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Getting Kicks In: NBC Hypes Former Producer Turning Against Fox News

March 30th, 2023 1:53 PM

As a preview to a segment that’s going to air on Thursday night’s NBC Nightly News, NBC’s Today show hyped an interview between correspondent Cynthia McFadden and a disgruntled former Fox News guest booker, Abby Grossberg. Brushing over why the behind-the-scenes employee was fired without any details, the network lionized her lawsuits against cable’s number one news station.…

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Nets Barely Mention TN Shooter Was Trans, Trumpet Activist Seizing

March 28th, 2023 2:25 PM

Between Monday night and Tuesday morning, the flagship broadcast network newscasts on ABC, CBS, and NBC have spent roughly 65 minutes (64:56) on the deadly shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, but only had 11 mentions over six newscasts mentioning that the shooter was transgender. Specifically, Tuesday’s CBS Mornings never mentioned that the woman was trans and…

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Nets Can’t Help But Cover for Chinese TikTok After Disastrous Hearing

March 24th, 2023 4:14 PM

The broadcast networks were shamed into stepping up their game Thursday night and Friday morning in covering the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on TikTok as members of both parties put on one of the more bipartisan displays one could ever witness in these divisive times, but they still managed to slip in a few pathetic nods to so-called influencers.

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Shilling for CCP: Nets Peddle Sob Stories of TikTok Users Fearing Ban

March 23rd, 2023 6:18 PM

Ahead of Thursday’s House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing featuring TikTok CEO Shou Chew, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC had their flagship morning news shows spouting off tales of possible despair and financial ruin from TikTok influencers the Chinese-owned social media app paid to fly to Washington to appear as props.

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CBS Punts on Bipartisan Bill Declassifying COVID Origins Becoming Law

March 21st, 2023 2:39 PM

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-…

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The Swamp: TikTok Hires Firm Founded by Biden Top Adviser, Nets Yawn

March 14th, 2023 9:31 AM

On Thursday night, Politico’s Daniel Lippman reported that the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok “hired top Biden-connected consulting firm SKDK” founded by current White House senior adviser Anita Dunn within “the last few months” to likely help it escape scrutiny and a possible ban from the federal government amid legitimate concerns its stored data can be used by the…

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Nets Steer Clear of Twitter Files Hearing, Spend 44 Mins Hyping Oscars

March 10th, 2023 2:04 PM

On Thursday, the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government held a hearing on the bombshell Twitter Files and the implication of the government colluding with Big Tech to censor free speech. The lively hearing featured two of the Twitter Files authors, Michael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi. And throughout, Democrats tried to demean their work and lambaste the free press…

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Nets Spend Nearly an Hour Reveling in Fox Lawsuit, Trashing Tucker

March 10th, 2023 12:02 PM

With disclosure after disclosure of e-mails and text messages from Fox News executives, hosts, and journalists released over the last month as part of a Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) giving Tucker Carlson’s team access to January 6 surveillance, Fox News has been in the headlines and, sure enough, the liberal networks that want to see the network eradicated…

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Deaf to Hearings: CBS/NBC Skip COVID Origin, ABC Avoids Afghanistan

March 9th, 2023 5:32 PM

On Wednesday, House Republicans held two critical hearings on behalf of the American people: the first was to find the origin of the COVID pandemic, and the other was to hold officials accountable for the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. Despite COVID killing over 1.1 million Americans, the Wednesday evening and Thursday morning newscasts of CBS and NBC completely ignored the hearing.…

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CBS Refuses to Cover ‘Coordinated,’ Far-Left Riot on Atlanta Police

March 6th, 2023 2:28 PM

On Sunday night, far-left activists (including an SPLC attorney) stormed the site of an Atlanta Police Department training facility and fired off fireworks and Molotov cocktails in the latest attempt by the so-called “Stop Cop City” movement to physically attack and threaten law enforcement. But on the Monday morning flagship morning shows, CBS Mornings couldn’t be bothered with zero…

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Evening Nets Ignore Mayor Lightfoot Losing Reelection Bid

March 1st, 2023 8:57 PM

On Tuesday night, Lori Lightfoot was the first mayor of Chicago to lose a reelection bid in over 40 years. This was mostly due to her disastrous tenure as mayor which saw crime skyrocket in the windy city by historic margins. Despite the historic nature of her loss in Tuesday’s election, ABC’s World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News apparently had…

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Disney-Owned ABC Avoids Angering China, Skips House Hearing on CCP

March 1st, 2023 3:15 PM

The House Select Committee on China held its first hearing Tuesday night on the rising threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party as its seeks to grow its foreign influence and reach global supremacy. The hearing was extremely bipartisan, but despite that rare example of Congress working together, Disney-owned ABC’s Good Morning America chose to stay in the good graces of the…

NewsBusters Podcast: Biden WH Forces Press to Consider Lab Leak Theory

February 27th, 2023 5:01 PM

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…

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Nets Ignore AZ Officials Charging Rancher With Murder of Illegal Alien

February 24th, 2023 10:08 AM

This week, Arizona rancher George Allen Kelly was hit with additional charges of aggravated assault in addition to first degree murder for allegedly killing an illegal immigrant on January 30 who may have been part of a drug-running operation and was trespassing on his property only 150 feet from the porous U.S.-Mexico border. He was released Wednesday after posting the $1 million bond. Not…