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ABC, NBC Trumpet Trump’s ‘Huge,’ ‘Remarkable’ Deal with Israel, Hamas
On Thursday, ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today offered rare effusive praise of President Donald Trump for his leadership to broker a conditional peace deal between Israel and the Islamic terror group governing the Gaza Strip, Hamas. The two networks trumpeted it as a “huge” and “remarkable achievement” Trump “most certainly deserves credit.”
Meyers Demands Republicans Cave On Obamacare Subsidies
NBC’s Seth Meyers devoted Wednesday’s “Closer Look” segment on Late Night to how the government shutdown has affected air traffic control. At the end, Meyers blamed Republicans for not caving to Democrats’ demands on extending the Biden-era Obamacare subsidies.
Networks Punt on Liberal Katie Porter Going Berserk on Local Reporter
On Tuesday, clips went viral on X of former Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) — who’s running to become governor of California — pitching an utterly bizarre tantrum after CBS News Sacramento’s Julie Watts asked Porter if she had planned to seek to win the votes of Californians who voted for President Trump.
SNL Mocks JK Rowling For Dissenting From Left-Wing Trans Orthodoxy
NBC’s 51st season of Saturday Night Live got off to a rough start as cast member Bowen Yang dressed up as Dobby the house elf from Harry Potter for a heavily sarcastic Weekend Update segment that mocked British author J.K. Rowling for dissenting from the left’s trans orthodoxy.
Jay Jones’ Heinous Texts Get 63 Seconds on NBC, 0 on ABC/CBS/PBS
ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS mostly censor Democrat Jay Jones text controversy.
NBC Grills Jeffries on Dem Shutdown After Last Week’s Johnson Tussle
More of this please, NBC. Monday’s Today and co-host Craig Melvin followed through on its promise to speak with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) about the government shutdown after throwing down with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday. To his credit, Melvin used the limited time (3:47) to repeatedly press Jeffries on his past statements about government shutdowns…
Nets Omit Trans Role In Light Sentence For Would-Be Kavanaugh Assassin
On Friday, Biden-appointed Judge Deborah Boardman sentenced Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s would-be assassin Nicholas Roske to eight years in prison, less than one-third of the account sought by federal prosecutors, because Nicholas now goes by Sophie. The following day, CBS Saturday Morning and NBC’s Today both ignored Boardman’s pro-trans reason for a lighter…
NBC’s Melvin to Johnson: ‘Can’t Get to’ ‘Misleading’ Claim on Illegals
Falling in between ABC’s George Stephanopoulos’s partisan hectoring on Wednesday and Thursday’s respectful exchanges with CBS’s Tony Dokoupil, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) finished a tour of the broadcast networks Friday on NBC’s Today. There, co-host Craig Melvin battled him over the government shutdown by using week-old polls claiming Americans believe Republicans are to blame…
FLASHBACK: Media Blame GOP for Shutdowns, No Matter the Circumstances
With Republicans in control of the vaunted Washington, D.C. trifecta, not even the left-wing news media have found a way to blame the ongoing government shutdown on anything other than obstinate Democrats. That’s something of a rarity for the corporate media, who historically have found a way to blame Congressional Republicans for every shutdown in recent memory.
Late Night Shows Receive Their Shutdown Talking Points
On Wednesday, the late night comedians received their government shutdown-related marching orders. To listen to them is no different than any generic Democratic member of Congress who portrays the shutdown as a showdown between Democrats, who want people to have healthcare, and Republicans, who do not.
New SNL Season To Debut After Telling 82% Of Jokes About Conservatives
Season 51 of NBC’s Saturday Night Live is set to premiere on October 4, but before that a new NewsBusters study looked back and found that 82 percent of Season 50’s Weekend Update jokes targeted conservatives and that 60 percent of its cold open political characters were conservatives or Republicans.
Apple & MSN Join Google in Hiding Right-Leaning News on Gov’t Shutdown
Apple and Microsoft joined Google on Wednesday in ignoring right-leaning news about the government shutdown.
Networks Side With Liberals, Covert Activists in Shutdown Fight
Despite the only group standing in the way of averting a government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Wednesday are Senate Democrats, ABC, CBS, and NBC have all taken their side in demanding a permanent extension of ObamaCare subsides that were meant to be temporary during the pandemic (along with a whole host of other goodies, including refunding PBS and NPR). Shutdowns have long been something…
Fallon Claims 'We Hit Both Sides Equally' (He Does Not)
NBC’s host of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon, stopped by CNBC’s Squawk on the Street on Tuesday to promote his new On Brand. While there, co-host Carl Quintanilla naturally asked about the state of late night, especially in the aftermath of ABC’s brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. Fallon insisted that his show isn't that political and contrary to all evidence, that “…
