CNN Spent 56 Mins Touting ‘Exclusive’ Report of Fake Syrian Prisoner

Starting with Wednesday’s The Lead and continuing through Saturday night, CNN gave a massive 56 minutes (56:29) to repeated airings and subsequent fawnings over a supposed exclusive trip inside a Damascus, Syria prison by chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward that resulted in what they billed as the discovery and release of someone who insisted he had been stuck inside a…

Curtis Houck
December 17th, 2024 9:26 AM

‘HISTORIC’: CBS’s Norah O’Donnell Gushes Over Justice Theater Kid

Outgoing CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell is making the most of her remaining time at the Tiffany Network. Tonight’s final story stood as an ode to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and to her cameo performance in a Broadway play.

Jorge Bonilla
December 16th, 2024 11:21 PM

NewsBusters Podcast: ABC Will Pay Trump for Stephanopoulos Rape Smear

The Left was enraged that ABC News settled a defamation lawsuit with Donald Trump by agreeing to donate $15 million to a Trump “presidential foundation and museum” over George Stephanopoulos repeatedly claiming in a March interview that Trump was found “liable for rape.” That's not accurate. But cable "news" partisans shrieked about Trump's "authoritarian playbook." Like suing a media outlet…

Tim Graham
December 16th, 2024 10:32 PM

MSNBC Whines About Defamation Settlement,Fearmongers 'Chilling Effect'

MSNBC’s Sunday shows followed a characteristically redundant script while discussing the newly reached settlement in President-elect Trump’s defamation suit with ABC News. The hosts were evidently convinced that the case spelled disaster for the “free press” as the Republicans realized their malicious plans, straight from the “playbook in authoritarianism.”

Michael Wnek
December 16th, 2024 9:51 PM

CNN’s McCabe Demands ‘Context of Gun Ownership’ Change After Shooting

On Monday afternoon’s CNN News Central, former deputy FBI director, far-left CNN senior law enforcement analyst Andrew McCabe declared “the context of gun ownership” has to undergo substantial changes, regardless of whether it’s “relevant” to the circumstances of a shooting at Madison, Wisconsin Christian school.

Curtis Houck
December 16th, 2024 4:43 PM

Anti-Israel CBS Reporter Mourns for Destroyed Syrian Military Gear

With Bashar al-Assad ousted from Syria and the Syrian military in shambles, Israel took the opportunity to set back any possible hostile threat from any new government that could rise up to fill the void by striking air defense sites and weapon/equipment caches. But according to the tone of foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab on Monday’s CBS Mornings, Israel might as well be blowing up…

Nicholas Fondacaro
December 16th, 2024 4:42 PM

The Proliferation of Democrats’ Buts

Democrats are slowly, but surely, building a permission structure for progressive activists to kill those they determine are bad. From the rise of antisemitism to, now, the murder of an insurance CEO, few Democrats seem capable of condemning violence without adding a “but.” To their credit, Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania have condemned both without buts.…

Erick Erickson
December 16th, 2024 2:48 PM

Broadway's Feminist 'Romeo & Juliet' Features DEI SCOTUS Judge

Broadway is stirring controversy with its production "& Juliet," a feminist and queer re-imagining of "Romeo & Juliet," featuring Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in a cameo.

Justine Brooke Murray
December 16th, 2024 2:33 PM
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Morning Joe: 'Retrograde' Hegseth Would Take Military Back to Crusades

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says that Pete Hegseth's views on women in the military would take us back to the 11th century. Calling him a "retrograde throwback," MSNBC Republican Elise Jordan says his views would take us back to "the Crusades."

Mark Finkelstein
December 16th, 2024 12:05 PM

ABC, CBS Ignore Trump Winning $16 Million in Defamation Settlement

Over the weekend, news broke that President-elect Trump reached a settlement with ABC News and other linked entities in the defamation suit he brought against the network. As NewsBusters previously reported, the settlement went unmentioned during Stephanopoulos’s Sunday show, but further, it was not mentioned on any ABC News program through Monday’s Good Morning America. The…

Nicholas Fondacaro
December 16th, 2024 12:01 PM

Why Would CBS Sports Minimize Pro-Trump Crowd at the Army-Navy Game?

CBS Sports broadcast the Army-Navy game on Saturday, but as often happens, when Donald Trump attends and is warmly welcomed, you're not going to see it during the actual game. On Sunday's MediaBuzz on Fox, Clay Travis of Outkick lamented that CBS put Trump on for four seconds. 

Tim Graham
December 16th, 2024 11:58 AM

ICYMI: CNN Lectures Jennings, Defends Biden Record on Border, Economy

Thursday’s CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip — perhaps the most toxic show on television after ABC’s The View — beclowned itself with an opening block of host Abby Phillip, CNN political commentator Bakari Sellers, and the cartoonishly faux journalist Catherine Rampell of The Washington Post lectured former GOP Senate candidate Jeff Bartos and the great Scott Jennings with claims about…

Curtis Houck
December 16th, 2024 11:56 AM

The Devil’s Logic in the UnitedHealthCare Murder Suspect

This week, a deranged 26-year-old anti-capitalist allegedly shot to death the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, on the streets of New York. The alleged shooter carried a manifesto with him, decrying the nature of America’s health care system: “Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming.” The manifesto claimed that America spends more than any other country on health care, and yet “we…

Ben Shapiro
December 16th, 2024 9:53 AM

GOOD RIDDANCE: Jorge Ramos Signs Off (For Now)

Today, upon signing off of his eponymous weekly public affairs show, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos officially departed the broadcast airwaves. At least for now. And our political discourse, particularly within the Hispanic community, is vastly better off for it.

Jorge Bonilla
December 15th, 2024 7:15 PM