A Hot Take! Climate-Mad Reuters Cheers Iran War as Fossil Fuel Killer

Apparently the most important positive outcome from the war with Iran is that it has the potential to reduce the world’s reliance on fossil fuels according to Gaia’s acolytes at Reuters, not knocking out the world’s foremost state sponsor of terror. “Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence" was the headline.

Joseph Vazquez
March 20th, 2026 11:17 AM

Jimmies Mock The Idea Of The Pentagon Needing More Money Amid War

It should be obvious that the reason why the Pentagon is asking for $200 billion amid the war in Iran is to replenish its munition stockpiles after expending several air-defense interceptor missiles, standoff weapons, and other high-tech weapons and to build up the industrial base to lessen concerns about magazine depth going forward. However, late night comedy’s two Jimmies had a hard time…

Alex Christy
March 20th, 2026 9:36 AM

Column: Brian Stelter's Stilted Take on Trump Somehow Ending Democracy

CNN’s Brian Stelter exemplifies the media pattern of constantly claiming Donald Trump is an existential threat to democracy that must be curbed. The comedy never ends. Trump was supposedly going to end democracy throughout his first term, and the fact that democracy never ended never slows Stelter & Co. down.

Tim Graham
March 20th, 2026 6:08 AM

NewsBusters Podcast: Why Must Comedians Drown the Oscars in Politics?

Sunday's Oscars telecast on ABC declined in the ratings again as the comedians -- both host Conan O'Brien and presenter Jimmy Kimmel -- drowned the event in a series of ridiculous anti-Trump jokes and comments.

Tim Graham
March 19th, 2026 10:51 PM

Art in Action or Leftists in Action? PBS Pushes Arts Propaganda

and democracy” as part of the paper’s larger arts coverage. It’s aired some three dozen segments since the first one in August 2024, late in the Biden Administration, then quickly pivoted to an anti-Trump ideological stance after Trump’s election. It's a convenient vehicle to sneak in even more left-wing talking points under the guise of arts coverage. 

Clay Waters
March 19th, 2026 9:57 PM

Freedom Is Not Free

At the height of the energy crisis in the 1970s, when oil prices more than sextupled, The Economist magazine showed a map of the Persian Gulf on its cover with the headline, “What’s a Nice Thing Like Oil Doing in a Place Like This?” The Iranian miscreants, with whom we are now at war, understand that, although they could care less what their own citizens think, in free countries…

Star Parker
March 19th, 2026 8:11 PM

ABC, NBC Tout ‘Contentious Hearing’ for Mullin, Who Has ‘Anger Issues’

On Wednesday night and Thursday morning, ABC and NBC used their flagship newscasts to paint Homeland Security Secretary nominee — current Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) — as a hot bed of controversy who faced a “heated” and “tense” hearing over his “anger issues” and Republican opposition from Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). The networks even admitted they were making a mountain out of a mole hill…

Curtis Houck
March 19th, 2026 5:10 PM

POLL: What Was the Worst Media Quote of the Week?

POLL: What Was the Worst Media Quote of the Week?

Geoffrey Dickens
March 19th, 2026 4:48 PM

Bill Banning State Funding of Biased Media Raters Sent to W. Va. Gov.

A bill barring West Virginia’s government from funding biased media ratings companies that unfairly blacklist conservative news outlets has passed the state’s House of Delegates and Senate and been sent to Republican Governor Patrick Morrisey’s desk for his signature.

Craig Bannister
March 19th, 2026 4:01 PM

Gutfeld Crumbles Tarlov's Claim That Talarico's Not a 'Wacko Doodle'

Chances are you won't find a more openly 'progressive', or flat out radical leftist than Democrat Texas State Representative James Talarico, who is his party's nominee for the U.S. Senate race in 2026, who has said, God is nonbinary, there are 6 sexes, radicalized white men are the greatest domestic terrorist threat in our country, and our border should be like a front porch, it should have a…

Steve Malzberg
March 19th, 2026 3:17 PM

‘We’re Done Talking About It’: The View Refuses Talk of Trump Accounts

The founding premise of The View was to bring women together from various backgrounds to provide relatable voices to discuss contemporary topics. The View of today had lost sight of that, with none of the co-hosts being able to relate to average Americans who didn’t make the salary of network news stars. That was the reason why none of the permanent co-hosts wanted to discuss…

Nicholas Fondacaro
March 19th, 2026 2:53 PM

MS NOW Mislabels Segregationist Democrat as a Republican

On his eponymous Sunday morning show, MS NOW host Ali Velshi struggled to insert race into Georgia's 14th congressional district special election, and did so in front of an on-screen graphic that incorrectly labeled former state legislator and segregationist Democrat Denmark Groover as a Republican.

Brad Wilmouth
March 19th, 2026 2:34 PM

CNN Tries Casting Doubt On Hegseth's Claims Of Success After F-35 Hit

It took almost three weeks, but on Thursday, Iran finally managed to damage a U.S. aircraft, but the cast of CNN’s The Situation Room did not marvel that it took so long for Iran to achieve a fraction of success. Instead, they used the situation to suggest Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is not being truthful when he touts the campaign’s success.

Alex Christy
March 19th, 2026 2:10 PM

New Yorker Irked by Democrat Lawyer for Supporting Trump on Iran

Democrat lawyer David Boies sparked outrage among liberals after supporting Trump’s Iran policy in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. In a heated New Yorker interview, Isaac Chotiner challenged Boies’ views with frustrated, partisan questions, but Boies stayed calm, urging issues be judged on merit, not politics.

P.J. Gladnick
March 19th, 2026 11:46 AM