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MRC Leaders Sound Off on Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon Being Fired
On Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, the Media Research Center led the way in providing reaction to and instant analysis at NewsBusters, online, and on the radio about the bombshell firings of Tucker Carlson by Fox News and Don Lemon at CNN. This included three spots from MRC Founder and President Brent Bozell, NewsBusters Executive Editor Tim Graham, and NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis…

On MSNBC—Dominion Lawyer Claims $788 Million Settlement 'Bittersweet!'
On Katie Phang's MSNBC show, the lead lawyer for Dominion Votiing Systeme echoes the claim by the company's CEO that the gigantic, $788 million settlement from Fox News was "bittersweet."

Pot Meet Kettle: CNN Claims Murdochs Lacks 'Journalistic Integrity'
To promote CNN’s new doc-series entitled The Murdochs: Empire of Influence, consulting producers Jim Rutenburg and Jonathan Mahler joined Thursday’s Don Lemon Tonight to discuss the namesake family and accuse them of having “a major political bias.” Meanwhile, Lemon alleged “the journalistic integrity is not always there.”

NPR Turns to Aussie Leader To Trash Fox as Undermining Democracy
Taxpayer-funded National Public Radio hates the conservative media. They will latch on to a cranky ex-prime minister of Australia to spread their hate. On Wednesday night's comically named All Things Considered, Malcolm Turnbull pleased the NPR base by asserting "Americans are seeing their democracy trashed, and it is being trashed in large part by right-wing media." Naturally, Fox…

O'Donnell: GOP Doesn't Care How Big The Mass Shooting Body Count Gets
For the second night in a row, the vile leftist Lawrence O’Donnell melted down over the fact that Rupert Murdoch dared to create a news channel that doesn't toe the leftist media line. The worst part of the unhinged rant came at the beginning of O’Donnell’s MSNBC show The Last Word when he accused Murdoch and Republican politicians of not caring how “large the body count gets” in what…

O'Donnell: Murdoch Did More Damage Than Any Immigrant in The World
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell started his low rated show in the most vile way possible, by lashing out at Fox News founder and CEO, Rupert Murdoch. Even claiming he has blood on his hands and has done more damage to America than any immigrant in any other country during the 21st Century.

NewsBusters Podcast: Stelter Hits Rupert as World's Most Dangerous Man
As the networks show us grisly photos of dead civilians lying in the streets of Ukraine, when most people could agree what Vladimir Putin is a deeply evil man, CNN and Brian Stelter touted a hot take attributed to President Biden that Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch is somehow "the most dangerous man in the world." The last we checked, Murdoch hadn't mowed down any civilians.

CNN's Zurawik Agrees: Fox's Murdoch 'Most Dangerous Man in The World'
During a brief segment at the end of Sunday's Reliable Sources on CNN, host Brian Stelter and CNN media analyst David Zurawik discussed a new book that's set to be released by two New York Times reporters that details behind the scenes drama in the Biden White House.
NYT's Down Under Doom-Monger Hits Rupert Murdoch’s ‘Extreme' Outlets
After imposing authoritarian Covid restrictions, Australia is no longer acting like a liberal democracy. But to New York Times’ Australia bureau chief Damien Cave, the big news from Down Under is how conservative media mogul villain Rupert Murdoch may be accepting some precepts of the “climate change” movement. The headline had a “when did you stop beating your wife?” feel: “Murdoch’s…

Rocker David Crosby Wants Fox News Creator ‘Taken Out’ & ‘Shot’
Musician and peace and love enthusiast David Crosby is currently moonlighting as a bloodthirsty fascist who thinks about shooting people who promote politics he doesn’t believe in. Yeah sure, the first member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young embodies that hippy lifestyle, though today it seems in a way less reminiscent of John Lennon and more akin to Charles Manson.

NY Times Snickers at Fox Weather Launch, Whines About 'Climate Change'
New York Times media reporter Michael Grynbaum gained front-page Business section play on Tuesday with his story about…weather coverage? But you see, it’s Fox weather coverage, so it’s automatically controversial, even if the project hasn’t actually launched yet: “Fox Wants to Do for TV Weather What It Did for Cable News.” One can almost hear the booing and hissing among Times…

Evil: MSNBC’s Reid, Guests Gleefully Spit on Rush Limbaugh’s Grave
With Wednesday’s passing of conservative icon Rush Limbaugh, venom coarsened through the left and their media pals as many openly celebrated his death. MSNBC’s The ReidOut was no exception with host Joy Reid, conservative-turned-ardent liberal Charlie Sykes, and Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank rhetorically spitting on his grave as having made Americans dumber and…
Appalling NYT Favors Press Restrictions for Murdoch-Led News in UK
New York Times’ London bureau chief Mark Landler’s obsessive hostility toward mogul Rupert Murdoch’s right-leaning media empire was on display Wednesday. His coverage of two fledgling right-of-center news outlets also documented the resulting panic of liberals like Landler: “Murdoch to Challenge U.K.’s Fairness Statute With Fox News Playbook.” He fretted: "While Britain has long had a…

Amanpour Lauds Shep Smith Not Watching Right-Wing Media
On Tuesday's Amanpour & Co. on PBS and CNN International, host Christiane Amanpour lauded Shepard Smith's negativity toward right-wing voices on Fox News Channel as the former Fox News host discussed his decision to leave the network.