NPR Media Reporter Connects Trump Laments to 'Pogroms' Against Jews

September 23rd, 2024 1:46 PM

NPR media reporter David Folkenflik appeared on Weekend Edition Saturday to discuss how “even after being debunked, fringe ideas and lies can still become major campaign themes.” That meant it was a Trump segment, and Folkenflik suggested Trump's complaints about Jewish voters suggest something "Jews have experienced over the decades and centuries, certain kinds of targeting and…

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Column: When The Media Can't Find a Left-Wing Label for Kamala Harris

September 11th, 2024 6:20 AM

Before the debate, ABC's evening newscast never described Kamala Harris with an ideological label since Biden was forced out. One way that liberal journalists put a protective bubble around their candidate is to pretend she’s somehow above ideology. It's just an attack coming from Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, and therefore it’s just negative advertising, not news.

NPR Pundit: Harris Did Fine on CNN Because Conservatives Trashed Bash

September 1st, 2024 6:32 AM

On their regular "Week In Politics" chat on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, host Scott Simon asked NPR senior Washington correspondent Ron Elving how Kamala Harris and Tim Walz performed in their sit-down CNN interview. Elving said you knew they were fine because conservatives trashed CNN and Dana Bash after it aired.

SHOOT? NPR Airs Kinzinger Comparing Trump to Enemy in Trench Warfare

August 21st, 2024 11:41 AM

Leftist media outlets like National Public Radio may not have forgotten entirely about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but it doesn’t enter their brains when “Republicans for Harris” compare Trump to an enemy in mortal combat. In this case, it’s Pelosi-Picked Panelist Adam Kinzinger.

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Cozy! NPR Books Klobuchar To Praise ‘Optimistic’ and ‘Thoughtful’ Walz

August 6th, 2024 5:27 PM

Taxpayer-funded National Public Radio hosted Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Morning Edition with A Martinez. The whole interview was dedicated to praising “thoughtful” and “optimistic” Democratic Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, who Kamala Harris chose to be her running mate on Monday.

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NPR Treats Hunter's Verdict as Less Vital Than Alito, Secretly Taped

June 13th, 2024 7:57 AM

On taxpayer-funded National Public Radio, All Things Considered has an online listing of story order. Hunter Biden's verdict was #9! Guess what was #1: Sam Alito. “Secret audio raises new questions about Supreme Court Justice's impartiality.”

NPR: Columbia Agitators' 'Intifada' Chant Just an 'Anti-Israel Slogan'

May 3rd, 2024 10:02 AM

National Public Radio has picked sides in the Israel-Hamas war, supporting the students/terrorist supporters camping on the quads of progressive colleges campuses. This is how NPR’s Up First newsletter (a summary of what NPR considers the must-know stories of the day) on Wednesday morning described the illegal occupation by pro-Hamas agitators at Columbia University: NPR's…

Column: NPR Morning Star Lamely Swats at Their Suspended Dissident

April 17th, 2024 5:45 AM

National Public Radio senior editor Uri Berliner has been suspended for his unauthorized critique of the insular liberal bias of his network. NPR star and Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep took to his Substack blog to slam Berliner’s article as “filled with errors and omissions.” Inskeep did a lot of omitting himself. 

NPR Harps on Fake News: Bill Kristol Is a 'Conservative'... for Biden

April 2nd, 2024 9:40 AM

On Monday's Morning Edition, NPR anchor Michel Martin harped twice on the fake news that pro-Biden pundit Bill Kristol is still a "conservative." Martin explained "Democrats hope there are enough disaffected Republicans out there to give President Biden a boost....We're going to ask conservative writer and editor Bill Kristol about this."

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NewsBusters Podcast: A Sappy Rerun for Christine 'No Evidence' Ford

March 22nd, 2024 10:39 PM

Christine Blasey Ford provided what they call “no evidence” to back up her 2018 claim that Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her when they were teens. Kavanaugh fiercely denied the charge. But CBS and ABC and NPR have provided sappy publicity for her new book – which provides no new evidence of her story.

NPR Owns the Pro-Lifers: Suck It, Abortions in America Are UP!

March 19th, 2024 10:55 PM

The Supreme Court’s repeal of the Roe v. Wade decision in 2022 was greeted as a calamity by people who champion the right to abortions, which certainly includes the national media. But now National Public Radio found some happy news: the number of abortions in America is up!

Column: Who Will Deprogram the Radicals at National Public Radio?

February 21st, 2024 5:53 AM

One of the grandest fictions of our leftist media is that somehow, championing “social change” is what makes you a “bona fide news organization.” Anyone who resists that siren song isn’t a professional, but a propagandist. One-sided coverage is great -- if you've picked the right side. NPR displayed this fiction with an audaciously arrogant story headlined “Poland's new government deprograms…

NPR's Asma Khalid Touts Kamala's Trip to Germany, No GOP Rebuttals

February 15th, 2024 8:50 AM

National Public Radio sounded like State-Run Radio on the Valentine’s Day Morning Edition. Reporter Asma Khalid touted that Vice President Kamala Harris was headed to Germany to reassure European allies after Donald Trump said he’d encourage Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to allies who won’t spend enough on defense to be a NATO member in good standing.

NPR Anchor Finds GOP Veteran to Trash Conservatives as 'Post-Policy'

February 8th, 2024 3:19 PM

 We know about CNN Republicans and MSNBC Republicans, but there are also NPR Republicans. Brendan Buck, a former aide to Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan, is a semi-regular pundit on Meet the Press. On Thursday, Morning Edition anchor Steve Inskeep kept asking Buck to describe Republicans as insincere extremists who don't want to govern. Buck played right along, calling…