Mitchell Forgets to Ask Warren About Radical Economic Plan

During a softball interview with Democratic Senator and potential 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday, MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell avoided asking a single question about the left-wing lawmaker’s radical proposal to impose stringent government regulations on any business with over one billion dollars in revenue. 
Kyle Drennen
August 21st, 2018 4:14 PM

Facebook Is Ranking Users’ Trustworthiness Without Telling Them

Facebook has reportedly been ranking users on their “trustworthiness” by giving them a score between zero and one, according to a report in The Washington Post.
Ashley Rae Goldenberg
August 21st, 2018 3:28 PM

Actor Michael Shannon: Trump Just Thinks About P***y and Cheeseburgers

Michael Shannon: He’s a great actor, but, right now, he’s behaving like an unhinged lefty maniac. In a recent interview with Playboy, the Waco actor gave his two cents on the Trump administration in such an overzealous manner that it left many fans wondering whether he was in the terminal stages of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Gabriel Hays
August 21st, 2018 2:59 PM

Lemon Denies Media Bias Against ICE, Blocks Guest From Giving Examples

CNN is only the “facts first” network when those “facts” don’t disrupt their liberal narrative. The network proved that yet again on last night’s CNN Tonight when host Don Lemon shot down a Trump campaign adviser after he accused the media of reporting negatively about ICE agents.
Kristine Marsh
August 21st, 2018 2:33 PM

Bozell to Social Media: ‘Just Embrace the First Amendment’

Media Research Center President Brent Bozell appeared on FBN’s Varney and Co., Tuesday, to decry the attempts from social media giants to quash free speech. Asked for the solution to all this, Bozell offered four suggestions to Twitter and Facebook: “First clarity. What do they mean by hate speech? That's the center of all this.” 
NB Staff
August 21st, 2018 11:56 AM

Cardi B’s Pro-Life VMA Message: ‘I Had a Baby’ and 'I'm Still Winning'

Rapper Cardi B may or may not be pro-life, but she just used an major music awards ceremony to send a pro-life message. Cardi B won awards for “Best New Artist,” “Best Collaboration,” and “Song of the Summer” at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Aug. 20. In her remarks, she told critics that working women can pursue their careers and still have a baby.
Katie Yoder
August 21st, 2018 11:50 AM

Nets Skeptical That Illegal Immigrant Really Does Have Murder Warrant

As previously documented by NewsBusters, ABC, CNN and CBS spent time over the weekend fretting over an illegal immigrant from Mexico who was arrested at a California gas station while driving his pregnant wife to the hospital. After it was revealed that he was suspected of committing a murder in Mexico, ABC and CBS both highlighted skepticism about whether the arrested man, Joel Arrona-Lara,…
Brad Wilmouth
August 21st, 2018 11:43 AM

NBC Frets Kavanaugh Wanted to Ask Clinton Tough Scandal Questions

On Tuesday, NBC’s Today show devoted a full report to hand wringing over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, while serving as one of Independent Counsel Ken Starr’s lead investigators in the 1990s, wanting to ask then-President Bill Clinton accurate, detailed questions about the Monica Lewinsky scandal. The supposed “journalists” were aghast at the prospect of Clinton being held accountable.
Kyle Drennen
August 21st, 2018 11:30 AM

Deadspin Roasts 'Lapdog' ESPN for Sticking to Sports

Deadspin is a blog that loves to roast ESPN for its many shortcomings. Reporter Laura Wagner criticized The Worldwide Leader in (Liberal) Sports, led by its new president Jimmy Pitaro, for sticking to sports and rolling over like a lapdog to please its NFL Monday Night Football master. Her insults follow remarks by ESPN's new president, Jimmy Pitaro, that were reported in a recent story published…
Jay Maxson
August 21st, 2018 10:00 AM

Scandal-Ridden Brian Ross Joins Online Law & Crime Network

Brian Ross, the disgraced former investigative correspondent for ABC News and NBC News, is joining the Law & Crime online channel -- a “sister entity” to the Mediaite website -- as chief investigative reporter and on-air anchor, as well as host of his own weekly show. When Ross makes the transition in September, he will be joined by Rhonda Schwartz, former chief of investigative projects at…
Randy Hall
August 21st, 2018 9:12 AM

TV News: Obsessed by Russia, But No Time for Mueller’s Controversies

By far, the biggest news story of the Trump presidency has been the Russia investigation. As of August 15, the three broadcast network evening newscasts have devoted a combined 1,854 minutes to the probe, or nearly one-fifth (19.6%) of all of their Trump news. Yet virtually none of that airtime (just 62 minutes, or 3.3%) has been spent scrutinizing Robert Mueller’s investigation — a big shift…
Rich Noyes
August 21st, 2018 8:55 AM

MSNBC Hints ICE Not Be 'Honored' Until Illegal Families Reunited

On Sunday's MSNBC Live, fill-in host Gigi Stone Woods seemed to suggest that President Donald Trump should not hold a ceremony to honor ICE agents until after illegal immigrant children have been returned to their parents, and declared that children are being used as "political pawns."

Brad Wilmouth
August 21st, 2018 5:34 AM

Unhinged MTV: 'F*ck the Wall' 'In Your Face, Trump!' 'Suck It!'

Actor Kevin Hart co-presented at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) and wasted no time taking a shot at President Trump at the opening - “It’s game day. But don’t worry, at this game, you guys are allowed to kneel. Do whatever the hell you want. I don’t see any old white men anywhere.” He must have missed seeing the members of Aerosmith, including lead singer Steven Tyler!
Karen Townsend
August 20th, 2018 11:56 PM

Media Silent as South Africa Seizes Land from White Farmers

The South African government has begun seizing land from white farmers, following an August 1 ruling which amended that nation’s constitution to legalize the practice. Despite the disturbing ramifications of this human rights abuse at the hands of a foreign government, both cable and network news have remained stubbornly silent on the issue. 
Bill D'Agostino
August 20th, 2018 9:41 PM