HEARTBREAK CITY: Here’s How ABC/CBS/NBC Handled Friday’s SCOTUS Cases

June 30th, 2023 7:16 PM

Just as they did on Thursday morning, the major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC each broke in Friday morning for the final Supreme Court cases of the session, which were President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan (Biden v. Nebraska) and a free speech case involving Christian web designer and LGBTQ individuals (303 Creative LLC v. Elenis). 

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Here Were the Worst Takes/Best Network Meltdowns on Affirmative Action

June 29th, 2023 7:39 PM

On Thursday, the “big three” broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC twice broke into regular programming to discuss the bombshell Supreme Court rulings that all but took a huge bite out of private and public universities being able to use race as a factor in admissions. Naturally, the liberal networks were forlorn with experts, journalists, pundits blasting, fretting, and seemingly near tears…

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On FNC & Newsmax, Houck Slams the Lefty Media Spinning for Biden

June 29th, 2023 12:49 PM

NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck was all over conservative media late Wednesday and early Thursday as he joined Newsmax’s Eric Bolling: The Balance and the Fox News Channel’s Fox News @ Night with Trace Gallagher to highlight the latest MRC time counts into the liberal broadcast network coverage of recent Biden family scandals as well as attempts by said networks to…

NB Podcast: Nets Mention Biden Scandals, But Buried by Trump Tsunami

June 28th, 2023 11:44 PM

Associate editor Nick Fondacaro and I reunited for Wednesday’s show to break down the NewsBusters team's new time counts of network coverage (or lack thereof) on the Trump indictment and allegations of impropriety from the Biden family. While the Biden numbers surprisingly aren't zero, the Trump numbers still dwarf them like a skyscraper-sized tsunami.

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Evening Nets Ignore House Amendment to END Gov’t-Backed Censorship

June 28th, 2023 4:33 PM

The ABC, CBS and NBC news shows completely ignored a new House bill amendment that would block the Department of Defense from pouring cash into censorship-obsessed anti-free speech organizations.

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After a Week, NBC Still Silent on White Powder Letters Sent to GOPers

June 28th, 2023 3:09 PM

It’s been a week and a half since the story first broke on June 17 that Republican lawmakers and officials in Kansas were receiving threatening lettered laced with white powder. The letters have turned up in the mailboxes of Republicans in Tennessee, Montana, and had been intercepted on their way to former President Trump and Justice Clarence Thomas, but still, NBC News has not dedicated a…

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ABC Steers Clear of Whistleblower Speaking Out on Hunter Biden Probe

June 28th, 2023 12:40 PM

On Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, ABC’s World News Tonight and Good Morning America kept their viewers in the dark on behalf of the Biden administration and Biden family as the IRS agent alleging misconduct in the years-long Hunter Biden investigation has revealed himself for TV interviews on CBS and the Fox News Channel.

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NBC Frets Race-Based College Admissions Headed for Dustbin of History

June 27th, 2023 8:14 PM

On Monday night’s Nightly News, NBC reporter Laura Jarrett presented a divisive and racially charged segment covering the possible Supreme Court decision on affirmative action. Jarrett interviewed incoming Mount Holyoke College president Danielle Holley, who claimed that striking down affirmative action was equivalent to telling minority students that they “are not welcome.”

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Big Three Ignore BlackRock CEO’s Woke Conscientious Capitalism Remarks

Big Three Ignore BlackRock CEO’s Woke Conscientious Capitalism Remarks

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June 27th, 2023 5:04 PM

The ABC, CBS and NBC evening news shows ignored BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s hypocritical comments on the term “ESG” and his unwavering support for woke investment principles.

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Nets Spend 5 Minutes on Hunter’s Shakedown Text, Then Quickly Drop It

June 27th, 2023 12:08 PM

From the evening of June 22 through the morning of June 24 ABC, CBS and NBC (on their evening and morning shows) spent a grand total of 5 minutes, 3 seconds devoted to the 2017 WhatsApp text message from Hunter Biden trying to shake down a Chinese businessman.

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NBC Only Gingerly Confronts Growing Doubts About Biden 2024

June 26th, 2023 7:25 PM

On Sunday, NBC’s Meet the Press addressed a growing lack of confidence in President Biden’s leadership ability. While Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) dodged confronting the trend to favor a standard Biden campaign speech, moderator Chuck Todd followed up with a mild question about Hunter Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland attending the same state dinner for India's prime minister.

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NBC News Poll Finds Low Confidence in President Biden’s Mental Fitness

June 26th, 2023 4:12 PM

On Sunday morning’s Meet the Press, Chuck Todd explained the findings of a recent NBC News poll on voter satisfaction regarding the current state of the country and President Biden’s current job rating and perceived competency. These numbers did not look good for Biden, especially the percentage of voters with concerns that Biden did “not have the necessary mental and physical health…

Flashback: Big Media’s Big Double-Standard on SCOTUS Blockbusters

June 24th, 2023 8:35 AM

A look back at four of the biggest Supreme Court cases of the past 25 years shows when liberals win a big victory, the media joyfully celebrate the “historic” final word. But when conservatives win a case, journalists fulminate about a discredited Court and lecture that the ruling has forever damaged the Court’s credibility and legitimacy.

NewsBusters Podcast: The Media Counts Down to Demise of Titanic Sub

June 23rd, 2023 6:00 PM

TGIF! On this episode of the NewsBusters Podcast, Senior Research Analyst Bill D’Agostino and I try to contain their rage over the liberal media’s morbid and disturbing coverage of the tragic OceanGate submersible disaster: chiding the CEO, who was on board, because he donated to Republicans. Meanwhile, one outlet threw up a countdown timer until they presumably ran out of breathable are.