Lead Network Newscasts Ignore DNC’s DUMPSTER FIRE Autopsy on 2024
On Thursday, the Democratic National Committee’s 2024 autopsy finally reached the public view, and its error-filled, omission-laden contents were laid bare following a much-ballyhooed, will-they-or-won’t-they-release-it strategy by Chairman Ken Martin as the party struggles to achieve basic aims like fundraising. Unsurprisingly, the “Big Three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC ignored it on their flagship…
How News Aggregators Reinforce Political Ignorance
The other day, a young lady got on the elevator and promptly whipped out her smartphone and began scrolling. “Excuse me,” I said, “can I ask you where you get your news?” She said, “You mean like news about what’s going on in the world?” “Yes.” “Oh, TikTok.” This reminded me of a dinner conversation I once had with economist Thomas Sowell. We discussed the overwhelming consensus among…
NBC Mourns End of ‘Devout’ Colbert’s ‘Politically Charged Humor’
Surprisingly, NBC’s Today was the only lead broadcast network morning news show to embarrass itself on Thursday by mourning the “end of an era” with the last episode of CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert set to air hours later, fretting there will no longer be a show helmed by the “devout Catholic” with “trailblazing format” that’s become defined by “politically charged…
ABC Spins, NBC Actually Educates Viewers in Special Report on Castro
ABC and NBC broke in Wednesday with network special reports on the Justice Department’s historic indictments against Raúl Castro and five others in the deadly 1996 shootdown of aircraft related to the pro-freedom Brothers to the Rescue group that resulted in the deaths of four men. While NBC delivered a proper history lesson and gave no quarter to the murderous communist regime, ABC channeled…
NY Times Finds Mockery of Hegseth, Carlson as Best Segments of 'SNL'
Dave Itzkoff is a former culture reporter for The New York Times, but he's still dabbling as their Saturday Night Live correspondent. At the end of Season 51, "Ditzkoff" (his X handle) naturally loved the liberal-pleasing comedy bits in his "Best of SNL" list.
‘None of the Above’ Rated Best Late-Night Comedian on TV
“None of the above” trounced all other choices when a national poll asked U.S adult citizens to name “the best” late-night comedian on TV - yet another sign of viewers’ growing disdain for the hateful political commentary that has replaced entertainment.
Saturday Night Live's Fake News Pretends Trump Would Like Vance Dead
Season 51 of NBC’s Saturday Night Live concluded with Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che hitting all the usual beats, including people loathing Vice President JD Vance so much that they want him or themselves dead, suggesting the country is racist, and Jeffrey Epstein.
NewsBusters Podcast: Dems Pounce on Trump's Nukes vs. Economy Answer
Democrats want to exploit the war in Iran to claim they’re the Affordability Party. Trump bluntly answered a Daily Caller question by saying Americans’ financial situation didn’t matter “not even a little bit” in his negotiating with Iran to end the war. “They can’t have a nuclear weapon.”
STUDY: SNL Jokes About Conservatives Jump To 91 Percent In Season 51
Season 51 of NBC’s Saturday Night Live recently came to an end, and it was considerably more liberal than Season 50. A new NewsBusters study has found that 91 percent of the season’s Weekend Update jokes were directed at conservatives, while 83 percent of its cold open political characters were conservatives or Republicans.
NBC Miscasts CBS Ownership as Partisan Actor as Colbert Eulogies Begin
In an effort to cast Stephen Colbert as a martyr for free speech ahead of the imminent cancellation of The Late Show, NBC’s Sunday Today sought to cast the owner of CBS’s parent company as "a prominent Trump supporter.” Except that this isn’t true.
NBC Suggests Israel's Role In Iran War Make It Like Russia
The three-letter networks' weekend of bad foreign policy hot takes continued on Saturday’s edition of Today as NBC chief international correspondent Keir Simmons hyped attempts to get Israel banned from the annual Eurovision singing competition for, among other things, its battle with Hezbollah that came about from allying with the U.S. in the Iran War on the grounds this allegedly…
NBC News: 'Racial Backlash Erupts' After Chinese Spy Pleads Guilty
NBCNews.com somehow found it necessary to "augment" the recent news of Arcadia (Calif.) Mayor Eileen Wang pleading guilty to being a spy for communist China with the notion that this will spur a violent racist reaction against Asian Americans.
ABC, NBC Ignore Massive White House Moves on Fighting Medicare Fraud
Flanked by members of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, Vice President JD Vance announced a series of moves Wednesday by the Trump administration to defer $1.3 billion in Medicare reimbursements to California for its refusal to tackle welfare fraud, demanding states prove they’re committed to addressing fraud, and a six-month moratorium on new hospices and home…