took to blasting new Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin. Except... he’s not governor and…

The Media’s Most Outrageous Lies of 2021

January 3rd, 2022 11:01 AM

The media made their fair share of nasty comments and skewed remarks in 2021, but there were also instances where reporters (or entire networks) deliberately misled their audiences.

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WORST OF 2021: Celebrity Freak-Outs Award

December 28th, 2021 9:44 AM

Today we present the WORST OF 2021: The Celebrity Freak-Outs Award.

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WORST OF 2021: Craziest Analysis Award

December 27th, 2021 11:15 AM

Today we present the WORST OF 2021: The Craziest Analysis Award.

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WORST OF 2021: The Media Heroes Award

December 26th, 2021 12:00 PM

Today we present the WORST OF 2021: The Media Heroes Award.