Colbert Rants At Carr After CBS Bans Texas Senate Candidate Interview
The Late Show host Stephen Colbert angrily denounced FCC chairman Brendan Carr after CBS told him that he could not interview Texas State Rep. and Senate candidate James Talarico for his Monday show. Colbert accused Carr and President Trump of trying to silence him but ultimately ended up interviewing Talarico anyway and put the video up on YouTube. Beyond the FCC, the main purpose of…
PROBE: The FCC Looks to Crackdown on ABC's The View Citing Equal Time
On Friday, Fox News reported that the Federal Communications Commission was launching an investigation into ABC’s The View following the appearance of Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico (TX). The agency cited an alleged violation of the equal time statute that mandated non-news shows to allow all legally-filed political candidates to have equal time on their shows.
CNN's Cornish On First-Name Basis With 'Kamala' And 'Jasmine'
Could you ever imagine Audie Cornish casually referring to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson as "John" and "Mike?" Rhetorical question. Yet on today's edition of CNN This Morning, Cornish spoke of "Kamala" and "Jasmine." Not surprising on the part of former NPR host Cornish when speaking of her fellow liberals Kamala Harris and Jasmine Crockett!
Texas-Obsessed PBS Totally Ignores Dems Side of House Gerrymander Wars
A redistricting arms race? Texas Republicans' plan to redraw the congressional map and eliminate five Democratic-held U.S. House seats, which would help the GOP retain control of the House in next year's midterm elections, sent Democrats in the Texas legislature fleeing to Illinois and New York to avoid a sufficient “quorum” in the chamber to vote on the measure. The spat led off Monday…
Cornish To Kamala: You Were On '24 Listening Tour—Voters Said 'No!'
In a CNN This Morning segment on Kamala Harris' announcement that she will not run for governor of California in 2026, and her future prospects, host Audie Cornish says: "Republicans would love for her to run again. And if you're on a listening tour, like, you were on a listening tour. It was called the election. And people said 'no.'"
Katy Tur Talks Up Viral Democrat Who Argues Against 'Far Right'
On Friday afternoon, MSNBC host Katy Tur devoted a segment to promoting the latest viral Democrat, Texas state legislator James Talarico, touting his history of arguing against the "far right," and letting him blame Fox News for political divisions in America.
NY Times, ProPublica Scare Lefties About Texas Billionaire 'Theocrats'
The headline writers for the 6,000-word expose in the New York Times Magazine by Ava Kofman (in partnership with the liberal nonprofit newsroom ProPublica) certainly know how to scare the paper's liberal readership: “How Two Billionaire Preachers Remade Texas Politics -- They control Republican politics in the state. Now they’re poised to take their theocratic agenda…
Incendiary: Reid, Pals Paint GOP as Terrorists Who'd Make Another 9/11
In the almost-year since MSNBC’s The ReidOut was born, NewsBusters readers have seen host Joy Reid and the show foment dangerous and incendiary rhetoric against conservatives and Republicans. Wednesday’s show was one of the worst as Reid and a cast of characters painted right-leaning Americans as terrorists who want to commit mass murder, deny Black people the right to vote, and, if…
