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John Brennan: 'Absurd' To Say Fired Joint Chiefs Head Had Woke Agenda

February 22nd, 2025 10:01 PM

On Saturday's edition of MSNBC's The Weekend, former CIA Director and current MSNBC analyst John Brennan claimed it was "absurd" to suggest that President Trump fired C.J. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, because of his woke agenda. In fact, there is copious evidence of Brown having pushed a DEI agenda.

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CNN's Sidner Underlines Ex-NFL Punter Who Compares Trump to Hitler

February 22nd, 2025 4:54 PM

On Friday morning, CNN host Sara Sidner rewarded an anti-Trump protester who was arrested in California by giving him a forum to compare President Trump to Adolf Hitler. It's former NFL punter Chris Kluwe.

The Media's Musk Hostility Has a Historical Echo

February 22nd, 2025 4:00 PM

The President of the United States looked his chief budget cutter in the eye, saying, "You’re a victim of sabotage by the press. They’re trying to bring you down because of what you’ve helped us accomplish."

PolitiFact Rates Musk Pants-on-Fire For Biden 'Importation Scam' Claim

February 22nd, 2025 2:00 PM

PolitiFact writers Maria Ramirez Uribe and Amy Sherman teamed up on Friday to give Elon Musk a “pants-on-fire” rating for his claim that former President Joe Biden’s immigration policy was “a giant voter importation scam.” To reach such a conclusion, the duo engaged in plenty of hyperliteralism and bad faith arguments.

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Clooney’s Truth-Telling Play Arrives at Terrible Time

February 22nd, 2025 1:30 PM

George Clooney cemented his auteur status with 2005’s Good Night, and Good Luck. The drama recalled journalist Edward R. Murrow’s clash with Sen. Joseph McCarthy during what later became known as the Blacklist era.

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ABC Goes Soft On Mangione Fans, Paints Trial As 'Cultural Flashpoint'

February 22nd, 2025 11:45 AM

ABC’s Trevor Ault went soft on those who showed up to support alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione on Friday’s edition of World News Tonight. Instead of reacting in horror that such an alleged cold-blooded killer has such support, Ault portrayed his upcoming trial as a “cultural flashpoint.”

AP Sues WH Over Gulf of America Name, Alleging Free Speech Violation

February 22nd, 2025 10:34 AM

On Friday, the Associated Press (AP) sued three Trump White House officials – Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich, and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt – alleging they violated the First Amendment (and somehow the Fourth Amendment too) by using their stance on the Gulf of America to deprive the AP of their seemingly God-given right to participate in a small,…

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Brooks: People Will Die Because Trump Admin Wants To 'Break Things'

February 22nd, 2025 9:57 AM

New York Times columnist David Brooks is theoretically supposed to be PBS News Hour’s conservative half of its weekly Friday news recap with Washington Post associate editor and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart. However, he constantly fails to live up to this arrangement, and this Friday was no exception, as he alleged that people all over the world will die because the Trump administration simply…

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Not Bernie: Scarborough Rants About Millionaires and Billionaires!

February 22nd, 2025 6:17 AM

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough does his best Bernie Sanders impression, ranting against "millionaires and billionaires." Scarborough condemns plans to reduce the number of IRS agents, and to give tax cuts to "billionaires."

NB Podcast: PBS & NPR Lose Their Minds Over Musk & His CPAC Chainsaw

February 21st, 2025 11:05 PM

Elon Musk wielded a chainsaw at CPAC, striking a pose next to Argentina’s president Javier Milei. The networks really hate Elon Musk for trying to reduce government in any way. "Public" broadcasters are incredibly anti-Musk, since they are dreading the DOGE wagon pulling up to PBS and NPR.

MSNBC Settles Defamation Suit Over Erroneous 'Uterus Collector' Story

February 21st, 2025 10:05 PM

CNN being found liable for malicious defamation might have put the fear of God into MSNBC. In a filing obtained by NewsBusters, NBCUniversal and plaintiff Dr. Mahendra Amin had entered into settlement negotiations on Thursday. Although, they’re still working on the language.

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PBS Seethes at Michael Knowles: ‘You Don't Believe Gay People Exist?'

February 21st, 2025 9:24 PM

PBS News anchors and reporters have brought the soft soap for sob-story interviews for people losing their jobs thanks to Trump executive orders and Musk-driven budget cuts, without any ideological labels attached to their designated victims. Yet the rare conservative who appears on the News Hour is almost guaranteed to get smacked with at least on warning label. So no…

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Stein, Todd Lament Media's 'Collective Weakness' Defending AP, Rip Fox

February 21st, 2025 6:51 PM

Former NBC and MSNBC political referee (self-described) Chuck Todd resurfaced on The Bulwark’s podcast with his former MSNBC colleague Sam Stein, on Wednesday. Together, they reminisced about covering the White House and lamented the “collective weakness” of the current press pool in not standing up for the Associated Press during their feud with the Trump administration over not using “Gulf…

Earth to the News Media: Downsizing Happens

February 21st, 2025 5:15 PM

Chelsea Milburn is a disabled veteran of the United States Navy who, until recently, worked for the United States Department of Education. As part of cuts from the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, she has lost her job. On Wednesday, she appeared on the news and lamented, “They don’t care about how this impacts me or people like me. And to me, it’s inhumane. It feels like they…