NewsBusters Podcast: Media Gift Trump Prosecutors a Pass on Party ID

September 6th, 2023 8:38 PM

Hot off the presses! On this episode of the NewsBusters Podcast, Managing Editor Curtis Houck and I discuss a brand new Rich Noyes on NewsBusters about the broadcast networks omitting the political party connections of the prosecutors going after former President Trump. Hint: They’re connected to Democrats. We also talked about the return of The View after their summer vacation.

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Nets, WH Press FREAK OUT Over COVID, Obsess Over Jill Biden Diagnosis

September 6th, 2023 12:10 PM

With word breaking late Monday that First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID, the liberal media went into a full-blown panic, reminding the public how they’re still hooked on panicking over the virus and obsessed with any and all boosters, regardless of their actual effectiveness. Along with nearly 17 minutes (16:52) on the flagship morning and evening shows of ABC, CBS, and NBC,…

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Media Hide the (D) When Covering Those Prosecuting Trump

September 6th, 2023 12:00 PM

Even though the various legal cases against Donald Trump are taking place in the obviously partisan environment of a presidential election, an examination of ABC, CBS and NBC evening news coverage finds the networks rarely identified even elected Democratic prosecutors as “Democrats.”

Column: Democrats Expect a Promotional Press Corps

September 6th, 2023 8:09 AM

When they engage with the national media, Republicans expect that the exchanges will be skeptical, if not openly hostile. The press works for the Other Party. Democrats expect the media to be the wind beneath their wings, and get upset when journalists don't help them at every turn. 

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Comer Subpoenas Mayorkas for Hunter Biden Records, Nets Ignore

September 5th, 2023 8:24 PM

On Tuesday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer issued six subpoenas for documents related to the investigation into Hunter Biden's tax records and the numerous examples of misconduct by the Biden Justice Department and alleged attempted coverup of Hunter's wrongdoing. While both Fox News Channel's Special Report and Fox News Digital covered the subpoenas, all three evening…

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Doocy Battles KJP on Biden’s Age While She Yuks It Up With Welker

September 5th, 2023 6:08 PM

Tuesday’s White House press briefing offered a contrast in exchanges as, not long after White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre yuked it up with outgoing NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker as Welker leaves for Meet the Press, Fox’s Peter Doocy grilled Jean-Pierre on President Biden’s age and his refusal to visit East Palestine, Ohio.

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MRC’s Bozell Takes Blowtorch to Network Cover-Up of Biden Crime Family

September 5th, 2023 11:44 AM

Firing on all cylinders, MRC Founder and President Brent Bozell joined Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney on Tuesday’s Varney & Co. to highlight the liberal media’s years of election interference by ignoring substantive allegations of crimes and wrongdoing by the Biden family. Bozell was cued up by a clip of Biden biographer Frank Foer insisting on Sunday that Biden and his…

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IRONY: 'Morning Joe' Co-Host Whines Trump Lawyers 'Crave' Attention

September 4th, 2023 12:28 PM

On Morning Joe, Willie Geist says that Trump lawyers John Eastman, Sidney Powell, and Rudy Giuliani make frequent TV appearances because they "crave" attention. Meanwhile, Geist himself is omnipresent on NBC and MSNBC, with eight different gigs.

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LOL: NBC Guest Claims Media Has Been Tougher on Biden Than He Deserves

September 3rd, 2023 3:53 PM

On Sunday, NBC's Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd interviewed author Franklin Foer who had recently written a book on the Biden presidency titled "The Last Politician." The interview was pretty standard and included questions about Foer's findings and insight on the interworkings of the Biden White House. When Todd read a quote from the book on Biden's complaints about the coverage of…

Big Three Networks Ignore Rising Prices in Thursday Inflation Report

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September 1st, 2023 11:30 AM

Prices rose in July, but viewers of networks shows such as ABC’s Good Morning America, CBS Mornings, and NBC’s Today wouldn’t know it. 

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‘Like a Toddler’: Tell-All Biden Book Exposes Mental Slips, Nets Skip

August 31st, 2023 10:21 PM

During the Trump era, the liberal media clamored to get their hands on any and all tell-all books that would help them tear down the Republican president. They would read passages from anti-Trump books written by liberals like Bob Woodward and Michael Wolff on-air like they were gospel. But this week, the broadcast networks threw pre-released passages from The Last Politician from…

NewsBusters Podcast: Gold Star Families Angry at Biden Deemed Not News

August 30th, 2023 10:54 PM

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.

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NBC Howls Over Texas Takeover of Failing Houston School District

August 30th, 2023 8:56 PM

NBC Nightly News decided to inexplicably whine and cry over the state of Texas taking over the Houston Independent School District which NBC even admitted was failing. Yet, for some reason this was still a problem and enough of a story for them to dedicate an entire segment to and use as yet another hammer to hit conservatives over the head with. 

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Nets Ignore ISIS Sympathizer Smuggling Allies Across Border

August 29th, 2023 10:48 PM

On Tuesday, Fox’s Special Report revealed that the U.S. government has caught an ISIS sympathizer “copying the cartels who have successfully smuggled people into this country for years.” This latest potentially deadly result of the Biden border crisis has once again been ignored by the big three evening news broadcasts in their frantic attempt to rescue the President.