No Respect: PBS Piles on Cheney's 'Polarizing...Controversial' Legacy

PBS News Hour’s coverage Tuesday of the death of former Republican vice president Dick Cheney wasn't particularly generous for an obituary, bookended with belittling jabs at Cheney from both anchor and reporter. Co-anchor Amna Nawaz: “….and we examine the life of the highly…

Clay Waters
November 5th, 2025 10:17 PM

CBS News BURIES DHS Statement, Plows Ahead With Report on ICE Arrest

The statement sought by CBS News and provided by the Department of Homeland Security completely undermined the report on a Chicago ICE arrest that ran on the Evening News. But the network ran the report nonetheless, burying the DHS’s statement at the end of the report.

Jorge Bonilla
November 5th, 2025 10:07 PM

CNN's Jones and Jennings Unsettled by Divisive Mamdani Victory Speech

During post-election coverage on Tuesday night, CNN contributors Van Jones and Scott Jennings didn’t seem particularly happy with mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s (D) angry victory speech. They found it a significant tone-shift from his campaign and believed it would only further divide New Yorkers and the “large tent” Democratic Party.

Isaac White
November 5th, 2025 9:00 PM

Networks Celebrate ‘Earthquake’ Dem Wins, Predict Blue Wave in 2026

On Wednesday morning, ABC, CBS, and NBC were riding high and drunk on power after seeing their preferred candidates sweep with socialist Zohran Mamdani’s “astonishing surge” in New York City and Democrats Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey, and Abigail Spanberger in Virginia romping to huge wins, declaring this a GOP “bloodbath” and “glimmer of hope” for Democrats in 2026 with “a guidebook” to…

Curtis Houck
November 5th, 2025 7:31 PM

ABC Delighted to Serve Softballs to Mamdani, Sherrill, Spanberger

On Wednesday, ABC’s Good Morning America was ebullient over the blue wave Tuesday night in four blue states (California, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia) and predictably making long-reaching proclamations about 2026 as nationwide blue tsunami against President Trump and the GOP, including supposed popularity of democratic socialism. As part of their morning-after celebrations, the…

Curtis Houck
November 5th, 2025 4:17 PM

The View Cheers VA Democrat Winning Despite Wishing Death on GOP

Among the avalanche of Democratic Party wins on Election Night was Jay Jones, who ran for attorney general of Virginia. During Wednesday’s edition of ABC News’s The View, the leftist ladies marveled and touted Jones’s win despite the revelations that he sent multiple text messages calling for the death of his Republican opposition and for their children to die in their mothers’ arms…

Nicholas Fondacaro
November 5th, 2025 2:30 PM

Lara Trump, Graham & Hughes Dish on Media Bias in Election Coverage

Lara Trump, host of The Right View podcast, sat down with Tim Graham, Executive Editor of NewsBusters and Brittany Hughes, Managing Editor of MRCTV on Tuesday night to talk about the biased media coverage leading up to the election and dish about former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's disastrous book tour.

Catherine Mortensen
November 5th, 2025 2:18 PM

STUDY: TV News Spends Shutdown Playing Defense for Democrats

For the past month the big three broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) have hammered both Congressional Republicans and President Trump with a wall of negative shutdown coverage, while largely shielding Democrats from blame for the now-record gridlock.

Bill D'Agostino
November 5th, 2025 2:00 PM

Oh SNAP! PBS News Devotes First 14 Minutes to Alleged US Hunger Crisis

The PBS News Hour devoted the first 14 minutes of Monday’s show to the supposedly dire emergency that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP benefits, known colloquially as food stamps) ran out two days ago during the ongoing federal government “shutdown” before a ruling that the government must fund the food aid. First up, a Lisa Desjardins report from various food banks…

Clay Waters
November 5th, 2025 1:57 PM

Kimmel Skit Claims Nazi Shows To Blame For Low Kennedy Center Sales

On his Tuesday show, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel sought to explain why ticket sales for the Kennedy Center have fallen since President Trump named himself chairman. Through a satirical ad from Trump, Kimmel claimed the answer lies in anti-woke programming that is also pro-Nazi.

Alex Christy
November 5th, 2025 1:46 PM

CNN Should Zip It on Trump Inflation Lectures After Bidenomics Blunder

Here’s a serious question: Who on God’s green earth made CNN believe it has the credibility to finger-wag at President Donald Trump over inflation after salivating over Bidenomics for four years?

Joseph Vazquez
November 5th, 2025 1:12 PM

REVIEW: CNN’s Election Livecast Belongs on Prime Time

For your friendly neighborhood Media Research Center News Analyst, Election Night represents a unique slog through hours of coverage stuffed with Acela Media “analysis” which is little more than laundered Democrat talking points- in other words, the usual media brain rot. But on occasion, one is fortunate enough to witness something completely and unexpectedly different.

Jorge Bonilla
November 5th, 2025 12:29 PM
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Morning Joe Gloats: Trump, GOP Knocked On 'Asses,' Buries Jones Texts

On Wednesday's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough sought to present himself as the kindly, non-partisan political consultant, saying he had warned Republicans not to overreach after their 2024 victories, or imagine they'd occupy the White House forever. "And if you go too fast, voters will knock you on your ass immediately. And that's what happened yesterday." 

Mark Finkelstein
November 5th, 2025 11:00 AM

Politico Writer: Next Democrat DOJ Should Seek Full Partisan Vengeance

In a critique of Merrick Garland's tenure, Politico's Ankush Khardori argues Garland's DOJ didn't pursue Donald Trump aggressively enough, despite multiple indictments. Inspired by a book highlighting DOJ's failures, Khardori suggests future Democratic administrations should pursue politically motivated legal actions more boldly, disregarding criticisms of partisanship. His stance, which some…

P.J. Gladnick
November 5th, 2025 10:40 AM