NY Times Front Page Condemns Trump’s ‘Cult of Personality': Obama Who?

A 3,000-word “news analysis” by New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker on Trump’s supposed cult of personality was headlined cheekily: “A Superman, Jedi and Pope -- Trump’s Relentless Bid to Mythologize Himself.” The online version was more insulting: “Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality-- President Trump has engaged in a spree…

Clay Waters
February 16th, 2026 2:43 PM
Zach Wolf Pamela Brown CNN This Morning 2-16-26

CNN Frets Fetterman ‘Off Message’ for Rejecting Schumer’s Jim Crow 2.0

Discussing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s claim that the SAVE Act is “Jim Crow 2.0,” CNN senior reporter Zach Wolf wasn’t troubled by the incendiary historical comparison. Instead, he fretted that Democratic Senator John Fetterman had gone “off message” by refusing to echo it.

Mark Finkelstein
February 16th, 2026 12:42 PM

Oliver Darcy’s Website Goes Full Regina George on NewsNation, Pavlich

Writing Sunday night for Oliver Darcy’s website Status (which hurled a series of smears Friday at the Media Research Center and conservative media writ large), Natalie Korach shoveled a series of anonymous jabs and loaded declarations to assert NewsNation is MAGA TV simply to please Donald Trump and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.

Curtis Houck
February 16th, 2026 11:56 AM

The 'Fact Checkers' Let Barack Obama Smear the GOP As Much As He Wants

Quiz: How many times has Barack Obama been "fact checked" by PolitiFact since he left office in 2017? Seven. Trump has 11 so far in 2026. So you can guess they won't be "fact checking" his latest interview, where he smears the Republicans as uncaring about the rule or law, or democracy, or the truth.

Tim Graham
February 16th, 2026 10:43 AM

CBS's O'Donnell Lets Gov. Wes Moore Avoid Answering Resume Questions

Last Sunday CBS's Things That Matter welcomed Maryland Governor and possible Presidential candidate, Democrat Wes Moore to their Town Hall. Aside from expecting, and hearing the usual questions tossed at a Democrat, there was a waiting game involved as well. Waiting to see if Host Norah O'Donnell would confront Moore about recent revelations made in the Free Beacon, which…

Steve Malzberg
February 16th, 2026 8:35 AM
Jake Tapper Tom Homan CNN State of the Union 2-15-26

Tapper Tries to Lure Homan into Bashing Noem — Border Czar Won't Bite

On CNN's State of the Union, host Jake Tapper repeatedly tries to lure Tom Homan into bashing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem--but the border czar won't bite, saying, "It’s one team, one fight. I’m not going to divide this administration.”

Mark Finkelstein
February 15th, 2026 10:28 PM

Vanity Fair: 'Epstein's Ghost' Is 'Calling All the Shots' for Trump

Former ABC reporter Tara Palmeri's Halloween-in-February hot take in Vanity Fair, "Epstein’s Ghost Is Calling All the Shots in Trump’s White House," certainly falls within the realm of fantasy. "Epstein has effectively risen from the dead to dominate Trump’s presidency and threaten his legacy."

P.J. Gladnick
February 15th, 2026 9:18 PM

OMISSION: Sunday Shows Aren’t Talking About D.C. Poop Spill

As you may know by now, there is an ongoing environmental disaster that threatens to, well, soil our nation’s 250th birthday celebration in the Washington, D.C. metro area and beyond. A burst pipe has dumped millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River, which poses a major problem once springtime comes to the nation’s Capital.

Jorge Bonilla
February 15th, 2026 6:03 PM

After Melting Down over Vance, Sunday Shows OMIT Rubio's Munich Speech

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered an address before the Munich Security Conference that was warmly received and met with rapturous applause. And if you were waiting for the Elitist Media’s Sunday shows’ analyses, you might think the speech never happened at all. 

Jorge Bonilla
February 15th, 2026 4:45 PM

CBS Weirdly Injects Climate Propaganda into the Nation’s Founding

The Media Hall Monitors repeatedly tell us that CBS’s New editorial direction is Trump-adjacent and “MAGA-friendly.” This is, of course, a shameless exaggeration most recently belied by a weird Sunday Morning report that injected climate change into the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding.

Jorge Bonilla
February 15th, 2026 4:05 PM

Al Sharpton Gives Free Rein To Swalwell On 'Bodies Piling Up' by ICE

Tune into the left wing media on almost any given day and chances are that you'll get to see the bashing of ICE and their agents, whether from the mouth of the show's Host themselves, or from guests, who are often encouraged by the Host to go full steam ahead, usually by failing to challenge any accusation made vs ICE. That was the case on Saturday's edition of Politics Nation on MS…

Steve Malzberg
February 15th, 2026 1:25 PM
Nancy Pelosi MS NOW The Weekend 2-14-26

MS NOW Lets Pelosi Rant About Canceled Elections, ICE 'Assassinations'

Saturday’s The Weekend on MS NOW offered Nancy Pelosi a predictably puffy platform, with little or no challenge from the hosts, to promote sweeping claims about U.S. politics — including the specter of 2026 elections failing to happen, inflammatory allegations about federal enforcement actions in Minnesota, an unsparing juxtaposition of two Republican figures, and the suggestion that…

Mark Finkelstein
February 15th, 2026 12:16 PM

Rand Paul Talks Sense To Katie Couric on Deporting Violent Criminals

Former network news star Katie Couric actually interviewed a Republican – Sen. Rand Paul – on her YouTube show, and the senator tried to take a moderate tone in contrast to Couric’s extremist DNC talking points. She kept pushing that "less than 14 percent" of migrants arrested by ICE were violent criminals. 

Tim Graham
February 15th, 2026 6:01 AM

Apple TV's Comedy 'Shrinking': Marriage is a 'Sexist Construct'

In the latest episode of Apple TV+'s Shrinking ("D-Day"), which ironically aired during National Marriage Week, a heartwarming scene between Harrison Ford's Paul and teen Alice (Lukita Maxwell) turns sour when she declares she wants kids but no husband because marriage is a "sexist construct."

Dawn Slusher
February 14th, 2026 10:58 PM