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Colbert: Show Was 'The Joy Machine' And My Job Was To 'Feel The News'
Stephen Colbert began the final episode of CBS’s The Late Show by unwittingly highlighting how it all went wrong. Colbert told the audience that he viewed his show as “the joy machine” and that he thought his job was to “feel the news with you,” even if it was not actually that joyful. Later, during a sci-fi skit about the show being sucked into a black hole, Colbert was joined once…
STUDY: Stephen Colbert Turned 'The Late Show' Into 'The DNC Show'
Stephen Colbert was well into his farewell media tour when he told GQ, “I think I'm more conservative than people think.” However, according to an aggregation of previous NewsBusters studies and quote packages, that is not true. Since NewsBusters began counting jokes in January 2023, Colbert has told 87 percent of his political jokes about conservatives. Likewise, since September 2022…
Column: When the Elitist Press Sounds Invested in Islamophobia
On Monday, two teenagers killed three men at the San Diego Islamic Center, then killed themselves. What a pointless spasm of violence it was. It took a few days for The New York Times to flex their rhetorical muscles and blame conservatives.
Today's Highlights: What MRC's Media Watchdogs are Saying
MRC Watchdogs churn out breaking news on a daily basis. Don't miss Today's Highlights, where you can keep up with the top MRC content, whether it's the latest study on media bias, a glaring omission from the elitist media, or how the Big Tech companies are serving up the same leftist spin as the media.
OMISSION: ABC SILENT On 15 Indicted in Minnesota for Fraud
The Elitist Media have mostly avoided having to cover anything to do with massive fraud out of Minnesota. A fresh set of indictments provided the network evening news with an opportunity to do the right thing. A usual suspect failed.
NewsBusters Podcast: Mosque Shooting Reveals 'Islamophobic' America?
Three men were killed at the San Diego Islamic Center by two teenagers who were then found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. It’s easy for us to feel unified in horror over this, but it’s also going to become grist for claims America is overwhelmed by "Islamophobia."
CNN Host Tries to Equate Spencer Pratt A.I. Ads to Iran Propaganda
On Thursday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish casually threw Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt’s viral campaign videos into the same bucket as Iranian regime propaganda. Pratt’s offense that led to this comparison? Using A.I.-generated images to lampoon California politicians as Batman villains and dark side force users from Star Wars. Cornish tried to make the absurd…
Porno or Pro-Life? Colorado School Bans Pro-Life
Colorado's public schools apparently consider pornography as appropriate material, instead.
George Floyd Protests Failed to Improve Their Lives, Black Voters Say
Six years after the racially-charged George Floyd protests ravaged U.S. cities, Americans doubt that the weeks of often destructive and riot-plagued unrest in 2020 actually brought about improvement in the lot of African Americans, a national Rasmussen survey reveals.
Mika Turns Reagan 'Shining City' Fan Girl To Trash Trump
On Thursday's Morning Joe, co-host Mika Brzezinski and analyst Richard Haass turned to Ronald Reagan's optimistic vision of America to paint the current administration as a betrayal of American ideals.
POLL: What Was the Worst Media Quote of the Week?
POLL: What Was the Worst Media Quote of the Week?
Sunny Hostin Claims BLM ‘Uprisings’ Didn't Destroy Much, Eggs Are $10
ABC News co-host Sunny Hostin was on a roll this week; between calling for a violent “rebellion” to touting a Democratic Party plan to bring “economic damage” to the South. On Thursday’s edition of The View, Hostin falsely proclaimed that the Black Lives Matter “uprisings” didn’t really destroy much and lied about eggs costing $10 a dozen.
NBC Mourns End of ‘Devout’ Colbert’s ‘Politically Charged Humor’
Surprisingly, NBC’s Today was the only lead broadcast network morning news show to embarrass itself on Thursday by mourning the “end of an era” with the last episode of CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert set to air hours later, fretting there will no longer be a show helmed by the “devout Catholic” with “trailblazing format” that’s become defined by “politically charged…
Barron-Lopez Laments Harris Didn't Push Back Against Trump's 'Identity
On Thursday, the DNC released its 2024 autopsy and based on the reaction from Chairman Ken Martin, an autopsy for the autopsy might be warranted. Joining MS NOW’s Ana Cabrera reports, White House reporter Laura Barron-Lopez reacted to the train wreck by lamenting her biggest takeaway was that the party was not strong enough in its response to President Trump’s “identity politics.”