Lieutenant Clay Higgins, of the St. Landry, Louisiana Parish Sheriff’s Department, delivered a tough video message to a thief who, FNC’s Bret Baier noted, had “targeted his favorite restaurant.” Baier ended his show this past Tuesday night with the “crime stoppers” video Jimmy Fallon had played on the Tonight Show.
Humor
By NB Staff | July 30, 2015 | 10:07 PM EDT
"Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s campaign is off to a slow start. Six weeks after announcing his candidacy, he’s still trying to shore up his base: Mrs. O’Malley." -- NewsBusted anchor Jodi Miller.
By Brent Baker | July 26, 2015 | 12:08 AM EDT
FNC’s Special Report with Bret Baier wrapped up its Thursday “center seat” session, with Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio, by playing for him a clip of Jon Stewart ridiculing a New York Times hit piece about how Rubio had received a few traffic tickets.
By NB Staff | July 23, 2015 | 5:17 PM EDT
"Donald Trump is under fire for saying that John McCain is not a war hero. Come on, Donald, that’s way out of line… without McCain, we wouldn’t have won the War of 1812." -- Jodi Miller, NewsBusted.
By Brent Baker | July 19, 2015 | 12:21 AM EDT
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker tells an anecdote, on the presidential campaign trail, about buying a shirt at the Kohl’s department store. NBC’s Tonight Show, on Wednesday night, used some simultaneous video to show how he repeats the story using the very same sentences. A mildly amusing display of synchronized C-SPAN video.
By NB Staff | July 15, 2015 | 8:45 PM EDT
"According to a new poll, 64 percent of Democrats say they are NOT excited by Hillary Clinton. These voters are known as 'Bill Clinton Democrats.'" -- Jodi Miller, anchor of NewsBusted.
By Tom Johnson | July 15, 2015 | 1:48 PM EDT
The Miracle on Ice and Hoosiers aside, the underdog usually loses, and Penn State's Sophia McClennen speculates that it’s happened again: Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show because he’s “exhausted” and "dejected" from battling Roger Ailes and the Fox News juggernaut. “Could Stewart really be giving up his show due to Fox News fatigue?” wondered McClennen in a Wednesday article for Salon. “It’s time to take seriously the idea that Fox News killed the greatest satire show of our nation’s history.”
By Brent Baker | July 11, 2015 | 11:46 PM EDT
A barren week for fresh humor with all but one late night show dark the past week and half off the week before too, so I’ve dug back to a clip from September of last year which stands the test of time. HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver put together a self-explanatory compilation of clips titled: “60 Minutes Anchors Prompting People to Deliver the Exact Soundbite They Need.”
By NB Staff | July 7, 2015 | 9:47 PM EDT
"TV Land has pulled The Dukes of Hazzard amid the uproar over the Confederate flag. And in a show of solidarity, Caitlyn Jenner is now refusing to wear her Daisy Dukes." -- NewsBusted anchor Jodi Miller.
By Brent Baker | June 28, 2015 | 12:01 AM EDT
Following Senator Ted Cruz’s “Center Seat” session on Wednesday’s Special Report, FNC’s Bret Baier ended his program with some YouTube clips showing Cruz “has a hidden talent on the campaign trail, apparently.” Cruz watched along with the audience and, afterward, offered an assessment of his talent.
By NB Staff | June 24, 2015 | 10:01 PM EDT
"Brian Williams has been transferred to MSNBC. He’ll be paid $10 million a year -- which amounts to about a million dollars per viewer." -- NewsBusted anchor Jodi Miller.
By Brent Baker | June 21, 2015 | 12:51 AM EDT
From Tuesday’s Special Report on FNC, Jimmy Fallon’s take on where CNN placed the state of New York on a map the cable network displayed the week before.