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FLASHBACK: NewsBusters Exposed Fareed Zakaria’s Plagiarism Scandal

August 12th, 2023 8:45 AM

Twelve years ago, NewsBusters exposed an act of plagiarism by CNN host and Time columnist Fareed Zakaria. Here's a look back at how the story unfolded, and the reaction from Zakaria's fellow journalists.

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On FNC, Houck Sounds Off on PBS Garbage, Surprising MSNBC Segment

July 17th, 2023 11:06 AM

NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck made his latest appearance early Saturday/late Friday on the Fox News Channel’s Fox News @ Night and, as usual, sounded off with his picks for highs and lows of the week in the liberal media. His picks this time included a surprising take from a rabid MSNBC partisan and then another example of how PBS uses American tax dollars to peddle far-…

Time to Get Tested, Joe!

July 13th, 2023 3:49 PM

It began shortly after President Biden’s inauguration. First, there were whispers and what seemed like slander on far-right websites and social media that the president was suffering from cognitive decline. His subsequent slurred speech, his trips and falls, and his confusion even while reading a teleprompter, all have led to denunciations and explanations by the White House press secretary,…

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On CNN, Jon Stewart TRASHES GOP on CRT, Argues DEI Is a Weak 'Salve'

March 27th, 2023 10:54 AM

Does Jon Stewart ever really face a conservative interviewer? Someone who would challenge his lazy multi-millionaire leftist assumptions? Because on Sunday’s Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, the host gushed about “a rare conversation with the great Jon Stewart” that offered no pushback as Stewart uncorked on complaints about critical race theory as a “purposeful distortion field” from…

NewsBusters Podcast: CNN Ratings Plummet, While Fox News Keeps Rolling

August 3rd, 2022 10:28 PM

The New York Times reported on the front page of its Business section on Wednesday that CNN's ratings are terrible and their financial picture looks rough. But reporter Benjamin Mullin wrote absolutely nothing about the network's liberal tilt, or losing its daily fearmongering about Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Fox was touting strong ratings for July.

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CNN Deceptively Edits Audio to Pass Off Sunday Host as Hungary’s Orban

August 2nd, 2022 4:55 PM

With Reality Check host John Avlon taking John Berman’s co-host slot for this week of CNN’s New Day, there was even less of a moderating voice at the table than normal to stop S.E. Cupp from ranting about the current state of the Republican Party. Less well known was Berman's apparent influence in avoiding deceptive editing, as Avlon apparently tried to pass off audio of…

WashPost Changes Fareed Zakaria's Headline Slamming Pronouns

July 17th, 2022 2:53 PM

The Washington Post changed the headline of a column written Friday by CNN weekend host Fareed Zakaria which originally told Democrats to "forget pronouns" after backlash from leftists on Twitter. The original headline from the Thursday piece read "Forget Pronouns: Democrats need to become the party of building things."   

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WOW! CNN Host Zakaria Says Biden ‘Making It Harder’ to Invest in Gas

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July 11th, 2022 2:46 PM

CNN host Fareed Zakaria slammed the Biden administration for its “toothless” economic war against Russia that is making its oligarchs rich while the West becomes poorer and more dependent on Russian energy.

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Broken Clock: CNN's Zakaria Urges Biden to Ramp Up US Oil Production

March 6th, 2022 3:53 PM

On CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, anchor Fareed Zakaria finally realized what a difficult situation the United States is in by not being energy independent and reliant on Russia for oil. Knowing that ceasing the purchase of oil from Russia will only drive up gas prices further, Zakaria on Sunday urged President Joe Biden to ramp up U.S. oil production.

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Column: Hitler Smears from CNN's Flame Throwers

January 12th, 2022 6:02 AM

When Fox News named a new host at 7 pm, CNN's Brian Stelter tweeted Brian Stelter tweeted “Jesse Watters is a logical choice for Fox's 7pm time slot – the evening schedule is now full of flame throwers." Somehow, it’s never “flame throwing” for CNN to assert that Trump’s echoing Hitler.

Poll Highlights How Lib Media Missed Mark on Biden Boom Propaganda

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October 26th, 2021 1:09 PM

The liberal media slobbered over how President Joe Biden could return the U.S. economy to glory. So far, their optimism has been a bad joke, and a new poll highlights just how badly they missed the mark. 

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SYCOPHANTS! Journos Hail ‘Brave’ Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal

September 2nd, 2021 9:35 AM

The following are some of the most shameless attempts by lib journos to turn one of the worst moments in American foreign policy history into a political win for Biden.

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Rehab Begins: Sick CNNer Spins Biden's Chaos in Afghanistan as 'Brave'

August 16th, 2021 5:19 PM

Get ready. The rehab effort of Joe Biden’s disastrously incompetent handling of America’s exit from Afghanistan is beginning. While some on CNN (like Jake Tapper) have acted like real journalists and grilled the administration, others are already trying to turn the debacle around. Just minutes after Biden addressed the nation (taking no questions), CNN’s Fareed Zakaria deemed the President’s…

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Drive Out ‘Demons’ From GOP’s ‘Hate Machine’ Before It Ends Democracy

May 31st, 2021 9:00 AM

Wonder why so many lefty journalists have an outsized hero-complex? It’s because they believe they are all that stands in the way of the GOP’s “big, ugly hate machine” full of “demons” that are a worse “threat to democracy” than Osama bin Laden ever was. All those insane assertions and more were made by crazed cable hosts and pundits in the last month. The following are the most insane…