Podcasts
Christopher Rufo Takes Full Advantage of a Little Balance on NPR
It's rare when you can acknowledge a conservative viewpoint was given a full airing on taxpayer-funded National Public Radio. But on Friday, the New York Times podcast The Daily -- which airs across the country on NPR -- offered a platform to Manhattan Institute fellow Christopher Rufo, under the headline "The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges." Rufo…
Column: Public Trust in Media Dies in 'Groupthink'
Axios.com co-founders Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen appeared on the podcast “Honestly with Bari Weiss.” They both blamed the press for being too quick to fold under Biden White House pressure...but VandeHei still wanted to claim there are only a few "bad apples" that ruin it for everybody.
Couric, Whipple Detail Biden Admin's 'Nixonian' Attitude Towards Media
For almost a decade, the media has spilled plenty of ink trying to convince us that Donald Trump is a uniquely dangerous threat to press freedom. However, now that Joe Biden is out of office, former anchor of NBC’s Today and CBS Evening News and current podcaster Katie Couric and Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History…
Mystal Smears The Constitution As 'A Piece Of Crap'
The Nation justice correspondent, frequent MSNBC guest, and all around crazy person Elie Mystal took his book tour to The Breakfast Club podcast on Thursday. The premise for Mystal’s book is the laughable premise that every law passed prior to 1965 is unconstitutional, but also that the constitution is “a piece of crap.”
After Devastating DOGE Hearing, PBS Claims the RIGHT Dominates Media
If PBS felt any concern about the hit its reputation for balance took at Wednesday’s devastating DOGE hearings, Thursday’s PBS News Hour didn’t show it. That episode took advantage of a series installed after Donald Trump won a second term, the pompously titled “On Democracy,” to suggest Project 2025 was a threat to democracy. Worse, PBS used that “On Democracy” rubric to enshrine a…
'I'm Speechless': Stewart Shocked How Biden's Build Back Better Failed
New York Times columnist Ezra Klein’s quest to get his fellow liberals to ditch their love for bureaucratic red tape took him to Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on Thursday, where he presented Stewart with the Biden Administration’s Byzantine 14-point plan on how to improve rural broadband service. After several minutes and multiple F-bombs, all Stewart…
Don Lemon: You Cannot ‘Be Black and Be a Rational MAGA Person’
In his Sunday night appearance on the Club Random with Bill Maher podcast, former CNN host Don Lemon made free with his opinions on a wide variety of subjects, but one which caught the attention of many viewers was his take on fellow black Americans who supported President Trump. In a spectacle of arrogance and presumption, Lemon declared that he did not believe it was…
Ex-CNN Peace Prize Winner: Ditching Fact-Checkers Is 'Kleptocracy'
Former CNN reporter Maria Ressa won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression.” However, as the heads of the social media platforms move past their relationship with fact-checking companies and towards greater freedom of speech, she warned Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show podcast host Jon Stewart that America is sliding towards “kleptocracy.”
Hostin Whines About Being Called a ‘Race Baiter’ While Bashing Whites
During the Tuesday episode of The View’s podcast, Behind the Table, staunchly racist ABC host Sunny Hostin whined about being called “a race baiter.” The kicker was the fact that she was complaining about being called a race baiter while at the same time bashing white people for supposedly having it so easy in life. She even lashed out against Elon Musk for being a white…
Couric Jokes With Chelsea Handler About 'Maybe One Day' Doing Drugs
Just in case there had been any remaining doubt as to how far the mainstream media had fallen in the world, former host of NBC’s Today and CBS Evening News Katie Couric’s podcast Next Question served as a beautiful example Monday. Couric interviewed comedian Chelsea Handler about her new autobiographical work, I’ll Have What She’s Having. The book, and the…
Stein, Todd Lament Media's 'Collective Weakness' Defending AP, Rip Fox
Former NBC and MSNBC political referee (self-described) Chuck Todd resurfaced on The Bulwark’s podcast with his former MSNBC colleague Sam Stein, on Wednesday. Together, they reminisced about covering the White House and lamented the “collective weakness” of the current press pool in not standing up for the Associated Press during their feud with the Trump administration over not using “Gulf…
Psaki Tells Stewart 'Threat Of Fascism is a Huge Issue'
Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki joined Jon Stewart on Thursday's episode of Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show podcast to try to figure out why Democrats lost in November. On one hand, Psaki claimed the party’s focus on the potential end of democracy is partly to blame, but on the other, she couldn’t let such rhetoric go as she claimed “the threat of…
Meacham: Trump Shows U.S. 'Out Of Compliance' With The Declaration
MSNBC’s Morning Joe’s favorite presidential historian, Jon Meacham, joined another H-less Jon on Thursday when he appeared on Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart podcast. Meacham told Stewart that the fact that Donald Trump will be president again shows that America is still having problems with complying with the Declaration of Independence.
Jordan Fires Back at Google Boss Pichai after Trump-Rogan Censored
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) grilled Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai for allegedly corrupting his YouTube platform to censor former President Donald Trump’s Oct. 25 appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience.
