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Bozell Blasts CBS & Colbert Over Left-Wing Echo Chamber

May 22nd, 2026 2:01 PM

Media Research Center President David Bozell joined The Ray Stevens Show Friday morning to discuss a new NewsBusters study that highlights Stephen Colbert’s frequent targeting of right-wing figures and Trump administration officials.

Colbert’s Bitter Exit: How Trump Derangement Killed Late Night TV

May 21st, 2026 6:05 PM

Late-night television bid farewell to Stephen Colbert on Thursday as CBS aired the final episode of The Late Show. On WMAL, host Derek Hunter discussed the exit with David Bozell, president of the Media Research Center (MRC), the organization that tracked and documented the show’s sharp leftward turn for years.

 

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MRC's Dan Schneider: Disney Can’t Ignore the Law

April 30th, 2026 12:59 PM

On Wednesday evening, MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider joined The Evening Edit on Fox Business with Liz MacDonald to address the growing fallout over Jimmy Kimmel’s vile rhetoric and the legal reckoning facing his parent company, Disney. While the elitist media rush to defend Kimmel’s latest attack on First Lady Melania Trump as mere "comedy," Schneider argued that…

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David Bozell: Media "Permission Structure" Fuels Radical Rhetoric

April 30th, 2026 8:57 AM

On Wednesday afternoon, Media Research Center (MRC) President David Bozell joined The Scott Jennings Show with guest host Jeff Vaughan to dismantle the elitist media’s role in fueling a dangerous political climate. While the press continues to pay lip service to "lowering the temperature," Bozell exposed how the industry’s top networks are simultaneously building a "permission structure" for…

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STUDY: Comedy Show Jokes About America Rise To 97% In War's Third Week

March 24th, 2026 10:30 AM

In the first week of the Iran war, the late night comedians told 94 percent of their jokes about the American side. By the third week, that percentage jumped to 97 percent, according to a new Media Research Center study.

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Meyers Joins Clueless Comedians In Attacking Pentagon's Food Spending

March 12th, 2026 9:33 AM

NBC’s Seth Meyers joined Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert on Wednesday’s Late Night on the list of clueless late night comedians who confidently attacked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for allegedly wasting taxpayer money on steak and lobster while not knowing that such surf and turf meals are a military tradition meant to boost morale ahead of significant events.

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David Bozell Slams Media’s Late-Night 'Meltdown' Over Iran Plan

March 11th, 2026 11:21 AM

President of the Media Research Center David Bozell joined Larry O’Connor on WMAL’s O’Connor & Co. Wednesday morning to deliver a blistering briefing on what he calls a total lack of "rooting for the home team" across the Big Four News Apps, American elitist media establishment, and late-night comedy circuit.

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Meyers, Wallace Claim Iran War Is 'A Stab In The Back' To MAGA

March 11th, 2026 9:46 AM

Neither NBC’s Seth Meyers nor MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace is the person you would go to if you wanted to understand how conservatives, Republicans, or people who consider themselves to be part of a MAGA movement think, but the two joined forces on Monday for an interview that aired early Wednesday on Meyers’s Late Night to claim that the Iran War is a “stab in the back” to President…

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Late Night Told 94% Of Jokes About U.S. and Allies in War's First Week

March 9th, 2026 10:30 AM

The late night comedians reacted to the start of the Iran War with not only a week of disapproval but also a lopsided joke count. According to a new Media Research Center study, the hosts told 94 percent of their war-related jokes about the United States and our allies.

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Comedy Shows Claim Iran War Is a Distraction From Epstein

March 3rd, 2026 10:55 AM

The late night comedy shows were largely upset on Monday at combat operations against Iran that began on Saturday. Three of the five hosts tried to argue they were simply a distraction from the Epstein files while the others still managed to offer up some underwhelming criticisms.

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Meyers Attacks Trump For Calling Dems 'Crazy' at SOTU

February 26th, 2026 9:42 AM

NBC’s Seth Meyers reacted on Late Night to President Trump’s State of the Union address on Wednesday by attacking him for condemning Democrats for not standing up and applauding and for allegedly trying to “co-opt” Team USA's men's hockey gold medal for himself. In both cases, Meyers left out some crucial context.

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Oliver Mourns How Musk Has Made X 'Much Darker'

February 24th, 2026 3:01 PM

For some reason, HBO’s John Oliver decided that Elon Musk and his transformation of Twitter/X would make for golden comedic material for his main topic on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. As Oliver tells it, the site has gotten “much darker” since Musk took over, but any reference to the prior problems or his native Britain’s creepy solutions was left unmentioned.

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Late Night Hosts Haven't Interviewed a GOP Candidate Since 2016

February 17th, 2026 2:44 PM

On Monday, CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, denounced FCC chairman Brendan Carr for threatening to use the agency’s equal time rule against the late night comedy shows, which he claimed led CBS to force him to put his interview with State Rep. James Talarico on YouTube. With the equal time rule now in the news, NewsBusters analysts dug into the archive to find out when…

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Colbert Reflects On 'Incredible Gift' Of Being Able To Talk To Dems

January 28th, 2026 2:18 PM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert traveled across town on Tuesday to sit down with NBC’s Seth Meyers on Late Night to reflect on the impending cancelation of The Late Show. When Colbert looked back on the “incredible gift” the show has provided, he could have talked about the jokes or the ability to interview celebrities about their upcoming movies, but he instead chose to focus on his…