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Microsoft CEO Implies Censorship Tech Will Be Used Before Election
Leftist Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made clear in an interview on artificial intelligence (A.I.) that Microsoft will be fixated on fighting so-called disinformation in the 2024 election.

Is Water Wet? Nets Swoon in Wonder Over Leftist UAW Backing Biden
Is water wet? Is the sky blue? What’s the logo of Target? These questions all seem obvious, but the question of who would receive the 2024 presidential endorsement of the far-left United Auto Workers was big news for the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. As such, they marveled at the “powerful” union’s “big endorsement” of President Biden as he “[h]it[s…

NBC Hypes Pro-Abort High Schoolers As It, ABC, CBS Skip March For Life
The Friday evening and Saturday morning shows for ABC, NBC, and CBS all ignored Friday’s 51st annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. where thousands turned out in the cold and the snow to protest the killing of the unborn. Friday’s NBC Nightly News was the worst offender because not only did they ignore pro-lifers, they actively promoted pro-abortion high schoolers.

NBC News Pushes VT Hate Crime Narrative, Despite Inconvenient Shooter
At the Peacock Network, facts got in the way of a compelling story and an even better narrative. So they just omitted those pesky facts altogether.

Nets FAIL to Decry Hunter’s Hill Stunt, But CBS Notices His Rich Buddy
Regarding the latest network coverage (or lack thereof) Wednesday night and Thursday morning concerning Hunter Biden’s life of corruption, we’ve got some good news and we’ve got some bad news. The bad news? ABC, CBS, and NBC saw no problem with Hunter’s shameless stunt appearing before the House Oversight Committee as they debated a contempt of Congress resolution. The good news was Thursday’s…

NBC Nightly News PANICS As Biden Support Fades Among Black Voters
The media panic over the unraveling of the 2020 Biden coalition and the disgust of each of its constituent member groups continues apace. NBC News has now taken notice of Biden’s declining support among the black community, and contrasted it with yesterday’s speech at Mother Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina.

Nets: ‘Conservative Attacks,’ Plagiarism ‘Claims’ Wounded Claudine Gay
The “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC gave full stories Tuesday night and Wednesday morning to the long-delayed resignation of Harvard University President Claudine Gay following her infamous congressional testimony refusing to condemn rampant anti-Semitism on her campus and a growing list of examples of plagiarism.

Huh? NBC's Holt Injects Domestic Frame Into Report On Prague Shooting
From watching Lester Holt’s framing of NBC’s report on the mass shooting at a Prague college campus, you’d be forgiven for thinking the shooting happened in the United States, given his unwarranted insertion of domestic narrative points into the story.

Network Newscasts Unsure About How To Cover Biden-Maduro Prison Swap
The network evening newscasts were unsure whether to hail, cover neutrally, or condemn the latest U.S. prisoner swap with an authoritarian regime. In this case, the exchange with Venezuela’s Maduro dictatorial regime, which returned his notorious bagman, Alex Saab, in exchange for fugitive “Fat Leonard” and 10 additional hostages.

Network Newscasts Hype Colorado Ruling Taking Trump Off Primary Ballot
The evening network newscasts delivered their breaking news reports on the Colorado Supreme Court decision disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot with little substance, but plenty of emotional impact.

NBC Oversells Pope Francis’ Decision To Bless Same-Sex Couples
The Peacock Network is doing quite the bit of peacocking over Pope Francis’ decision to bless same-sex couples. There is no change in doctrine, but NBC cheers the change in perception and speculates that it may lead to a change in doctrine down the road.

NBC Is The Only Nightly Newscast To Cover Philly Antisemitic Protest
A violent, antisemitic protest in a major city would often be enough to warrant major coverage on the nation’s network evening newscasts. But that wasn’t the case with the disgusting protest outside of the Goldie falafel shop in Philadelphia, where the virulent mob accused the restaurant’s owners of genocide. Only NBC saw fit to cover this disgusting protest.

'UNFILTERED': NBC Nightly News' Disjointed Hit Against Elon Musk
NBC Nightly News presented an oddly cobbled together news item on Elon Musk that, more than anything, seemed intent on extending the controversy over a recent post and further instigating an ad war against X.