NPR Unloads: 'Very Controversial' Larry Elder Waved a Gun at a Woman?
NPR's public editor Kelly McBride confessed in 2020 that NPR was slow to address Tara Reade's sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden. But NPR wasn't slow at all to highlight an ex-fiancee's allegation that black conservative California gubernatorial candidate waved a gun at her while high on marijuana during a breakup in 2015. It dominated their segment on the California recall on…
Politico: Biden Administration is 'Gaslighting' on Afghanistan
Even liberal Politico has cast aspersions upon the credibility of the Biden administration on Afghanistan.
NY Times: Larry Elder Is ‘All That Is Wrong' With California Recall
The New York Times is horrified that black conservative radio host Larry Elder could become the next governor of California, if sitting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom loses his bid to avoid being recalled. Their online headline: “How Did Larry Elder Become a Front-Runner in California’s Governor Race? -- Mr. Elder, a conservative radio host who paints himself as the native son of a simpler and…
The Beat Goes on: Doocy, WH Press Keep Crushing Psaki Over Afghanistan
After almost an entire week away on vacation (aside from an August 23 briefing), The Psaki Show hasn’t exactly gone swimmingly for the Biden administration and, like Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday was no exception as Press Secretary Jen Psaki had little in the way of friendly reporter questions as Fox’s Peter Doocy had the cavalry on his side in pressing on issues surrounding the collapse of…
ABC Helps Rescue Afghan Interpreter, Family Before Biden Would Abandon
While the Biden administration was getting ready to abandon anywhere between 1,000 and 1,500 Americans along with thousands of Afghans that helped American troops over the course of the last 20 years, ABC reported on Wednesday that they had made moves behinds the scenes to help one Afghan interpreter and his family escape the country as the Taliban nipped at their heels.
NewsBusters Podcast: When the Media Polls Look Bad for Biden, Bury 'Em
On the latest NewsBusters Podcast, we discuss the media's temperamental use of polling results. They have a tendency to highlight polls that underline the narratives and candidates they like, but tend to bury poll results they don't like and don't match their talking points. On Sunday, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd found some negatives for Biden in the latest NBC News poll, but those results…
NBC Whines SCOTUS Backing Order to Bring Back 'Remain in Mexico'
In a 6-3 ruling late Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices approved a lower court decision that forced the Biden administration to reinstate former President Trump’s so-called “remain in Mexico” policy for asylum seekers. And while the morning newscasts of ABC and CBS only briefly mentioned it Wednesday morning, they moved on by the evening while NBC Nightly News dedicated an…
Wall Street Journal Nails the Sycophancy in 'Scrubbing Cuomo's Emmy'
The Wall Street Journal editorial board nailed it on the head Wednesday in an editorial on "Scrubbing Cuomo's Emmy." Last November, the Emmy Award people gave a special award to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his coronavirus press conferences, for his "masterful use of television to inform and calm people around the world."
Kandahar Joy Insists U.S. Is Doing ‘Thorough Job,’ Dismisses Critics
After having ignored Afghanistan on Monday’s show, MSNBC’s ReidOut host Joy Reid circled back by insisting all is going well for the Biden administration on Afghanistan, saying they’ve done “a thorough job” in Kabul despite a lack of “burden-sharing” on the part of NATO allies. Reid also made sure to level bad-faith attacks on Team Biden (with some help from MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance),…
Sciutto Falsely Slams Supreme Court Conservatives for Border Hypocrisy
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined to issue a stay of a lower court ruling that the Biden administration's decision to repeal former President Trump's Remain in Mexico was "arbitrary and capricious" and thus illegal. On Wednesday, CNN Newsroom host Jim Sciutto declared this to be an outrageous act of hypocrisy.
Scared of ISIS, Scarborough Backs Biden's 8/31 Deadline on Afghanistan
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough supports President Biden's decision not to extend the August 31st deadline for evacuating American citizens and Afghan allies from Afghanistan. Scarborough says he's worried about attacks by ISIS and the more radical elements of the Taliban.
Former GMA Exec Accused of Sexual Assault, ABC Covered Up
Another day, another case of stark media hypocrisy. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the former executive producer for Good Morning America is being sued by a fellow GMA producer for sexual assault. An ABC News veteran, Michael Corn abruptly left GMA last April after these allegations came out, which ABC kept hidden from the media.
Nets Dismiss ‘Selfish’ ‘Distraction’ of Reps Calling Out Biden Failure
On Wednesday, as news broke of bipartisan members of Congress traveling to Kabul to conduct oversight of the Biden administration’s disastrous and rushed withdrawal from Afghanistan, hack reporters on the CBS and NBC morning shows parroted nasty White House talking points smearing the lawmakers – both Afghan war veterans – as “selfish” politicians creating a “distraction.”
