PBS Plays Dumb on Why Power-Mad Trump Is Punishing Columbia University
Bias by omission on the PBS weekly news roundtable Washington Week with The Atlantic, as the panel of journalists played dumb about why Trump would cancel federal grant money from Columbia University, describing it as a typical Trumpian power grab. Never mind months of anti-Semitic campouts last year and the harassment of Jewish students and the chanting of homicidal slogans in the…
MSNBC's Jong-Fast Claims 'Strong Mainstream Nonpartisan' Media Is GONE
One of the weirdest things that leftists can say in the second Trump term is that there's not an opposition media to Trump. On Saturday's The Weekend on MSNBC -- which is peak opposition media to Trump -- Molly Jong-Fast dropped this flop-bomb: “There is not the same strong mainstream non-partisan media there was in 2016."
FLASHBACK: Nets Praised Faltering Biden’s ‘Feisty,’ ‘Fiery’ 2024 SOTU
The liberal media had a predictably sour reaction to President Trump’s speech to Congress. Yet one year ago, these same networks used Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union speech to dishonestly proclaim the obviously faltering 81-year-old was brimming with energy and ready for a second term.
NY Times Editor Ousted by Lefty Purge Recounts Lurch To ‘Illiberalism'
Journalist James Bennet, formerly the Editorial Page editor of the New York Times before being fired amid a left-wing staff revolt in 2020, gave a talk for The Point, a Chicago-based scholarly magazine, titled “Is There a Mainstream Media?” Bennet, who is no conservative, discussed the intolerant illiberalism that has infected his old paper in recent years and that forced him…
Appeals Court Forces Seattle Church To Subsidize Abortions
Cedar Park Assembly of God in Washington is fighting a state law mandating that their employee health plans cover abortions, which conflicts with their religious beliefs. Despite support from 18 states, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against them, citing lack of "necessary standing" to challenge the law. Advocating for religious freedom, the church plans to appeal to a full court, with…
WHOA: NPR Interviews Gutfeld, Fights With Him Over 'Racist' Asian Joke
NPR typically hates everything about Fox News, so it was shocking when Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon interviewed Fox late-night host Greg Gutfeld. It's much more typical for NPR to toss roses at Stephen Colbert (in multiple softball interviews) when he's selling a cookbook (ka-ching).
The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Free Speech Under Trump
The New York Times can’t seem to make up its mind. Is free speech "killing us"? Or is Trump killing free speech?
MSNBC, Weingarten Claim Trump Admin Wants Students 'Ignorant'
One interesting development over the first month and a half of the Trump Administration has been the degree to which the media has deeply passionate opinions about the federal government’s bureaucratic org chart. On MSNBC’s Saturday edition of The Katie Phang Show, the eponymous host welcomed AFT president Randi Weingarten to simultaneously claim the Department of Education does not…
Will the Real Jeff Bezos Please Stand Up?
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is taking a stand for free speech. Or is he?
Ex-CNN Peace Prize Winner: Ditching Fact-Checkers Is 'Kleptocracy'
Former CNN reporter Maria Ressa won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression.” However, as the heads of the social media platforms move past their relationship with fact-checking companies and towards greater freedom of speech, she warned Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show podcast host Jon Stewart that America is sliding towards “kleptocracy.”
Capehart Laments Lack Of 'Nuanced' Discussion On Men In Women's Sports
Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart lamented to PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett on Friday that Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s podcast appearance with conservative Charlie Kirk, where he dissented from the party line, continued the nation’s alleged inability to have “nuanced and thoughtful” conversations about transgender people participating in women’s sports.
CNN On Cuomo Comeback: 'Can You Be Masculine And A Decent Person?'
On CNN This Morning, in a segment on Andrew Cuomo's comeback, journalist Margaret Talev said: "The question is, can you be masculine and embrace your masculinity and also be a decent person at the same time?" The panel floated the notion that the Democrats' problem is a lack of "manly men" candidates, and that Cuomo is filling that lane.
MSNBC Admits Border Crossings Down, But Denies There Was a Crisis
On The Sunday Show, MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart admitted that illegal border crossings are now at a record low, but seemed to do so only so he could scoff at President Donald Trump for wanting to send more troops to the border.
NewsBusters Podcast: The Leftist Media Enforcers of Ideological Purity
Reporters like Oliver Darcy and David Folkenflik serve as sounding boards for the radical-left staffers inside liberal media outlets who are furious whenever owners or executives threaten to move any outlet toward the center, or make any move that seems to please President Trump. Vicious bias is equated with freedom of speech.