Campaigns & Elections

On Morning Joe, Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. says that riots are just an "excuse" for people to vote for President Trump: "they already wanted to."

During a hostile interrogation of South Carolina Senator Tim Scott on Thursday’s CBS This Morning, Democratic Party donor co-host Gayle King dismissed criticism of Joe Biden leveled at the Republican National Convention and instead claimed that President Trump “has contributed to the chaos that we’re seeing in the streets.” She went on to further accuse the President of stoking racial…

CNN came out of Vice President Mike Pence's speech at Fort McHenry on Wednesday night offering an angry rebuttal. CNN's Anderson Cooper made a big fuss that if there's disorder in the streets, this is now Donald Trump's America. 

Stephen Colbert isn’t even trying to make you laugh anymore. The Late Night host has abandoned comedy for angry, unfunny verbal op-eds and harangues at his audience. On Wednesday night, he half yelled at his audience: “Now, full disclosure, I did not watch much of the convention tonight. And fullest disclosure, I did not watch any of it.”

In the latest edition of the NewsBusters Podcast, Tim Graham addresses the brand-new book by CNN's in-house Fox basher, Brian Stelter. His Fox-bashing book is titled HOAX: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth. It's selling like hotcakes in the feverish world of Trump haters. And Tim delves into what NewsBusters bloggers look for when exposing bias and double…

As the violence engulfed Wisconsin on Wednesday and Republicans continued night three of their convention, journalists on MSNBC did their best to connect the events to the presidential election in November. On ABC, Tom Llamas worried about the “danger” of Wisconsin helping Trump. On MSNBC, far-left host Lawrence O’Donnell saw the shooting as an “outgrowth” of Donald Trump. 

CNN interrupted Wednesday’s Republican National Committee proceedings four times (compared to the ZERO times they interrupted night three of the DNC), and they did it in the most disgusting of ways. Between consistently shoddy co-host Jake Tapper defending violent riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and left-wing activist Van Jones calling for a 17-year-old to be beaten up, the network was unhinged.…

If you want a clear example of the unmitigated hypocrisy and sheer partisan hackery of MSNBC, there is no clearer example than the disparity between how the liberal cable channel covered the Democratic National Convention last week and the Republican edition this week. During the DNC, MSNBC aired 90 percent of the convention with no commentary or analysis. The hosts just let the speeches play…

After another successful night of the Republican National Convention, panicked reporters on Wednesday’s network morning shows wildly declared that the entire event could be “illegal” and “possibly a violation of the Hatch Act,” which regulates how and when government officials engage in campaign politics. Making it clear who was issuing the marching orders, the broadcasts touted “House…

On Morning Joe, a hate-fueled Joe Scarborough slams First Lady Melania Trump as "shameless, absolutely shameless" for having criticized, in her speech at the second night of the RNC convention, people who are mean on social media, while she did not criticize President Trump's past tweets about Mika and Joe.

Depending on your perspective, the second night of the Republican National Convention was either a patriotic display of all the freedoms and blessings America can offer hardworking people, or an evil showcase, where the worst of our racist, white, Christian heritage was on display in all its jingoistic glory.

The conventions have one long-standing trend in media bias: the description of tone. Every Republican convention is dark and divisive and angry and ultraconservative. Every Democrat convention is soothingly centrist and stuffed with "inspirational" speeches. 

Back in May and June, NewsBusters reported on how CNN personalities Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon had strongly encouraged violence in the streets in support of the Marxist Black Lives Matter organization. But with the 2020 election around the corner, the duo was fearful of riots helping President Trump get reelected. “Chris, as you know and I know it's showing up in the polling,” Lemon warned as…

In what world would a speech given by a U.S. First Lady, where she expressed support for hard working mothers, showed charity for those afflicted by COVID-19, and expressed her desire for an end to racial strife in the country, be the subject of division and cruelty from famous and influential Americans? Well, in Hollywood, of course.