Crime
Brian Stelter & Panel Mock Fox for Crime Epidemic Coverage
On Sunday's episode of CNN's Reliable Sources, host Brian Stelter in his typical smug patronizing fashion ridiculed Fox News for their in-depth coverage of the rising crime in American cities.
WOW: New CNN Analyst Blames Media, Leftist Politicians for Crime Surge
On Wednesday morning's New Day, CNN viewers got an unusual dose of reality on the true causes of the recent crime surge as former Capitol Hill police officer Michael Fanone -- now a CNN law enforcement analyst -- actually implicated the media and the decriminalization of crime by liberal leaders.
CBS Changes Tune on Train Looting, Mentions Soft-on-Crime Policies
While NewsBusters can’t exactly take credit for the change in tune, we’ll certain welcome the improved coverage. On Tuesday’s CBS Mornings, the liberal newscast changed its tune from Monday as, in a follow-up to a discussion of the rampant train looting in Los Angeles, the network acknowledged the arguments being cited that the filth was due to the district attorney’s soft-on-crime…
CBS, NBC Floored by ‘Shocking,’ ‘Unbelievable’ Looting in LA
Throughout the weekend and on Monday morning, CBS and NBC expressed exasperation and shock at the mass, rampant looting of cargo and packages from Union Pacific trains in Los Angeles, calling it “nuts,” “shocking,” “unbelievable,” and proof America’s “falling apart at the seams” to the point of “hav[ing] just totally lost control.”
Uh-Oh! 'Morning Joe' Starts Discussing Biden-Carter Similarities
On Morning Joe, liberal Ed Luce of the Financial Times discusses his current column, in which he sees similarities between the presidencies of Jimmy Carter and that of Joe Biden. Luce twice describes a current sense of "drift."
Paper Bemoans 'What the Public Keeps Getting Wrong About Pedophilia'
In a now-deleted Twitter thread (but partially preserved by NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck) posted Tuesday, USA Today’s Life section drew outrage over a piece originally titled “What the public keeps getting wrong about pedophilia.” The just response from a disgusted public caused them to pull the thread, remove the paywall they initially hid it behind, and stealth edit the…
Alcindor Seems Disappointed More White 1/6 Rioters Were Not Shot
On Friday's PBS NewsHour, on her last day as the show's White House correspondent, Yamiche Alcindor sounded like she was possibly disappointed that more of the 1/6 Capitol Hill rioters were not shot by Capitol Police as she speculated that they would have been if they were minorities protesting peacefully.
CNN Fails To Press Radical NY DA On His Worst Soft-on-Crime Plans
For the second day in a row, CNN's New Day let the newly-elected far-left Manhattan DA off the hook regarding his most radical soft-on-crime policies. We blogged Thursday about the show's segment on Alvin Bragg's policies. On Friday morning, co-host John Berman actually interviewed Bragg. And both times, the show focused on Bragg's relatively less controversial policies, while burying…
CNN Rushes to Defend Outrageous Soft-on-Crime Policies of Manhattan DA
What CNN did Thursday morning was a crime—against good journalism. In a New Day segment discussing the soft-on-crime policies of the new Manhattan DA, CNN focused on the less controversial aspects of his policies, while failing to disclose the truly outrageous ones.
Nets Silent on New York City DA Vowing to Let Violent Criminals Walk
While the broadcast networks were busy spending Wednesday hyping the anniversary of January 6 for political gain in the midterms, they were intentionally overlooking the violent chaos in their own backyard in New York City. There, newly minted District Attorney Alvin Bragg promised to allow violent criminals to walk free as part of his progressive Democratic criminal justice reform plan; at a…
CNN: Holding Dems Accountable for Violence is 'Both-Siderism'
During CNN's breaking news coverage of Attorney General Merrick Garland's news conference on the Justice Department's January 6 investigation, chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin scoffed at Garland's desire to prosecute political violence no matter what political party is involved.
CNN Analyst Admits: New York AG 'Politically Targeted' Trump Family!
On New Day, CNN legal analyst Elie Honig, commenting on the subpoenas that NY Attorney General Letitia James has issued against Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, says: "The Trumps' argument here is not absurd. It's not ridiculous. The crux of their argument is, we have been politically targeted by this attorney general, Letitia James. And you know what? They’re right! Because Letitia James…
Katy Tur Suggests LAPD Were Overarmed Responding to Possible Gunman
On Thursday afternoon, MSNBC host Katy Tur pushed for police officers to be less armed when they go into dangerous situations as she fretted that LAPD officers had too much weaponry when they responded to reports of a violent attack at a Burlington Coat Factory.
DOOCY TIME: Here’s Peter’s Top Briefing Tangles With Jen Psaki in 2021
Following four years of combative White House press briefings and showboaters like Jim Acosta and April Ryan becoming Resistance household names, the White House Briefing Room saw a different show in 2021 with Press Secretary Jen Psaki. Often times, one could count on one man to do what Acosta refused to do in respectfully challenging an administration: Fox’s Peter Doocy.
