Protests and Pandemic

Nets Declare ‘Virus of Hate May Be More Dangerous’ Than COVID

After having spent weeks trashing anti-lockdown protests during the coronavirus pandemic as racist and a threat to public health, on Wednesday, the broadcast networks tried to excuse the same COVID concerns amid nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd. In part, journalists argued “the virus of hate may be more dangerous” and that racism was the real pandemic.

 

Kyle Drennen
June 3rd, 2020 2:27 PM

Twitter Scrambles to Save Face: ‘We Want to Take a Step Back’

After a tumultuous week where Twitter censored President Donald Trump’s account twice, the platform has decided to come forward to explain its decisions. 

 

Corinne Weaver
June 3rd, 2020 1:40 PM

Bozell, Conservative Leaders on Ways to Counter Biased Social Media

On Wednesday the Free Speech Alliance (FSA) responded to President Donald Trump's executive order addressing social media platforms' bias against conservatives by releasing the following statement setting out four principles these platforms need to adopt.

NB Staff
June 3rd, 2020 1:27 PM

As BLM Protests Turn Into Riots, Celebs Sign Letter To 'Defund Police'

The latest political initiative from Hollywood might be its most insane yet. Here’s the proposal from some of tinseltown’s brightest: How about we as a society decide to defund our police forces? 

 

Gabriel Hays
June 3rd, 2020 12:13 PM

WATCH: BET Founder Worth $550M Wants $14T in Reparations for Slavery

The hypocrisy of mega-rich celebrities calling for reparations for slavery is astonishing. Black Entertainment Television Founder Robert Johnson, as summarized by CNBC, said that the “U.S. government should provide $14 trillion of reparations for slavery to help reduce racial inequality.” He’s currently worth an estimated $550 million.

Joseph Vazquez
June 3rd, 2020 11:52 AM

While Hyping Peaceful Protesters, NBC Ignores Man Murdered by Looters

The big three networks continued to gaslight Americans by insisting that protests and riots across the country were “mostly peaceful” while cities burn, policemen are attacked and both officers and bystanders are assaulted and in some cases, murdered. Another one of these tragic cases happened Tuesday as 77-year-old retired police captain David Dorn was murdered by looters who shot him in cold…

Kristine Marsh
June 3rd, 2020 11:38 AM

Twitter Temporarily Restricts Popular Satire Account Titania McGrath

In the time of the COVID-19 virus, Twitter apparently sees conservative satire as the true plague. The parody Twitter persona Titania McGrath,created by comedian and Spiked columnist Andrew Doyle to satirize social justice advocates, is the latest example. Doyle said in a June 3, 2020 Tweet that “she” was “temporarily restricted” by Twitter. The McGrath account was previously suspended for…

Alexander Hall
June 3rd, 2020 11:16 AM

For 3 Years, Media Lets Antifa Off the Hook

President Donald Trump’s decision to label Antifa a domestic terrorist group – after he blamed them for vandalism and violence in the George Floyd protests – comes after three years of liberal journalists either ignoring or downplaying the far left organization’s history of violence.

Geoffrey Dickens
June 3rd, 2020 9:15 AM
Gregg Popovich

San Antonio Coach Rips 'Deranged Idiot' Trump to Shreds

Volatile San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich unleashed a torrent of hatred for President Donald Trump during a Sunday night phone call to Dave Zirin, sports editor and resident communist for The Nation magazine. The Washington Post, Yahoo! Sports and Boston Globe, among others, jumped all over this golden opportunity to join in the roasting of the president.

Jay Maxson
June 3rd, 2020 7:00 AM

Column: Biden's Safe Space in the Liberal Media

CNN mocked the governor of Florida under the headline "Stuck in his safe space: DeSantis hides on Fox. This kind of shaming fails to address that the entire rest of the national media are a "safe space" for Democrats like Joe Biden. In a round of interviews with PBS, CNN, and MSNBC, Biden found a safe space for tender questions and anchors who found him "fascinating," and a "delight" to hear…

Tim Graham
June 3rd, 2020 6:12 AM

Deadspin Argues Non-SJW Tiger Woods 'Hates' to Be Black

The progressive media attack on African American athletes who refuse to be Kaepernick-ized is definitely on! Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods are commonly in the line of fire by sports media who insist athletes should make politics as normal as their training regimens. By refusing to call America a racist police state, Woods, at least, is no better than the KKK, writes the unhinged Carron J.…

Jay Maxson
June 2nd, 2020 11:51 PM

Antifa-Backing Cuomo Declares Protests Are Not Required to Be Peaceful

As NewsBusters has extensively documented, CNN host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo has an affinity for the left-wing terrorist group Antifa; claiming they had a “good cause” and “morality” on their side. So, it came as no surprise when, on Tuesday’s Cuomo PrimeTime, he emphatically argued that protests were under no obligation to be peaceful.

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 2nd, 2020 11:21 PM

Maher Compares Trump to Murderous Nigerian Dictator

Left-wing comedian Bill Maher closed Friday’s Real Time with a monologue that might have upset liberals. After all, it called into question the wisdom of the lockdowns that they have championed. However, the HBO host later made up for it by comparing President Trump to a murderous Nigerian dictator.

Ryan Foley
June 2nd, 2020 10:49 PM

Nets Tout Biden’s ‘Stark Contrast’ With Trump, ‘Promise’ to End Racism

Completely ignoring his recent racist comment declaring “you ain’t black” if you’re African American and vote for President Trump, the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) praised former Vice President Joe Biden for providing a “stark” and “sharp” contrast to the President on the matter of George Floyd’s death.

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 2nd, 2020 8:46 PM