CNN Spends Nearly 3x More in 12 Hrs on Cheney Than Economic Crises
On Wednesday, CNN showed a further commitment to unseriousness and a refusal to engage in basic journalism by spending nearly three times (2.72) times more time over a 12-hour period on Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) losing a role in House GOP leadership than the multiple economic crises facing the country, ranging from the Colonial pipeline hack to gasoline shortages to inflation to stagnant…
Cuomo Grills CDC Boss for Dragging Feet, Frames GOP as Villains
Instead of just admitting that Republicans and many other Americans had legitimate reasons to be frustrated with the CDC guidance on masks and whatnot for vaccinated people, and how they weren’t providing enough carrots, CNN Prime Time host Chris Cuomo used the former as a foil as he pressed CDC Administrator Dr. Rochelle Walensky in an interview on Wednesday.
NEW NewsBusters Podcast: Border Crisis Worsens...AND Vanishes?
On the latest NewsBusters Podcast, we explore just how Biden's border crisis is actually getting worse, and yet, the network news coverage of that subject fell dramatically last month. Our look at ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news coverage shows border coverage dropped 61 percent in April, even as the number of "border encounters" increased. It doesn't matter whether Vice President Kamala Harris…
CBS Skips Israeli Boy Killed by Hamas Rocket, Blames Violence on Jews
This week, a five-year-old boy in Sderot, Israel was killed after a Hamas rocket broke through the Iron Dome defense system and blew up his family’s house. His death went unreported on the CBS Evening News that night, even after NewsBusters called them out on Tuesday for underreporting Israeli casualties. On top of that, none of the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, or NBC) retracted their false…
WashPost Media Writer Laughably Implies CNN Just Dropped Objectivity
If there's a phrase about journalism that should bowl people over with laughter in 2021, it's the phrase "industry-wide standards of impartiality." But there was Washington Post media reporter Jeremy Barr sounded like Rip Van Winkle in a gushy article about the "new CNN," suddenly liberated from its stodgy objectivity:
Chuck Todd Hurls Dem Attacks at GOP Pick for Virginia Governor
Just hours after businessman Glenn Youngkin was elected as the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Virginia, on Tuesday, Meet the Press host and reliable Democratic Party hack Chuck Todd took to his MSNBC show and was already attacking the GOP candidate with talking points that perfectly matched DNC tactics. He spent the entire segment trying to tar Youngkin as a dangerous radical.
Dem PR Machine: CBS Donates 41 Minutes to Michelle O in Just 5 Days!
CBS is cementing its status as the official network of the Obamas. After donating 18 minutes to Michelle Obama from Friday to Monday, Stephen Colbert on Monday night offered up his entire show to her, totaling 23 minutes towards promoting the former First Lady. That’s 41 minutes in four days. Back in November, the network devoted 48 minutes to promoting Barack Obama’s memoir.
Scarborough: I'm with Sharpton, Warren, Bernie -- for Democracy!
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough claims that despite their ideological differences, he, Liz Cheney, Al Sharpton, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren are all on the same side when it comes to supporting "liberal democracy."
The Infernal Revenue Service
Thanks to the beneficence of the Internal Revenue Service -- and the fallout from COVID-19 -- we half of Americans who pay federal income taxes have been given until May 17 to file. Since I began earning enough to file Form 1040 and associated forms, I have only known one person who prepared his own taxes. That was Bill Archer, a Texas Republican who formerly headed the House Ways and Means…
'View' Miffed By McCain Comparing Biden Gas Prices to Carter Admin
‘View’ co-host Meghan McCain ruffled feathers on Wednesday’s show by bringing up a topic unrelated to GOP bashing.
CBS Shocks: Caring About Cheney Is Like Caring About 3rd String QB
CBS This Morning’s Major Garrett on Wednesday shocked Americans as he rejected the evolving liberal media narrative that Liz Cheney is the most important story on the planet. Garrett mocked this idea as the equivalent of caring about the third string quarterback on a high school football team.
OOPS! MSNBC Reverses Plan to Pay People to Attend Dr. Fauci Town Hall
MSNBC is hosting a "Vaccinating America" coronavirus special in the Lawrence O'Donnell hour tonight. O'Donnell will interview the president, followed by a town hall with Dr. Anthony Fauci and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. Politico Playbook reports they committed a "journalistic no-no" in offering to pay for an audience (like he can't draw one?)
MSNBC's Capehart: McConnell's Voting-Law Concerns 'A Load of Hooey'
Washington Post columnist and MSNBC weekend host Jonathan Capehart joined MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports on Tuesday to discuss the Democrats' federalization of election law and to dismiss Mitch McConnell's concerns as "a load of hooey." He claimed Republicans in state legislatures are suppressing the vote because that's the only way they can win.
TV Buries Biden’s Worse-than-Ever Border Crisis
New numbers show the crisis at the U.S. southern border actually worsened in April, but the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts have drastically cut back on their coverage of the Biden administration’s ongoing debacle. And our analysis shows the minuscule news coverage isn’t the only favor the liberal networks are doing for the White House.