Spotify, Substack Stand Up for Free Speech, Joe Rogan

Who knew rocker Neil Young was into censorship? The one-time rock and roll guy of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, - he of such legendary hits as “Rockin’ in the Free World” - was typical of 60’s and 70’s rock and roll types, supposedly free and easy. He had no problem with drugs, advertising his use in memoirs. Now pretending there’s no problem with drug use would be…

Jeffrey Lord
January 29th, 2022 4:04 PM

Hysterical NYTimes Frets Over Country Star Morgan Wallen, Bigoted Fans

The country has largely forgiven country star Morgan Wallen for uttering a racial slur after a night out in Nashville last year. But The New York Times won’t let it go. In last Sunday’s “The Morgan Wallen Conundrum,” music critic Jon Caramanica spent a staggering 2,400 words condemning Wallen for the one offensive word. Even worse: At a Wallen concert, "there were no tables…

Clay Waters
January 29th, 2022 3:37 PM

Hollywood Journalists Protect Liberal Stars from Themselves

Leonardo DiCaprio, Alec Baldwin get off easy while reporters look the other way. This just in: The earth has nine years left before Climate Change’s impact is irreversible. So says Leonardo DiCaprio in a new Deadline interview. It’s clear to most casual observers that DiCaprio doesn’t practice what he preaches. So how many journalists have asked some tough but fair questions of DiCaprio on the…

Christian Toto
January 29th, 2022 1:30 PM

FLASHBACK: Last Court Vacancy, Media Melted Down Over ‘Catastrophe’

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retired on Wednesday, prompting absurd responses from journalists such as Andrea Mitchell. She bizarrely described Breyer as “conservative or moderate

Scott Whitlock
January 29th, 2022 12:15 PM

USA TODAY 'Fact Checker' Rushes to Defend NYC, DC Requiring Papers

In Washington, DC today, you need proof of vaccine AND your ID for admission to most indoor venues. But Bob Daley, an Edgewater, Maryland Facebook user with 427 followers, was flagged by "fact checker" Daniel Funke of USA Today for "missing context" with a meme that read "When you need to show papers to eat in a restaurant, but not to vote, something is wrong."

Tim Graham
January 29th, 2022 10:46 AM

Twitter Claims That It No Longer Censors Election ‘Lies’

Twitter claims it stopped taking action against “lies” about the 2020 election.


 

Autumn Johnson
January 29th, 2022 9:46 AM

NewsBusters Podcast: Barry Manilow 'Bans' and 'Virtue Bombs'

On Friday, we were flustered by the rumor that Seventies pop star Barry Manilow sided with Neil Young in pulling his songs from Spotify over Joe Rogan. The rumor was untrue. But this kind of controversy lines up with our interview with Christian Toto about his new book on politically correct entertainment, Virtue Bombs: How Hollywood Got Woke and Lost Its Soul.

Tim Graham
January 28th, 2022 11:14 PM

ABC Hides Widow of Slain NYPD Officer Blasting Weak-on-Crime DA

In an emotional message during her husband’s funeral at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Friday, Dominique Luzuriaga, the widow of slain 22-year-old NYPD Detective Jason Rivera, blasted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for his weak-on-crime policies getting her husband killed. But despite how powerful a moment it was, ABC’s World News Tonight completely omitted her scathing rebuke of…

Nicholas Fondacaro
January 28th, 2022 8:18 PM

Of Course: MSNBC Leftist Legal Analyst on Biden’s SCOTUS Short List

On Friday, MSNBC eagerly touted how one of its own, left-wing legal analyst and NYU Law Professor Melissa Murray, was reportedly on President Biden’s short list for the Supreme Court. Interviewing Murray on his 11:00 a.m. ET hour show, anchor Craig Melvin tried to pump her for any information about being contacted by the White House.

Kyle Drennen
January 28th, 2022 5:30 PM

Substack Stands Strong Against Left’s Anti-Free Speech Pressure

The leaders of media platform Substack responded to leftist censorship pressure with a strong defense of free speech. “I wouldn’t want someone to pick out my clothes for me, much less my ideas,” Substack executive Lulu Cheng Meservey said.

Catherine Salgado
January 28th, 2022 5:30 PM

PolitiFact Bungles 'Mostly False' Claim on CRT, Refuses to Budge

On January 24, PolitiFact wrote a “fact check” throwing a “Mostly False” rating at Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears for an TV interview with Fox News on Martin Luther King Day claiming the school system in Loudoun County, Virginia spent $300,000 on critical race theory. When faced with the facts, PolitiFact wouldn't budget. She was still "Mostly False." No, they were. 

Tim Graham
January 28th, 2022 5:28 PM

Clark Ca-Ca: Cooper Kupp Is Underrated Because He's White

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp has had a season for the ages in 2021. He led the league in receiving yards (1,947), receptions (145), and touchdowns (16), becoming just the fourth receiver in NFL history to lead the league in all those categories in the same year.

John Simmons
January 28th, 2022 3:26 PM
Kim Foxx (left), George Soros (center) and Larry Krasner (right)

Soros Dark Money Helps Fund 23 Leftist DAs to the Tune of $29M

Soros money is like air — it’s everywhere, even if you don’t see it. A shocking report from the Capital Research Center uncovered at least “29 million in funding” that helped elect 23 leftist district attorneys across the country.

Jeffrey Clark
January 28th, 2022 2:50 PM

'Life's a Mitch,' Acosta Whines About 'Hard-Right' Supreme Court

While hosting the scary sounding Democracy in Peril on CNN on Thursday, Jim Acosta blasted the "hard-right" Supreme Court for possibly overturning Roe v. Wade, which would increase democracy in the country, lamented that Democrats won't get rid of the filibuster in response to this, and decried their "life's a Mitch" attitude towards the situation.

Alex Christy
January 28th, 2022 2:42 PM