POLL RESULTS: Worst Media Quote of the Week Winner!

The results of the Worst Media Quote of the Week are in, and the winner is…Chuck Lorre! 

Geoffrey Dickens

NY Times Opinionator Bizarrely Blames Trump in Cornell Rape Case

NewsBusters Editor at Large Brent Baker caught this moment on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. New York Times opinion writer Michelle Cottle energetically stretched the Cornell fraternity rape case to somehow be about President Trump and his anti-women ways.

Tim Graham

Apple’s Leadership Has Changed—But Its News App Has Only Gotten Worse

Since John Ternus became Apple CEO, Apple News has increased promotion of left-leaning stories and decreased right-leaning stories, featuring only 0.5% from right-leaning outlets in September, down from 2% in August. Unlike its competitors, Google News and MSN, Apple has become more politically biased, leading to criticism for limiting conservative perspectives.

Michael Morris

New 60 Minutes Fears For Democracy With Outgoing GOP Senator Tillis

The newest episode of the “revamped” 60 Minutes on Sunday featured an interview with outgoing Republican Senator Thom Tillis, a vocal critic of some Trump Administration activities during the second term, to promote his new book titled How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents. Near the end of the interview, which focused on Tillis’ disagreements with Trump and dislike of…

Nicholas Spinnato

Cornish Shrinks 16-Pt. IA Poll Miss, Pads GOP's Trouble With Dem Seats

On CNN This Morning, Audie Cornish pulled two pro-Democrat tricks. First, she underplayed the extent of the huge 2024 presidential poll miss by Ann Selzer of the Des Moines Register. Next, to bolster her case that Republicans are in trouble, Cornish displayed a chart thatshowed 10 Senate seats most likely to flip. Problem: three of the seats—in Michigan, New Hampshire and Georgia— were…

Mark Finkelstein

LOL: Jake Tapper Lectures on 'Cocoon of Tribalism,' Like CNN's SO Pure

There's truly nothing sillier for Jake Tapper to lecture about than "the cocoon of tribalism." Tapper thinks he can denounce "certain folks in ideological media" for spewing hate as if CNN isn't "ideological" or spewing hate. At the end of Sunday's State of the Union came this remarkable exercise in total amnesia for what CNN has become over the last 11 years.

Tim Graham

Sharpton's Conflict of Interest Exposed Again on Jordan Neely Death

Last week, MS NOW PoliticsNation host Al Sharpton declared he would not let the grand jury decision in the Nolan Wells case go unchallenged. This past Saturday, Sharpton again confused activism and journalism during a segment on Jordan Neely, who was inadvertently killed by former Marine Daniel Penny while defending his fellow subway riders.

Steve Malzberg

Tapper's Bloodlust Take: 'The World Is Waiting' to Kill Christa Pike

On Sunday's CNN State of the Union, interviewing Stephen Ferrell, the attorney for Tennessee death-row inmate Christa Pike, host Jake Tapper said: "It is certainly an odd and unusual situation, where the world is waiting, at least as far as I can tell, for your client to recover from these botched execution attempts so the state can kill her for good. That just seems bizarre." What's "bizarre…

Mark Finkelstein

Sunday Shows Push Polling DOOM: Hispanic Edition

The Elitist Media Sunday shows continue to push polling doom ahead of the midterms which are now a month away. This week, polling hysteria centered on President Trump’s polling numbers within the Hispanic community, a vote that he won outright in 2024.

Jorge Bonilla

Kristen Welker Browbeats Rahm Emanuel into Endorsing Abdul El-Sayed

With the midterm elections a month away, the Elitist Media are doing their best to shore up support for some of the more controversial candidates on the left. Thus we are treated to today’s spectacle of NBC’s Kristen Welker haranguing former Congressman, Ambassador to Japan and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel into endorsing Michigan Democrat Senate nominee Abdulrahman Mohammed El-Sayed.

Jorge Bonilla

CNN Panelist Rips CNN for 'Deeply Misleading' Jared Kushner Premise

CNN published a report claiming Jared Kushner's firm's investment in an Israeli company with involvement in Israel's military campaigns. Kushner called the report "deeply misleading", noting that only the indicting headline is visible to non-paid subscribers, not the full story. Saturday on CNN's Table For Five, the debate over the report got heated between host Abby Phillip and…

Steve Malzberg

PBS Anchor Tosses the 'No Evidence' Card at Trump and Bibi on Flydubai

Most of the network coverage of the hijacking attempt on a Flydubai plane headed to Israel and loaded with Israelis has cited President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to suggest that the early intelligence suggests a terrorist motive. PBS anchor Geoff Bennett claimed neither Trump nor Netanyahu "has provided evidence" of a terrorist motive. It's not what an official should…

Tim Graham

Politico Publishes Trump-Obsessed Story of Upcoming Brazilian Election

The Brazilian presidential election is set for October 4, pitting Lula against Flavio Bolsonaro. While Politico focuses on U.S. ties and Trump’s influence, a major scandal involving Justice Moraes, who ordered Bolsonaro’s arrest, has rocked the election—yet received scant attention in Politico's coverage despite making headlines elsewhere.

P.J. Gladnick

CNN's Cornish Can't Believe Paxton's AI Ad Is 'OK': Guests School Her

On Friday's CNN This Morning,  host Audie Cornish said she couldn't understand how GOP Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton's AI-generated ad against Democrat James Talarico could be "okay." Two members of the Group Chat surprisingly schooled Audie. Elliot Williams, a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General appointed by Obama, explained that the words were quotes from Talarico.

Mark Finkelstein