Symone Sanders Alicia Menendez Michael Steele MSNBC The Weekend 12-22-24

Before Mocking Trump Nominee, Michael Steele Should Have Read His Bio

Michael Steele and Symone Sanders, co-hosts of MSNBC's The Weekend, mock Donald Trump's appointment of Mark Burnett as a special envoy to the UK. Steele and Sanders dismiss Burnett as simply having been the producer of The Apprentice. In fact, Burnett, a British native who served in the Parachute Regiment of the British Army, has been the massively successful producer of…

Mark Finkelstein
December 22nd, 2024 10:05 PM

Scott Jennings DESTROYS The Left Over Dopey ‘King Elon’ Talking Point

Christmas may be upon us but politics rests for no one, as we see on CNN State of the Union. Host Dana Bash once again tries to push the tired “King Elon” narrative but CNN commentator Scott Jennings was there to quickly and expeditiously shut it down.

Jorge Bonilla
December 22nd, 2024 7:11 PM

MSNBC’s Weekend Despair Over Media Rolling Over for ‘Tyrant’ Trump

There was an air of despair on MSNBC’s The Weekend on Sunday morning, as an anti-Trump panel expressed outrage about the President-elect’s various lawsuits against journalists and news organizations, but also despair that the liberal media establishment is failing to step up as leaders of the #Resistance, singling out ABC News for its $15 million settlement earlier this month.

Rich Noyes
December 22nd, 2024 11:21 AM

Ex-CNN/WashPost Reporter: 'Should Have Pushed Harder' on Biden Decline

Former CNN and Washington Post political reporter Chris Cillizza was feeling contrite. In a Friday video, he suggested "As a reporter I have a confession to make. I should have pushed harder, earlier for more information about Joe Biden's mental and physical well-being and any signs of decline."

Tim Graham
December 22nd, 2024 6:37 AM

NPR Touts 'Sequeerity' Squad Protecting Trans Folks from Trumpers

Everyone knows National “Public” Radio hates half the public, the half that voted for Donald Trump. On Wednesday’s terribly named All Things Considered, NPR promoted “Sequeerity,” an LGBT security force in Minneapolis protecting their own from the allegedly violent hatred of the Trump-loving right-wing extremists.

Tim Graham
December 21st, 2024 9:00 PM

PBS Oozes Over Paul Krugman: He Sees 'Resurrection' of Biden's Image

On Friday’s PBS airing of Amanpour & Co., host Christiane Amanpour introduced “the Nobel prize winning economist, Paul Krugman, who's written his last column for The New York Times, after 25 years of sharp and often indispensable takes on major issues that shape America and the world.” But NewsBusters has compiled decades of research proving Krugman’s knee-jerk…

Clay Waters
December 21st, 2024 5:45 PM

NOW We Learn We Had a 'Diminished Biden in Charge' for All Four Years

For Americans wondering when the media will finally admit President Joe Biden is, in the words of Fox’s Sean Hannity, “a cognitive mess,” light finally dawns.

Jeffrey Lord
December 21st, 2024 4:00 PM

CBS In Springfield, Ohio for ‘Victims’ of Trump’s Mass Deportation

Right on the heels of PolitiFact declaring President-elect Donald Trump’s line about immigrants eating dogs and cats as the “Lie of the Year,” CBS Saturday Morning profiled legal Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, suggesting they would somehow suffer because of Trump’s promised mass deportation of illegal immigrants.

Rich Noyes
December 21st, 2024 1:02 PM

Justine Bateman Shames Hollywood Reporter for Fake News

Actress-turned-filmmaker Justine Bateman (who starred with Michael J. Fox on Family Ties in the 1980s) did not endorse Donald Trump, nor does she call herself conservative. She avoids political labels. She wants a free, robust return to free speech, American style. But The Hollywood Reporter got that all wrong. 

Christian Toto
December 21st, 2024 12:45 PM

CNN’s Friday Night Fusillade vs Musk Over Shutdown That Didn’t Happen

After the House on Friday night voted to advance a massive spending package and avoid a government shutdown, CNN’s hosts and anchors targeted Elon Musk as the instigator of the “chaos,” “panic” and “madness” because he “threw a grenade” and “torpedoed” the backroom deal reached earlier in the week.

Rich Noyes
December 21st, 2024 10:13 AM

PBS Anchor Quotes WashPost: Elon Has Too Much Power, It's 'OLIGARCHY'!

The PBS NewsHour Friday night pundit panel of Jonathan Capehart and David Brooks took on the shutdown showdown. Anchor Geoff Bennett quoting from a “news report” from The Washington Post that sounds a lot like a liberal editorial, that Musk’s advising reeks of “oligarchy.” These people really have to keep insisting democracy on the wane!

Tim Graham
December 21st, 2024 6:49 AM

NewsBusters Podcast: Shameless Spending and Shutdowns with Paul Teller

How will the latest shutdown showdown end? The media always use the threat of shutdowns to paint Republicans as heartless budget slashers, and that's especially fun for them at Christmas time. They paint federal employees as too broke to buy a Christmas tree.  Paul Teller of Advancing American Freedom talks about hopes for restricting federal spending in 2025 and beyond.

Tim Graham
December 20th, 2024 10:50 PM

MSNBC’s Ruhle: Republicans Want to Cut Funds to ‘Children With Cancer’

Stephanie Ruhle took shots at Republicans in their Congressional struggle between a government shutdown and raising spending during her segment on Thursday during The 11th Hour. Claiming their tactics of running the government like a business as incomplete, Ruhle made digs towards the party’s choice in cutting programs. Though David Drucker provided pushback explaining the eventual…

Mary Clare Waldron
December 20th, 2024 7:02 PM

Abortion Pill No Longer Listed on Kroger and Sam’s Club Websites

The abortion pill mifepristone was listed for sale on the Kroger and Sam’s Club websites in error, both retailers claimed after news reports exposed their online listings.
Craig Bannister
December 20th, 2024 5:07 PM