NewsBusters Podcast: Patriotism, Pop-Tarts, and the Progressive Press

July 2nd, 2025 10:40 PM

Liberals really hate it when you say they hate America. Some of them prove it. Some of them make strange arguments about how they love Cherry Pop-Tarts and McDonald's, so of course they love America. Managing Editor Curtis Houck took exception to a Washington Post column about how liberals love America, too -- or things about America. That's missing the patriotic point.…

NewsBusters Podcast: Mediaite Editor Puzzled Mamdani's a MAGA Target

June 30th, 2025 10:52 PM

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt ripped into socialist New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Monday, and Mediaite editor Colby Hall just couldn't figure out why she would attack this new radical face of the Democratic Party. He even failed to identify him as a mayoral candidate, saying he "isn't even in Congress yet."

NewsBusters Podcast: Far-Left Reporters Overuse the Term 'Far Right'

June 27th, 2025 11:10 PM

Liberal journalists subtly tell you they're liberal when they describe who in politics is "extreme." When you're a liberal, Bernie Sanders or AOC aren't extreme. He's not very far from you at all. So it's only natural that virtually every Republican is "far right" on the media's political spectrum. Bill D'Agostino discusses his latest study of how "far" the media go.  

NewsBusters Podcast: Anonymous Sources Exploited for Anti-Trump Spin

June 25th, 2025 10:43 PM

The current dominant spin about President Trump's bunker-busting bombs on Iran's nuclear facilities comes from anonymous intelligence sources. They are guessing that the Iranian nuclear program has only been set back about three months. Once again, reporters like CNN's Natasha Bertrand exploit shadowy sources for an anti-Trump spin, pretending all the way that there's no politics being played…

NewsBusters Podcast: American Media Soft On 'Death to America' Regime

June 23rd, 2025 10:52 PM

Within minutes of American bombs dropping in Iran on Saturday night, the network “experts” were second-guessing everything, calling the moves “extremely risky.” President Trump was responsible for endangering both American troops and innocent Iranian civilians. Journalists always want to line up for diplomatic “solutions,” even if nothing gets solved.

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CNN’s Ward Blames Trump for Any Regime Retaliation Against Iranians

June 21st, 2025 10:36 PM

Minutes after President Trump announced that U.S. airmen had safely left Iranian airspace following successful strikes on Iran’s nuclear weapon enrichment facilities Saturday night, CNN’s Clarissa Ward took to CNN Newsroom to gripe about how Trump threw a “curveball” into the plans of European leaders who wanted to negotiate with the regime. She went further and suggested that…

NewsBusters Podcast: Is CNN Coming Down To Earth Or Going to Seed?

June 20th, 2025 10:47 PM

Newsletters on the media are channeling gloom inside CNN after Warner Bros. Discovery spun them off, much as Comcast spun off MSNBC. Insiders are worrying about CNN being able to exist. There's panic at Anderson Cooper's disco, and his pay will probably shrink. Meanwhile, Fox quadruples CNN in the ratings.

NewsBusters Podcast: Which Trump Approval Rating Is The Right One?

June 18th, 2025 11:04 PM

The polls are wildly varying on President Trump's approval rating right now. One has him down 17 points, while another has him up ten. It's more likely our left-wing media will prefer the worst number. But maybe approval ratings are overrated by the power sniffers.

NewsBusters Podcast: Leftist Media Should NOT Pose as Civility Cops

June 16th, 2025 10:09 PM

Toning down the rhetoric sounds like the right idea after political violence. But nobody thinks liberal journalists like CBS host Margaret Brennan or the ranting ladies of The View are the role models for civility referees. They have a blatant double standard on who gets to savage and smear their opponents. 

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NewsBusters Podcast: Why Can't Media Oppose All Violence Against Cops?

June 11th, 2025 10:55 PM

If the media were truly objective on violent protests against police, they would discourage January 6 rioters and leftist rioters. They shouldn't be shaming Trump at the same time they downplay violence against police in Los Angeles as a nothingburger. NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck has watched all the riot coverage on the morning and evening newscasts. 

NewsBusters Podcast: Terry Moran Damages the Brand with Rage-Tweeting

June 9th, 2025 11:06 PM

ABC reporter Terry Moran was suspended on Sunday for a rage-filled tweet about President Trump and Stephen Miller being "world-class haters." This followed liberal rage over Trump ordering the California National Guard to restore order over immigration protests in Los Angeles.

NewsBusters Podcast: Media GLEE Breaks Out Over Trump-Musk Feud

June 6th, 2025 10:02 PM

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are now dramatically at odds, and no one is happier than the left-wing press. Time magazine's giddy headline was "The Musk-Trump Implosion Can Be Seen From Space." This week pundits compared Elon's DOGE efforts to the mass murders of Stalin and Mao, including The View. Nick Fondacaro explains the craziness.

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Acosta Displays Amazing Hypocrisy On Election Conspiracy Theories

June 6th, 2025 1:21 PM

Even by his own standards, former CNN anchor turned Substack podcaster Jim Acosta displayed a stunning amount of hypocrisy on Tuesday when it comes to conspiracy theories about the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections. On 2020, Acosta let former CNN colleague Michael Fanone go on a profanity-laden rant against Speaker Mike Johnson and fellow Republicans while he labeled actress Rosie O’Donnell…

NewsBusters Podcast: Can the Republicans Finally Cut Off PBS and NPR?

June 4th, 2025 10:17 PM

On Tuesday, The Trump administration sent its rescission package to Capitol Hill, asking Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in approved spending, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.