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We’ve Survived 2021! Here’s the Most-Read NewsBusters Blogs From 2021

December 30th, 2021 5:07 PM

Continuing what’s become a staple of our year-end packages, NewsBusters used our Google Analytics to compile our ten most-read stories from 2021, which saw four writers from our News Analysis Division seeing stories crack the top ten along with one from MRC Culture and two from MRC’s Free Speech America.

John Cleese Ends BBC Interview Over ‘Dishonesty, Deception, Tone’

Culture
December 22nd, 2021 3:40 PM

John Cleese doesn’t suffer fools gladly, even when (or especially when) they’re self-important BBC presenters. The Monty Python founder and Fawlty Towers star recently agreed to an on-air interview with BBC World News to talk about upcoming shows he’s doing in Asia. But, as we learn from Bounding Into Comics, interviewer Karishma Vaswani was more interested in Cleese’s upcoming documentary on…

Facebook Parent Meta Reverses Ban of Rittenhouse Searches

December 1st, 2021 4:06 PM

Facebook has reversed its crackdown of searches related to Kyle Rittenhouse now that he has been found not guilty. During a national wave of riots in the summer of 2020, teenager Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people in Kenosha, Wis., in self-defense. Meta’s subsidiary platforms Facebook and Instagram ruthlessly impeded conservatives from sharing stories in favor of Rittenhouse or even being able…

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BBC's New Doctor Who Showrunner Flirted with 9/11 Trutherism

September 26th, 2021 6:03 PM

Over the weekend, it was announced that the BBC has selected liberal producer Russell T. Davies as showrunner for the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who which, in recent years, has delved into promoting a liberal agenda on issues like global warming, guns, and hostility to President Donald Trump.

NYT Laments Liberal BBC's 'War on Woke,' Lets Far-Left Host Cry Racism

April 6th, 2021 12:39 AM

The hall monitors at the New York Times, while eagerly trying to hound right-wing online platforms out of existence and bash conservative news outlets, remain fiercely defensive of the media's government-supported left flank -- the British Broadcasting Corporation -- even down to suggesting a snarky, Daily Show-type parody show was cancelled because of racism and a “war on…

BBC: Most of Our Employees Are Bigots Who Need ‘Bias Training’

Culture
February 26th, 2021 10:32 AM

The vast majority of BBC employees are horrible bigots in need of an intervention from trained Big Woke professionals. What else can one conclude about the BBC’s newly released Diversity and Inclusion Plan for the next two years?

Twitter Now Adding ‘Hacked Materials’ Warning Label to Tweets

February 24th, 2021 2:59 PM

Big Tech was once seen as a haven for whistleblowers and journalists. But Twitter has changed all that and has been using its tools to besmirch news outlets for reportedly exposing nefarious government activity.

Facebook, Australia Forge Agreement Following Aussie News Blackout

February 24th, 2021 12:33 PM

In retaliation to a proposed law in Australia that would require tech giants like Facebook and Google to pay for news content on their platforms, Facebook blocked all local and global news sites from Australia. Facebook’s Australian news blackout ended after five days when the two sides came to an agreement.

Appalling NYT Favors Press Restrictions for Murdoch-Led News in UK

February 17th, 2021 10:29 PM

New York Times’ London bureau chief Mark Landler’s obsessive hostility toward mogul Rupert Murdoch’s right-leaning media empire was on display Wednesday. His coverage of two fledgling right-of-center news outlets also documented the resulting panic of liberals like Landler: “Murdoch to Challenge U.K.’s Fairness Statute With Fox News Playbook.” He fretted: "While Britain has long had a…

Comic Ricky Gervais: ‘Cancel Culture’ a ‘New, Weird Sort of Fascism'

July 15th, 2020 9:00 AM

Being a comedian is one of the most dangerous occupations during these days of political correctness. That’s the message from English comic Ricky Gervais, who is on a crusade against the “cancel culture” -- which he describes as a “new, weird sort of fascism” -- by defending free speech wherever he can.

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De Niro Says ‘Lunatic’ Trump ‘Doesn’t Care How Many People Die'

Culture
May 13th, 2020 12:29 PM
Presumably bored and grouchy during quarantine, Goodfellas star Robert De Niro has re-ignited his war of words with his least favorite president, Donald Trump. During a May 12 interview on BBC program Newsnight, the Oscar-winner blistered Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Considering his usual disdain for the President, it wasn’t a surprise to hear De Niro blame the President for the…
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BBC Touts Editor Charging Trump with 'Crime Against Humanity' on WHO

April 15th, 2020 12:35 PM
On Wednesday, Stephen McDonell, the BBC’s China correspondent, approvingly tweeted out the latest anti-Trump rant from Richard Horton: "The Editor of the Lancet (one of the world's oldest and most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals) has just said on the BBC that the #USA pulling funding from the @WHO right now is a 'crime against humanity'."

Ready for Greta-Vision? BBC Producing Thunberg Documentary Series

Culture
February 12th, 2020 3:25 PM
“Dora the Extorter?” “Exploited Development?” “How I Nagged Your Mother?” Whatever the eventual title, be afraid. Greta Thunberg is headed for TV. During the BBC Showcase on Feb. 10, the network announced production of a docu-series on the life and and propaganda of the Swedish Scold.
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BBC's 'Doctor Who' Depicts Earth Destroyed by 'Global Warming'

Culture
January 13th, 2020 9:48 PM
Over the weekend, the BBC's long-running science fiction television series, Doctor Who, ventured into promoting climate alarmism as the show depicted an uninhabitable futuristic Earth that has been destroyed by global warming because the human race refused to heed warnings that were raised by "every scientist alive."