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Will the Media Track Elected Socialists on Their Governing Results?
This week, it looks like socialism is on the march. Suddenly, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are "rocking" the Democratic Party. The Manchin moderates are missing. But how will the media cover it when we can assess whether their policies turn out?
MS NOW's Ali Velshi Cheers Free Plane Trips to Get Abortions
On Wednesday's The 11th Hour, MS NOW host Ali Velshi devoted his show's regular "Night Light" segment to cheering on pilots who provide women with free plane trips to get abortions.
PBS: Sentencing of Antifa After Cop Shooting a 'Crackdown on Dissent'
On Wednesday’s PBS News Hour, co-host Amna Nawaz provided an overheated take on the surprisingly tough sentences given to “anti-ICE protesters” in Texas in the wake of an attempted assassination of a police officer outside a migrant facility by a North Texas Antifa cell. While the evening news shows have ignored the sentencing, PBS did take notice, only to ridiculously condemn the…
WATCH: CNBC Makes Jeffries Squirm Over Mamdani Radicals Winning in NY
CNBC addressed the elephant in the room with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) over communist Mamdani radicals winning their respective primaries against entrenched Democrat incumbents in the Big Apple. Jeffries’ canned response: Muh, but Trump!
CIA Is Attempting to Block Navy Vet from Telling CNN Defamation Story
As NewsBusters was first to report last December, Navy veteran Zachary Young, the man who took CNN to court for malicious defamation and won, was set to release a memoir titled American Spy co-written by American Sniper author Scott McEwen. It would heavily describe CNN’s defamation from his perspective. But new information obtained by NewsBusters is that the Central…
WashPost: Trump Killing Pool ‘Doesn’t Reflect Well on Democracy’
Because he’s not a cable TV fixture, Washington Post arts and architecture critic Philip Kennicott can fly under the radar as one of the most unhinged sufferers of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). But stories like one that ran in Thursday’s print edition illustrated his TDS as he raged about Trump “disturb[ing]” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, “one of the most serene places” in…
[UPDATE] The Media Have Wasted Almost 10 HOURS on the Reflecting Pool
The news media’s obsession with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting pool has continued apace. Earlier this week, we found that TV news had spent almost seven hours on the story in just the past nine days. As of Friday morning June 25, that total has reached almost ten hours across left-wing cable (CNN and MSNBC) and broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC).
Joy Behar: 'We Should All Be' 'Embarrassed to Be an American'
Joy Behar probably wasn’t a big fan of Lee Greenwood’s music, because during Friday’s The View, she lashed out at the country who made her a multimillionaire and admitted she was “embarrassed” to an American. Not only did she double down on that comment, but she also proclaimed “we should all be” “embarrassed” to be Americans.
'SHE' Wanted to Kill: WashPost Goes Soft on Foiled Kavanaugh Assassin
The Washington Post provided the latest update on a foiled transgender assassin on Tuesday. The headline: “She got eight years for plotting to kill Justice Kavanaugh. Prosecutors want more.” The only problem: “she” was a dude during his violent plotting and then pleading guilty. It took them 26 paragraphs to report it was "Nicholas Roske" who they arrested.
CNN Laments SCOTUS Immigration Ruling in Wake of Venezuela Earthquakes
On Friday’s CNN This Morning, after the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday that allowed the Trump administration to revoke temporary legal status, as in the cases of Haitians and Syrians, host Audie Cornish connected the ruling to the Venezuelan earthquake. Rob Bluey thought the decision was sound, but Lulu Garcia-Navarro claimed: “What is this about, if not about racial animus?”
Lowest Gas Prices Are in States with GOP Governors, Legislatures
The lowest gas prices in the nation are in states led by Republicans, according to price data released by AAA on Friday.
TYPICAL: WashPost Injects Climate Change Babble Into Algae-Gate Affair
The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos may have instituted free market reforms to the lefty newspaper’s opinion section, but its obsession with injecting climate change drivel into news coverage remains intact. This time, the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool algae nonstory is getting the eco-treatment.
Already?! MSNOW Axes Weekend Evening Show, Adds More Taped Podcasts
Despite having launched November 15 when it chose to identify as MS NOW, the artist formerly known as MSNBC has been making programming changes with a March announcement about a daytime overhaul and now word on Friday from Variety’s Brian Steinberg about its weekend shows. Incredibly, two shows and six hours are being wiped out in favor of more taped podcasts.
Morning Joe RIPS Trump's Smithsonian 'Takeover' -- Obama-Biden, Hello?
In their new book, "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan devote considerable attention to the Trump administration’s efforts to influence Smithsonian exhibits. On a Morning Joe segment today, Haberman misleadingly framed it as Trump and his allies “wanting to leave their imprint on what art Americans can see…