NewsBusters Podcast: Fervent Obsession with Trump Trial Jury Selection

April 19th, 2024 10:10 PM

The Manhattan trial of Donald Trump on "hush money" charges drew hundreds of minutes of TV obsession this week. Meanwhile, the impeachment of Homeland Security Mayorkas was briefly covered and derided as a partisan stunt. Curtis Houck has the details and clips.

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ABC Mocks ‘Partisan’, ‘Show’ Mayorkas Impeachment; CBS Lobs Softballs

April 17th, 2024 11:30 AM

On Wednesday ahead of the impending impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his role in the Biden border crisis, ABC’s Good Morning America continued its wildly partisan dismissal of this entire episode while CBS Mornings lobbed softballs at him a network exclusive originally billed as a chance for him to sound competent on the issue of online…

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ABC Has Time for ABBA, Caitlin Clark, NONE for Mayorkas Senate Trial

April 17th, 2024 12:19 AM

It is interesting which historical things networks choose to cover and which they do not. The New York City trial of former President Donald Trump, for example, draws top billing across the dial. A no-brainer, really. But for ABC World News Tonight, the also-historic impeachment and potential Senate trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is simply a bridge too far.…

He Did What? Biden Hands Out AI Green Cards Despite Espionage Report

April 4th, 2024 10:33 AM

The day after DHS unveiled the Biden Administration’s plan to attract, and grant permanent residence to, foreign Artificial Intelligence (AI) experts, Axios published a report warning how “international spies posing as employees” are increasingly infiltrating the U.S. to steal AI technology secrets.

Editor’s Pick: WashTimes EXPOSES Illegals Cheating Biden Asylum System

March 18th, 2024 10:25 AM

On the front page of Monday’s Washington Times, the great Stephen Dinan had an exclusive on how wannabe illegal immigrants in Nicaragua have been gaming the Biden administration’s so-called parole program that, for a mere $5,000 (in other words, a bribe to smugglers), they could apply and come to the U.S. As usual with such reporting from The Washington Times, Dinan’s story has fallen…

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Fired-Up Rep. Seeks to Hold Mayorkas to Account After MRC Bombshell

February 29th, 2024 2:29 PM

A lawmaker used an MRC Free Speech America bombshell to imply that an embattled Biden cabinet member is financially accountable for violations of the First Amendment.

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Meyers Demands Dems Stop 'Parroting GOP Talking Points On Immigration'

February 15th, 2024 10:06 AM

NBC’s Seth Meyers lamented on the Wednesday edition of Late Night that the Democratic Party is not further to the left on immigration, as he demanded the party stop “parroting GOP talking points” on the issue.

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PolitiFact: Don't Blame Mayorkas For Fentanyl, But Gender Can Change

February 14th, 2024 3:34 PM

It is a commonly accepted axiom that in politics the buck stops with the president or, if you like, his cabinet, but for PolitiFact applying this standard to the border and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is “false.” At the same time, PolitiFact will go to great lengths to insist that gender is something completely different from sex.

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Hayes Decries Mayorkas Impeachment As 'Shocking' Abuse Of Power

February 14th, 2024 10:03 AM

According to NBC Late Night host Seth Meyers, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes is his most frequent guest and the two joined forces again on Tuesday to laugh at Republican misfortunes on the first vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that failed, while labeling the second one “terrible” and “one of the most… shocking abuses of procedure I’ve seen.”

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NBC Probes Biden Officials on Efforts to Remove Him from Office/Ticket

February 11th, 2024 8:49 PM

Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report and President Biden’s disastrous press conference addressing the report’s findings were the topics of discussion that dominated NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday. Amid moderator Kristen Welker's sparing with Biden administration and campaign officials on the President’s mishandling of classified documents, she also surprisingly pressed them on whether…

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Colbert, Meyers Hail 'Heroic Return' Of Al Green On Mayorkas Vote

February 8th, 2024 10:23 AM

After the vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas failed, host of CBS’s The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, and NBC’s Late Night host, Seth Meyers, took the time on Wednesday to celebrate and hail the “heroic return” and “dramatic” return of Democratic Rep. Al Green from the hospital that doomed the vote.

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‘Chaotic Night’; Nets Celebrate House GOP’s ‘Embarrassing...Setbacks’

February 7th, 2024 5:12 PM

House Republicans suffered a series of cringe-worthy losses on Tuesday night as they failed to impeach Biden Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and advance a bill to provide funding to support Israel in its war against the animalistic terrorist group Hamas. Naturally, ABC, CBS, and NBC took victory laps Wednesday morning over the “chaotic night” and “stunner” on Capitol Hill with…

Media Literacy Never? Anti-Free Speech Lobby Group Abandoned by Ally

February 7th, 2024 12:21 PM

The state representative and former house minority leader who headlined the launch event of a Biden administration-funded censorship and indoctrination program is now disavowing the project after an MRC exposè on the subject. 

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Doocy, KJP Throw Down in WILD Briefing Over Border, Clueless Joe

February 7th, 2024 11:09 AM

With it having been six days since the last White House press briefing, there was litany of topics Tuesday for the ever-inept Karine Jean-Pierre and, needless to say, she dealt with them using her trademark dodges and inability to grasp the English language. Unsurprisingly, Fox’s Peter Doocy, Fox Business’s Edward Lawrence and New York Post’s Steven Nelson challenged Jean-Pierre while others…