Ex-CNN Peace Prize Winner: Ditching Fact-Checkers Is 'Kleptocracy'

Former CNN reporter Maria Ressa won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression.” However, as the heads of the social media platforms move past their relationship with fact-checking companies and towards greater freedom of speech, she warned Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show podcast host Jon Stewart that America is sliding towards “kleptocracy.”

Alex Christy
March 8th, 2025 12:30 PM

Capehart Laments Lack Of 'Nuanced' Discussion On Men In Women's Sports

Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart lamented to PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett on Friday that Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s podcast appearance with conservative Charlie Kirk, where he dissented from the party line, continued the nation’s alleged inability to have “nuanced and thoughtful” conversations about transgender people participating in women’s sports.

Alex Christy
March 8th, 2025 9:42 AM
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CNN On Cuomo Comeback: 'Can You Be Masculine And A Decent Person?'

On CNN This Morning, in a segment on Andrew Cuomo's comeback, journalist Margaret Talev said: "The question is, can you be masculine and embrace your masculinity and also be a decent person at the same time?" The panel floated the notion that the Democrats' problem is a lack of "manly men" candidates, and that Cuomo is filling that lane.

Mark Finkelstein
March 8th, 2025 7:01 AM

MSNBC Admits Border Crossings Down, But Denies There Was a Crisis

On The Sunday Show, MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart admitted that illegal border crossings are now at a record low, but seemed to do so only so he could scoff at President Donald Trump for wanting to send more troops to the border.

Brad Wilmouth
March 7th, 2025 11:54 PM

NewsBusters Podcast: The Leftist Media Enforcers of Ideological Purity

Reporters like Oliver Darcy and David Folkenflik serve as sounding boards for the radical-left staffers inside liberal media outlets who are furious whenever owners or executives threaten to move any outlet toward the center, or make any move that seems to please President Trump. Vicious bias is equated with freedom of speech.

Tim Graham
March 7th, 2025 10:56 PM

CNN Revises Trump’s Transgender Mice Fact-Check, Navarro Ignores

A discussion on Wednesday’s CNN NewsNight took a turn so outrageous that even CNN’s own fact-checkers would object. During the discussion, political commentator Ana Navarro accused President Trump of “making up stories about transgender mice” despite CNN’s own website saying otherwise.

David Milliken
March 7th, 2025 6:49 PM

‘You’re Just a Troublemaker,’ Trump Tells NBC Reporter

On Friday, when an NBC reporter tried to bait President Donald Trump into saying that Elon Musk and Marco Rubio had clashed at a cabinet meeting the day before, Trump called him out.
Craig Bannister
March 7th, 2025 4:28 PM

The Daily Show Finds Religion... On Destroying Guns

The Daily Show found religion on Thursday, sort of. While Comedy Central’s flagship show did not repent for claiming Jesus would approve of Transgender Visibility Day or that Christmas is “the queerest holiday of all,” it did send Desi Lydic to Michigan to meet with Episcopal priest Chris Yaw to hype his gun buyback program.

Alex Christy
March 7th, 2025 2:41 PM

Violence? Hostin Huffs Dems Not Willing to ‘Fight and Die’ for Rights

The rhetoric coming from Disney, ABC News, and The View was very dark and very dangerous during Friday’s pre-recorded episode. Staunchly racist co-host, Sunny Hostin lashed out Democrats and accused them of “not meeting the moment” to oppose the “existential crisis” that was President Trump. In an apparent call to violence, she demanded that they learn from older generations and be “…

Nicholas Fondacaro
March 7th, 2025 1:37 PM

MRC-Led Free Speech Alliance to Senate: Confirm Mark Meador

The Media Research Center-led Free Speech Alliance sent a critical message to the U.S. Senate on Friday: we need a free speech majority on the Federal Trade Commission. 

Tom Olohan
March 7th, 2025 1:37 PM

MELTDOWN: Darcy Mad ‘Insidious,’ ‘Slick’ Jennings Nearing New CNN Deal

Former CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy used his far-left newsletter site Status on Thursday night to suffer a weapons-grade meltdown over rumors that our friend and CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings — perhaps the best current articulator of conservative principles — was not only close to a new contract to stay with CNN, but “receive a substantial pay increase” despite being a “…

Curtis Houck
March 7th, 2025 1:27 PM

Trump Surprised It’s Easier to Deal with Russia Than Ukraine: ‘They Have All the Cards’

President Donald says he’s surprised that it seems easier to deal with Russia than Ukraine as he works to negotiate a peace deal between the two countries
Craig Bannister
March 7th, 2025 1:02 PM

Trump Orders Agencies to Seek Financial Restitution for Frivolous Lawsuits

It costs taxpayers’ money – and more – when the federal government has to defend itself against frivolous lawsuits, Pres. Donald Trump explained Thursday.
Craig Bannister
March 7th, 2025 12:16 PM

Kimmel: Closing Education Dept Is Trump's Plan To Make America Dumber

There is no correlation between the amount of money spent on education and education results, but according to ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel on his Thursday show, the reason why President Donald Trump wants to get rid of the Department of Education is because it will make people too dumb to criticize him.

Alex Christy
March 7th, 2025 12:07 PM