FLASHBACK: Media’s Crisis of Credibility Got Even Worse in 2023

It’s hardly a secret that large swaths of the public have soured on the news media as reliable communicators of factual information. A series of new polls released in 2023 showed the public’s distrust of the media elite has gotten worse, not better.

Rich Noyes

NewsBusters Podcast: The Hottest Media Takes of 2023 Are About 2024

As another state seeks to take Donald Trump off the ballot, the year's worst political takes in 2023 were about what might happen after the 2024 election, like claiming Trump will execute his enemies (like MSNBC hosts) in a second term, and maybe Ron DeSantis signaling that blacks are worthy of "extermination."

Tim Graham

Hamas Can't Be Beat, Says NYT's Veteran Anti-Israel Voice in Top Story

The New York Times lead story Thursday certainly was a downer for those who support the one democracy in the Middle East in its war on the terrorists of Hamas. Longtime reporter Neil MacFarquhar penned “Skepticism Grows Over Israel’s Ability to Dismantle Hamas.” But MacFarquhar’s long history of anti-Israel, pro-Arab bias makes him the perfect reporter not to pen a lead story on the…

Clay Waters

Morning Joe on Haley Slavery Slip: Doesn't Realize Can't Win MAGA Vote

On Morning Joe, self-described "Never Trump conservative" Matt Lewis says that in refusing to mention slavery when asked the cause of the Civil War, Nikki Haley misreads her core constituency.  MAGA voters will never vote for her. She is running to win the primary in New Hampshire, not in Alabama or Mississippi.

Mark Finkelstein

Maine GOP Vows to Take ‘Biased Democrat Party Hack’ Shenna Bellows to SCOTUS to Restore Trump to State’s Ballot

After Democrat Maine Sec. of State Shenna Bellows unilaterally removed Donald Trump from her state’s 2024 GOP primary ballot on Thursday, the Maine Republican Party fired off a series of social media posts promising to do whatever is legally necessary to reinstate the former president to the ballot.
Craig Bannister

Dems Petition SCOTUS to Allow Big Tech-Gov’t Collusion

23 attorneys generals in the US want the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that prevents the Biden administration from working with social media platforms to censor online content. The ruling, from the Fifth Circuit court in the case of Missouri v. Biden, allows the administration to notify platforms of certain threats, deceptive voter information, and attempts to influence elections, but not…

Gabriela Pariseau

Sen. John Kennedy: Two Reasons Pres. Biden Is ‘As Popular as Herpes’ in Louisiana

There are two reasons that “Pres. Biden is about as popular as herpes” in his state, Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said in an interview this week.
Craig Bannister

Then Leave: The View’s 9 Most Anti-American Moments of 2023

They may work for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) but that doesn’t mean the liberal ladies of The View show or have much love for America. Throughout the year, they’ve been slinging mud and badmouthing the country they call home, and it has allowed them to rake in millions of dollars while doing it. And despite most of the cast being very wealthy multimillionaires who can go…

Nicholas Fondacaro

Who Knew? PolitiFact's Most Popular Fact Checks Tilted Against GOP

It's a little bit funny when PolitiFact publishes a list of their most popular fact checks -- in this case on politicians and pundits. You can tell that most of their fans are liberals, because the most popular items are usually conservatives getting slapped as "False." Seven of their top ten blogs questioned conservatives or Republicans, and six of them were rated False or Pants On Fire. 

Tim Graham

CNBC Whines About Tech Companies Ending Woke DEI ‘Commitments’

The ineffectiveness and unprofitability of corporate wokeism is beginning to show, and the woke leftists at CNBC gave their biased disapproval.

 

Nicholas Schau

Constitutional Scholar Levin: ‘Fascist Sec. of State in Maine’ Who Removed Trump from Ballot ‘Has No Legal Training Whatsoever’

The Democrat Maine Sec. of State who removed Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot – based on her interpretation of the 14th Amendment – is completely unqualified to make such determinations, Constitutional Scholar Mark Levin explains in a social media post.
Craig Bannister

Tucker Carlson Torches ‘Racial Fascism’ at IBM

Independent journalist Tucker Carlson tore into IBM CEO Arvind Krishna for promoting racism in pay and hiring at his company. 

Tom Olohan

WORST OF 2023: The Damning Florida’s Dictator Award

Today we present the WORST OF 2023: The Damning Florida’s Dictator Award.

Geoffrey Dickens

Column: The Media's Bidenomics Boosters Demand Better Polling Results

One way you can tell that journalists are a panicked pack of partisans who earnestly feel Joe Biden’s pain is how they’re currently reporting on the economy. They don’t question whether the news is good. They question when will Biden receive credit for all the alleged great economic improvements since he took office.

Tim Graham