Coronavirus
NewsBusters Podcast: Biden WH Forces Press to Consider Lab Leak Theory
Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro and I were back behind the microphones to kick off a new week, which began with a bombshell that the Biden Department of Energy believes it’s likely the COVID-19 pandemic was borne out of a lab leak. We also discussed the initial media coverage as well as one new tidbit about the Asbury revival, the latest silliness from The View, and ABC becoming a…
Hysterical: WashPost Cry-Bully Blames Capitalism for Child Depression
The Washington Post’s in-house cry-bully Taylor Lorenz made a hysterical attempt to blame capitalism and climate change for child depression.
MSNBC's Melber Struggles To Defend Network's Mueller, COVID Reporting
HBO Real Time host Bill Maher was discussing Fox News and its lawsuit with Dominion on Friday with MSNBC’s The Beat host Ari Melber when he asked if MSNBC also simply tells its viewers what it wants to hear, “Can you honestly say MSNBC doesn't do some of that?”
NYC Misinfo Response Unit Reportedly Advised Big Tech What to Censor
The New York City Health Department reportedly ran a censorship unit during the COVID-19 pandemic and the health commissioner pressured tech platforms to censor so-called “misinformation.”
NBC Warns Biden Is in a Room Filled With GOP and No COVID Rules
Moments before President Biden stepped onto the floor of the House Tuesday night, NBC senior Capitol Hill correspondent Garrett issued a word of warning about what he would be stepping into: a possible “lively room” will with Republicans and no COVID restrictions.
Colbert Preaches to His Masked-Up Parishioners
There’s only one person mask-wearing liberals may love more than Dr. Anthony Fauci.
European Leaders Ponder Pro-Censorship Policies for Online Speech
Despite Big Tech’s harsh COVID-19 censorship, the European Parliament apparently decided it wasn’t enough.
YouTube CENSORS Project Veritas, Pfizer Vid for Medical Misinfo
Google-owned YouTube removed undercover journalism outlet Project Veritas’s latest undercover video on Pfizer and COVID-19. But the video doesn’t appear to have violated any policies.
CNN Backtracks After Calling COVID Death Inflation 'Conspiracy Theory'
This past week, CNN again backtracked on a COVID-related issue the liberal news network had previously dismissed as a right-wing "conspiracy theory" as network medical contributor Leana Wen admitted that overcounting of COVID deaths and hospitalizations is likely a problem that needs to be corrected -- a subject she covered in a couple of Washington Post op-eds.
MSNBC: GOP, the Party of Tax Cheats, Cares About COVID's Origin?
MSNBC’s The 11th Hour host Stephanie Ruhle continued to lament that House Republicans will not be conducting their business at the whims of late night cable hosts and former Democratic senators like Al Franken as the duo spent Wednesday night labeling Republicans the party of “tax cheats” and wondering who cares about the origins of COVID-19.
Obama Warns About ‘Raw Sewage’ of Disinformation — Ignores Dem Garbage
In the wake of the “Twitter Files,” let’s revisit former President Barack Obama’s warning last April about the spread of misinformation: “You just have to flood a country’s public square with enough raw sewage. You just have to raise enough questions, spread enough dirt, plant enough conspiracy theorizing that citizens no longer know what to believe.”
Ruhle Mourns Resignation of New Zealand's 'Legit Badass' Left-Wing PM
MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle concluded Tuesday’s edition of The 11th Hour by mourning the resignation of New Zealand’s left-wing and “legit badass” prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, claiming “we… admire you from the other side of the world.” Who is this “we?”
Sad Rolling Stone: Concern for Civil Liberties ‘Right-Wing Paranoia'
Rolling Stone spouted about “The Conspiracies Powering the GOP-Controlled House -- How Republicans have put disinformation and falsehoods at the center of their governing agenda.” What are some of the ghastly things the GOP wants to do with a new committee? "The committee would also have full freedom to investigate any civil liberties-related issue and scrutinize how the federal…