Stephen Battaglio

NB Podcast: LA Times’s Gushy Profile of ABC’s Davis Gave Away the Game
Sitting in on Friday for host and NewsBusters Executive Editor Tim Graham, Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro and I dove into an absurd Los Angeles Times profile celebrating ABC’s debate co-moderator Linsey Davis for, along with co-moderator David Muir, interjecting for so-called fact-checks of Donald Trump.

LATimes Laugh: MSNBC’s Morning Joe ‘Manages to Stay in Neutral Zone'
Los Angeles Times television writer Stephen Battaglio profiled the hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe -- Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Willie Geist. The headline is certainly West Coast-snooty: “MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ tries to keep cable news smart while expanding to four hours.” The story’s premise – that Morning Joe plays it down the middle -- was just wacky. A…

It’s a Cult: CNNers Continue Worshipping Zucker Despite Ouster
Through a series of stories this week, it was evident CNN’s current staff have no interest in being salvaged as a serious news organization and anything other than a far-left propaganda outlet worthy of being some combination of mocked and ignored. Instead of seeking to move on from disgraced former boss Jeff Zucker, they’ve tried to canonize him as a tent pole of American democracy.

'NewsNation' Promises to be 'Neutral,' 'Opinion-Free.' Will It?
If you want more proof that the traditional media leans to the left, a brand new prime time broadcast is launching with the claim that it will be, "neutral," "opinion-free" news. It's called NewsNation and will be produced by the Nexstar Media Group with across the nation on that company’s 185 TV stations and 5,400 employees.

CNN Ends 2014 With All-time Low Ratings, MSNBC Falls to Third Place
