Ready for ‘24? Here’s a Look at 2023’s Most-Read Items on NewsBusters
2024 is bound to be not only one of the most monumental years in American history, it ventures to be among the most chaotic. So, before we dive head first into 2024 at midnight, let’s look back one last time at 2023 to look at what stories you, the readers, visited the most on NewsBusters. As always, we can’t thank you enough for not only your readership, but also financial support. Amid a…
WORST OF 2023: Cursing the Conservative Court Award
Today we present the WORST OF 2023: Cursing the Conservative Court Award.
2023: Liberal Interviewers Largely Avoid Asking Joe Biden About Hunter
Fox News media reporter Joseph Wulfsohn underlined that 2023 was another year in which President Biden largely avoided solo press conferences (three!) and serious newsmaker interviews. He ended the year on a podcast with comedian Conan O'Brien, not with a press conference or a hard-hitting journalist one-on-one.
PBS’s Nawaz Quotes Hamas ‘Health Officials,' Goads Israel Ambassador
Taxpayer-supported PBS again showed its ongoing hostility toward Israel in its war in Gaza against the terrorist group Hamas on Wednesday’s night episode of the NewsHour. The initial sympathy the NewsHour showed for Israel’s plight after the brutal October 7 invasion has been replaced by endless doomsaying over unavoidable civilian casualties in a war where one side, Hamas, hides among the…
NY Times Hits Haley, Skips the Party in 'Political Control' of Slavery
The New York Times panned Nikki Haley's answer on what caused the Civil War: ‘Notably missing from her answer was slavery, which most mainstream historians agree was at the root of the United States’ bloodiest conflict — specifically the economics and political control behind slavery." They skipped that the Democratic Party was the "political control behind slavery," with six platforms…
'TERRIBLE Decision': David Brooks Slams Maine Taking Trump Off Ballot
It's always a surprise when David Brooks actually fights with Jonathan Capehart on the Friday night panel on the PBS NewsHour. But he denounced Maine's Democrat Secretary of State taking Donald Trump off the primary ballot, saying it was not just a "terrible decision," but an "even worse threat to democracy" than Colorado's Supreme Court ripping Trump off the ballot.
The War for Taylor Swift’s Vote Has Already Begun
Progressives pressure pop superstar Taylor Swift to drag Biden over the finish line.
ABC Skips Damning Border Report, but TX Gov Is ‘Cruel and Inhumane’
A new ICE report released on Friday revealed a whopping 6.2 million migrants have been released from federal custody, but ABC’s Good Morning America on Saturday acted as if the true hardship was the few thousand migrants recently bused to New York City, twice conveying the Democratic spin that Texas Governor Greg Abbott was guilty of “cruel and inhumane politics.”
WORST OF 2023: The Praising and Protecting Old Joe Award
Today we present the WORST OF 2023: The Praising and Protecting Old Joe Award.
FLASHBACK: Media’s Crisis of Credibility Got Even Worse in 2023
It’s hardly a secret that large swaths of the public have soured on the news media as reliable communicators of factual information. A series of new polls released in 2023 showed the public’s distrust of the media elite has gotten worse, not better.
NewsBusters Podcast: The Hottest Media Takes of 2023 Are About 2024
As another state seeks to take Donald Trump off the ballot, the year's worst political takes in 2023 were about what might happen after the 2024 election, like claiming Trump will execute his enemies (like MSNBC hosts) in a second term, and maybe Ron DeSantis signaling that blacks are worthy of "extermination."
Hamas Can't Be Beat, Says NYT's Veteran Anti-Israel Voice in Top Story
The New York Times lead story Thursday certainly was a downer for those who support the one democracy in the Middle East in its war on the terrorists of Hamas. Longtime reporter Neil MacFarquhar penned “Skepticism Grows Over Israel’s Ability to Dismantle Hamas.” But MacFarquhar’s long history of anti-Israel, pro-Arab bias makes him the perfect reporter not to pen a lead story on the Israel-…
Morning Joe on Haley Slavery Slip: Doesn't Realize Can't Win MAGA Vote
On Morning Joe, self-described "Never Trump conservative" Matt Lewis says that in refusing to mention slavery when asked the cause of the Civil War, Nikki Haley misreads her core constituency. MAGA voters will never vote for her. She is running to win the primary in New Hampshire, not in Alabama or Mississippi.
Then Leave: The View’s 9 Most Anti-American Moments of 2023
They may work for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) but that doesn’t mean the liberal ladies of The View show or have much love for America. Throughout the year, they’ve been slinging mud and badmouthing the country they call home, and it has allowed them to rake in millions of dollars while doing it. And despite most of the cast being very wealthy multimillionaires who can go off and…
