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.

NBC News Laments GOP Halting ‘Coordination' Between FBI, Social Media

November 19th, 2023 7:53 PM

Major media outlets continue to promote an unholy alliance between social media companies and federal government agencies, in the name of protecting elections from foreign interference. But the vague rubric of “disinformation” is often an excuse for shutting down conservative voices online around election time. The latest media valentines to the left’s new favorite domestic surveillance…

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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NBC Omits Mention of Suspect Arrested In Hockey Slashing Death

November 14th, 2023 10:20 PM

In a bizarre throwaway report, the kind that is used as a timestuffer towards the end of a newscast, NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt goes through the trouble of mentioning the arrest of a suspect in the gruesome death of an American hockey player, but has a most difficult time identifying the suspect.

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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.

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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PANIC: NBC Rings The Alarm Over 2024 Michigan Arab-American Vote

November 7th, 2023 11:00 PM

NBC News has begun to focus its coverage on the truest, purest victim of the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza subsequent to the barbaric terrorist attacks of October 7th. And of course, we’re talking about President Joe Biden.

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TV Ignores Trump’s GOP Rivals, Blasts Ex-Prez With 93% Bad Press

November 7th, 2023 8:30 AM

With the the third Republican presidential debate set for Wednesday, the Big Three broadcast networks have abandoned their coverage of former President Donald Trump’s Republican presidential challengers. Instead, their evening newscasts have assumed the challenger role themselves, pounding the frontrunner with overwhelmingly (93%) negative coverage.