NEW NewsBusters Podcast: A Preview of '60 Minutes' Tilt on Trump/Biden

In the latest edifying episode of the NewsBusters Podcast, executive editor Tim Graham previews the 60 Minutes double-bill of Lesley Stahl interviewing President Trump and CBS Evening News anchor Norah O'Donnell interviewing Joe Biden. Stahl has previously been tough on Trump, but in 2009, touted Biden as "Schmoozer-in-Chief."

NB Staff
October 21st, 2020 5:28 PM

House Judiciary GOP Says Twitter Put Warning on Another Biden Article

After a policy change and a week’s worth of criticism, you would have thought Twitter would have learned its lesson. But today, the official account for the House Judiciary GOP said Twitter has slapped a warning label on another article about Hunter Biden. The House Judiciary GOP Twitter account said that Twitter “slapped a warning label” on a tweet when it tried to retweet an article from…

Kayla Sargent
October 21st, 2020 5:12 PM
John Berman Alisyn Camerota Alex Wagner Laura Barron Lopez CNN New Day 10-21-20

CNN Covers for Biden-in-the-Basement: A 'Concerted Strategy'

Dementia? Loss of mental acuity? No! That has absolutely NOTHING to do with why Joe Biden's handlers have so frequently called "lids" on his campaigning in this final stretch, and totally pulled him out of public view for virtually this entire week. Nope: in fact, it's a carefully calculated strategy. Joe Biden is a brilliant, modern-day Sun Tzu, adopting his maxim to not interfere when your…

Mark Finkelstein
October 21st, 2020 5:10 PM

Scott Baio Will Not Join Happy Days Cast Reunion To Support Joe Biden

The cast of Happy Days is entering the unhappy realm of politics. 

Sergie Daez
October 21st, 2020 4:31 PM

Despite Dorsey Correction, NYPost Still Locked Out of Twitter

Twitter reversed its decision to censor the New York Post’s Hunter Biden story. But the war isn’t over yet. The Post’s Twitter account has remained locked for a full seven days, according to New York Post Deputy Politics Editor Emma-Jo Morris.

Alec Schemmel
October 21st, 2020 4:24 PM

‘Cuties’ Fallout? Netflix Misses Q3 Subscription Target

Sexualize little girls, earn little profit. Streaming giant Netflix announced Tuesday that it missed its Q3 new subscriptions target, plunging its stock by 5%. According to Axios, nobody thought the company could continue to grow at the same rate as it had in the first half of the year, but “analysts were still expecting it to meet expectations of at least 3.3 million net new global…

Matt Philbin
October 21st, 2020 4:22 PM

Mel Brooks: Vote For Joe! Trump ‘Not Doing a Damn Thing'

Mel Brooks’s bucket list must have included “make a dumb political statement.” Why else would his first-ever presidential endorsement be for Joe Biden?

Gabriel Hays
October 21st, 2020 4:07 PM

NY Post Warns of Chillingly Sophisticated Censorship at Facebook

New York Post op-ed editor Sohrab Ahmari wrote a devastating tell-all on Facebook's inner workings as "the most chillingly sophisticated censorship mechanism in human history.” There are at least half a dozen “Chinese nationals who are working on censorship,” a former Facebook insider reportedly told the New York Post last week. The Post’s October 20 article…

Alexander Hall
October 21st, 2020 4:06 PM

After Cancer Update, Ghoulish WashPost Touts Hits on ‘Trash Bin’ Rush

Even a dire cancer update isn’t enough for the liberal Washington Post to lay off trashing Rush Limbaugh. The paper on Wednesday highlighted hateful left-wing attacks on the “bigoted” “trash bin.” Writer Marisa Iati also regurgitated old controversies from “one of the most polarizing figures in radio.” 

Scott Whitlock
October 21st, 2020 3:24 PM
Morning Joe co-hosts

Vile Scarborough: You’re ‘Un-American’ If You Vote for Trump

While most left-wing journalists try to channel all their anger at President Trump, they will occasionally go straight to the punch and just start attacking people who support him. On Tuesday morning, the co-hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe scolded American voters who dare, for any reason, to vote for Trump.

John Shannon
October 21st, 2020 2:50 PM

'View' Sympathizes With Jill Over 'Disrespectful' Hunter Biden 'Smear'

While the media has protected presidential candidate Joe Biden from having to answer questions about the Hunter Biden scandal, The View took the shameless pandering even further when Jill Biden appeared on the show Wednesday. 

Kristine Marsh
October 21st, 2020 1:42 PM

Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo Defend Chris Pratt From Being Cancelled

Of all the people who’d be coming to the defense of apolitical Christian Hollywood star Chris Pratt for refusing to star in a Joe Biden fundraiser, you wouldn’t think it would be other Hollywood stars -- some of them rabid lefties. 

 

Gabriel Hays
October 21st, 2020 1:34 PM

Google Issues Response to Antitrust Lawsuit, Calls Complaint ‘Dubious’

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its antitrust lawsuit against Google yesterday, and Google released its response. Spoiler: the company is not happy. Google released a statement October 20 expressing outrage at the lawsuit, describing the suit as “deeply flawed.” “People use Google because they choose to, not because they're forced to, or because they can't find alternatives,” argued…

Kayla Sargent
October 21st, 2020 1:09 PM
Joe Biden

Biden Finally Answers Question About Hunter, NBC Gives 14 Seconds

On Wednesday, NBC’s Today show managed to offer only 14 seconds of the two-hour broadcast to Joe Biden finally answering a question about the corruption scandal swirling around his son Hunter, of course those seconds were focused exclusively on the Democratic nominee angrily trying to dismiss the story.

Kyle Drennen
October 21st, 2020 1:02 PM