2020 Presidential

Soviet-Style Media Propaganda in America
Over there in The Wall Street Journal as we travel through the Christmas holiday season, was this very perceptive piece by one David Satter. Mr. Satter is identified as the “author of “Age of Delirium: the Decline and Fall of the Soviet Union” and a member of the academic advisory board of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.”

Maddow 2016 vs. Maddow 2020: Journalism Is Doomed! No, It’s Saved!
What a difference four years makes. Far-left MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in 2016 saw journalism as doomed, saying it would “crumble” under the threat of Donald Trump. Four years later, a more upbeat (but no less partisan) host reversed herself. Journalism is saved! On December 21, 2016, Maddow appeared on The Dan LeBatard Show where she fretted for the future of journalism under the looming…

WORST OF 2020: Craziest Celebrity Freak-Outs of the Year
This week, NewsBusters is recounting the most obnoxious liberal bias of the year. Today, we look at some of the most outrageous celebrity quotes of 2020.

CNN—Obama: 'Progress, Trump: 'Step Back', Kamala: 'Thrilling'
On CNN's "New Day," Abby Phillip, supposedly a "correspondent," described the election of Barack Obama as "progress" for America, whereas the election of Donald Trump was "a couple of steps back," with the "pendulum swinging" in the wrong direction. Phillip followed that bit of blatant liberal punditry by describing the prospective election of Kamala Harris as VP as "a thrilling moment."…

WORST OF 2020: The Media’s Trump Derangement Syndrome
This week, NewsBusters is recounting the most obnoxious liberal bias of 2020. Today, it’s a look at the media’s Trump Derangement Syndrome as we present the year’s most over-the-top attacks on President Donald Trump.

'Merry Freaking Christmas': CNN Anchor's Hot Take on Trump Pardons
On CNN's New Day this morning, co-host John Berman felt free to say: "Merry Freaking Christmas." Berman did so for the purpose of scoring a cheap political point about Trump pardons. His notion was that, given the continuing wrangling over the Covid relief package, the unemployed and members of the armed services are unsure of when their relief or pay raises will be coming. But for…

Scarborough: Are We Sure 'Full-Blown Crazy' Trump Doesn't Drink?
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough calls President Trump "full-blown crazy," and asks, "are we sure? Are we sure, he doesn't drink?" Scarborough also compares Trump to Otis, the town drunk in the Andy Griffith show.

WORST OF 2020: Loathing Team Trump
This week, NewsBusters is recounting the most obnoxious liberal bias of 2020. Today’s installment showcases some of the year’s most rancid quotes attacking Republicans or conservatives NOT named Donald Trump but who dared to support him.

PBS's Alcindor: Most Trump Fans Fear the 'Browning of America'
In the past couple of days, the White House correspondent for the taxpayer-funded PBS NewsHour, Yamiche Alcindor, has been throwing around accusations of racism not only against a "large majority" of Donald Trump supporters who fear a "browning of America," but also against the U.S. generally, claiming that minorities are not "treated as equal citizens."

Wow! Nicolle Wallace, NYT Reporter Question Biden's Russia Threat
The liberal media has ripped President Trump for downplaying the apparent cyberattack by Russia into high levels of the US government. So when Joe Biden spoke out today, trashing President Trump's handling of the matter, accusing Russia for the attack, and vowing to punish it, you would have thought that on her MSNBC show this afternoon, Nicolle Wallace & co. would have cheered Biden. But…

Happy Festivus 2020: Time to Air Our TV Grievances
2020 has been a year-long series of grievances, and TV was no exception. Although COVID ended a lot of business, leftist Hollywood has been in full force shoving its agenda down our throats. In honor of Festivus on December 23, we’ve once again gathered a list of 2020 TV grievances to air as well as feats of strength and Festivus miracles.

‘One Horse Pony’; Joe Biden Mocks Doocy for Asking About Hunter
President-Elect Joe Biden took more softball questions Tuesday afternoon from a subservient liberal media as well as probes from the left. But when it came to a shouted Hunter Biden question from Fox News’s Peter Doocy as he left the stage, Biden insisted news stories about Hunter are Russian disinformation and mocked Doocy as “a one horse pony.”

@POTUS Twitter Account to Start with No Followers
Former Vice President Joe Biden will reportedly have a long way to go to build up his Twitter presence, assuming, as currently projected, he takes over as president in January. Twitter has reportedly told the Biden team that the official @POTUS account will be reset to zero followers, and “Donald Trump’s followers will not carry over to the official Twitter accounts assigned to the new…

Reuters Fact-Checker Has Not Updated Election Misinfo Claim
So-called “fact”-checking websites often jump at any chance they get to attempt to prove President Donald Trump wrong. But they aren’t so eager to fact-check themselves.
Reuters fact-checked a Nov. 19 tweet from President Donald Trump but has not corrected, or even addressed, the inaccuracies in its own article.