NewsBusters Podcast: Hard-Right Republicans, But No Hard-Left Democrat
Regardless of your opinion on the conservative bloc refusing to vote for Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker, it's another occasion where we can witness the news media underlining conservative extremism, when they almost never identify left-wing extremism.
LOL: Adam Kinzinger Hired as CNN Senior Political Commentator
In the most predictable breaking news possible, on Wednesday evening, CNN host Erin Burnett announced on her eponymous program Erin Burnett OutFront that former anti-Trump Republican and Pelosi-picked January 6 committee member Adam Kinzinger had been hired as a "senior political commentator" on the network. This, of course, makes perfect sense because other than our friends Scott…
The Death of Eternal Truths and the New Paganism
Last week, Pope Benedict XVI died at the age of 95, nearly a decade after stepping down as head of the Catholic Church. His life was marked by adherence to a belief in an eternal truth above all. As he stated in a 2008 meeting with Catholic educators at the Catholic University of America, “Truth means more than knowledge: knowing the truth leads us to discover the good... (W)e observe, with…
Morning Joe Revels in McCarthy 'Humiliation,' Democrats 'Bragging'
Morning Joe revels in Kevin McCarthy being "humiliated" by failing after three rounds to get enough votes to be elected Speaker. Scarborough and Brzezinski claim that Nancy Pelosi would never have allowed this to happen.
Joy Behar Suggests Conservatives Have Brain Damage from Football
Two days after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered an apparent Commotio Cordis and needed to be resuscitated on the field, for which he was still in the ICU, The View’s ghoul, Joy Behar, decided it was appropriate to use the segment (and concussions) to take a swipe at conservatives and “heterosexual men” by suggesting they had brain damage because they played football as…
New Year, Same Story: KJP Ducks Doocy on Whether Biden Lied About Son
Tuesday marked the first White House press briefing of 2023 and, in her ninth month as press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre continued to stammer and stonewall her way through even the most benign questions. Meanwhile, Fox’s Peter Doocy kept up the heat by wondering whether anyone in the White House could say with a straight face whether “the southern border is secure” and if President Biden…
Enes Kanter Freedom Sounds Off on China, NBA Hypocrisy, LeBron & Cena
Teenage basketball star Enes Kanter was shocked when his teammate criticized President Barack Obama on Facebook. “Dude, what are you doing?” he exclaimed. He feared his teammate would be jailed. Kanter is from Turkey, where, as Kanter explains in my new video, people who criticize the president do go to jail. His teammates laughed at him. “They were explaining to me about freedom of speech,…
Colbert Quizzes Michelle Obama On Sandwiches, Smells, Other Softballs
Stephen Colbert kicked off the new year by welcoming Michelle Obama back to The Late Show on CBS to pressing the former first lady with tough questions such as “what is the best sandwich?”
An Old Debt Carries Over to a New Year
Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.” – Herbert Hoover. “Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.” – Benjamin Franklin Eighteen Republican senators voted for the monstrosity known as the $1.7 trillion Omnibus spending bill, thus forever relinquishing their claim to belong to a party committed to less spending, smaller government, and…
Nets Hype Biden FDA Making Getting An Abortion Easier
The morning shows of ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN saw nothing controversial about the FDA’s new policy that allows pharmacies to provide abortion pills to anyone with a prescription.
Column: '60 Minutes' Makes Fake News About Humans Ruining Earth
Chalk this up as 60 Minutes hosting the worst peddler of false knowledge since Dan Rather left the set. CBS kicked off 2023 by touting “mass extinction” blather by Paul Ehrlich, the guy who’s been peddling radical and misanthropic eco-garbage since his book The Population Bomb in 1968
NASTY NBC Labels GOP Members Opposed to McCarthy as 'Right-Wing'
During Tuesday evening's broadcast of NBC Nightly News, anchor Lester Holt and correspondent Garrett Haake took to the airwaves to gloat over the divisions in the House Republican conference between members who support Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House and members who oppose his bid. As of late Tuesday night, the House of Representatives adjourned for the day after going through…
GROSS: NBC Again FAWNS Over 'Tough', 'History-Making' Nancy Pelosi
On Tuesday, which saw the official kick-off of the 118th Congress, NBC Nightly News dedicated their last segment usually reserved for superficial human interest stories to fawn, gush and drool over now-former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and what Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali described as being "famous for her toughness and deep understanding of her caucus."
CNN Trashes Hunter Biden Probes, Insists No One Cares Outside GOP Base
Is Chris Licht interested in changing CNN or is he asleep at the wheel? Such was the case on Tuesday during the coverage of the vote for Speaker of the 118th Congress when it felt as though old puppetmaster Jeff Zucker were still in the control room as so-called journalists smeared Republicans and wondered if voters actually want Congress to do anything about Hunter Biden’s life of corruption…