What’s Hidin’ Biden: Thanks-for-giving Edition

November 22nd, 2023 6:32 PM

‘Tis the season to be thankful. If you’re President Joe Biden, you’re extra thankful for a press corps that insists on giving you cover by reporting on anything and everything EXCEPT the corrupt dealings between his family and Burisma, 166 days and counting since the scandal broke.

AN OLD TRICK: Networks Try to Hide News of Joe Biden’s 81st Birthday

November 21st, 2023 1:02 PM

Even though polls show Joe Biden's age is the top threat to the President's re-election next year, ABC, CBS and NBC all but ignored Biden's 81st birthday on Monday.

FLASHBACK: Networks Ignored Dem Senator’s Tawdry Corruption Trial

November 18th, 2023 8:45 AM

Six years ago, the networks had a chance to properly report on Senator Robert Menendez’s (D-NJ) alleged corruption during an earlier federal trial, and they blew it. NewsBusters documented how ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN buried the embarrassing (for Democrats) trial detailing how Menendez accepted extravagant gifts and travel, in exchange for federal favors.

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DOUBLE STANDARD: Networks SUPPRESS News Of No Charges Over Biden Docs

November 16th, 2023 10:55 PM

You’ll be absolutely not shocked to discover that none of the major three network evening newscasts found the time to report news of a non-prosecution, to wit: the non-prosecution of President Joe Biden or any of his staff in the classified documents case under investigation by Special Counsel Robert Hur.

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​ABC, CBS OMIT Arrest of Suspect In Death Of Pro-Israel Protester

November 16th, 2023 9:50 PM

The death of Paul Kessler, killed for holding a pro-Israel sign on a Los Angeles street corner, has been the subject of sparse, weirdly omissive media coverage, of which we’ve taken note here at the MRC. The announcement of an arrest in the matter is no exception, as it drew sparse coverage on one major network newscast and none at all on the others.

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GOBBLE GOBBLE: CBS Serves Up A Huge Pro-Biden Turkey

November 15th, 2023 10:41 PM

‘Tis the season for bad propaganda and even worse holiday punnery. CBS News kicks off the holiday season with an oversized serving of pro-Biden stuffing, aiming to soften the impact of continued food inflation upon millions of American families celebrating Thanksgiving.

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CBS’s O’Donnell to Manchin: Wouldn't You Be Helping to Elect Trump?

November 14th, 2023 9:30 PM

The media effort to stop a potential Joe Manchin presidential run is all-hands-on-deck. “Imperative”, even. The latest member of the Acela Media to try to deflate the Manchin balloon is CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell.

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Ted Cruz Hails NewsBusters for Exposing Nets Using Hamas Crisis Actor

November 14th, 2023 1:31 PM

On Monday’s edition of Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) podcast The Verdict, Cruz and co-host Ben Ferguson had a lengthy segment praising the work of NewsBusters and associate editor Nick Fondacaro for exposing the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, NBC for using dubious footage from a known pro-Hamas crisis actor named Saleh Aljafarawi.

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Media IGNORE Leftist Donors Funneling Millions to Anti-Israel Groups

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November 14th, 2023 12:10 PM

The Big Three news networks (ABC, NBC and CBS) have turned a blind eye to leftist groups funneling millions of dollars to anti-Israel advocacy groups.

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HAMASPRESSE: CBS's Patta Floats Hostage Deal, Lectures On Geneva Rules

November 13th, 2023 11:00 PM

Once again, CBS foreign correspondent Debora Patta has distinguished herself for her open pro-Hamas biases and contempt for Israel while reporting on the unfolding conflict in Gaza. 

ABCCBSNBC Can't Xi Themselves Covering Newsom's Big SF Street Cleanup

November 13th, 2023 9:00 PM

San Francisco, an iconic American city known for its beauty and charm (but more recently known for having streets wracked with crime, lined with homeless and paved with human excrement) gets a long-overdue cleanup ahead of an important APEC summit wherein President Joe Biden shall meet Chinese dictator Xi Jinping. But the cleanup, inasmuch as it makes the wrong people look bad, garnered no…

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CITATION NEEDED: Journalists Cite Hamas in 66% of Evening Newscasts

November 13th, 2023 11:29 AM

The American news media have been catching a lot of flack for uncritically quoting Hamas as a source for much of their on-the-ground coverage in Gaza. In the month following the terror organization’s horrific October 7 attack on Israeli civilians, exactly two thirds of the evening newscasts on ABC, CBS, and NBC have cited either Hamas itself or Hamas-controlled entities when reporting on the…

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ABC, CBS, and NBC Elevate Gaza Video from KNOWN Propaganda Influencer

November 10th, 2023 9:17 PM

If you’re on X (formerly known as Twitter) and follow the Israel-Hamas War, you’re likely aware of the man we’re about to speak of. Saleh Aljafarawi, dubbed “Mr. FAFO” and “Mr. Pallywood,” is a KNOWN Hamas-linked social media influencer and crisis actor. But those easily researchable facts were of no interest to ABC’s World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly…

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CBS REFUSES to State Publicly Known Cause of Death of CA Jewish Man

November 7th, 2023 9:51 PM

By now it is a matter of public knowledge that a 69-year-old Jewish man protesting in California died as a result of striking his head on the pavement subsequent to being hit in the face with a megaphone by an anti-Israel protester. For some unexplained reason, CBS News continues to refuse to fully report the circumstances of this crime.