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TV News Won’t Call Anti-Trump Attorney General and Judge ‘Democrats’

December 13th, 2023 8:30 AM

As testimony in the New York civil trial against Donald Trump’s businesses concludes this week, it’s worth asking why the networks are refusing to accurately describe New York Attorney General Letitia James as a Democratic partisan? Because, after all, she is.

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ABC Mad At Lack of “Hero’s Welcome” For Zelenskyy, GOP Border Demands

December 13th, 2023 12:03 AM

As you may already know, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Washington, at President Joe Biden’s request, in order to lobby for additional U.S. military assistance (shorthand: taxpayer money) in its ongoing war against Russia. The GOP’s attachment of border reforms as a precondition to any further outlays of taxpayer dollars in Ukraine seems to have infuriated the media, if this…

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Networks SILENT On Harvard President’s Plagiarism Scandal

December 11th, 2023 11:04 PM

Across the major evening network newscasts, there was no mention of the accusations of plagiarism against embattled Harvard President Claudine Gay, already under fire due to her flippant responses to questions on whether a call for the genocide of Jews is violative of campus rules.

FLASHBACK: Barack Obama, ‘An Evolutionary Flash Point For Humanity’

December 9th, 2023 8:43 AM

Fourteen years ago tomorrow (December 10), liberals were ecstatic as President Barack Obama accepted the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Obama had been president for a mere 11 days before the window for nominations closed on January 31, but his media fan club nonetheless celebrated the “towering honor” bestowed upon their hero.

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Nets MELT DOWN Over Trump ‘Day One Dictator’ Quip, Push Biden TPs

December 7th, 2023 12:58 AM

The major evening network newscasts each melted down over former President’s “Day One Dictator” joke during a town hall event with Fox News host Sean Hannity, seizing on the remarks to further push a “threats to democracy” narrative. Only one of these networks was honest enough to show that the purpose of such coverage was to pushing Biden taking points.

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Hunter v. House: ABC, NBC Bury Possible Bombshell Hunter Biden Hearing

November 29th, 2023 1:52 PM

Tuesday saw a possible monumental twist in the Hunter Biden saga as Biden said he would be willing to comply with a House Oversight Committee subpoena and testify publicly (even though the committee currently wants a private deposition) about his life of ruin, corruption, and allegations of malfeasance involving his father, the current President.  But like most Biden scandals, it received…

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FLASHBACK: The Media’s Nasty Attacks on Florida’s Katherine Harris

November 25th, 2023 8:50 AM

Twenty-three years ago, November 2000, the liberal media unleashed their full fury on Florida’s Secretary of State, Katherine Harris, for following the election laws of her state as well as various court rulings to certify George W. Bush as the winner of her state’s electoral votes in the disputed 2000 presidential election.

AGAIN! Nets Hide the (D) on NYC Mayor’s Sex Assault Charges

November 24th, 2023 10:40 AM

After the Democratic Mayor of New York City was hit with a $5 million sexual assault suit, ABC and CBS hid Eric Adams’ party identification in their Thursday evening and Friday morning coverage. NBC failed to cover the story at all.

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.

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Good News, For A Change: ABC News Spotlights Adoption Day

November 22nd, 2023 12:17 AM

When covering the news, it is usually a steady stream of doom and gloom. But on occasion, there are stories that brighten one’s day, especially in today’s polarized news environment. One such story: ABC World News Tonight’s feature on National Adoption Month. 

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.

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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​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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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.