Former NBC Boss Slams Weiss: 'What the Hell Going on with This Lady?'
Appearing as a guest late Wednesday on MS NOW's The 11th Hour, former NBC News chairman Andy Lack slammed CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss for her efforts to reform the 60 Minutes show, including the recent firing of Scott Pelley, displaying an almost sexist attitude toward Weiss as he imagined how 60 Minutes founder Don Hewitt might have responded.
Jon Stewart Wonders 'Is America Aligning With The Axis Powers?'
While hosting Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show podcast on Wednesday, Jon Stewart unleashed some foreign policy analysis so ridiculous that it makes one wonder what planet he has been living on for the past 12 years. While interviewing New York Times columnist David Wallace-Wells, Stewart wondered if America is now “aligning with the Axis” powers, while Wallace-Wells channeled…
Column: When Cowardly Journalists Abuse Anonymous Sourcing
Journalists love to proclaim that they bring transparency to democracy, but it’s far too often the exact opposite. They try to run our democracy by exploiting anonymous sources. So when Trump is president, “senior administration officials” say “he’s coming seriously unglued.” When Biden was president, “senior administration officials” say “he’s quite lucid in private meetings.” Journalists use…
Today's Highlights: What MRC's Media Watchdogs are Saying
MRC Watchdogs churn out breaking news on a daily basis. Don't miss Today's Highlights, where you can keep up with the top MRC content, whether it's the latest study on media bias, a glaring omission from the elitist media, or how the Big Tech companies are serving up the same leftist spin as the media.
MAINE KAMPF: Chris Hayes Triages Graham Platner After New Bombshells
As predictable as the Sun rising in the East, new bombshells dropped against the embattled Maine Democrat Senate candidate, Herr Oystergruppenfuhrer Graham Platner. The New York Times published an article enumerating some deeply concerning behaviors by Platner as told by his ex-girlfriends. An emergency interview with MS Now’s Chris Hayes ensued. Here are some of the most telling…
NewsBusters Podcast: Pelley’s Pompous Crashout and Taer Scoops on NJ
NewsBusters Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro and I were joined by 2026 MRC Bulldog Award winner for Outstanding Reporter Jennie Taer of the Daily Wire to discuss her latest news-breaking scoops on the immigration beat. She shared her latest exclusive on the left’s latest meltdown over an ICE facility in northern New Jersey. Prior to chatting with Taer, we tore into Scott Pelley for his arrogant…
Morning Joe Suddenly Frets Presidential Fitness — Sleepy Joe, Hello?
In a mind-boggling bit of double-standard hypocrisy, Thursday's Morning Joe devoted a pearl-clutching segment to President Trump allegedly dozing off. The segment began with a clip of Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu confronting Secretary of State Marco Rubio with a video that supposedly showed President Trump dozing during a cabinet meeting. Rubio wasn’t buying it. “That’s false. That’s…
CNN's Collins Claims Hunter Biden Was Victim of Biden Weaponization
Wednesday afternoon, following the signing of Executive Orders in the Oval Office, President Trump unloaded on CNN and their Chief White House Correspondent and Host of The Source , Kaitlan Collins, calling her network "crooked as hell” and “very corrupt”, while labeling her a very corrupt reporter who never smiles, and who used to be a conservative.…
Hostin, Swisher Have Dust Up Over Confronting Trump on Press Insults
Thursday was author and podcaster Kara Swisher’s last day filling in for co-host Joy Behar on ABC’s The View and she went out with some sparks. Swisher clashed with co-host Sunny Hostin on the role of White House beat reporters when one of their own was directly called out and insulted by President Trump. Hostin wanted a swift and stern confront, while Swisher argued for reporters not…
POLL: What Was the Worst Media Quote of the Week?
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PBS, Kroft Weep for ‘60 Minutes,’ Firing of Leftists Pelley, Alfonsi
Wednesday’s PBS News Hour brought on former veteran CBS 60 Minutes reporter Steve Kroft — the man behind a series of Obama interviews so embarrassing the MRC penned a Special Report about them — to defend the media’s self-anointed golden hour, the long-time Sunday newsmagazine which has suffered ideologically motivated convulsions and now firings of prominent journalists,…
Tapper Spills 14 Mins Fretting Pelley Axing, Cues Up MacFarlane, Moran
CNN’s The Lead host Jake Tapper leaned on his sanctimonious reputation late Wednesday afternoon as he devoted the first 14 minutes to huffing about CBS News firing longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley for his petulant reenactment of Pickett’s Charge, thinking he could eviscerate his bosses and intimidate them in his “house.” For the second of three segments, Tapper…
Kosta On Pratt Support: 'How Did This Country Get So Stupid'
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host of the week, Michael Kosta, unwittingly announced to the world on Wednesday that he lives in a bubble. While discussing former reality show personality Spencer Pratt’s rise in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, Kosta wondered, “How did this country get so stupid?” and concluded it was because nobody reads books anymore. Speaking of books, Kosta later…
Jimmies Attack 'Suck-Ups at CBS' for Firing Pelley to 'Appease' Trump
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and NBC’s The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon denounced CBS for firing 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley after his meltdown during an internal meeting where he viciously attacked his new bosses. Both alleged, with no evidence, that CBS is moving dramatically rightward while making the same quip about Pelley being replaced by Stephen Colbert’s replacement…
