Afghanistan

MSNBC Swagger: Biden Plays Chess, Trump Plays 'Hungry Hungry Hippos'
On MSNBC's The Weekend, co-anchor claims that Biden plays chess, whereas Trump, at best, plays Hungry Hippos. Co-anchor Symone Sanders-Townsend chips in to suggest Uno might be a better fit for Trump. Sanders-Townsend claims that Biden's performance at the G7 summit refuted any notion that he might be "a little too old" for the job, thus ignoring a video of a doddering Biden wandering off…

Pants on Fire: Psaki to Alter Book for Lying About Biden, Afghanistan
Axios White House reporter Alex Thompson flagged on Monday former Biden White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s new memoir Say More will have an altered passage in future printings following the revelation that it falsely claimed President Biden never looked at his watch during the August 29, 2021 dignified transfer of remains for the 13 Americans murdered in Kabul during the U.S.’s disastrous…

PBS Touts Film About Being a Trans Man Embedded with the Taliban
PBS NewsHour may have some sort of quota to meet for the number of supportive stories they must file for the transgender lobby. On April 4, they touted a new documentary available on Amazon Prime and Apple TV under the headline "Documentary captures journalist’s gender transition while embedded with Taliban."

ABC’s Jon Karl Tries To Veep-Shame Marco Rubio, Gets SCHOOLED
While behind the moderator desk at ABC This Week, noted January 6th hysteric Jon Karl tried to “gotcha” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on several fronts during a broad-ranging interview, attempting to embarrass him over his prior primary against Donald Trump as Rubio is now under consideration, per reports, to be Trump’s 2024 running mate. Instead, Karl got shut down at each turn.

Lead CBS, NBC Shows Skip Hearing on Biden’s Deadly Afghanistan Exit
On Tuesday afternoon, the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing with retired Generals Mark Milley and Frank McKenzie on the Biden administration’s deadly and disastrous 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, which included the murders of 13 American soldiers by Islamic terrorists at the Kabul airport. In a cowardly move, CBS and NBC saw no reason to tell viewers about this push for…

Editor’s Pick: Foldi Interviews Gold Star Father Arrested During SOTU
Our great friend Matthew Foldi had a story from Sunday night at The Spectator that served as Steve Nikoui’s first interview since the Capitol Police arrested him on Thursday night for shouting at President Biden during the State of the Union about Abbey Gate and his late son, Karrem Nikoui. Karrem Nikoui, a United States Marine, was one of 13 Americans murdered by Islamic terrorists…

Daily Show Faux-Debates 'America's Greatest War Criminals'
Comedy Central’s tempt host of The Daily Show, Michelle Wolf welcomed correspondents Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta for a “debate” on who is “America’s greatest war criminal” after the death of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. As Chieng and Kosta fake fought over Kissinger and former Vice President Dick Cheney, Wolf offered up President Andrew Jackson.

NewsBusters Podcast: Gold Star Families Angry at Biden Deemed Not News
Gold Star families who lost loved ones in the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan are not happy with President Biden, or the State Department, or the Pentagon. This might explain why the networks have tried to avoid these people, since they seem like guardians of whatever popularity Biden still has.

After MRC Pressure, NBC Covers Gold Star Hearing, ABC & CBS Ignore
Over two weeks since the three networks refused to cover the congressional testimony from numerous Gold Star families, and one week since NewsBusters’s parent company Media Research Center demanded an answer for why they refused to cover the emotional pleas from the families, one of the networks (NBC) decided to report on another hearing held today.

Networks Refuse to Explain Non-Coverage of Grieving Gold Star Parents
Given a week to reply, the presidents of ABC, NBC, and CBS have refused to respond to Media Research Center (MRC) Founder and President Brent Bozell’s letter asking why they didn’t cover the testimony of Gold Star parents who lost loved ones in President Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Shameless Media Partisans Who Praised Biden’s Afghan Debacle
Two years ago this week, even liberal journalists were appalled by the disastrous incompetence of the Biden administration regarding the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. Yet quickly the most shameless partisan journalists identified themselves by deciding to praise, rather than criticize, the disaster that all could see with their own eyes.

Nets Skip Gold Star Parents Demanding RESIGNATION of Blinken & Milley
As we approach the two-year anniversary of the disastrous and deadly withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in which thirteen U.S. service members died, the families of those brave Americans are still seeking answers and accountability. Only to be stonewalled by the Biden administration. On Monday, House Republicans held a hearing and heard testimony from the family members of the…

CBS Runs Puff Piece On Far-Left Barbara Lee's Senate Campaign
For Friday’s CBS Mornings, guest host Natalie Morales shared a recent interview she did with California Rep. and Senate candidate Barbara Lee. The segment covered everything from Lee’s views on race to abortion to the war in Afghanistan, but one thing that remained constant throughout was Morales’s cheerleading of the far-left Lee.

Scarborough Touts His Pro-Biden Article: 'America Is Doing Just Fine'
On Morning Joe, keying off his recent column in The Atlantic, Joe Scarborough makes the case that America [read, Biden] is doing great. Scarborough casts himself in the role of Atticus Finch, offering a "robust defense" of Biden.