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PEOPLE Loads 5 Pages on Afghanistan, With One Lame, Vague Biden Quote
The cover of the September 6 issue of People magazine is all about actor Val Kilmer and his “harrowing cancer battle.” But there in the table of contents was this surprise on page 50: “Crisis in Afghanistan: Veterans and refugees reflect on the end of America’s longest war.” This was amazing: in five pages of text and pictures, Biden only shows up in one pull quote: "The scenes...they…

CBS Moves on from Afghan Debacle, ABC Forgets Americans Left Behind
Unbelievably, the CBS Evening News thought the day after President Biden’s arbitrary deadline to get Americans out of Afghanistan was the perfect time to drop the subject completely. There was absolutely no mention of Afghanistan on their Wednesday newscast but they found the time to dedicate over two minutes (2:05) to bashing and decrying Texas’s new pro-life law. And while they…

America’s Slow Suicide
Greek mythology tells the tale of Erysichthon, the powerful King of Thessaly. The story goes that Erysichthon, seeking wood, ordered the trees in a sacred grove to be cut. When his workers refused, fearing divine retribution, he did it himself; for this he was cursed. The curse placed upon Erysichthon was simple: unending hunger. In the end, Erysichthon ended up selling his daughter into…

NewsBusters Podcast: Media Hang Tough on Afghanistan, But Can It Last?
With a torrent of news to discuss about the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, weekday evening/Sunday morning analyst Nick “Night Train” Fondacaro and I had plenty to talk about on Wednesday’s episode of the NewsBusters podcast. We first dove into litany of liberal journalists that have provided admirable and stinging coverage holding the Biden administration to account on…

CNN: Texas Abortion Ban Mainly 'Affects Low-Income Women' (Not Babies)
Ignoring the babies whose lives would be saved, CNN's Kaitlin Collins, commenting on the Texas law that bans most abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, says, "obviously, who it would predominantly affect are low-income women."

McCarthy WARNS: Dems Ask Big Tech to ‘Violate’ Law to Spy on Data
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) warned that "a Republican majority will not forget" Big Tech and telecommunication companies that “violate federal law” and surrender the information of private citizens in response to Democrat pressure.
No Bangs for Bucks: San Fran Paying Criminals to Not Shoot Others
It’s another great idea from San Francisco, the city that brought you Needles from Heaven and the All-You-Can-Loot Walgreens.

CensorTrack With TR: Big Tech SILENCES Congressman, Mourning Mother
It’s Week One of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week, we talked about Shana Chappell whose heroic son was killed in Afghanistan on August 26th. Her heartfelt lament on Instagram regarding her son’s death granted her a disabled account. We also discussed Congressman Thomas Massie R-KY who posted what Twitter called a “misleading” tweet regarding vaccine vs natural COVID-…
Gay Player Makes Raiders Roster, Media Thrilled
The most strident LGBT voices in sports are crowing about Carl Nassib becoming the first openly, active out football player in NFL history. At the same time, SB Nation Outsports is griping and moaning that – yet again – there will be no out men’s tennis players competing in the U.S. Open.

Nets Fret Over ‘One of the Strictest Bans on Abortion’ in Texas
On Wednesday, the network morning shows sounded the alarm over Texas implementing new abortion regulations, fearing the new “controversial law” represented “one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans ever.” Hosts and reporters were particularly despondent that the Supreme Court had not intervened to block the pro-life measure.

Commies Have It Right? CBS, NBC Cheer China’s Video Game Crackdown
Using the brutal force of a communist dictatorship is, apparently, a pretty easy way to get things accomplished. It’s also something that CBS This Morning journalist Tony Dokoupil appears to be okay with. On Wednesday, the co-host cheered a new decree by communist China that bans minors under 18 from playing video games, except on weekends

BOMBSHELL: Ex-Deputy SECDEF Claims Drone Told To STAND DOWN in Kabul
UPDATE: Jennifer Griffin of Fox News reports that the official spokesperson for the Department of Defense denies this incident ever happened. We will continue to monitor this story.
Univision aired a bombshell allegation in the midst of its coverage of the United States' disastrous…

Poll: Conservative Trust In Liberal Media 'Cratered' in the Trump Era
Sara Fischer at Axios reports a new study by the Pew Research Center found "Conservative trust in media has cratered.…

'WE WILL HONOR HIM': Telemundo Anchor Mourns Fallen Marine
While the horrors of the past two weeks in Afghanistan unfolded, the media coverage of America's catastrophic withdrawal from Kabul took a toll not only on their viewers, but also on those reporting the stories- as was the case with Telemundo anchor Aranxta Loizaga.