Uncomfortable Topics with Mac Donald: Race, Disparate Impact, Women

Trigger warning: The following discusses themes of race, gender, “hate” speech ... Author Heather Mac Donald takes a lot of heat. She writes about race, crime, diversity, gender, merit -- and says things that got her shouted down on college campuses. She points out the absurdity of the left’s attack on Western civilization. “For the left to claim that the West is the source of inequity in the…

John Stossel
February 20th, 2026 4:46 PM

Trump Praised At White House Black History Month Event, Networks SKIP

February is Black History Month, so it shouldn't be considered unreasonable for one to expect to see media coverage of President Trump's  White House event on Wednesday. But the Wednesday evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS all skipped it. Fox's Special Report With Bret Baier did mention it and Laura Ingraham made it the focus of her opening 'Angle' on The Ingraham Angle…

Steve Malzberg
February 20th, 2026 4:13 PM

Politico Celebrates Colbert YouTube Stunt as 'The Talarico Moment'

Stephen Colbert’s interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was pulled from TV over equal-time rules, but aired on YouTube, where it drew millions of views and boosted Talarico’s campaign. Politico celebrated the episode, which critics say was a publicity stunt exploiting grievance culture for political and fundraising gains.

P.J. Gladnick
February 20th, 2026 3:03 PM

Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Puts US ‘$2 Trillion Deeper in the Hole’

Friday’s Supreme Court decision ending President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs will exacerbate the nation’s financial crisis, analysis of the decision shows.

Craig Bannister
February 20th, 2026 2:47 PM

MS NOW: Ironic For MAGA To Celebrate Alysa Liu's Gold Medal

MS Now’s fun haters at Morning Joe had an interesting recap on Friday of the previous day’s Olympic events, where the U.S. women’s hockey team defeated Canada in a dramatic overtime comeback to win the gold medal, and American figure skater Alysa Liu also took home gold. Forcing politics into sports, ESPN talking head Pablo Torre, the hockey women proved one can cheer on America…

Alex Christy
February 20th, 2026 1:33 PM

ABC Trumpets ‘Devastating’ Blow to Trump in SCOTUS Case on Tariffs

All the major broadcast networks — ABC, CBS, and NBC — broke in Friday morning with special reports on the Supreme Court’s 6-to-3 ruling declaring most of President Trump’s landmark tariffs unconstitutional. Unsurprisingly, ABC was almost ebullient in touting the ruling as “devastating,” “huge,” and “monumental” in hampering Trump’s presidency.

Curtis Houck
February 20th, 2026 1:26 PM

MS NOW's Jacob Soboroff Repeats Lies to Accuse DHS Spokesman of Lies

In the aftermath of DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin announcing her resignation, MS NOW reporter Jacob Soboroff accused her of spreading misinformation when, in fact, he was the one misinforming his viewers.

Brad Wilmouth
February 20th, 2026 1:21 PM

New CNN Doc Tease Now Goes After Christian Schools as ‘Nationalist’

In another tease for CNN’s new documentary on The Rise of Christian Nationalism, Pamela Brown continued her promotion of hour-long “special report” by going after Christian schools’ methods of teaching and punishment amid a recent rise of shooting attacks against Christian schools on Thursday’s CNN News Central.

Nicholas Spinnato
February 20th, 2026 12:54 PM

What the Supreme Court's Tariff Decision Does and Doesn’t Do

In a 6-3 Friday, the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s imposition of reciprocal tariffs, which the president had successfully used to raise much-needed government revenue and level the playing field with countries charging exorbitant tariffs on U.S. goods.

Craig Bannister
February 20th, 2026 12:33 PM

USDA Buys $75M of Butter, $263M of Food for Distribution to the Needy

The Trump Administration is purchasing $263 million of domestically-produced food products, including $75 million of butter, to distribute to the nation’s food banks and nutrition assistance programs, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Thursday.

Craig Bannister
February 20th, 2026 11:12 AM

NewsBusters Podcast: Libs Coddling Colbert and Circling Around Whoopi

In the new eruption of leftist protest over anyone demanding Stephen Colbert provide "Equal Time" to their incessant tilt, we point out again that all the comedy shows tilt dramatically to the left, just like The View. Whoopi Goldberg felt pressed to address the NewsBusters scoop on her place in the Epstein files. 

Tim Graham
February 20th, 2026 10:15 AM

POLL: What Was the Worst Media Quote of the Week?

POLL: What Was the Worst Media Quote of the Week?

Geoffrey Dickens
February 20th, 2026 9:55 AM

Colbert Claims Prince Andrew Was Arrested For What Trump Campaigned On

CBS’s Stephen Colbert continued his years-long streak of not being censored by President Trump on Thursday as he quipped that the man formerly known as Prince Andrew was arrested for abuse of power in office, which is exactly what Trump campaigned on.

Alex Christy
February 20th, 2026 9:46 AM

Column: Jim Crow Smears Allowed by Democrat-Aligned 'Fact Checkers'

The media have a remarkable tendency to take the minority position on an 80-20 issue, most recently on requiring voters to show a photo ID at the polls. House Republicans have passed the “SAVE Act,” while Democrats have almost unanimously opposed it.  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) could only toss that old Biden smear out, that the SAVE Act was “Jim Crow 2.0.”

Tim Graham
February 20th, 2026 5:41 AM