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STUDY: TV News Blamed GOP, Not Big-Spending Dems, for Debt Drama

May 30th, 2023 1:00 PM

In their coverage of the just-concluded debt ceiling stand-off, ABC, CBS and NBC put the onus for a potential default on Republicans, ignored the dangers of the rising national debt, and hyped GOP proposals to trim spending as extreme attempts to “gut” or “slash” liberal programs.

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OBSESSED: CNN and MSNBC Mention Trump 399 Times in 10 Hours

May 25th, 2023 5:06 PM

In 2016, former CBS head honcho Les Moonves said Donald Trump’s presence in politics “may be bad for America, but it’s damn good for CBS.”  Clearly Mooves was not the only network head to have made such an assessment. On Thursday, just on CNN and MSNBC, Trump was mentioned by name a whopping 399 times between 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET.

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Let’s Play a Game: Fun with Hunter Headlines!

May 23rd, 2023 2:40 PM

The following are just four of the most recent Hunter Biden scandals and how they’ve been ignored by ABC, CBS, NBC from May 19 through the morning of May 23.

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Useless Watchdogs: Nets NEVER Complained About Huge Spending Bills

May 22nd, 2023 10:00 AM

A new Media Research Center study finds broadcast network reporters never criticized the size of the most massive spending bills (more than $1 trillion) passed by the Congress going back to 2018. Instead, reporters usually echoed the politicians promoting this spending by repeatedly listing the benefits of each bill, without discussing how the spending would affect the national debt or…

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Good Riddance: 95% of Late Night ‘Comedy’ Show Guests Are Liberals

May 19th, 2023 9:00 AM

With the Writers Guild of America going on strike, it is likely that America has seen the last of the first half of 2023’s late night comedy shows. Whether America wants them to return is another question as 95 percent of their guests were liberal, a NewsBusters study has documented.

Whistleblower Claims IRS Removed Team from Hunter Probe, Nets CENSOR

May 17th, 2023 11:58 AM

Another shocking development in the Biden family scandal case that the networks are censoring.

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Study: Taxpayer-Subsidized PBS Whacks GOP with 85% Negative News

May 16th, 2023 8:30 AM

Given their government funding, citizens should expect public broadcasting’s news coverage to be scrupulously neutral, yet an exhaustive Media Research Center study of PBS NewsHour found coverage of the first four months of the new Congress has been heavily slanted against Republicans.

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11 Brand New Biden Family Scandals the Networks Are CENSORING

May 11th, 2023 11:12 AM

The following are 11 brand new developments in the Biden family corruption scandal the networks have censored.

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GOP ‘Bringing Back the Lynching Vibe,’ Could Spark a ‘Secession’ 

May 6th, 2023 8:00 AM

Leftist journalists went full bore in scaring Americans about Republicans with the likes of MSNBC’s Joy Reid disgustingly suggesting GOPers were “bringing back” a “lynching vibe” and Washington Post editor Robert Kagan predicting Republicans causing a possible “dissolution of the United States and secession” if they don’t win in 2024. The following are just a few of the craziest…

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CNN, MSNBC Obsess 80x More Over Thomas Ethics Questions Than Sotomayor

May 5th, 2023 2:03 PM

The cable networks of CNN and MSNBC spent a good portion of Thursday obsessing over a ProPublica report that Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose friend Harlon Crow paying for his-great nephew's tuition while simultaneously downplaying—and in MSNBC's case, completely ignorning— reports that Justice Sonia Sotomayor did not recuse herself from a case involving the publishing company Random…

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5 Insane Democrat Bills That Broadcast Networks Are Ignoring

May 4th, 2023 8:33 AM

Broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC have ignored a slew of radical bills introduced in Democrat-controlled state legislatures —  a conspicuous move, considering the heaps of airtime they recently spent on Tennessee and Montana state lawmakers. However, of the five bills highlighted in this piece, only one received any coverage: a mere 23 error-laden seconds from CBS.

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Hey Look! All of a Sudden the Nets Care About Hunter (Sort of)

May 1st, 2023 9:59 AM

Stunningly, the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC)  networks are actually getting out of their censorship mode (for a while) to actually cover the Hunter Biden scandal.

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STUDY: CBS's 'Late Late Show' Partisan Guests Were ALL Democrats

April 26th, 2023 11:30 AM

During his eight-year stint as host of CBS’s The Late Late Show, James Corden could be counted on to use the show to advance the electoral interests of the Democratic Party, a NewsBusters study has found.

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Bye-Bye Don! The Worst of CNN’s Lemon

April 24th, 2023 1:42 PM

Don Lemon is gone! The longtime CNNer took to Twitter on Monday to announce he was fired. While Lemon claimed he was “stunned” by the move, the dismissal shouldn’t have been too surprising ever since he was demoted to the mornings back in November. At NewsBusters…