NewsBusters Podcast: Is California Trying to Make Journalism Illegal?

April 17th, 2026 9:38 AM

A bill moving through California's state legislature would give taxpayer-funded "immigrant service providers" the power to demand the removal of videos recorded in public spaces that they don't like — and impose steep financial penalties on them. It's a narrowly tailored punishment on "anti-immigrant" journalists. Republicans call it the "Stop Nick Shirley Act."  

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Chieng Thinks Iranian Propaganda Is Better Than White House Memes

April 17th, 2026 9:30 AM

Comedy Central’s Ronny Chieng took some time on Thursday’s episode of The Daily Show to examine a different aspect of the war with Iran: the internet meme battle. According to Chieng, Iran’s Lego propaganda video is much better than the memes the White House has been putting out.

Column: The Media Exploit the Pope as Trump's Public Enemy #1

April 17th, 2026 6:04 AM

When 60 Minutes lined up three American Catholic Cardinals who had been dropping angry “open letters” on President Trump, CBS reporter Norah O’Donnell mustered the audacity to claim “their candor surprised us.” No, they knew precisely what they were orchestrating – another carefully edited hit job on Trump. They will celebrate in this case that Pope Leo is not a “pundit” or a “…

Today's Highlights: What MRC's Media Watchdogs are Saying

April 17th, 2026 12:01 AM

MRC Watchdogs churn out breaking news on a daily basis. Don't miss Today's Highlights, where you can keep up with the top MRC content, whether it's the latest study on media bias, a glaring omission from the elitist media, or how the Big Tech companies are serving up the same leftist spin as the media. 

 

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CBS Continues to Milk Trump-Leo Beef, Knocks Hegseth for ‘Pharisees’

April 16th, 2026 11:31 PM

You can tell that the special military operation in Iran is going better than the Elitist Media would like because they are desperately seeking to talk about other things. And so they have settled on artificially extending the tiff between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV. Additionally, there is an issue with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s use of the word “Pharisees”” to describe the…

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Morning Joe Admits: ‘Noose’ Now Around Iran, Trump Strategy ‘Working’

April 16th, 2026 10:59 PM

In a hell-freezes-over moment, Thursday’s Morning Joe featured something all but unheard of: Joe Scarborough making the case for Trump’s Iran strategy. Discussing the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports along the Strait of Hormuz, Scarborough described what he’s hearing from regional and Trump administration sources as a “growing sense of optimism.” Citing a Gulf ally, Scarborough said that whereas…

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Fox News Covers Video of Lefty Mob Assaulting TPUSA Reporter

April 16th, 2026 10:36 PM

In contrast with liberal media like MS NOW and CNN, Fox News this week has been informing viewers of a recent violent assault on a right-leaning reporter by left-wing activists in Minneapolis.

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Bipartisan: Biden Staffer Gets Clowned By MS NOW Host and Republican

April 16th, 2026 7:23 PM

During Wednesday night’s The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle, panelist Dan Koh, a former Biden staff member and current congressional candidate in Massachusetts, spent the show not answering direct questions and instead positioning himself for social media clips. So much so, that Ruhle had to point it out at the end of the show. He also faced pushback from Republican panelist Marc…

The Implosion of Eric Swalwell: What Was He Thinking?

April 16th, 2026 5:20 PM

When then-Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) announced his candidacy for governor of California, I was beyond surprised. Rumors of sexual misconduct, including allegations of blatant and serial infidelity, had been circulating for years. Having run for this very office, I experienced firsthand the intense level of local, state and national scrutiny one receives when seeking the top job in the…

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POLL: What Was the Worst Media Quote of the Week?

April 16th, 2026 5:00 PM

POLL: What Was the Worst Media Quote of the Week? 

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Networks Omit Bombshell Docs Showing First Trump Impeachment Cover-Up

April 16th, 2026 3:56 PM

First released on Sunday to Just The News, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents regarding the first Trump impeachment in 2019 containing details hidden from House Intelligence Committee that would have raised concerns the whistleblower behind the infamous Trump-Volodymyr Zelenskyy call had “potential for bias” and no first-hand knowledge of the call. None of…

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Whoopi Demands Reading ‘The Bible-Bible,’ Hostin Attacks Hegseth Tats

April 16th, 2026 3:11 PM

With their The View co-host Joy Behar still refusing to apologize for calling Jesus a “narcissist” earlier in the week, moderator Whoopi Goldberg and co-host Sunny Hostin had their own ignorant takes about Christianity and The Bible on Thursday’s show. While Goldberg was demanding that people on the right read “The Bible-Bible,” particularly those in the Trump administration, Hostin…

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PBS Finds a Righty Think Tank Worthy of Respect: Pro-Immigration Cato

April 16th, 2026 3:06 PM

Sightings of conservatives or limited-government types are hard to find on the PBS News Hour,  yet the D.C.-based Cato Institute, which takes the fiscal conservative side on government size and spending, has bucked the trend, with David Bier, Cato’s director of immigration studies, making four guest appearances over the previous year, all on immigration, and all in opposition to Trump…

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Katy Tur: Where Are Young Americans Protesting Iran War on Campuses?

April 16th, 2026 1:20 PM

At the start of Wednesday’s Katy Tur Reports, the eponymous MS NOW host led her show with a question that wondered where were the protests from young Americans against the Iran War compared to the anti-Israel protests seen in the waning years of the Biden Administration.  Tur seemed genuinely angry at the absence of protests against the war.