MSNBC Melts Down After CPB Shut Down Announcement

On Friday, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced it is shutting down, and the cast of MSNBC’s The 11th Hour lost its mind as it rolled out the same tired talking points about local news, weather, and children’s educational programming.

Alex Christy
August 2nd, 2025 2:00 PM

Legacy Media Journos Enter Final Stage of Colbert Grief

That was fast. The Legacy Media circled the wagons to tell us “The Late Show’s” cancellation was, in no particular order:

Christian Toto
August 2nd, 2025 1:30 PM

'Not a Nothing Burger': Maher Tries To Cling to Mueller Report

HBO’s Bill Maher returned to Real Time after more than a month off on Friday and, against the backdrop of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard claiming that assessments that Vladimir Putin preferred Donald Trump to win in 2016 were false and politicized, tried desperately to cling to the Mueller Probe, insisting there was something there.

Alex Christy
August 2nd, 2025 11:40 AM

'Why Have People Not Risen Up?': Brooks Praises Harris on Colbert Show

New York Times columnist and the allegedly conservative half of Friday’s PBS News Hour’s weekly news recap, David Brooks, praised former Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent interview with Stephen Colbert and agreed with her that “civic capitulation” to President Trump is “a real thing.” Meanwhile, MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart explained he quit his job at The Washington…

Alex Christy
August 2nd, 2025 9:48 AM

NPR’s Morning Edition Does Democrats’ Positive Rebranding for Them

On NPR’s Morning Edition Thursday, host Steve Inskeep, alongside reporter Stephen Fowler, discussed what the future of the Democratic Party would look like following an interview with Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. It should come as no surprise that Inskeep, who hosted the softball interview, was all in on the idea that Democrats need to rebrand before the…

Lucas Escala
August 2nd, 2025 6:53 AM
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Morning Joe Highlights Town Hall Loaded Against GOP Rep in Wisconsin

Morning Joe plays an extended clip from a townhall held by Republican Congressman Bryan Steil in his 1st Congressional District of Wisconsin. The audience is raucously hostile to him, with repeated booing and jeering. All comments/questions from people in attendance were negative. Not one expression of support for  Steil, despite his winning the 2024 election by over 10 points, and Trump…

Mark Finkelstein
August 2nd, 2025 6:14 AM

PBS's Anti-Israel Omissions on Gaza Hunger, Hamas Health Ministry

The PBS News Hour’s bizarre post-October 7 enmity toward Israel has blared bright the last few days, eager to portray Israel, fighting for existence against a soulless enemy, Hamas, as a cruel invader purposely starving Gaza’s infants. PBS’s coverage of late has been guilty of bias by omission, spewing phony figures and hunger anecdotes from the Hamas-controlled “Health Ministry”…

Clay Waters
August 2nd, 2025 5:36 AM

Fox News Highlights Illegal Who Killed Teens After Not Being Deported

Earlier in the week, Fox News gave coverage to a classic example of why illegal aliens with criminal records should be deported instead of being protected by sanctuary jurisdictions.

Brad Wilmouth
August 2nd, 2025 5:26 AM

NewsBusters Podcast: Stephen Colbert's Late-Night Coddling of Kamala

Kamala Harris coming on for her eighth appearance on "The Late Show" on CBS is part of a dreary routine, the Stephen Colbert Democratic Precinct Hall. But when you actually watch the interview and break it down, you can’t help but think: a 12-year-old might ask tougher questions.

Tim Graham
August 1st, 2025 10:35 PM
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BREAKING: CPB Announces It's Shutting Down Operations Next Month, MRC's Bozell Reacts

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is reportedly shutting down its operations after the loss of federal funding.
Tim Graham
August 1st, 2025 4:42 PM
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IMF Credits Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ for Raising Forecast for U.S. Economic Growth

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) improved its forecast for U.S. economic growth – and credited the passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act in the process.
Craig Bannister
August 1st, 2025 4:24 PM

BREAKING: CPB Announces It's Shutting Down Next Month, Bozell Reacts

Deadline.com is reporting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down its operations after the loss of federal funding. "The CPB informed employees on Friday that the majority of staff positions will end on Sept. 30, with a small transition team in place through January, 2026." If this happens, this is not a shutdown of PBS or NPR stations, but a shutdown of the corporation that…

Tim Graham
August 1st, 2025 4:15 PM

MSNBC on DOJ Investigation Into George Mason Missing Key Facts

Author and commentator Paul Waldman wrote an article for MSNBC on Wednesday describing a recent Department of Justice investigation into George Mason University's DEI practices. He described the investigation as an “attack” and "politicization of justice.” Waldman’s hypocrisy and omission of key facts of the issue portrayed a false crusade of injustice by President Trump’s DOJ.

Matthew Seck
August 1st, 2025 2:39 PM

ABC, CBS, NBC Hit the Mute Button on Declassification of Durham Annex

On Thursday, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) made headlines by declassifying the appendix to Special Counsel John Durham’s probe into the Russia Collusion Hoax, a document loaded with bombshells. But contrary to their years of pushing the hoax, the flagship morning and evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC, tapped the mute button on their remotes and pretended like it wasn’t something that…

Nicholas Fondacaro
August 1st, 2025 1:28 PM