'F*** The Norms' Vs. 'Crimes': Comedians Struggle With Hunter Pardon

The men of late night comedy struggled on their Monday shows to reconcile their support for President Joe Biden and his decision to pardon his son, Hunter. Some hosts decided to make the story about Republicans, while others made more “Biden is old” quips, while others welcomed the news, but hoped Democrats would apply the logic behind it to ordinary people too.

Alex Christy
December 3rd, 2024 10:15 AM

CBS Turns to Ex-LBJ Aide/Historian to Spin the Hunter Biden Pardon

On Monday’s CBS Mornings Plus, they brought out former Lyndon Johnson assistant Doris Kearns Goodwin to assess Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter. The 81-year-old Democrat was promoted as a nonpartisan expert, as a “Pulitzer Prize-winning historian” with six best-sellers. They oddly compared the Hunter pardon to Gerald Ford pardoning President Nixon and Abraham Lincoln pardoning…

Tim Graham
December 3rd, 2024 9:34 AM

REGIME MEDIA: Network Newscasts Carry Biden’s Water on Hunter Pardon

President Joe Biden’s sudden and unexpected (by some) issuance of a broad pardon to his son Hunter continues to ripple throughout the political world. The Regime Media that so faithfully served Biden are now dutifully carrying his water in an attempt to dilute the legacy fallout that Biden will invariably suffer as a result.

Jorge Bonilla
December 3rd, 2024 1:51 AM

NewsBusters Podcast: Don't Say Joe Biden Lied About Pardoning His Kid!

After months of Biden and his press aides denying the president would pardon his son Hunter, when he went back on his word, the media didn’t want to say he “lied.” It was an “about face” or “a reversal from promises he made during the campaign.” They played up the “very close” family ties and proclaimed it a “poignant” moment. Managing editor Curtis Houck talks about what he found on CNN.

Tim Graham
December 2nd, 2024 10:40 PM

OUCH: CNN Conservatives Go Scorched Earth on Hunter Biden Pardon

On Monday, Scott Jennings, Shermichael Singleton, and Brad Todd — three of the four actual, bona fide conservative commentators on CNN’s payroll — took to the airwaves to react to President Joe Biden’s blanket pardon of son Hunter for any and all crimes committed in the last 10 years and, in addition to standing their ground, went postal on this “trash” “facade” created by a bunch of “liars…

Curtis Houck
December 2nd, 2024 5:58 PM

COVID-19 Censorship Target Dr. Bhattacharya Named as NIH Director

Trump named Stanford epidemiologist and staunch free speech advocate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead a major branch of the Department of Health and Human Services. 

Catherine Salgado
December 2nd, 2024 5:51 PM

Politico Upset Biden Pardon Will Hurt Opposition to Trump Appointments

Politico's head of news, Alexander Burns, is frustrated with Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter, not due to ethical concerns but because it complicates criticism of Donald Trump's controversial appointments. Burns argues that Biden's action undermines the justice system, giving leverage to Trump's allies. This pardon, according to Burns, is seen as a self-serving move that weakens opposition…

P.J. Gladnick
December 2nd, 2024 5:03 PM

PhD Thesis Calls Sense of Smell 'Racist'

Something smells like bullsh*t!

Justine Brooke Murray
December 2nd, 2024 4:50 PM

ABC Defends Joe Biden Pardoning ‘Only Living Son’ Hunter to Stop Trump

Unsurprisingly, ABC’s Good Morning America stood out among the broadcast networks on Monday as the most pro-Biden family in covering President Joe Biden’s blanket pardon of son Hunter, arguing the act to save “his only living son” was done to save him from a politicized Trump Justice Department and put to rest claims of Biden family “corruption” that were hurled “without evidence.”…

Curtis Houck
December 2nd, 2024 4:36 PM

‘Great Gift, the Gift of Freedom’: The View Cheers Hunter Biden Pardon

Christmas came early over the weekend for the Cackling Coven of ABC’s The View. They got their wish that President Biden pardon his son for his tax and gun crimes. On Monday’s show, fake Republican Ana Navarro boasted about lobbying Biden for this outcome and called it the greatest gift of all “the gift of freedom,” meanwhile moderator Whoopi Goldberg was lashing out and raging at…

Nicholas Fondacaro
December 2nd, 2024 2:40 PM

NPR/NYT: 'Disillusioned' by Trump, 'Black Women Are Deciding to Rest'

Wokeness may be heading for a long winters’ nap, if recent New York Times and National Public Radio stories are to be believed, regarding how liberal black women are dealing with Donald Trump’s re-election (in summary: not well, especially if they work in the electorally and intellectually discredited field of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion -- DEI for short). The November…

Clay Waters
December 2nd, 2024 2:14 PM

CNN Celebrates Joe Biden’s ‘Monumental,’ ‘Poignant’ Pardon of Hunter

With less than 30 minutes of air time Sunday night before bailing out for taped programming (while Fox News and MSNBC continued on for hours), CNN was ebullient Sunday night over President Joe Biden’s pardoning of son Hunter and called it a “poignant” and “monumental moment” to serve as the “culmination” of his entire presidency to save his “only surviving son” amid a life of “cruel” “…

Curtis Houck
December 2nd, 2024 11:27 AM

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Registration is now open for the Media Research Center’s 2025 Norwegian Cruise. The seven-day voyage on Holland America’s newest cruise ship, the award-winning ms Rotterdam, will depart from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on Saturday, August 30, 2025 and end a week later on September 6 when the ship docks in one of the most stunning cities in the world, Amsterdam.

Craig Bannister
December 2nd, 2024 11:00 AM
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Shameless Scarborough Buries Biden Pardon 52 Minutes Deep

The incontrovertible top story of the day is Joe Biden's pardoning of his son Hunter, and the president having repeatedly lied in promising not to do so. But Joe Scarborough doesn't describe the pardon as even one of the day's two top stories.  Instead, he buries it 51 minutes into Morning Joe. And even when the show finally gets around to the subject, the gutless Scarborough doesn't express…

Mark Finkelstein
December 2nd, 2024 9:48 AM