NewsBusters Podcast: Late-Night Comics Shy Away from Mocking Kamala

November 1st, 2024 10:48 PM

Our latest NewsBusters study of all the jokes on late-night "comedy" shows this fall found that 98 percent of the jokes about presidential candidates were about Donald Trump, and only 2 percent about Kamala Harris. Our late-night watcher Alex Christy explains just how this remarkable tilt by the "comedians" erupts night after night. Kamala is mostly off-limits to joke about.

Take The April Fool's Facebook Fact-Checkers Quiz

April 1st, 2024 9:00 AM

It is April 1 which means the news consumer must be extra aware for hijinks, tomfoolery, and other assortments of fake news. While some may have great fun with tales of pitchers who can throw 168 mile an hour fastballs while wearing a hiking boot on one foot and being barefoot on the other, the fact-checkers that are part of Facebook’s anti-disinformation campaign may beg to differ.

April Cancels Fools Day: Holiday Un-Woke and 'Redundant'

Culture
March 30th, 2023 6:53 PM

There's no room for April Fools Day in a world with the Cleveland 'Guardians.'

Elon Musk Takes Dump on Media: New Press Poop Policy Unveiled

March 20th, 2023 11:19 AM

Twitter owner Elon Musk has found a new way to troll his opponents in the liberal media with a healthy dose of toilet humor.

Speaking of Balloons: India Man in ‘Committed Relationship' With Some

Culture
February 17th, 2023 11:41 AM

Just another boy-meets-balloons story.

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AOC Claims Gas Stoves Cause 'Reduced Cognitive Performance'

Culture
January 12th, 2023 4:32 PM

Alexandria Ocosao-Cortez has become notorious for being a hypocrite. Her latest segment was when advocated for the dumb proposal of people to ditch their gas stoves, meanwhile she herself uses one.

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‘Mannish Girl’: A Heartfelt Musical Tribute to Admiral Rachel Levine

Culture
November 7th, 2022 10:27 AM

You can’t keep a good man down.

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The Babylon Bee’s Kyle Mann Says His Site Won’t ‘Bow Before Twitter’

August 24th, 2022 6:22 PM

The Babylon Bee Editor-in-Chief Kyle Mann told Reason Editor-at-Large Nick Gillespie why his company has refused to delete the infamous tweet that got it kicked off Twitter.

PolitiFact Cries LIE on Kentucky Derby 'Horse's Ass' JOKES About Biden

May 11th, 2022 12:23 PM

The Democrat "fact check" website calling itself PolitiFact is so fervently dedicated to defending President Biden that it's repeating its lame fact checks of previous Kentucky Derby jokes. On Monday, staff writer Monique Curet threw a "Pants on Fire" rating at a Facebook user named Eddie Foley -- with about 1,300 friends at this juncture -- for repeating a joke about Biden being insulted as a…

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MSNBC Humor? Comedian Would 'Joyfully Abort' Baby of the SCOTUS Leaker

May 10th, 2022 3:09 PM

On Sunday night, as Mother’s Day wound to a close, MSNBC’s Ayman show put on a panel including liberal comedian Laurie Kilmartin. Host Ayman Mohyeldin was highly amused when Kilmartin suggested she would “make sweet love” to the hero who leaked the Alito draft opinion on abortion to Politico, and if they were a Republican and she got pregnant, she would “joyfully abort our fetus.”

Twitter STINGS Babylon Bee with Censor Blitz Over Trans Satire Posts

March 24th, 2022 11:49 AM

Twitter mashed its SHUT UP button on Christian satire site The Babylon Bee. Twitter’s latest episode in its ongoing campaign to silence The Bee involved reportedly locking its founder Adam Ford out of his account for simply trolling the platform with benign humor. 

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SUPERYACHT: WashPost Owner Jeff Bezos’ Climate Hypocrisy Exposed

Business
February 4th, 2022 3:58 PM

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos just solidified himself as one of the biggest climate activist hypocrites in world politics. The city of Rotterdam reportedly gave the green light to disassemble one of Netherland’s oldest bridges to make way for the third richest man in the world’s superyacht, according to BBC.

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Toobin 2.0? NJ Congressman Gets Caught With His Pants Off

Culture
June 18th, 2021 11:21 AM

He didn't go the "full Toobin," but Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ) wasn't exactly in business attire during a congressional meeting that was being held over Zoom. On June 17, during a Homeland Security Committee meeting congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) posted a video to twitter that showed Payne standing up during the call. The representative was obviously not aware that his camera was on…

'I Can't Be the Comic I Was'; Kevin Hart Roasts Cancel Culture

Culture
June 14th, 2021 4:16 PM

The little man has a lot of Hart. Cancel culture is no joke to Kevin Hart. The comic has weathered the storm and ultimately come out on top each time. As the highest-earning comedian, surpassing even the legendary Jerry Seinfeld, it will take more than some politically correct crybabies to take him down.