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MSNBC Republican: Gaetz a Security Risk as 'Sex Addict,' 'Drug Addict'

November 21st, 2024 3:11 PM

On Morning Joe, MSNBC Republican Elise Jordan says the issue with Matt Gaetz is not his morality per se, but whether his morality makes him—someone who would control the nation's top secrets—"compromised" as a "sex addict and drug addict."

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The View Praises Their Legal Notes as They Spew Misinformation

November 21st, 2024 2:46 PM

It had not been a good week for ABC’s The View as they were forced to repeatedly read legal notes after parroting allegations against President-elect Trump’s nominations for cabinet positions. On Thursday’s episode, co-host Joy Behar praised their legal notes as a form of fact-checking and suggested that it was a reason people were fans of the show. But that was a lie and they were…

Puck Details Chaos at MSNBC After Joe & Mika Meet Trump, Comcast Sale

November 21st, 2024 2:20 PM

On Wednesday night, Puck’s Dylan Byers broke down the fallout from both MSNBC’s Morning Joe co-hosts and married couple Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski’s attempt at making nice with President-Elect Trump (to avoid his wrath) and Comcast admitting this week it’ll spin off MSNBC and six other cable networks.

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Couric: Mace 'Just S*****' For Wanting Men Out Of Women's Restrooms

November 21st, 2024 2:05 PM

Wednesday was a rough day for former network evening show hosts. Former NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams attributed Donald Trump’s win to “nihilism” and former CBS Evening News host Katie Couric claimed that rape survivor and GOP Rep. Nancy Mace is being “just shitty" to Rep.-elect Sarah McBride because Mace believes women’s restrooms are for actual women, not men who…

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‘Do Not Do That at My Table’: Abby Phillip Forbids the Word 'Dear'

November 21st, 2024 11:55 AM

CNN host Abby Phillip broke out the scolding on Wednesday night’s NewsNight when Bruce LeVell – the former executive director of Trump’s 2016 National Diversity Coalition used the apparently offensive word “dear” to Democrat strategist Julie Roginsky, in a “condescending tone.” However, it was all right to accuse Matt Gaetz of “statutory rape.” Phillip didn’t mind that one bit.

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MSNBC Skips, CNN Spends 2 Minutes on Laken Riley Trial in Prime Time

November 21st, 2024 11:46 AM

If you relied on CNN or MSNBC evening shows for your news, you likely would have no idea that the illegal alien who murdered Laken Riley was just tried and convicted. CNN’s prime time programming (between 8:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. ET) featured just a single, two-minute segment on the trial, while MSNBC’s evening shows skipped the story entirely.

Green Energy Needs Minerals, Yet America Blocks New Mines

November 21st, 2024 11:40 AM

People eagerly give money to rich environmental groups. The Natural Resources Defense Council has $463 million in assets. It claims it uses law “to confront the climate crisis.” What it really does is pay lawyers to torture people who try to do useful things. Example: America needs minerals like copper and silver to make things. Even President Joe Biden made a speech saying America will need…

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Meyers, Williams Claim Trump Won Because 'There is a Nihilism Afoot'

November 21st, 2024 10:00 AM

Former NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams stopped by his old stomping grounds on Wednesday as he joined Late Night host Seth Meyers to recap the presidential election and discuss what Democrats need to do differently. Both men agreed that part of the problem Democrats face is that “there is a nihilism afoot” that makes it harder for the party to get its message across.…

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Migration Advocacy Mars NBC Coverage of Laken Riley Murder Verdict

November 20th, 2024 11:46 PM

NBC’s coverage of the Laken Riley murder verdict in Athens, Georgia called upon familiar tropes that might lead viewers to believe that they are watching Telemundo instead. Immigration advocacy was presented to viewers as a substitute for journalism.

NewsBusters Podcast: David Harsanyi on Media & 'The Rise of Blue-Anon'

November 20th, 2024 10:20 PM

Washington Examiner columnist David Harsanyi's new book The Rise of Blue-Anon underlines that the conspiracy theories on the Democrat side are not on the fringes. They come from the very center of the party establishment and the one-party media. Like MSNBC's Michael Beschloss suggesting your kids will be killed if Republicans win.

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CBS, NBC Upset Speaker Johnson Won’t Let Men Pee in Ladies’ Rooms

November 20th, 2024 9:31 PM

We are on Day Two of the Capitol Hill Bathroom Cycle, which shows no sign of abating. CBS and NBC have now taken up the cause of the transgender member of Congress who is, as of today, NOT allowed to use women’s facilities due to being a biological male. 

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Networks Spend Nearly 4x More on Garbage-Gate Than Laken Riley Trial

November 20th, 2024 4:32 PM

ABC, CBS, and NBC have shown a disturbing aversion to covering the murder trial of Georgia student Laken Riley by an illegal immigrant. In five days, they spent nearly four times less coverage on the flagship newscasts about Riley versus the manufactured and partisan obsession over the October 27 remark by a pro-Trump comedian that Puerto Rico was a “floating island of garbage.” From Friday,…

Washington Post Angst: Employee Anger and Fear 'Through the Roof'

November 20th, 2024 4:14 PM

Charlotte Klein at New York magazine unloaded the terrible financial news at The Washington Post: "Even before 250,000 digital readers unsubscribed from the Washington Post in protest, the paper was on track to lose at least as much money as it lost last year: $77 million." Billionaire owner Jeff Bezos "seems determined to fix the paper, whether the current staff likes it or…

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The View Clashes Over School Choice, Hostin Hypocrisy Gets Called Out

November 20th, 2024 3:25 PM

ABC’s The View had a rare moment of actual debate on Wednesday as they clashed over school choice, with anti-Trump Republican Alyssa Farah Griffin getting into a contentious sparing matching with co-host Sunny Hostin about the effectiveness of school choice programs. Farah Griffin even called out Hostin’s hypocrisy in opposing the programs because her family sent her to a prestigious…