Bozell & Graham Column: Media Yawn at the War on Christians

The secular media greet Christmas as a shopping season, and not as a special time for Christianity. They can devote hours of December "news" on which hot toys or gadgets would make great gifts, but not to segments on Christ and his birth. The same applies to the persecution of Christians. The apathy shown by the pro-"human rights" media here is appalling.
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
December 31st, 2019 11:33 PM
 

Fox News Draws Highest Annual Viewership in Channel’s 23-Year History

Primetime ratings for the Fox News Channel reached a new average high of 2.5 million viewers per night in 2019, making it the most-watched network in the slate of basic cable TV programming. Meanwhile, liberal MSNBC came in third place with an average of 1.75 million viewers during the same 12 months, while CNN fell far behind its rivals, arriving in 22nd place with an audience of only 972,000…
Randy Hall
December 31st, 2019 10:16 PM
 

PolitiFact Readers Poll for 2019 Lie of the Year Exposes Audience Tilt

One reason the "independent" site PolitiFact leans strongly to the left is its audience. It relies on tips from its fans to select many of its fact checks, and so when PolitiFact tweeted today a reminder to look at its Readers Poll for the 2019 Lie of the Year, the readers overwhelmingly favored fact checks of President Trump and his team. Almost 88 percent of the votes went to three Trump claims…
Tim Graham
December 31st, 2019 4:29 PM
 

Poppy Harlow Slips Snide Merrick Garland Shot Into Impeachment Talk

During a CNN New Day discussion of the pending Senate impeachment trial on New Year's Eve, substitute host Poppy Harlow managed to work in a snide Merrick Garland shot at Mitch McConnell.
Mark Finkelstein
December 31st, 2019 10:16 AM
 

#YearInReview: Here’s the Ten Most-Read NewsBusters Blogs of 2019

2019 was another year of smashing success for the NewsBusters team as we had umpteen media stories to cover throughout the year, whether it was the Jussie Smollett debacle, the Mueller Report, impeachment, 2020 debates, and more online censorship. While it may seem repetitive, NewsBusters would be nowhere near what its become since its inception in 2005 without the support of beloved readers (and…
Curtis Houck
December 31st, 2019 10:00 AM
 

MSNBC Dubs Pompeo's Ukraine Trip 'Peak Awkwardness' and 'Tone Deaf'

Throughout the entire impeachment saga, the media have lamented that President Trump does not sufficiently support Ukraine in its fight against Russia. To assuage any concerns that the Ukrainians themselves might have about the Administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading to the country on Friday, but such a trip led to widespread mockery on Monday's MSNBC Live.  

Alex Christy
December 31st, 2019 9:47 AM
 

Netflix Music Show Star Has Abortion to 'Love Myself'

Netflix’s Soundtrack is a charming musical telling the story of the interracial relationship between musician Sam (Paul James) and artist Eleanor "Nellie" (Callie Hernandez), partly through flashbacks. The show’s charm, however, is ruined by the character’s selfishness centered around an abortion.
Rebecca Downs
December 31st, 2019 7:00 AM
 

American Idiot: Green Day Frontman Says Trump ‘Gives Me Diarrhea’

Unable to distance himself from the phrase and album title “American Idiot,” Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong took time to bash President Donald Trump during the press tour for his upcoming album.  
Gabriel Hays
December 30th, 2019 11:19 PM
 

CNN Panel Calls Out Double Standard in Attention to Anti-Semitism

CNN’s Jake Tapper doesn’t often shy away from calling attention to anti-Semitism, even when it comes from those on his side of the political spectrum. He called out the systemic anti-Semitism at the United Nations and broke through the media blackout when the rest refused to cover the Louis Farrakhan controversy. Monday became another one of those instances when he invited New York Times staff…
Nicholas Fondacaro
December 30th, 2019 11:04 PM
 

WashPost's Puffy Sunday Interview with Jane Fonda, Climate Protester

Sunday's Washington Post Magazine offered a softball interview to Jane Fonda on her climate change activism, with this quote pulled out: "If necessary, we're going to have to shut the government down. And that's not radical. What is not radical is not doing anything."
Tim Graham
December 30th, 2019 9:04 PM
 

CBS, NBC Skip Hanukkah Attacker’s Interest in Black Hebrew Israelites

The Black Hebrew Israelites were the same hate group that harassed a group of Covington, Kentucky high school students on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial earlier this year. The media tried to portray the radicals as victims and falsely labeled the students racist. But over the weekend, a man with interest in the group went on a stabbing rampage during a Hanukkah celebration. In response to…

Nicholas Fondacaro
December 30th, 2019 8:59 PM
 

NY Times Reporter: '2019 the Darkest Yet for Journalists in Trump Era'

Criticize the media, and you’re threatening the freedoms and lives of journalists. That’s the gist of the story from New York Times media reporter Michael Grynbaum: “After Another Year of Trump Attacks, ‘Ominous Signs’ for the American Press -- Threats of ‘retribution,’ more accusations of ‘fake news’ and the end of the White House briefing made 2019 the darkest yet for journalists in the Trump…
Clay Waters
December 30th, 2019 6:52 PM
 

Liberal Media Scream: Ex-NYT Critic Says Trump Aides Cultists, Toadies

Archive, for all of 2019, of the Washington Examiner’s weekly Liberal Media Scream posts by Paul Bedard, which are based upon a recommendation from the MRC’s Brent Baker who also provides an explanation for each one.

Brent Baker
December 30th, 2019 5:05 PM
 

YouTube Influencer PewDiePie Warns Site Has Become ‘Anti-YouTuber’

One of the top YouTube creators, PewDiePie, warned that the site is under threat — from the very people who run it. PewDiePie addressed questions from his fans in a Dec 28 video and questioned the future of the entire platform and its relationship with its creators. “It’s not impossible but it doesn’t seem that likely that YouTube is just gonna be the top website forever” he mused. He later that…
Alexander Hall
December 30th, 2019 4:54 PM