MS NOW Defends Fired Agent Who Downplayed Motive In Baseball Shooting
As hard as it may be for MS NOW justice and intelligence reporter Ken Dilanian to understand, Republicans are still not happy about the FBI downplaying the partisan motivations of the 2017 congressional baseball shooter. Therefore, when the agent involved in that conclusion was fired on Wednesday, Dilanian took to the air to claim the agent was just the latest in a string of FBI officials…
CNN Selects Two Texas Republicans Who Say They Won’t Vote for Paxton
CNN This Morning began its coverage today of Ken Paxton’s decisive victory over John Cornyn in the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff by airing interviews with exactly two Texas Republicans who swore they won’t vote for Paxton. One even declared she will “absolutely” vote for Democrat James Talarico in November.
Troublemaker? CNN's Audie Cornish Asks: 'Is John Cornyn a RINO?'
On Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish asked — seemingly out of nowhere — during coverage of the Texas GOP Senate primary runoff: “Is John Cornyn a RINO?” Cornish did not mention or dispute Cornyn’s widely cited [99%+] voting alignment with President Trump on roll-call votes where Trump took a clear position.
Katy Tur Laments Too Many Media Outlets, Too Much Free Speech for GOP
On her Friday afternoon show, MS NOW host Katy Tur longed for the days when the liberal elite media had a monopoly on fact-checking politicians as she spoke with MS NOW legal analyst Andrew Weissmann about his new anti-Trump book, Liars Kingdom.
MS NOW Panel Admits: Beating Ken Paxton in Texas An ‘Uphill Battle'
On Saturday’s edition of The Weekend on MS NOW, a panel discussion about the Texas Senate race offered some unusually candid pessimism about the Democrats' chances. The panel conceded that even with the more controversial Ken Paxton on the ballot, Democrats still face steep odds in Texas.
STUDY: Stephen Colbert Turned 'The Late Show' Into 'The DNC Show'
Stephen Colbert was well into his farewell media tour when he told GQ, “I think I'm more conservative than people think.” However, according to an aggregation of previous NewsBusters studies and quote packages, that is not true. Since NewsBusters began counting jokes in January 2023, Colbert has told 87 percent of his political jokes about conservatives. Likewise, since September 2022…
MS NOW: 'I Don’t Know GOP Voters,' CNN Analyzes GOP With 0 Republicans
On Sunday night, MS NOW host Ayman Mohyeldin admitted "I can't really speak for Republican voters, I don't know them very well." On Monday's CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish offered a full segment on the state of the GOP after the defeat of incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy in the Louisiana primary — with zero Republicans on the panel.
MS NOW's Wild Spin: GOP Seeks 'Decimation of Black Political Power'
On Saturday's The Weekend, MS NOW displayed overt hypocrisy by having on House Minority Whip and Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA) to complain about Southern Republicans cutting Democrat-leaning seats when her own home state has shut out Republicans from all its congressional districts since the 1990s.
STUDY: SNL Jokes About Conservatives Jump To 91 Percent In Season 51
Season 51 of NBC’s Saturday Night Live recently came to an end, and it was considerably more liberal than Season 50. A new NewsBusters study has found that 91 percent of the season’s Weekend Update jokes were directed at conservatives, while 83 percent of its cold open political characters were conservatives or Republicans.
MS NOW Flips Out Over Redistricting by Louisiana GOP
On Wednesday's Chris Jansing Reports on MS NOW, fill-in host Erielle Reshef presided over segment to fret over moves by Louisiana Republicans to eliminate a racially gerrymandered Democrat-leaning congressional district even though doing so is in accordance with the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision.
So Sad! CNN's Cornish 'Has to Admit' GOP Feeling Good On Redistricting
On Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish, formerly of NPR, kicked off a redistricting segment with a classic tell of her liberal bias: “And I have to admit, Republicans are feeling good now.” We feel your pain, Audie!
MS NOW Analyst: GOP Moves = 'American Version of Apartheid'
In a wildly inflammatory segment on Saturday's edition of The Weekend: Primetime, MS NOW analyst Basil Smikle declared Republican-led redistricting and other moves tantamount to “an American version of apartheid.” Earlier in the segment, law professor James Sample admitted that the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision striking down the Democrat mid-decade power grab was “probably right on the law…
CNN Lets Virginia Rep Lecture GOP on Jim Crow, Never Mind His Party
On Friday's CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish gave Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Va.) free rein to lecture Republicans on the evils of partisan redistricting, complete with hyperbolic comparisons to Jim Crow poll taxes and literacy tests. It took real chutzpah for Walkinshaw to condemn Republican redistricting. Virginia, under newly elected Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger, narrowly…
Lydic Compares Trump Supporters To Jared Fogle Fans
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Desi Lydic was dismayed on Thursday at recent polling that still showed high levels of support for President Trump among Republicans. Under the guise of self-deprecating humor, she compared those who still support Trump with a fictitious version of herself who set up a Jared Fogle babysitter fan club.
