NB Podcast: PBS & NPR Lose Their Minds Over Musk & His CPAC Chainsaw

Elon Musk wielded a chainsaw at CPAC, striking a pose next to Argentina’s president Javier Milei. The networks really hate Elon Musk for trying to reduce government in any way. "Public" broadcasters are incredibly anti-Musk, since they are dreading the DOGE wagon pulling up to PBS and NPR.

Tim Graham
February 21st, 2025 11:05 PM

MSNBC Settles Defamation Suit Over Erroneous 'Uterus Collector' Story

CNN being found liable for malicious defamation might have put the fear of God into MSNBC. In a filing obtained by NewsBusters, NBCUniversal and plaintiff Dr. Mahendra Amin had entered into settlement negotiations on Thursday. Although, they’re still working on the language.

Nicholas Fondacaro
February 21st, 2025 10:05 PM

PBS Seethes at Michael Knowles: ‘You Don't Believe Gay People Exist?'

PBS News anchors and reporters have brought the soft soap for sob-story interviews for people losing their jobs thanks to Trump executive orders and Musk-driven budget cuts, without any ideological labels attached to their designated victims. Yet the rare conservative who appears on the News Hour is almost guaranteed to get smacked with at least on warning label. So no…

Clay Waters
February 21st, 2025 9:24 PM

Stein, Todd Lament Media's 'Collective Weakness' Defending AP, Rip Fox

Former NBC and MSNBC political referee (self-described) Chuck Todd resurfaced on The Bulwark’s podcast with his former MSNBC colleague Sam Stein, on Wednesday. Together, they reminisced about covering the White House and lamented the “collective weakness” of the current press pool in not standing up for the Associated Press during their feud with the Trump administration over not using “Gulf…

Nicholas Fondacaro
February 21st, 2025 6:51 PM

Earth to the News Media: Downsizing Happens

Chelsea Milburn is a disabled veteran of the United States Navy who, until recently, worked for the United States Department of Education. As part of cuts from the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, she has lost her job. On Wednesday, she appeared on the news and lamented, “They don’t care about how this impacts me or people like me. And to me, it’s inhumane. It feels like they…

Erick Erickson
February 21st, 2025 5:15 PM

Sen. Schmitt at CPAC: Google ‘Ultimate Black Box’

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) ripped search giant Google for abusing its power to exert influence over the minds of Americans. 

Tom Olohan
February 21st, 2025 4:27 PM

Anti-DOGE NBC Celebrates Return of Angry Liberals at GOP Townhalls

With the networks having already established over the last few weeks a totally-not-coordinated stream of sympathetic laid off federal workers to attack the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and President Trump, NBC’s Today added another wrinkle Friday by cheering liberal rabble rousers shouting at House Republicans during constituent townhalls.

Curtis Houck
February 21st, 2025 3:49 PM

Oh, So Now Axios Suggests the US Inflation Outlook Actually Sucks?

What a joke. The same outlet that tried to paint America’s inflation situation before the 2024 election as Yankee Doodle Dandy! is doing the backstroke now that Donald Trump is president.

Joseph Vazquez
February 21st, 2025 3:05 PM

The View’s Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines CLASH Over Effectiveness of DEI

It’s not often that the liberal ladies of The View actually have divergent views, but when those happen, they don’t know how to deal with it. During Friday’s show, staunchly racist Sunny Hostin lashed out at white men and was on so on the defensive about racist Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs that she couldn’t recognize that pretend independent co-host Sara Haines was…

Nicholas Fondacaro
February 21st, 2025 3:00 PM

PBS Smears Musk: People Worried About His 'Mental Health and Drug Use'

PBS News Hour reporter William Brangham dumped a truckload of slime over space entrepreneur and Trump advisor Elon Musk’s head in a 10-minute news piece/hit piece that aired Thursday evening: "Musk changed the platform's policies on hate speech, and when analysts claimed that vitriol then flourished on the renamed X, advertisers balked and the company's value slid. In characteristic…

Clay Waters
February 21st, 2025 12:36 PM

U.S. Deficit Hit Record High in Biden’s Last Fiscal Year, Rose in Last Quarter

The nation’s deficit hit a non-COVID record high in Pres. Joe Biden’s last fiscal year (FY) and rose in his last full quarter, U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) data show.
Craig Bannister
February 21st, 2025 12:13 PM

NY Post: CBS Already Waving White Flag on Revamped ‘Evening News’

The New York Post had a juicy scoop Thursday about the newly formatted CBS Evening News – with new co-anchors John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois and fewer-but-more-in-depth stories – has been such a failure in just four weeks they’re crying uncle.

Curtis Houck
February 21st, 2025 11:46 AM

Reid, Ex-NFL Punter Attack MAGA's 'Nazi Playbook' On 'Trans People'

Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe went on a wild anti-Trump tirade at a city council meeting on Tuesday that led to him being arrested. On Thursday, he went on MSNBC’s The ReidOut to beat his chest about what a great guy he is for it and accuse anyone who disagrees with him, especially on transgender issues, of being a Nazi.

Alex Christy
February 21st, 2025 11:40 AM

Politico Calls Out Dems for ‘Dramatic Swerve’ on Economy to Get Trump

Politico either advertently or inadvertently just exposed the Democrats’ grotesque hypocrisy in trying to yoke President Donald Trump to the inflation-plagued economy that his predecessor's insane spending policies created. 

Joseph Vazquez
February 21st, 2025 10:51 AM