John Heilemann MS NOW Morning Joe 6-8-26

Heilemann: Trump's Base Hates the 'So-Called' Liberal Media

"The so-called liberal media?" On today's Morning Joe, analyst John Heilemann deployed the dismissive phrase as he downplayed legitimate criticism of the dominant press. So-called? For more than 21 years, NewsBusters has documented the mainstream media's pronounced liberal bias — a reality Heilemann and his MS NOW colleagues continue to treat as imaginary.

Mark Finkelstein
June 8th, 2026 6:54 PM

Bozell Explains Why Public Trust in the Media Hits a Historic Low

On the latest episode of the Wired In podcast, host Cabot Phillips spoke with Media Research Center President David Bozell to analyze the off-the-rails Scott Pelley's New York Times podcast interview and President Donald Trump’s walkout on NBC’s Kristen Welker. 

 

Catherine Mortensen
June 8th, 2026 5:43 PM

Bozell on Pelley’s Grasp at Another Fifteen Minutes of Fame.

President of the Media Research Center David Bozell joined American Agenda on Newsmax Monday afternoon to react to Scott Pelley's recent interview with the New York Times. Pelley is on a parading press tour over his firing at CBS, dressing himself up as a martyr for journalism and the first amendment. In reality, it was  his repeated clashes with 60 Minutes editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and…

Reagan De Luca
June 8th, 2026 5:05 PM

Bozell Exposes Late-Night Collapse & Left-Wing Bias on Wilkow Majority

On Monday afternoon, Media Research Center (MRC) President David Bozell joined Andrew Wilkow on The Wilkow Majority to rip into the glaring double standards, stale partisan groupthink, and blatant favoritism dominating today's corporate media landscape.

Brooke Whitman
June 8th, 2026 5:05 PM

Steve Hilton: ‘India Counts 600 Million + Ballots in a Day’

“India counts 600 million + ballots in a day. California counts less than 10 million in a MONTH,” Republican candidate for governor Steve Hilton noted in an “Election Shambles Update” regarding the state’s long-delayed primary results.

Craig Bannister
June 8th, 2026 5:04 PM

‘Can't Believe’: Sunny Hostin Justifies Skepticism of Trump 2024 Win

Throughout 2025, ABC’s purported “bona fide news program” The View repeatedly suggested that President Donald Trump stole the 2024 presidential election, without evidence and without even a theory about how it could have been done. However, during Monday’s episode, co-host Sunny Hostin proclaimed that peddlers of such conspiracy theories were justified in their concerns because it was…

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 8th, 2026 5:03 PM

NBC Touts ‘Emotional,’ ‘Ticked Off’ Scott Pelley Ripping CBS Bosses

While ABC has been surprisingly silent, NBC’s lead newscasts of Today and NBC Nightly News haven’t been able to get enough of the CBS News drama, so it was natural that, on Monday’s Today, the show had a full story boasting of his “emotional” interview to The New York Times this past weekend showing much he’s “ticked off” about his ouster and leveling “…

Curtis Houck
June 8th, 2026 2:52 PM

Bozell on Kristen Welker & Scott Pelley with Larry O'Connor

Media Research Center President David Bozell joined Larry O’Connor on O’Connor & Company Monday morning to take aim at a total collapse in journalistic standards at NBC and CBS. Focusing on NBC’s Kristen Welker and former CBS anchor Scott Pelley, Bozell argued that the modern press corps is increasingly defined by double standards and open hostility toward the public.

Lauren Walsh
June 8th, 2026 2:50 PM

Supreme Court Vacates Decision Outlawing Gas Stoves, Water Heaters

On Monday, the Supreme Court vacated a lower court ruling that upheld Biden Energy Department regulations that would outlaw gas stoves and water heaters in Americans’ homes and require homeowners with these to either renovate their homes or switch to electric appliances.

Craig Bannister
June 8th, 2026 2:27 PM

NBC Took Until Saturday for a Top Show to Mention NYT Story on Platner

Despite the rumored New York Times story on Maine Democrat Graham Platner’s past relationships breaking Thursday afternoon, NBC took until Saturday night to mention it on either of their flagship newscasts — Today or Nightly News — before quickly dropping it thereafter, while…

Curtis Houck
June 8th, 2026 1:13 PM

POLL RESULTS: Worst Media Quote of the Week Winner!

The results of the Worst Media Quote of the Week are in and the winner is Paul Krugman!

Geoffrey Dickens
June 8th, 2026 10:05 AM

Anti-Trump Pop Star Pink Decries ‘State of the World’ at Tony Awards

On Sunday, the 79th annual Tony Awards premiered on CBS, pushing the typical left-wing awards show narcissism that audiences have learned to avoid.

Elise Ehrhard
June 8th, 2026 9:18 AM

Trump SLAMS NBC's Welker as 'Crooked or Stupid,' Abruptly Walks Out

Last Friday, President Trump made time during his trip to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin for an extended sit-down interview with NBC's Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker, but was derailed several times by pounding rain on the roof of the facility, heated exchanges, and a premature ending as Trump abruptly walked out because he was tired of dealing with such a "crooked" network.

Steve Malzberg
June 7th, 2026 10:33 PM

CNN Equates Trump & Paxton With Platner, Jennings Calls Him Scumbag

When the polls close on Tuesday night in Maine, it's all but guaranteed that the man who has been accused of "toxic relationships" by three woman, sexting with women outside his marriage, referred to himself as a communist, called police officers, “bastards” and said rural White Americans are racist and stupid, and sported a…

Steve Malzberg
June 7th, 2026 9:35 PM