NewsBusters Time Machine

We’re now two weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, returning the issue of abortion to the states. And yet the hate and rage is still going strong from journalists and entertainers on the left. This week, aging star Bette Midler compared Clarence Thomas and other conservatives to Islamic extremists. But it was 31 years ago this week that one of the ugliest, most disgusting…

For most Americans, the Fourth of July is a time to celebrate the heritage of this country, the freedoms that we enjoy as citizens that so many others around the world do not. But journalists in America often use Independence Day as an excuse to complain about everything that’s wrong with the country. We at NewsBusters dug into our archives to find recent and not-so-recent examples of…

Former NBC and CBS journalist Katie Couric this week told Americans something they probably already knew. Appearing on the June 14 Daily Show, she embraced being an “activist” for liberal causes like gun control. Speaking about her new podcast, she declared, “I run my own show and I can speak out about the need for sensible gun laws, and I can be an activist, and everyone should be an…

If you ever wondered whether the liberal media’s horror over sex scandals is entirely situational and dependent on political party, Anthony Weiner settled it for all time. It was 11 years ago this month that the former Democratic Congressman faced calls to resign after sending sexually explicit pictures of himself to a young woman. But that didn’t stop many in the media from attempting to…

Two wildly wrong climate predictions have anniversaries in June. And since ABC and NBC don’t like to be embarrassed by explaining away their botched global warming prognosticating, we’ll do it for them. 

It was exactly eight years ago, Memorial Day weekend 2012, that MSNBC's Chris Hayes admitted he was “uncomfortable” calling fallen military members “heroes.” Appearing on his weekend show Up With Chris Hayes, the host attempted to explain why the word hero bothers him so. 

This past week saw the media repeatedly attempt to connect conservatives and Republicans to a racist gunman who murdered ten African Americans in Buffalo, New York. This is a common move for journalists and it was 12 years ago next week that PBS insisted that Christians are slaughtering people “every day.”

Inflation is out of control, skyrocketing to a 40-year high. This past week, the networks laughably tried to spin a tiny slowing of the rate of inflation, from 8.5 percent to 8.3 as some sort of “sign of hope” and “good news.” All of this is a desperate attempt by the networks to save the floundering Joe Biden and his Democratic Party from disaster in the November midterms. So don't forget the…

In a shocking turn of events this week, the leak of a draft Supreme Court draft opinion showed the overturning of Roe vs. Wade. Last time this happened at the Supreme Court the networks lamented how “devastated” pro-abortion groups were. It was April 18, 2007 and the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 ruling, upheld a ban on partial birth abortion. The ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts all fixated on…

The media on Friday celebrated Earth Day with more lecturing about the need for expensive, left-wing solutions to climate change.  Indeed, NBC pushed it all week. But nothing compares to the callous, horrific way the networks used the pandemic --- the death of millions --- to cheer the “environmental upside” of COVID.

As Christians around the globe prepare to celebrate Easter on Sunday, some will choose to rewatch Mel Gibson’s film The Passion of the Christ during Holy Week. The movie, which came out 16 years ago on February 25, 2004, was a massive hit. It skyrocketed to a worldwide gross of $611 million. But to the journalists and hosts on ABC, CBS and NBC, it was a project to approach with skepticism and…

Is it any wonder that NBC went 260 days without saying the name “Hunter Biden?” The network is clearly in the tank for protecting Joe Biden from his troubled, sketchy son. But with NBC, it’s more than that. This network has been obsessed with the now-President for years.

Well that didn’t age well. Over 30 years ago, CBS compared newly independent states in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union to annoying brats running away from home. Of course, the bizarre commentary came from the late Andy Rooney. Rooney began, “Who would have thought a year ago that the 15 states in the Soviet Union would decide to split up?” 

With one disaster after another enveloping the Joe Biden and Democrats in 2022, it’s sometimes worth looking back on how it was unraveling exactly one year ago — despite the media’s efforts to protect Biden and his party.