Who Was Right on the COVID-19 Pandemic?

January 12th, 2023 8:25 PM

It’s now been three years since COVID hit. At the start of the pandemic, “experts” shouted: “Stay home!” “Close schools!” “Wash your hands!” “Disinfect countertops!” Clearly, disinfecting countertops and washing hands made no difference. What about closing schools and lockdowns? The media trashed Gov. Ron DeSantis when he lifted Florida’s lockdown. “Acting irresponsibly!” roared MSNBC’s Dr.…

I (Used to) Love New York

December 18th, 2022 8:34 PM

NEW YORK – I was a teenager when I first visited New York. The flight cost $15 on the Eastern Airlines Shuttle from Washington, D.C. You could buy your ticket from a flight attendant on board. She (and it was always a she back then) would roll a cart down the aisle with a credit card device on top. New York in the ’60s was THE place to visit. There was Greenwich Village with folk music.…

Random Musings and Random Sarcasm

December 2nd, 2022 12:14 PM

Elon Musk conducted a Twitter poll to ask whether he should reinstate former President Donald Trump’s account. The poll received 15,085,458 votes -- and Twitter issued its final results in just one day! Musk should stop wasting his genius on hobbies like Tesla and SpaceX and become the Maricopa County, Arizona, election supervisor. About that Twitter poll, what’s the over/under on when two-…

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CNN's Lemon Tried to Blame Lee Zeldin for Crime Near His Family's Home

November 10th, 2022 11:11 AM

On Monday's CNN This Morning, co-host Don Lemon tried to undermine Republican complaints about the negative effects of bail reform in New York during an interview with (eventually victorious) Republican congressional candidate Adam Lawler.

NewsBusters Podcast: A Surprisingly Wave-Free Election Night

November 9th, 2022 9:47 PM

The historical averages suggested a "red wave" of some size in the 2022 midterms. But the media's Election Night routine was slightly blander when there was no obvious tilt toward Republicans, but instead a tilt toward all incumbents. We had no cries of "whitelash" or talk of voters throwing two-year-old temper tantrums.

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Nets Swoon Over Gen-Z Lefty Winning Lefty Seat; ‘I Love That Story!’

November 9th, 2022 2:04 PM

Following most nationwide elections, one of the liberal media’s favorite tropes is to trumpet so-called “historic” winners that assist one in filling out a diversity bingo card. Such was the case Wednesday morning after the lackluster Republican performance as ABC, CBS, and NBC used their flagship news programs to swoon over Democrat Maxwell Frost winning a dark-blue Orlando-area House seat to…

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Ruhle Asks 'Petite, Capable' Hochul If She's A Victim Of 'Sexism'

November 5th, 2022 10:21 AM

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul finds herself in an unexpectedly close race with less than one week to go until Election Day so she stopped by MSNBC’s The 11th Hour on Friday to be asked by host Stephanie Ruhle if the reason for her struggles is “sexism by voters” and “we give you enough credit” on crime.

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NBC's 'Law & Order' Mocks NYC's Disastrous Soft-on-Crime Policies

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November 3rd, 2022 10:25 PM

The tide is turning in America on issues of crime and policing and Hollywood has gotten the memo. NBC's "Law & Order" premiered another episode rejecting anti-police and soft-on-crime attitudes.

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Lemon Urges Clinton To Speak To The Threat To Democracy In America

November 3rd, 2022 1:41 PM

Former Secretary of State swung by Thursday’s CNN This Morning for a wide-ranging, but still softball interview that included co-host Don Lemon asking her to “Speak to us about” the threat to democracy around the world, including in America.

NY Times Use Lefty Book to Smear GOP ‘Conspiracists’ Like...Bob Dole?

October 10th, 2022 5:08 PM

Partisans, a slanted history of the 1990s-era GOP by anti-conservative academic and CNN favorite Nicole Hemmer, was reviewed by Gabriel Debenedetti, national correspondent for New York magazine, for the New York Times, under the tired headline, “Resentful, Media-Savvy and Paving the Way for Trump.” The subhead extended the usual “Republicans are all conspiracists”…

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CRIME WAVE: Nets Bury Shooting Outside NY GOP Candidate’s House

October 10th, 2022 4:30 PM

This midterm season has seen the mainstream media downplaying outbreaks of crime, and its causes, across the country, an issue that polls badly for Democrats. So it’s not a shock that the networks on Monday morning buried a shooting outside New York Congressman (and GOP gubernatorial candidate) Lee Zeldin’s home. Zeldin’s two teenage daughters were home alone and were just feet away from the…

NY Governor Kathy Hochul Bans Toy Guns

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September 6th, 2022 1:20 PM

Late last month, Hochul signed a bill that required toy guns to be manufactured with bright colors while also prohibiting the sale of guns that are black, blue, silver or aluminum, …

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CBS Cries Over 'Inhumane' GOP 'Stunt' Sending Migrants to NYC

August 10th, 2022 8:41 PM

On Wednesday night’s CBS Evening News, fill-in anchor Margaret Brennan and correspondent Nancy Chen bemoaned the fact that Texas Governor Greg Abbott is taking the migrants who are pouring across the U.S./Mexico border and putting them onto busses to New York City and Washington D.C. to let their liberal mayors handle them.  Instead of pointing out how if President Joe Biden secured…

Drag Performer Brita Filter Makes Her Mark In A Local Church

Episcopal Church Invites Drag Queen to Pride 'Chapel'

Culture
August 1st, 2022 9:59 AM

Just when you thought the drag queen shows could not get any worse, they just did. The drag queens have moved on from twerking in front of children to making their home in sacred religious places.