NewsBusters Podcast: Tweaking Pro-Abort Killjoys at the March for Life

January 23rd, 2023 10:00 PM

Friday's annual March for Life drew some assorted news stories (not from ABC). MRCTV's Tierin-Rose Mandelburg joins the show to discuss her video from the protest scene, and how pro-abortion people struggled with her questions. Also: NBC's Chuck Todd mangles facts in his memory of the Monica Lewinsky affair 25 years ago.

NewsBusters Podcast: Biden Avoids the Press, Karine Makes a Mess

December 30th, 2022 10:35 PM

He promised he'd be so much nicer to the press than President Trump, but President Biden gave only 7 interviews to journalists in 2022 and called only 5 solo press conferences. Curtis Houck joins the show to discuss how Biden and his press secretaries performed, and how some journalists pressed for serious answers.

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MRC’s Houck Takes on Chinese-Owned TikTok as CNN Blames Concern on Fox

December 15th, 2022 11:14 AM

NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck was back on the Fox News Channel late Wednesday/early Thursday as he joined host Trace Gallagher on Fox News @ Night to discuss the massive national security threat posed by Chinese-owned TikTok as well as how CNN senior media reporter Oliver Darcy made raising these concerns out to be an issue to please Fox viewers.

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MRC’s Hamill, Houck Slam Lefty Media Dodging Twitter Files, AOC Probe

December 12th, 2022 10:53 AM

It was a Media Research Center takeover on the late Friday/early Saturday edition of Fox News @ Night as NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck and MRCTV contributing writer Stephanie Hamill brought the heat alongside host Trace Gallagher on the liberal media’s failure to cover the Twitter Files, a House Ethics probe into Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and the latest antics…

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On FNC, MRC’s Houck Torches CBS for Admitting Hunter’s Laptop Is Real

November 22nd, 2022 10:05 AM

Making his latest appearance on the Fox News Channel’s Fox News @ Night, NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck and host Trace Gallagher slammed CBS News early Tuesday for having finally admitted 768 days after the New York Post’s first report to concede Hunter Biden’s laptop is real and anything but a conspiracy theory.

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NB's Houck Hits Media's 'Ridiculous' Defense of Long Vote Count Delays

November 12th, 2022 5:19 PM

NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck appeared on Fox News at Night on Friday for their regular segment on the media's highs and lows of the week. Houck's low was the media;s "ridiculous" appeals for "patience" as the vote-counting process went on for days and days without resolution. The longer it goes, the more people suspect some fishy business with the ballots. 

NewsBusters Podcast: A Surprisingly Wave-Free Election Night

November 9th, 2022 9:47 PM

The historical averages suggested a "red wave" of some size in the 2022 midterms. But the media's Election Night routine was slightly blander when there was no obvious tilt toward Republicans, but instead a tilt toward all incumbents. We had no cries of "whitelash" or talk of voters throwing two-year-old temper tantrums.

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NB Podcast: The Lib Media Using Pelosi Attack for Election Fodder

November 2nd, 2022 7:08 PM

On this episode of the NewsBusters Podcast, managing editor Curtis Houck and I discuss how the liberal media aren’t letting a good crisis go to waste as they use the heinous attack against Paul Pelosi (Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) husband as a prop to help Democratic chances in midterm elections.

NewsBusters Podcast: Aggressively Spinning Fetterman's Debate Debacle

October 26th, 2022 10:02 PM

The one and only debate between Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate candidates was a debacle for Democrat John Fetterman. But the post-debate coverage lauded Fetterman's "courage," downplayed his disabilities (or made them a virtue), and hammered Republican Mehmet Oz for his allegedly "heinous" remarks in favor of making abortion legislation up to the states.

NewsBusters Podcast: The January 6 Hearing & Fundraising Gimmick

October 14th, 2022 10:27 PM

The final pre-election hearing of the Pelosi-picked January 6 Committee was overtly designed as midterm messaging for the Democrats -- including in fundraising emails. The media coverage suggests one party is in favor of democracy, and the other one is a mortal threat to democracy. We discuss the patterns with NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck.

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MRC’s Houck Slams Lefty Media for Circling the Wagons Around Fetterman

October 14th, 2022 1:17 PM

Making his latest appearance early Friday/late Thursday on the Fox News Channel’s Fox News @ Night, NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck teamed with District Media Group’s Beverly Hallberg to take down the liberal media for attacking NBC’s Dasha Burns after she pressed Pennsylvania senatorial candidate John Fetterman on his cognitive struggles since he suffered a stroke in May.…

NewsBusters Podcast: The Jackie Flap and the Hurricane Trap

September 30th, 2022 10:36 PM

It was a week of Biden-Harris gaffes -- and the media energetically ignoring Biden-Harris gaffes. Vice President Harris mysteriously said we had a great relationship with North (and not South) Korea. President Biden held a hunger event where he wanted to be bipartisan, so he asked on camera where Rep. Jackie Walorski was -- when she died weeks ago in a car crash.

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‘SO Absurd’; On Fox, MRC’s Houck Scorches Liberal Media Snowflakes

September 26th, 2022 9:44 AM

NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck joined the late Friday/early Saturday edition of the Fox News Channel’s Fox News @ Night for the show’s weekly media panel and, for both his high and low of the week, took aim at triggered liberals in the media upset conservatives would report the facts on the southern border and feel the need to lie about abortion.

NewsBusters Podcast: The Cackling Coven of 'The View' Returns

September 7th, 2022 6:07 PM

On this episode of the NewsBusters Podcast, associate editor Nick “Night Train” Fondacaro and managing editor Curtis Houck discuss the Cackling Coven of The View returning for their 26th season on ABC “News.” In only two episodes this week, the cast proved they’re as ignorant and partisan as ever, with Whoopi Goldberg cursing out Republicans and defending Democratic denials…