Wishful Thinking! Todd Predicts GOP House Will Help Re-Elect Biden

During NBC’s Sunday Today, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd joined host Willie Geist to discuss the past week which of course included the days-long Speaker election in which Kevin McCarthy emerged victorious. Todd used his appearance to make a prediction that is both filled with wishful thinking and a lack of nuance in his analysis. 

Kevin Tober
January 8th, 2023 12:40 PM

ABC Panics Over McCarthy Victory: U.S. Fiscal Security in Jeopardy!

Two days after Kevin McCarthy won his hard-fought battle to become Speaker of the House of Representatives after 15 rounds of voting and bargaining between McCarthy and House conservatives, ABC's This Week moderator George Stephanopoulos opened the program on Sunday morning to panic over what the next two years could mean for the United States now that McCarthy is second in line for…

Kevin Tober
January 8th, 2023 10:35 AM

PBS Fearmongers: GOP ‘Threats to Democracy Remain,’ Like Speaker Vote?

Not even the loss in November’s congressional elections of many so-called election deniers has stopped PBS from fear-mongering about dangers to democracy. Thursday’s PBS NewsHour featured two hosts and two professors in total agreement about the ongoing perfidy of the Republican Party and the threat to democracy it poses, even as vital electoral reforms like the Electoral Count Reform…

Clay Waters
January 8th, 2023 7:00 AM

CREEPY: OB-GYN Hypes Medication Abortion as 'Extrarordinarily Safe'

On Wednesday's PBS NewsHour, viewers received a bucket of happy talk about medication abortions from Dr. Jennifer Villavicencio. Twice, she insisted the use of mifepristone was "extraordinarily safe" -- but it's not safe for the unborn baby, who is expelled from the mother and killed.

Tim Graham
January 7th, 2023 7:19 PM

MSNBC: Probe Of FBI Abuses 'Heroin In Veins of Fox News Viewers'

On Katie Phang's MSNBC show, ex-Republican congressman turned MSNBC analyst David Jolly says that House investigations into abuses by the FBI and CIA will be "heroin in the veins of Fox News viewers."

Mark Finkelstein
January 7th, 2023 5:07 PM

The Media and the Speaker Fight

So the media template of the GOP Speakers fight is - shocking I know - the same old, same old.

Jeffrey Lord
January 7th, 2023 4:00 PM

Hollywood Reporter Runs Cover for Woke Disney

The Hollywood press does more than cover the entertainment industry.

Christian Toto
January 7th, 2023 1:30 PM

MSNBC Already Hyping Future Speaker Jeffries

Kevin McCarthy hadn’t even been Speaker for eight hours when MSNBC’s Ali Velshi welcomed Washington Post national politics reporter Eugene Scott onto his Saturday show eagerly anticipate his replacement by new minority leader and noted election denier Hakeem Jeffries.

Alex Christy
January 7th, 2023 12:00 PM

CNN, MSNBC Accuse GOP Of Helping China Discredit Democracy

Before Kevin McCarthy finally clinched the Speakership early Saturday morning, the Friday night coverage on MSNBC and CNN declared that the drama only helped the Chinese government in its quest to discredit democracy and advance dictatorship.

Alex Christy
January 7th, 2023 10:35 AM

FLASHBACK: Lib Media Used ‘Bridgegate’ to Kneecap Hillary Foe

Reporters loved calling it ‘Bridgegate,’ summoning images of the grand Watergate scandal. But ‘Bridgegate’ is really a case study in how the liberal media thugs will use their clout to rough up politicians who might stand athwart their agenda.

Rich Noyes
January 7th, 2023 9:25 AM

NPR Attacks Rush Limbaugh and Salem Radio in Seven-Minute Hit Piece

On Friday's Morning Edition, co-host Steve Inskeep broadcast some unintentional hilarity when offering a seven-minute attack on conservative talk radio starring Katie Thornton, who has a liberal podcast series called "The Divided Dial." NPR's website summarized the segment as NPR "examines how right-wing radio spreads misinformation." The lodestar of this "misinformation"? The late…

Tim Graham
January 7th, 2023 8:35 AM

NewsBusters Podcast: Speaker Votes and Jonah Goldberg Fart Jokes

After all the House speaker votes amid January 6 drama, CNN pundit Jonah Goldberg slammed conservatives voting against Kevin McCarthy as a RINO loser is a "fantasy" that "these guys are getting high on their own farts in the Fox green room."  Goldberg went on to insult NewsBusters, so we evaluate it all.

Tim Graham
January 6th, 2023 10:34 PM

Macho Joe: I'd Die Before Negotiating Like 'Snowflake' McCarthy

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says he'd die before negotiating with the conservative holdouts like "snowflake" Kevin McCarthy is doing.

Mark Finkelstein
January 6th, 2023 10:01 PM

Politico Blames Trump for Failure to Call Out National Guard on J6

Politico senior editor Michael Schaffer blames the lack of National Guard protection of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 on Donald Trump despite his offer of 10,000 troops for that purpose.

P.J. Gladnick
January 6th, 2023 6:10 PM