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…

Alex Christy
May 22nd, 2026 9:15 AM

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…

Alex Christy
May 22nd, 2026 9:00 AM

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.

Tim Graham
May 22nd, 2026 6:02 AM

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. 

 

Catherine Mortensen
May 22nd, 2026 5:30 AM

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. 

Jorge Bonilla
May 21st, 2026 11:45 PM

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."

Tim Graham
May 21st, 2026 10:25 PM

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…

Siena Do
May 21st, 2026 9:49 PM

Porno or Pro-Life? Colorado School Bans Pro-Life

Colorado's public schools apparently consider pornography as appropriate material, instead. 

Justine Brooke Murray
May 21st, 2026 6:11 PM

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.

Craig Bannister
May 21st, 2026 5:56 PM
Mika Brzezinski  MS NOW Morning Joe 5-21-26

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.

Mark Finkelstein
May 21st, 2026 5:15 PM

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

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

Geoffrey Dickens
May 21st, 2026 2:55 PM

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.

Nicholas Fondacaro
May 21st, 2026 2:52 PM

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…

Curtis Houck
May 21st, 2026 2:50 PM

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.”

Alex Christy
May 21st, 2026 1:35 PM