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Hating GOP, Hailing Democrats: PBS’s Very Biased Convention Coverage

September 4th, 2024 10:00 AM

The Republican and Democratic conventions are over, and it’s clear which party was the favorite of taxpayer-supported PBS. Not even the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump quelled the overwhelming negativity with which the PBS panel greeted the Republican Party Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee in July. Yet a month later, Vice-President Kamala Harris and a familiar crew of…

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‘Joyful,’ ‘Happy’ Harris-Walz Vs. ‘Dark,’ ‘Dangerous’ Trump-Vance

August 31st, 2024 9:00 AM

The following are the most egregious examples of leftist journalists holding up the Harris-Walz ticket, while trashing Trump-Vance over the last month.

PBS Confesses: Dems Say, We Say ‘Reproductive Rights,’ Not ‘Abortion'

August 25th, 2024 1:37 PM

One piece of PBS’s coverage of the last night of the Democratic National Convention unwittingly confirmed media labeling bias on PBS and other “mainstream “outlets. First, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart hailed the Democrat’s vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz for using the supposedly less frightening and more convincing term “gun safety legislation” instead of “gun…

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PBS Hails DNC's 'Patriotism' Versus RNC's 'Weighted Blanket'

August 24th, 2024 9:35 AM

Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks recapped the Democratic National Convention on Friday’s PBS News Hour by contrasting its “jubilation” and “patriotism” with the “hate” that came out of the RNC’s “weighted blanket.”

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Theater of the Absurd: The Worst Media Outbursts from the DNC

August 24th, 2024 8:00 AM

There was an overload of absurd, obnoxious and over-top outbursts from leftist journalists during their coverage of the Democratic National Convention. The NewsBusters team worked literally day and night to track them down. The following are the worst outbursts from leftist journalists during the Democratic National Convention. 

PBS’s Capehart on Horror of USA Chants at GOP Rallies: ‘Felt Menacing'

August 23rd, 2024 7:52 AM

Reporter Laura Barron-Lopez set the scene for Night Three of the Democratic National Convention on the preceding episode of the PBS News Hour Wednesday evening, looking back with joy at Barack and Michelle Obama’s speeches from Night Two.

News Hour co-anchor Amna Nawaz opened PBS’s Night Three convention coverage by also finding “a message of hope” in Barack Obama’s…

PBS Goes Full Feminist: US on the ‘Cusp' of a Female President (Again)

August 22nd, 2024 5:24 PM

On Night 2 of the Democratic Convention, anchor Amna Nawaz was talking to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the PBS booth when they were joined by veteran PBS journalist Judy Woodruff. Nawaz took advantage by tossing aside her journalist hat and hosting a heartfelt feminist kaffeeklatsch hailing VP Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, as a feminist hero on “the…

PBS Harkens to 'Joyful Warrior' Harris Rekindling Excitement of Obama

August 22nd, 2024 9:51 AM

The “excitement” began right from the introduction of PBS’s coverage of Night Two of the Democratic National Convention from Chicago, which featured consecutive speeches by Michelle and Barack Obama. Co-anchor Geoff Bennett set up this T-ball of a question: “And former president Barack Obama speaks to the city that helped launch his political career.” Next, in a staged soundbite, someone off-…

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Brooks Surprised 'Responsible' Harris Backs Soviet-Like Price Controls

August 17th, 2024 9:47 AM

New York Times columnist and PBS News Hour theoretical conservative David Brooks was shocked on Friday’s show that “a responsible Democratic candidate” would endorse Soviet-like price controls on food.

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Free Beacon Editor Corrects PBS 'No Evidence' Claim Walz Padded Resume

August 10th, 2024 9:45 AM

Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief Eliana Johnson was forced to correct PBS News Hour host Amna Nawaz on Friday after the latter claimed “there’s no evidence” Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz has embellished his military resume. Johnson correctly pointed out that, on the contrary, “there’s no question” he has “padded and inflated his resume.”

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On Prisoner Swap, Capehart Gushes 'Not Bad For An 82-Year-Old Man'

August 3rd, 2024 12:00 PM

Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart had nothing but effusive praise for President Joe Biden on Friday’s PBS News Hour as he marveled at the prisoner swap with Russia being, “not bad for an 82-year-old man everyone said had cognitive decline and were questioning his mental acuity.”

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It Got Nasty! The Worst Media Outbursts from the RNC

July 23rd, 2024 10:00 AM

The following are the nastiest and craziest outbursts from leftist journalists and celebrities during the Republican National Convention:

 

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PBS’s Capehart: Trump ‘Deified,’ I'm ‘Terrified’ of ‘We Love Trump'

July 19th, 2024 3:03 PM

PBS’s coverage of Night Four of the Republican National Convention again featured the Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart holding up the liberal end of the political analysis. (David Brooks of the New York Times was the ostensible conservative on the panel, but they often agreed with each other.) Capehart spent most of the four nights of the convention whining that the…

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Worst of the Night! Wallace: GOP Is ‘Codependent on Disinformation’

July 19th, 2024 12:00 PM

It’s a challenging task but we here at NewsBusters are going to try to sift through all the crazy, angry and ridiculous observations made by leftist journalists every night of the Republican National Convention coverage and pick one for Worst of the Night.