Government & Press

NewsBusters Podcast: Why Should Team Trump Play Nice at Press Parties?
Karoline Leavitt announced she's not attending the White House Correspondents Dinner, which looks like an even better decision after the journalists ripped Trump and Musk and Hegseth at the "Gridiron Club" dinner. Journalists complain about Trump "curtailing media access," which is ludicrous compared to how much access reporters were given to President Biden.

NewsBusters Podcast: Do Reporters Love Leakers Who Ruin ICE Raids?
It's not often that we associate leakers within the government with criminals -- often, they're just frustrated liberals. But leaking the location of potential ICE raids or leaking American troop locations endangers the safety of Americans. Are reporters going to defend these kinds of leaks?

EXCLUSIVE: Leftist Media Falsely Blamed Trump for Q4 GDP Slowdown
The media didn’t even wait for the first quarter of President Donald Trump’s second term to blame him for GDP events that transpired before he was even elected to office.

'PUBLIC' Broadcasting Watch: Wow, PBS Really HATES Elon Musk and DOGE
Four weeks into the second term of President Trump, it's painfully clear that the "Public Broadcasting Service" loathes Trump and his "government efficiency" czar, billionaire Elon Musk. They don't say the reason out loud, but Musk has made clear he thinks "public" broadcasting should be defunded. He's Public Broadcasting Enemy #1.

BREAKING: US Government Paid $2.4M to Soros-Backed Censorship Giant
The revelation that The New York Times and Politico received millions collectively in taxpayer dollars from a slew of US government agencies sparked public outrage. But a new investigation by MRC Business will make the scandal of government-funded media even worse.

The Dispatch Completely BOTCHES Fact Check on Politico’s Gov’t Funding
Never-Trump propaganda mill The Dispatch tried to scold critics enraged over the millions in taxpayer dollars wasted on Politico subscriptions, and ended up looking completely ridiculous in the process.

CNN's Collins: World Leaders 'Make Fun' of Trump Granting Press Access
CNN primetime host and White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins appeared on Thursday's Late Night with Seth Meyers and whimsically discussed how world leaders make fun of Trump for dragging them into hour-long news conferences, which is not the norm with the press. She implied how anti-Trump the reporters are by saying it was like "blood in the water" and "total mayhem" when they…

AP Drew 'One of the Largest Investments' from the Federal Government
Wallace White at the Daily Caller reported it isn't just Politico that's a substantial beneficiary of federal government support. The Associated Press -- which in recent years has offered a seriously soft touch to President Biden -- receives many millions from taxpayers

FIVE Reasons to Defund 'Public' Broadcasting
Now that Republicans have control of Congress and the White House and Trump’s “government efficiency” czars are looking hard at slicing the funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), it bears repeating: “public broadcasting” is not serving the public. It serves a narrow slice of America, an audience of wealthy liberal elites.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr Opens Up Probe of NPR/PBS 'Underwriting'
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr opened up a probe of NPR and PBS Thursday over their airing of commercial announcements. The New York Times warned of a “politicized” debate over public broadcasting. To suggest it tilts left "politicizes" it. But somehow, to tilt left is....not politicizing things?

NB Podcast: Lawrence O'Donnell Sounds Delusional on WH Press Patsies
A Daily Caller study of first-week press interactions between Biden and Trump II drove MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell straight into delusional ranting. He claimed the White House press corps are now just polite stenographers of Trump's lies, that they are uniquely polite to Trump. How insulting it was to NBC's White House reporters!

WashPost Seeks Journo Advice from Couric, Don Lemon, and Lyin' Brian!
Tuesday’s Washington Post revealed their angst for a second Trump term. Whatever can the media do now? All the media's horses failed to knock Trumpty Dumpty off the wall.

ROUNDUP: 9 Outlets Simping for UK's Starmer Following Musk Rebuke
What does the media decide to do when the world’s richest man draws attention to a government coverup of one of the biggest child rape scandals in years? Simp for the politicos accused of being tied to the coverup.

Column: Who Can Trust White House Reporters Who Hid Biden's Infirmity?
Even after The Wall Street Journal reported how Joe Biden’s staff hid his cognitive decline, there wasn’t a single question at the White House briefing. Hugh Hewitt upset knee-jerk defenders of the media when he said “with the exception of Peter Doocy, I would ban everyone from the White House press room who has been there for the past four years, because they are obviously of no use…