From 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Eastern, CNN devoted an astonishing 11 times more coverage (excluding intros and teasers) to the Trump-Russia probe, discrediting the Peter Strzok-Lisa Page scandal, and obsessing over porn star Stormy Daniels than the immigration plan.
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30 Years Ago, Dan Rather’s Failed, Fake News Ambush of Bush
On Monday, January 25, 1988, 30 years ago tonight, Americans across the country saw with their own eyes an early example of the ugly liberal media attack machine. Dan Rather, the anchor of the CBS Evening News at the time, laid a trap and attempted to ambush then-Vice President George H.W. Bush on live TV.
CNN’s Cuomo Pushes to Help Illegals Without Border Security First
As Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney appeared as a guest on Tuesday’s New Day, CNN host Chris Cuomo repeatedly lobbied for DACA to be extended to help illegal immigrants without tying it to improving border security, even as his GOP guest repeatedly made the argument against doing so.
Trump’s First Year Headlined as “Horror Show” on Telemundo
At the top of a national Telemundo newscast coinciding with the first year anniversary of the Trump presidency the sister network to NBC made several highly irresponsible – and patently false – characterizations.
Message from SAG Awards: Conservative Women Don’t Matter
As her pet initiative, actress Kristen Bell chose cyber bullying because she said she’s seen little work done. Oh, how clever! Mocking the real First Lady while this show was touted as all about supporting women. Friendly reminder from Hollywood – conservative women don’t matter.
The Top 5 Worst Pro-Abortion TV Scenes of the Year
From a pro-choice Jesus to celebrating abortion with ice cream, here are the 5 worst scenes of the year. #1 — Hulu’s “I Love You America, with Sarah Silverman.”
“Hardball” Panel Offers Gooey, Criticism-Free Love Letter to Liberal Media
MSNBC segments like this serve as opportunities to use Trump’s tweets as a cudgel to diminish fair, legitimate, and outside criticism of the press. Because if there’s anything we’ve learned over the years, it’s that the liberal media are incapable of policing themselves.
CNN Panel Doubts Presidential Doctor and Claims He’s Just a Trump Fanboy
During Tuesday’s CNN Tonight, host Don Lemon and his panel of liberal journalists cast doubt on Dr. Jackson’s finding and essentially claimed he was lying for Trump.
CNN Leaps into the Toilet Airing the Word “Sh*thole” 195 Times Friday
In the contest for Most Offended News Network after President Trump reportedly referred to African nations as “s***hole” countries, CNN wins hands down. NewsBusters staff combed through CNN transcripts for the S-hole word in the 24 hours of January 12,,,and found CNN staffers and CNN guests uncorked the profanity 195 times in one day.
CBS Comedy Shows Religion as Full of Ancient, Pointless Rules Designed to Make One Feel Bad
If you’ve ever watched The Big Bang Theory or its new spin-off Young Sheldon, you already know that both shows love to remind viewers how much main character Sheldon doesn’t believe in God and likes to bash Christianity.
CBS Touts DACA with Med School Illegals
CBS journalists, who have previously downplayed the problem of illegal immigration, on Thursday chose the sympathetic story of DACA medical school student Dreamers. The on-screen graphic for the segment read, “Dream in Jeopardy.”
CBS Buys into Oprah 2020 Mania Leading Evening Broadcast with Hype
On Monday night, CBS News seemed eager to start their 2020 presidential campaign coverage as they led CBS Evening News with a segment hyping a theoretical campaign run by Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah Tells Golden Globes That Press Is Under Siege and Is Dedicated to Uncovering the Truth
Karen Townsend: Where was Ms. Winfrey during eight years of the previous administration when a whole lot of corruption and injustices were taking place, mostly against conservatives? I think “absolute truth” to Oprah and her pals mean the truth as they believe it to be, not actual facts.
Network Coverage of Trump Gossip Book Beats Out Iranian Uprising
Despite the growth and length of the Iran protests, the three major network news outlets (ABC, CBS, and NBC) found more interest in Wolff’s palace intrigue that the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom.
Complete Turnaround: ABC, NBC Venerate Bannon for Turning on Trump
So what made them change their minds so drastically? Bannon dished the dirt on President Trump in a book that’s soon to be released, written by journalist Michael Wolff.
NBC Says America Acting Like a Bully for Sticking Up for Israel
During NBC Nightly News, the network flaunted the decision by the elitist body, touted their rebuke of the U.S., and described the U.S. as somehow acting like a “bully.” All while ignoring the U.N.’s history of targeted anti-Semitism.
CBS Suggests Trump Administration Is to Blame for Deadly Amtrak Derailment
With the investigation into the cause of the deadly Amtrak train derailment in Tacoma, Washington still ongoing, on Tuesday CBS Evening News placed the blame on the Trump administration, claiming they were the ones putting off the implementation of the proper safety regulations.
AP’s Global-Warming Alarmists Fear Impact on Winter Olympics
The AP’s dire take on the Olympians’ desperate search for good powder schusses around inconvenient truths and implies they’re practically having to re-route around Dante’s Inferno.
Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi Joins List of Accused Sex Harassers
Since we just added Chris Matthews to the list, it’s worth reminding everyone that one of the first journalists was Matt Taibbi of the Rolling Stone.
CBS Celebrates Jones Campaign Efforts
The CBS Evening News spent the first seven minutes and 36 seconds (over three different segments) touting the result and hyping Democratic divination of future elections.
Cheers Heard on CNN as Dem Jones Takes the Lead in Alabama
In the early part of the 10:00 p.m. Eastern hour, and before the Alabama Senate race was called for Democrat Doug Jones, cheers could be heard on CNN’s live broadcast as Wolf Blitzer announced Jones had taken the lead.
CBS’s Jeff Glor Questions Macron About Trump Screwing Things Up
In a one-on-one interview with the French President, anchor Jeff Glor appeared to be fishing for him to say something disparaging of Trump.
Bob Mueller vs. Ken Starr: A Classic Media Double Standard
The media’s fierce protectiveness of the investigation into Trump is the utter opposite of how they reacted in 1998, when the Clinton White House openly challenged independent counsel Kenneth Starr. Back then, many liberal reporters enthusiastically joined the effort to discredit the prosecutor and save their hero.
Networks Freak Over Trump Reversing 70 Years of US Policy with Embassy Move
The three network newscasts seemed to be doing their best to stir the public up into a full-blown panic Wednesday evening, feverishly slamming President Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.