Whit Johnson
HEARTBREAK CITY: Here’s How ABC/CBS/NBC Handled Friday’s SCOTUS Cases
Just as they did on Thursday morning, the major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC each broke in Friday morning for the final Supreme Court cases of the session, which were President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan (Biden v. Nebraska) and a free speech case involving Christian web designer and LGBTQ individuals (303 Creative LLC v. Elenis).
ABC, NBC Rush to Lionize Career Criminal After Death on NYC Subway
On Thursday morning, ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today joined the leftist parade to make a new George Floyd in Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old New York City homeless man who had been arrested more than 40 times (and yet was still on the street) and died Monday following a confrontation with passengers after witnesses say he was harassing them.
ABC Teams with WH to Trash DeSantis as Fixated on ‘Cultural Divisions’
Thursday’s Good Morning America continued ABC’s smears of Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) by lamenting he’s “doubl[ing] down” on the “controversial” “Don’t Say Gay policy” as part of his obsession with exacerbating “hot button issues” and “cultural divisions” that pose risk to the mental health of students by not allowing them to explore sex.
CBS Punts on Bipartisan Bill Declassifying COVID Origins Becoming Law
Late Monday, President Biden relented and signed into law a resolution (passed unanimously in Congress) ordering the director of national intelligence to declassify what’s known about the origins of COVID-19. But, predictably, the liberal media weren’t entirely on board as Tuesday’s CBS Mornings ignored this story and instead featured segments such as a creepy and flirty bit with co-…
ABC Bemoans End of COVID Food Stamps Despite Cheering Biden Economy
As NewsBusters Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro diagnosed it on Monday’s podcast, ABC News this weekend decided to morph into the infamous Spiderman meme as it simultaneously continued to peddle the leftist spin that the economy’s healthy and roaring while also bemoaning the end of pandemic-era foods tamps.
CBS & NBC Bury DOJ Announcing Decision Not to Charge Matt Gaetz
On Wednesday it was announced that the Biden Department of Justice decided not to charge Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz based on allegations of sex trafficking. This was the culmination of a years-long investigation into alleged wrongdoing by Gaetz. When the investigation was first announced back in March 2021, ABC's World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News were…
Top CBS Morning, Evening Shows Ignore Anti-Cop Riot in Atlanta
Late Saturday night, Atlanta, Georgia was beset by the latest riot by Antifa and far-left thugs as they set a police car on fire, shot explosives at a police building, and caused property destruction. All told, six have been arrested so far and charged with domestic terrorism. And despite nearly four minutes of coverage on Sunday’s Face the Nation, CBS’s flagship morning and evening…
ABC Suggests Trump Shares Blame For 2016 Terrorist Plot
Author and host of the ABC true crime podcast Truth and Lies: The Informant, Dick Lehr joined Good Morning America on Saturday to discuss the case behind the podcast, a foiled bombing of Somali immigrants in Garden City, Kansas, in 2016. Not content to tell a compelling and true story of undercover law enforcement thwarting terrorist attacks, Lehr found a way to tie Donald…
Nets Ignore Twitter Files Round 6 For 'High-Profile' Suspended Journos
ABC, NBC, and CBS all ignored round six of the Twitter Files on their Saturday morning shows. The revelation that the FBI was working with Twitter to suppress content was not nearly as interesting to them as Elon Musk’s version of Twitter suspending several accounts for sharing information about his private jet and physical location.
Nets Mask Round 3 of Twitter Files as ABC Urges Masks for Holidays
The Saturday editions of the network morning shows concealed round three of The Twitter Files, where it was revealed that Twitter’s decision to ban former President Trump was the culmination a process that began well before January 6. Other things that ABC’s Good Morning America want to conceal include your face as prepare for your upcoming holiday festivities during flu…
Evening Nets Minimize Zeldin Assassination Attempt: 'Sharp' Keychain
After minimal coverage Friday morning of the violent assassination attempt of New York Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin as he campaigned for governor, ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening News downplayed the attack with the latter calling the weapon just a keychain. And NBC Nightly News ignored the attack altogether to focus on lost luggage at airports.
ABC Notices Cratering Stocks, Pricey Cookouts...But Absolves Biden
Friday’s Good Morning America had full reports commiserating over the fact that the stock market had its “worst first half of the year” in over 50 years and the cost of a Fourth of July cookout have gone through the roof, but not surprisingly, the always superficial (and factually challenged) network refused to assign blame for either and thus absolved the Biden administration of any…
Nets Spend Nearly 2x Promoting Trump Steering Wheel Tale vs. Denials
With the liberal media all-in on Tuesday’s January 6 Committee hearing featuring former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, it wasn’t a surprise Wednesday morning to see the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC downplay the strong pushback from the Secret Service regarding Hutchinson’s tall tale that President Trump assaulted a Secret Service agent and tried to seize the steering wheel…
ABC Trumpets ‘Powerful’ January 6 Hearing as Liz Cheney’s ‘Moment’
Following months of build-up and a plethora of coverage (seven minutes and 56 seconds) previewing Thursday’s primetime hearing of the House Select Committee on January 6, ABC’s Good Morning America went all-out on Friday with nearly 12 minutes (11:55) hyping the “powerful,” “high-stakes, primetime hearing” detailing the “carnage at the Capitol” that included Congresswoman Liz Cheney (…