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Big Media Cartel 2.0? The Left’s AI Copyright Gambit

The debate on whether Big Tech AI companies should compensate legacy media outlets for content has intensified, particularly with arguments from the left that mirror previous attempts to regulate tech-media relations. This discussion follows Trump's AI Action Plan. Critics argue that requiring tech giants to pay for content infringes on free speech, likening it to a media cartel. Recent…

Michael Morris
August 12th, 2025 2:28 PM

Meyers Hails CNN's Sketchy Fact-Check Of Trump On DC Crime

NBC’s Seth Meyers hyped on Monday’s Late Night some highly suspect fact-checking from CNN during President Trump’s press conference when he announced he is federalizing Washington, DC’s law enforcement because, for Meyers, the binary choice is between Trump and CNN’s “stat nerds.”

Alex Christy
August 12th, 2025 1:45 PM
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CNN: 'Doesn't Matter' If 'Journalist' Was Hamas, IDF Attack Was Wrong

On CNN This Morning, CNN correspondent Kimberly Dozier says it "doesn't matter" if Anas al-Sharif was a Hamas operative. Israel shouldn't have killed him. It should have built its case, presented it to Al Jazeera, and ask them to fire him.

Mark Finkelstein
August 12th, 2025 1:38 PM

Jake Steps on a Rake: CNN’s Tapper SCHOOLED By Abbott on Texas Law

On Monday’s edition of The Lead, CNN host Jake Tapper once again utterly embarrassed himself on the Texas redistricting issue. While he falsely claimed previously that Republicans were “the worst offenders when it comes to gerrymandering” and singled out Texas, this time he tried to go toe-to-toe with Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R). Tapper showed off a profound ignorance of the…

Nicholas Fondacaro
August 12th, 2025 1:12 PM

Kimmel Admits Liberal Activists Can Be 'Just Repulsive'

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel may be in the middle of his summer vacation away from his TV show, but he still found time to stop by The Sarah Silverman Podcast on Thursday and admit that the Democratic Party has an elitism problem and that there is a certain brand of liberal activist that is “just repulsive.” However, Kimmel failed to recognize that he might be part of this problem.

Alex Christy
August 12th, 2025 12:04 PM
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Inflation Comes in Below Forecasts in July, Under 3.0% Every Month Since Biden’s Exit

Inflation in July was unchanged from the previous month and below analysts’ expectations, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released Tuesday reveals.
Craig Bannister
August 12th, 2025 11:36 AM

Awful NYT COVID Reporter Blames Conservative Disinfo for CDC Shooting

Error-prone science reporter Apoorva Mandavilli, infamous for her alarmist and faulty COVID-era reporting, made the front page of Monday’s New York Times with a story on a gunman’s assault on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta that killed a policeman, “C.D.C. Shooting Followed Years of Demonization -- Staff Feels Betrayed as Fears Come True.” She…

Clay Waters
August 12th, 2025 11:10 AM

Oliver's Caricature of a Conservative Couple Is Worse Than You Thought

HBO’s John Oliver was greatly upset with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight for using a fictional family as his ideal of a swing voter. This family, known as the Baileys, is center-right-ish middle class, which for Oliver means that Democrats risk losing their left-wing base. To further attack Schumer, Oliver brought in actors Bobby Moynihan and Edi…

Alex Christy
August 12th, 2025 10:17 AM

Only NBC Balanced Its Story on DC Crime, ABC and CBS Unload on Trump

All three broadcast networks reported Monday on President Trump announcing a takeover of the D.C. police, but only NBC attempted any balance on the matter. ABC and CBS both rained skepticism on the policy as unnecessary and overwrought.

Tim Graham
August 12th, 2025 6:39 AM

NewsBusters Podcast: CNN's Daniel Dale Wages War on His White Whale

President Trump held a press conference Monday to announce a federal takeover of D.C. police, and CNN unfurled its usual fury, starting with Canadian "fact checker" Daniel Dale lamenting "there was a lot of deception." But was there? Dale hemmed and hawed over Trump's framing of crime stats, while allowing that D.C. is a high-crime city.

Tim Graham
August 11th, 2025 10:12 PM

On MSNBC, NPR's Jasmine Garsd Frets at Normalized ICE 'Brutality'

On Sunday's The Weekend: Primetime, NPR's Jasmine Garsd joined the regular MSNBC panel to fret over the alleged "brutality" of ICE arrests, and went along with co-host Charles Coleman Jr. dismissing Dean Cain and other potential ICE recruits as "rogue cowboys."

Brad Wilmouth
August 11th, 2025 9:46 PM

FAFO: CNN Chief Media Expert Mourns for Hamas Terrorist Killed By IDF

CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter dedicated the top of his Monday morning “Reliable Sources” newsletter to shedding a tear and pouring one out for his journalist homies at Al Jazeera as they mourned for a colleague who was blown to bits by an Israeli Defense Forces airstrike. But here’s the thing, Anas Al-Sharif was a Hamas terrorist posing as a journalist. He shared posts praising the…

Nicholas Fondacaro
August 11th, 2025 5:06 PM
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Search for Fugitive Texas Dems Intensifies: ‘Tip Line,’ Faces on ‘Milk Cartons’

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott joked off the idea of establishing a tip line to locate fugitive Texas state House Democrats on Sunday – but, the next day, the House speaker did just that.
Craig Bannister
August 11th, 2025 4:38 PM

MELTDOWN: CNN Goes Ballistic Over Trump Taking Action on D.C. Crime

On Monday in the moments after President Trump’s press conference announcing he was taking over the Washington D.C. police department and deploying the D.C. National Guard to bring down crime, CNN’s mostly white, uber-wealthy liberal journalists suffered a collective breakdown blasting this as “deception,” a “major exaggeration,” and not “comport[ing] with a lot of people’s experience” as well…

Curtis Houck
August 11th, 2025 4:24 PM