Maddow 2016 vs. Maddow 2020: Journalism Is Doomed! No, It’s Saved!

What a difference four years makes. Far-left MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in 2016 saw journalism as doomed, saying it would “crumble” under the threat of Donald Trump. Four years later, a more upbeat (but no less partisan) host reversed herself. Journalism is saved! On December 21, 2016, Maddow appeared on The Dan LeBatard Show where she fretted for the future of journalism under the looming…

Scott Whitlock
December 26th, 2020 1:27 PM

Dave Portnoy’s ‘Barstool Fund’ Raises Over $6.6M for Small Businesses

Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy exemplified the Christmas spirit by raising millions of dollars to help small businesses suffering under state-imposed lockdowns.

Joseph Vazquez
December 26th, 2020 11:34 AM

TOO LATE: CNN Shows Video of Drug Smugglers Hiking Across Border

Now that the election is over and informing Americans about the case for building a border wall can no longer benefit Republicans, CNN's New Day aired a report on Thursday that was unusually balanced for CNN in which highlighted an area where a border wall is desperately needed to stop drug smugglers.

Brad Wilmouth
December 26th, 2020 10:35 AM

WORST OF 2020: Craziest Celebrity Freak-Outs of the Year

This week, NewsBusters is recounting the most obnoxious liberal bias of the year. Today, we look at some of the most outrageous celebrity quotes of 2020.

Geoffrey Dickens
December 26th, 2020 9:05 AM

WashPost Warmly Welcomes Missouri's BLM Radical to 'The Squad'

On Wednesday, the splashy profile on the front of the Washington Post "Style" section was a sugary profile of the latest socialist radical to win a seat in the House of Representatives, Cori Bush of Missouri. She was a Black Lives Matter leader in Ferguson, but there's no troubling mention of rioting that destroyed businesses. Just feeling the pain of Cori getting her bullhorn stolen…

Tim Graham
December 26th, 2020 7:12 AM

CNN, MSNBC Let Cuomo Slam Trump Admin, Skip Over Sex Harassment

On Monday afternoon, as New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo made appearances on both MSNBC and CNN to promote his call for restrictions on air travel to and from the United Kingdom. Neither network did much to push back against his claims, or to press him on any other of his personal scandals. They also did little to correct misinformation or to point out his sudden flip flop in being…

Brad Wilmouth
December 26th, 2020 6:30 AM

MSNBC: Nothing More American Than A Gaudy 'Party That Kills People'

New York Magazine writer Sarah Jones joined Andrea Mitchell Reports guest host Chris Jansing and MSNBC medical contributor Dr. Lipi Roy on Tuesday to discuss weddings and other large social gatherings in the age of COVID. According to MSNBC, nothing symbolizes America more than large parties that kill people, even in non-pandemic times.

Alex Christy
December 25th, 2020 8:43 PM
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CNN—Obama: 'Progress, Trump: 'Step Back', Kamala: 'Thrilling'

On CNN's "New Day," Abby Phillip, supposedly a "correspondent," described the election of Barack Obama as "progress" for America, whereas the election of Donald Trump was "a couple of steps back," with the "pendulum swinging" in the wrong direction. Phillip followed that bit of blatant liberal punditry by describing the prospective election of Kamala Harris as VP as "a thrilling moment."…

Mark Finkelstein
December 25th, 2020 5:48 PM
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2020 Replay: The 12 Months of Sports Media Bias

In the first month of 2020, Fox Sports gave to us its rejection of pro-life Super Bowl ads – while accepting drag queens, social justice warriors and gun control. The pro-life group Faces of Choice attempted to purchase advertising time, but never got a response from Fox. NBC reporter Liam Knox called the drag queen ad "barrier-breaking.”

Jay Maxson
December 25th, 2020 2:11 PM

WORST OF 2020: Silliest Analysis

All this week, NewsBusters is recounting the most obnoxious liberal bias of the year. Today, we look at the silliest analysis of 2020.  

Geoffrey Dickens
December 25th, 2020 9:10 AM

Column: COVID Curtails the Comfort and Joy of Christmas Music

Way back on November 13, Washington D.C. radio station WASH-FM flipped the switch to its annual 24/7 Christmas music rotation. That’s about two weeks before the rest of America. After the severely limited year of 2020, it’s understandable more people would haul out the holly and get in the spirit early, but many on social media cried “No Christmas music until after Thanksgiving.” Then imagine…

Tim Graham
December 25th, 2020 6:12 AM

CBS Frets Too Much E-MAILING Contributes to Global Warming

On Wednesday's CBS This Morning, correspondent Mark Phillips devoted a full report to fretting that all the e-mailing and computer usage, as well as other ways people consume energy at home, is actually counterracting the environmental "silver lining" that liberals have tried to take comfort in during the pandemic as fewer people drive to work.

Brad Wilmouth
December 25th, 2020 6:06 AM

MSNBC's Wallace Slams GOP 'Jerks' After Rubio, McConnell Get Vaccine

On Monday's Deadline: White House, MSNBC host and disgruntled ex-Republican Nicolle Wallace reacted to news that Republican Senators Marco Rubio, Mitch McConnell, and Lindsey Graham were among those who got the COVID-19 vaccine, suggesting they did not deserve it so soon because they have been "jerks" in reacting to the pandemic.

Brad Wilmouth
December 24th, 2020 11:23 PM

Boris-Hating NY Times Gloats Over UK Woes, Compares Brexit to COVID

The New York Times didn’t show much Christmas spirit when it likened the sudden stringent new Christmas-season corona restrictions put in place by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Brexit. The paper has always been hostile to both Brexit (the 2016 popular vote that called for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union) and conservative party leader Boris Johnson.…

Clay Waters
December 24th, 2020 2:30 PM