Shock: Joy Behar Thanks Trump for ‘View’ Ratings Bump

Joy Behar seems to be a little conflicted when it comes to the President. Talking about the Roseanne revival on Thursday’s The View, Behar dismissed Donald Trump as an “attention whore.” Yet, she also (shockingly) thanked Trump for boosting The View’s own ratings. 
Scott Whitlock
March 29th, 2018 1:30 PM

Nets Target Trump’s VA Pick, Fear He’s Not ‘Up to the Job’

After news broke Wednesday afternoon that President Trump would be replacing Veteran Affairs Secretary David Shulkin with White House Physician Ronny Jackson, Tuesday’s network morning shows proceeded to dismiss the Navy Rear Admiral as unqualified for the job. The coverage even seemed to criticize Jackson for accurately describing the President’s health during a press conference in January.
Kyle Drennen
March 29th, 2018 1:15 PM

Morning Joe Hosts Try to Bait Trump Into Tweeting About Stormy Daniels

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have long bemoaned President Trump’s frequent use of Twitter to opine on political matters. But on Thursday, the Morning Joe hosts seemed almost perturbed that the President had thus far refrained from tweeting about the Stormy Daniels scandal since her appearance on 60 Minutes.
Bill D'Agostino
March 29th, 2018 1:11 PM

CNN Complains About Trump's Choice of Dr. Ronny Jackson to Head the VA

On Thursday’s edition of New Day, the co-hosts and political panel expressed doubts about Dr. Ronny Jackson, President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
Ryan Foley
March 29th, 2018 1:08 PM

SJWs Awarded $89M From NFL to Reform Education, Prison System

How rich is this? The NFL just got fleeced for $89 million by a group of social justice warriors who want to use that money for -- can you believe this? -- prison reform and education reform. With their notorious arrest records and underwhelming academic achievement, these guys should not be allowed within a light-year of the justice and education systems!
Jay Maxson
March 29th, 2018 12:00 PM

Shapiro Aims to Be 'Leading Conservative Voice' on Syndicated Radio

Popular conservative intellectual Ben Shapiro is making the switch from podcast to conservative talk radio next month. A leading voice for the younger generation of conservatives, he hopes the transition will allow him to become a fixture for all conservative listeners.
Gabriel Hays
March 29th, 2018 11:10 AM

CNN's Cuomo Accuses Evangelicals of Hypocrisy

While interviewing former Senator Rick Santorum on Wednesday’s edition of New Day, co-host Chris Cuomo repeatedly accused evangelicals of hypocrisy for standing by President Trump in spite of the accusations of sexual misconduct and infidelity against him.
Ryan Foley
March 29th, 2018 10:38 AM

Soviet Agent, on FX’s The Americans, Calls Robert Bork a Nazi

A badge of honor for the late Robert Bork and his supporters? He drew the ire of an undercover Soviet KGB operative in an imaginary scene, set in early October 1987, on FX’s The Americans. At a dinner at a neighbor’s house, college student “Paige Jennings,” played by Holly Taylor, matched American Left hostility at the time toward President Reagan’s Supreme Court nominee: “He opposed anti-…
Brent Baker
March 29th, 2018 10:04 AM

'Facts First' CNN Touts David Hogg 'Schooling' Lawmakers on Twitter

CNN claims in its advertisements that it's all about "Facts First." So what would explain fan-girling CNN articles like this one?  "A brief history of how Parkland survivor David Hogg keeps schooling lawmakers on social media."
Tim Graham
March 29th, 2018 8:30 AM

Easter Top 8: Which Shows Are Worst to Christians?

Holy Week is upon us and Easter, the holiest day of the Christian year, is Sunday. NewsBusters readers won’t be surprised to hear that popular culture isn’t kind to Christians, but you may not have seen some of the worst examples to have polluted our television screens in the last year.
Amelia Hamilton and Alexa Moutevelis
March 29th, 2018 8:00 AM

‘Riverdale’ Random Twist: Evil Catholics Run Gay Conversion Therapy

It is not unusual for the plots of episodes of CW’s Riverdale to take a turn into darkness, but in the March 28 episode titled “Chapter Thirty: The Noose Tightens,” the random inclusion of evil Catholics practicing gay conversion therapy was unexpected.
Karen Townsend
March 29th, 2018 1:00 AM

CNN Smears Dr. Jackson as Just an Unqualified Trump Loyalist

On Wednesday night, CNN continued its unholy and fact-devoid crusade to tar and feather every one of President Trump’s new high-profile government hires as nothing more than a clueless Trump stooge off the street or a Fox News personality. This time, their unfortunate target was Navy Rear Admiral Dr. Ronny Jackson hours after the President nominated him to be the new Secretary of the Department…
Nicholas Fondacaro
March 29th, 2018 12:51 AM

Stormy's Lawyer Lied About Being Nonpolitical on '60 Minutes'

Perhaps the most surprising moment in Anderson Cooper's 26 minutes of Stormy Daniels reporting on Sunday's 60 Minutes was Cooper telling viewers that her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, had a Democratic background. Avenatti boasted that was very old news. Fact check: It's not. 
Tim Graham
March 28th, 2018 10:05 PM

Chicago Tribune Helps ACLU Deflect Blame For City's 2016 Murder Spike

On Monday, University of Utah Professors Paul G. Cassell and Richard Fowles published a study primarily blaming the 58 percent murder spike in the City of Chicago in 2016 — to 754 from 480 in 2015 — on a steep decline in police "stop and frisks." The 2016 "stop and frisk" decline occurred because of an agreement the City made with the American Civil Liberties Union designed, according to the…
Tom Blumer
March 28th, 2018 9:06 PM