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Media Jeered Democrat Edwards’ Indictment: ‘Third World... Revenge’

April 4th, 2023 8:00 AM

The indictment of former President Trump has prompted gleeful cheers among many in the left-wing media, but a similar indictment of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards 12 years ago was jeered at the time as an “overreach” that could wind up being an “embarrassment” for the Justice Department.

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Nets Spend 273 Minutes on Trump, 0 Seconds on Biden Family Corruption

March 31st, 2023 2:25 PM

Over 14 days (March 16-March 30) ABC, NBC, CBS filled their evening, morning and Sunday roundtable shows with over 272 minutes (4 hours, 32 minutes, 56 seconds) of Trump investigation coverage compared to ZERO seconds spent on Biden family corruption stories. On average, network audiences saw almost 20 minutes per day of Trump investigation…

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STUDY: Networks Obsess Over 'Far Right,' Oblivious to 'Far Left'

March 24th, 2023 9:00 AM

Television broadcast networks tend to slap a “far-right” label onto anything even remotely conservative, often referring to conservative Republican of Congress, fringe conspiracy theorists, and outright domestic terrorists with identical terminology for all three. Yet these same networks refuse even to acknowledge the existence of a “far-left,” — and in fact, since the 2022 midterms, they have…

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LOSING THEIR MINDS: Journos and Celebs Rage Against ‘Fascist’ DeSantis

March 15th, 2023 9:00 AM

New York Times columnist Margaret Sullivan laughably proclaimed on March 10 that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis “is just getting started with his rightwing agenda. That should worry us all, yet the media mostly fawns over him.” Sullivan added: “DeSantis enjoys glowing treatment from the mainstream press.” The claim is ridiculous on its face. The following are just some of the most…

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10 Lies the Nets Are Letting Biden Get Away With

March 8th, 2023 10:00 AM

It’s not just the gaffes. President Joe Biden has a serious and well-documented problem when it comes to repeatedly telling outright lies. We at NewsBusters wanted to look at some of the most egregious fibs Biden has made just during his administration and how much time (if any) the broadcast networks devoted to knocking them down.

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STOP THE LIE! Conservatives Like DeSantis Aren’t Erasing Black History

February 23rd, 2023 9:28 AM

Liberal journalists and some celebrities have spent the last month depicting conservatives (who are merely paring back leftist indoctrination to K-12 kids) as racist bigots whose pushback against the woke agenda in public schools will bring harm to Black Americans. The following are some of the worst examples of leftists in the media attacking conservatives for their pushback against wokeness…

President’s Day Parade (of Quotes): Using History to Spin the News

February 20th, 2023 8:50 AM

Journalists love to use past presidents to measure today’s politicians, either to build up those who exemplify their historical liberal heroes, or to belittle conservatives with whom they disagree. Here’s a deep dive into the MRC’s archives showing how the media have used presidents from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln to JFK as talking points in today’s political battles.

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The Worst of Yamiche! Alcindor Brings Her Venom to NBC Full-Time

February 15th, 2023 10:34 AM

The following are just some of the worst outbursts from Yamiche Alcindor via the NewsBusters archive. 

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STUDY: TV News Shields Biden From Blame Over His Inflation Disaster

February 13th, 2023 2:05 PM

A new study from the Media Research Center finds the overwhelming majority (84%) of TV news coverage of the ongoing inflation disaster failed to mention President Biden or his administration — and when reporters did discuss the President, they mostly depicted him as working to solve the problem, rather than blaming him for causing it.

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SOTU Round-Up: ‘Mr. Smooth’ Biden Beats Back ‘Bitter and Rude’ GOP

February 9th, 2023 5:30 PM

The following are just some of the most absurd (post-SOTU) outbursts from liberal journos, as caught by the NewsBusters staff.

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10 Brand NEW Hunter Biden Breaking Stories the Nets Are Burying

February 7th, 2023 9:58 AM

On Wednesday, Congress begins their first public hearings on President Joe Biden’s family, including his son Hunter and his ties (revealed in his infamous laptop) to foreign companies. These hearings give the broadcast networks a new opportunity to actually cover these new developments. The following are 10 brand new Hunter stories the networks have censored.

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Nets Push Deceptive Mass Shooting Stat, Ignore Defensive Uses

January 24th, 2023 4:23 PM

Since the mass shooting in Monterey Park, California on Saturday, viewers of English and Spanish broadcast networks have seen the reported number of mass shootings in the United States jump from 33 to 39 in just three days. And as CBS Morning’s co-host Nate Burleson put it on Tuesday, “my logic says that has to be wrong, those numbers have to be exaggerated, and they are not.” But…

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Coverup: Networks Silent as Top Dem's Kid Arrested for Assaulting Cop

January 24th, 2023 9:37 AM

Broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC have been silent about the arrest of Jared Dowell, the adult child of Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA), for allegedly assaulting a police officer during a riot. Since the arrest late on Saturday, January 21, none have spent even a second of airtime on the incident, despite Clark being the House Minority Whip.

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Lib Networks Reward Biden Ploy to Bury Absolutely Awful Border News

January 23rd, 2023 8:45 AM

This weekend, ABC, CBS and NBC did exactly what the Biden administration hoped they would do by giving just 25 seconds to a devastating new report about the crisis at the U.S.-Mexican border.