PBS Alone Takes Gabbard Seriously With Full, Flawed Take on Russiagate
While the broadcast networks mostly ignored it, Wednesday’s PBS News Hour devoted a five-and-a-half-minute segment on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s White House briefing on details of the declassification of materials related to “Russiagate,” the investigation of then-candidate Donald Trump’s alleged “collusion” with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Of course, the…
Connie Chung Melts Down Over Skydance Merger, Demands Censorship
Former CBS Evening News co-anchor Connie Chung surfaced on Friday afternoon’s CNN News Central to pitch a series of unhinged rants over Skydance Media’s impending purchase of CBS’s parent company Paramount Global. Chung declared it “the end of CBS as I knew it,” claimed CBS News won’t have minorities like her, insisted “honest, unbiased, fact-based journalism” would no longer happen…
What Will AI Do for Our Happiness?
The West faces a series of serious economic challenges: a demographic collapse that undermines growth; a welfare state that sucks money from the future and dispenses it in the present; a regulatory structure that focuses more on redistributionism and top-down control than on innovation. But, we are told, there is one enormous hope for the future of the global economy: artificial intelligence.…
FCC Approves Skydance Purchase of CBS News’s Parent Company
Late Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it had “approved Skydance’s $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global and its subsidiaries, including the ultimate parent company of the CBS network of owned and operated broadcast television stations, by granting a series of applications that transfer FCC licenses and authorizations.”
TIME Magazine Excluded Conservative Podcasts on Top 100 List
TIME magazine correspondent Eliana Dochterman represented bias for the company on Wednesday when an article titled “How We Chose the 100 Best Podcasts of All Time” was published and did not include one conservative podcast.
Dems Rail Against Colbert’s Cancellation — Here’s Why
CBS canceled Stephen Colbert’s late-night show. Democrat Minnesota Gov. and failed vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz, who recently appeared on the show, said: “Stephen Colbert is the best in the business. He always told truth to power and pulled no punches. We need more of that, not less.” You might be forgiven for thinking Colbert’s job is to tell jokes. Some Democrats in full meltdown…
CNN Thinks Enforcing Civil Rights Is ‘Fascism’ and ‘Extortion’
If you watched Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN NewsNight, Ana Navarro and Keith Boykin would have you believe Donald Trump is “extorting” Columbia University and running a “fascist” operation from the White House. But let’s get serious. What actually happened at Columbia is not a criminal shakedown, it’s accountability. When a university accepts billions in federal funding, it has a…
Daily Show's Kosta: CBS Caved To 'Authoritarian' In Dumping Colbert
The Daily Show’s Michael Kosta proved two things on the Monday edition of his Tennis Anyone podcast, so named because in his previous life, Kosta was a professional tennis player. First, apparently everybody has a podcast, but more importantly, the late night shows have an oversized view of their own self-importance, as Kosta demanded CBS take a loss on Stephen Colbert’s show…
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IT’S (D)IFFERENT: CBS Evening News Plus Whines About TX Redistricting
With the Texas Legislature in a special midterm redistricting session that is likely to end with a gain of around 5 House seats for Republicans, you can expect the legacy media to sound all manner of alarms signifying that that is routine under Democrats is an existential threat to Democracy when Republicans do it. CBS Evening News Plus has taken an early crack at redistricting.
Column: Trump Can Never Accuse Obama of Anything
The liberal Poynter Institute is very upset at Donald Trump for suggesting Barack Obama was guilty of “treason” for organizing the campaign to paint Trump as a tool of the Russians. How must the media deal with this? Poynter’s “fact checkers” at PolitiFact threw another “Pants On Fire” rating for Trump saying Obama “was trying to lead a coup.” This was their third Trump “Pants On Fire” rating…
Evening News Coverage of Hulk Hogan's Death is Mixed, At Best
Pro wrestling icon Hulk Hogan passed away today and evening news coverage was mixed, at best. The legacy networks played up Hogan’s racial incident and politics while mostly minimizing or outright omitting his role in the lawsuit that resulted in the bankruptcy of Gawker.
MRC’s Bozell on Russiagate: ‘Mother of All Defamation Lawsuits’ Coming
The Russiagate narrative, a persistent shadow over Donald Trump’s first term, has resurfaced with explosive new evidence. MRC President David Bozell joined Stinchfield Tonight with host Grant Stinchfield on Real America’s Voice to unpack the hoax that consumed headlines from 2016 onward.
NPR Panicking Over CA Hospital’s Cuts to Gender-Affirming Mutilation
On All Things Considered on Tuesday, NPR was able to take some time out of their busy schedule crying about cuts to their government funding to worry about cuts to another program just as undeserving of taxpayer dollars: “gender-affirming” mutilation of minors. Affiliated reporter Megan Jamerson of KCRW reported on the spreading fear as Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announced it…
