NewsBusters Podcast: Why Do Reporters Hate Government Efficiency?

March 12th, 2025 10:37 PM

As much as liberals want to embarrass conservatives for questioning the "Clean Air Act" or the "Civil Rights Act," it might be time to ask liberals and the media why they are so opposed to Donald Trump and Elon Musk working on the goal of  "Government Efficiency." Senior Research Analyst Bill D'Agostino talks about his latest videos.

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Joe AND Mika Lied on Musk Aim to 'Eliminate' Social Security, Medicare

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March 12th, 2025 5:14 PM

The blowhards at MSNBC’s Morning Joe should realize that continuing to shoot lies through their whitened tooth implants on the air about Elon Musk doesn’t make them any more true. What’s worse is that they don’t even attempt to be clever about it.

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ABC/CBS/NBC Spend Less Than Five Minutes (In 32 Days) on DOGE Savings

March 12th, 2025 12:58 PM

In 32 days of coverage (February 8 - March 12) ABC, CBS, NBC (on their evening and morning news shows) spent a total of (4 minutes, 43 seconds) citing specific dollar amounts that DOGE or President Donald Trump claimed to have saved the American taxpayer. 

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FLASHBACK: When the Media Adored ‘Jesus Christ of Our Era’ Elon Musk

March 12th, 2025 11:07 AM

Some of us are old enough to remember when journalists praised Musk as a “real-life Iron Man,” “a visionary,” and even “the Jesus Christ of our era.” Back then, every SpaceX rocket launch drew more media adulation than a Barack Obama speech, with journalists describing the company’s breakthroughs as “glorious,” “stunning,” and once, even “a miracle.”

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Colbert, Guests Warn of Trump-Run Nazi Plays, Post-Soviet Oligarchy

March 12th, 2025 10:10 AM

Ham-fisted Nazi analogies and dumb post-Soviet oracles—these are a few of Stephen Colbert’s favorite things. On Tuesday’s edition of The Late Show on CBS, Colbert welcomed actor Nathan Lane and New York Times columnist Ezra Klein to his show to lament the Trump Administration where it was warned that the Trump era will feature pro-Nazi versions of The Sound of Music

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ABC News Doing Their Level Best to Incite Violence Against Elon Musk

March 11th, 2025 10:08 PM

From watching the White House wrapup that aired on ABC World News Tonight, reasonable individuals can arrive at the conclusion that ABC is attempting to incite violence or some other adverse action against Tesla/SpaceX founder Elon Musk. An inflammatory intro from anchor David Muir led to an even more inflammatory report from former Chief Biden White House apple polisher Mary Bruce.…

Reuters Rationalizes Ballot Barring of Romanian Presidential Candidate

March 11th, 2025 9:59 PM

The blog criticizes the barring of far-right candidate Calin Georgescu from Romania's presidential election re-run, suggesting it undermines democracy. Romania's election authority acted after the Constitutional Court called off a previous election amid Russian interference claims. The incident has sparked a transatlantic debate on democratic values, with the U.S. and European sides divided on…

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CREEPS: Salt Lake Tribune Doxxes Spouse of Conservative Influencer

March 11th, 2025 6:45 PM

On Sunday, The Salt Lake Tribune — owned by the same parent company as the other well-known Utah site, Deseret News — chose to attack conservative data guru Data Republican by wading into her personal life and doxxing her husband, a private citizen and co-owner of a Salt Lake City distillery.

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CNN Boosts Dem’s Conspiracy of Musk Spying for His Private Company

March 11th, 2025 4:09 PM

CNN was in pretty typical form Monday – absorbed with Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and still quite comfortable making up and promoting unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about him on the spot. On Inside Politics, Dana Bash interviewed former CFPB director Rohit Chopra, ostensibly on Musk’s plan to cut the agency, and Chopra conjectured wildly about…

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Sanders Compares Start Of Trump Administration To 'Russia In 2000'

March 11th, 2025 2:15 PM

MSNBC’s weeknight viewers got a preview of a new show on Monday as Symone Sanders-Townsend joined Inside with Jen Psaki guest host Michael Steele for a panel on the political ramifications of Elon Musk’s budget-cutting initiatives. The fact that the ex-RNC chairman is so at home on MSNBC, he is guest hosting the Biden White House press secretary’s show aside, Sanders-Townsend alleged…

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DOGE WATCH: NBC Nightly News Mourns FEMA Jobs

March 11th, 2025 2:05 PM

The network news continues their prolonged campaign against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its efforts to root out waste, fraud, abuse, and inefficiency in government operations. As recent history shows, reports focus on the human victim side of DOGE cuts. Comes now the NBC Nightly News, and their spotlight on FEMA.

NPR Lets D.C. Mayor Dump All Failings On Big Bad Trump

NPR Anchor Lets D.C. Mayor Dump All City Failures On Big Bad Trump

March 10th, 2025 5:18 PM

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser sounded off Monday on NPR about her municipal government’s relationship with the Trump administration. Interviewer Michel Martin allowed her to pass along the buck for all and any of her own failures to the federal government, headed by the hated President Trump, and especially federal employment cuts, directed by the even-more-hated Elon Musk, and challenged her on…

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Ex-CNN Peace Prize Winner: Ditching Fact-Checkers Is 'Kleptocracy'

March 8th, 2025 12:30 PM

Former CNN reporter Maria Ressa won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression.” However, as the heads of the social media platforms move past their relationship with fact-checking companies and towards greater freedom of speech, she warned Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show podcast host Jon Stewart that America is sliding towards “kleptocracy.”

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DOGE: The Networks Try to Drive a Wedge Between Trump, Musk

March 7th, 2025 12:15 AM

The daily DOGE drumbeat continues apace, and the strategy behind the “legacy” media’s reporting is now plainly apparent. They want to drive a wedge between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.