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CNN Fails To Press Radical NY DA On His Worst Soft-on-Crime Plans

For the second day in a row, CNN's New Day let the newly-elected far-left Manhattan DA off the hook regarding his most radical soft-on-crime policies. We blogged Thursday about the show's segment on Alvin Bragg's policies. On Friday morning, co-host John Berman actually interviewed Bragg. And both times, the show focused on Bragg's relatively less controversial policies, while burying…

Mark Finkelstein
January 8th, 2022 9:15 AM

Carpetbagging NYT Columnist DENIED Run for Governor in Oregon

Too bad, so sad -- Oregon election officials announced in the middle of January 6 commemorations that former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof was ineligible to run for governor of Oregon (as a Democrat) because he doesn't meet the three-year requirement for residency.

Tim Graham
January 8th, 2022 7:39 AM

NewsBusters Podcast: You Can't Turn 1/6 Into 9/11, But They'll Try

As the liberal media devoted many hours to commemorating the 1/6 riot, it was considered horrible to "minimize" it, but it's apparently never objectionable to exaggerate it beyond belief -- an event where five died doesn't match the terrorist murder of 3,000 on 9/11.

Tim Graham
January 7th, 2022 10:31 PM

Nets Hide Liberal Justice Sotomayor Spreading COVID Misinformation

On Friday, the liberal broadcast networks and Spanish-language networks (Telemundo & Univision) weren’t interested in showing just how ignorant a liberal Supreme Court justice was when discussing COVID-19. During the Supreme Court’s oral arguments about the vaccine mandates, liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor made multiple hyperbolic and false statements suggesting Omicron was as deadly as…

Nicholas Fondacaro
January 7th, 2022 8:46 PM

Mitchell Attacks Conservative Justices For 'Fox News Internet Garbage'

During her Friday show on MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell recapped the day's Supreme Court session where President Biden's various COVID vaccine mandates were argued. According to Mitchell, conservative justices spread "Fox News internet garbage," but not only did she ignore misinformation from liberal justices, she did not provide a single example of such misinformation.

Alex Christy
January 7th, 2022 7:26 PM

Fox Bests CNN, MSNBC on January 6 Anniversary (And It Wasn't Close)

CNN and MSNBC spent over 1,600 minutes Thursday obsessing over the first anniversary of the January 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol, but it failed to translate into any success in the ratings department. Thanks to early numbers from Nielsen Media Research, the Fox News Channel cruised to an easy victory in both total viewers with 1.6 million and 245,000 in the 25-54 demographic.

Curtis Houck
January 7th, 2022 6:24 PM

CNN, MSNBC Spend Over 1,600 Minutes Flaunting January 6 Anniversary

It was bound to be a nauseating day for anyone who turned on CNN or MSNBC Thursday during their voluminous coverage for the first anniversary of the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and, according to a NewsBusters tallying of their live programming (20 hours on CNN and 19 hours on MSNBC), they didn’t disappoint. All told, the two far-left channels spent 1,653 minutes marking the occasion and…

Curtis Houck
January 7th, 2022 4:47 PM

CNN Desperately Tries to Spin ‘Dismal’ December Jobs Report

CNN just can’t catch a break in its crusade to spin President Joe Biden’s atrocious economy in a way that benefits his image.

Joseph Vazquez
January 7th, 2022 4:35 PM

Reuters FIRED Chief Data Scientist for Internal Memo on Pro-BLM Bias

As the ideological crusade for “diversity equity and inclusion” makes its way through American corporations, it is most dramatically obvious in media companies. At City Journal, Christopher Rufo reported on Reuters and its former chief data scientist Isaac (or Zac) Kriegman under the headline “The Price of Dissent.”

Tim Graham
January 7th, 2022 4:32 PM

Accountability Group Prez Says Big Tech ‘Threat’ to Conservatives

As Congress proposes more tech-regulating bills, the head of the Internet Accountability Project said Big Tech platforms’ “unchallenged growth is a threat to the conservative movement.”

Catherine Salgado
January 7th, 2022 4:26 PM

NBC’s Beschloss on Midterms: ‘Our Democracy Is In Jeopardy This Year’

On Friday, NBC News presidential “historian” Michael Beschloss commented on more current events as he wailed that Republican voting reforms and likely GOP wins in the midterms meant that “our democracy is in jeopardy this year.” Talking to anchor Andrea Mitchell in the 12:00 p.m. ET hour on MSNBC, Beschloss hyperventilated that “we will not have a democracy, possibly, for our lifetimes.”

Kyle Drennen
January 7th, 2022 4:04 PM

NBC Out Celebrates LGBT Victory Over Catholic High School

The Benedictines founded Benet Academy, but it sure sounds like the Jesuits got in there somehow. 

Matt Philbin
January 7th, 2022 3:38 PM

FREE SPEECH! Trump Truth Social Platform to Launch on Presidents Day

Former President Donald Trump’s Big Tech alternative platform Truth Social will reportedly go online on Presidents Day in February.

Alexander Hall
January 7th, 2022 2:36 PM

Harry Reid, Death of a ‘Statesman?’ Cue the Laughter

Former Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just died. New Hampshire Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's website said: “Harry Reid was a statesman.” Rep. Joe Morelle, D-N.Y., tweeted: “America has lost a true statesman with the passing of Harry Reid.” Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., tweeted: “Saddened to learn of the passing of Harry Reid -- a statesman, a gentleman and a Democratic institution.” “…

Larry Elder
January 7th, 2022 2:31 PM