NewsBusters Podcast: Media Mangle Facts with 'De-Escalating' SUV Mom

Everyone can agree that Renee Good's shooting as she drove into an ICE agent was tragic. But the media and Democrats mangled the facts into Good was just a peaceful mom who was driving away from the villains in an exhibit of "classic de-escalation behavior." 

Tim Graham
January 13th, 2026 8:05 AM

NY Times Emotes Over Somalians in Minnesota: 'Now They Are a Target'

A 2,000-word story in Monday’s New York Times lamented Somalis in Minnesota being persecuted by ICE for no reason, according to reporters Jazmine Ulloa and Campbell Robertson (with sympathetic photos by Jamie Kelter Davis): “Somalis Fled Civil War and Built a Community. Now They Are a Target.”  

Clay Waters
January 13th, 2026 6:01 AM

CBS Reporter, Inciting Further Violence, Calls MN Shooting a ‘Murder’

The performance of some within the Elitist Media in covering the shooting of Nicole Renee Good can lead a reasonable individual to believe that they are openly rooting for another round of “fiery but mostly peaceful” protests similar to what we saw during 2020’s “Summer of Love.” Case in point, the latest report on the shooting to air on the CBS Evening News.

Jorge Bonilla
January 13th, 2026 1:00 AM

Letterman: CBS News Has Been ‘Eviscerated,’ ‘Pissed on’ by ‘Idiots’

In an episode of The Barbara Gaines Show posted on Friday, former CBS’s Late Show host David Letterman was in old-man-yells-at-the-clouds mood as he lamented the impending cancellation of his old show and seethed over CBS News as now being run by “idiots” — ostensibly referring to Paramount Skydance chairman David Ellison and CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss — who’ve “eviscerated”…

Curtis Houck
January 12th, 2026 6:38 PM

O'Donnell Blames Opposition Leader for Iranian Deaths, Parrots Regime

On CBS’s streaming service, former CBS Evening News host Norah O’Donnell sounded more like a propagandist for Iranian state television during her Monday interview with Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran. Throughout the interview, O’Donnell blamed Pahlavi for the reported 2,000 deaths of Iranian civilians (a growing number), suggested that trying to overthrow the government…

Nicholas Fondacaro
January 12th, 2026 6:02 PM

Pin the Tail on the Jackass: CNBC Blames Biden for Affordability Issue

It’s always great TV when the business journos over at CNBC take a wrecking ball to the media’s never-ending croaking against the Trump administration for an affordability issue they pretended wasn’t such a big deal under its predecessor.

Joseph Vazquez
January 12th, 2026 5:04 PM

Why 'PBS News Weekend' Won't Be Missed: ICE a 'Threat to Democracy'

The PBS News Weekend show is winding down due to PBS's loss of federal funding, with its final episode appearing Sunday, January 11. Check out what will be missing: "Demonstrators in hundreds of cities and towns took to the streets in a mass protest dubbed the "ICE Out for Good Weekend of Action." Some protesters say "the threat to democracy is just as urgent."

Clay Waters
January 12th, 2026 3:55 PM

‘Give Me a Break!’: CNN Calls Portland Gang Suspects ‘Married Couple’

“Give me a break!” Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Lauren Bis tells CNN, after the network referred to two illegal aliens shot and arrested in Portland, Oregon as a “married couple,” rather than as suspected Tren De Aragua gang members.

Craig Bannister
January 12th, 2026 3:43 PM

NPR Critic: 2026 Media Scene Looks 'Ominous' If Trump Isn't Thrashed

NPR Critic-at-Large Eric Deggans penned a pessimistic media analysis for Saturday: "2026 looks ominous for media, from Hollywood to journalism." That means an ominous Trumpian trend, but it's amusing how liberal bias aggressively opposing Trump is considered a "gold standard" of "fair, accurate reporting." 

Tim Graham
January 12th, 2026 3:00 PM

POLL RESULTS: Worst Media Take of the Week Winner!

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Geoffrey Dickens
January 12th, 2026 2:28 PM

'Nuance Speaking': Whoopi Claims ICE Agents Are 'Violent Criminals'

The inciting rhetoric against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continued unabated during Monday’s episode of The View. Amid their gaslighting about the ICE-involved shooting in Minnesota last week, ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg proclaimed her confusion as to how anyone could see the situation differently from her and that all ICE agents were “violent criminals.” She…

Nicholas Fondacaro
January 12th, 2026 1:27 PM
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MS NOW Hosts Go Mute As Rep. Pressley 3 Times Accuses ICE Of 'Murder'

The hosts of MS NOW's The Weekend didn't utter a peep on Sunday morning as Squad member Ayanna Pressley three times accused ICE of "murder" in the shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis. But the hosts and Pressley harshly criticized Trump administration officials for their characterizations of Good. 

Mark Finkelstein
January 12th, 2026 11:46 AM

Minnesota Stealing: Reason to Rethink Government Welfare

As for the estimated $8 billion in government (taxpayer) money stolen by crooks in Minnesota, people demand answers to many questions. But the 800-pound elephant/question goes unasked: Why is government in the business of welfare in the first place? Where in the Constitution does it permit the federal government to extract money from taxpayers for charity?

Larry Elder
January 12th, 2026 11:25 AM

Superbad: Judd Apatow Claims USA is a 'Dictatorship' at Golden Globes

Last night, stars at the 83rd annual Golden Globes on CBS ranted about an American dictatorship and "mediocre white guys." 

Elise Ehrhard
January 12th, 2026 5:54 AM