Editor’s Pick: Twitchy on Stelter Touting Ukraine CNN Ratings Boost

On Friday, Twitchy’s Sam Janney reported on CNN’s Brian Stelter taking to Twitter on Thursday to express his excitement that “a bunch of people watched the horrors of war on CNN.” Stelter touted: “The past 24 hours are a reminder that consumers in an era of YouTube and TikTok still gravitate to trusted, established news outlets during emergencies. They ‘know where to go,’ so to speak.”

Kyle Drennen
February 25th, 2022 11:20 AM

Phillip Hypes Brown Jackson: She'll Battle 'Unfairness in the System'

CNN senior political correspondent Abby Phillip could hardly contain her excitement on Friday's New Day, when the news broke that President Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Phillip hailed the nomination as one that could help address “the unfairness in the system” that exists for minority defendants.

Alex Christy
February 25th, 2022 10:30 AM

NewsGuard Rates Planned Parenthood Credible, Slams Pro-Life Sites

Online “credibility” arbiter NewsGuard strongly favors an organization that kills babies, declaring abortion giant Planned Parenthood credible. Meanwhile, the rating firm gave very negative ratings to three pro-life outlets.

Catherine Salgado
February 25th, 2022 9:58 AM

Digital Brownshirts Demand Big Tech Censor So-Called Climate ‘Denial’

The leftist U.K.-based Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) is back attacking the Media Research Center and complaining that Facebook isn’t doing enough to silence those who question the left’s eco-extremist take on climate change. Liberal media outlets are boosting the foreign CCDH’s activism just as the White House was reportedly set to hold its first event tackling “climate change…

Joseph Vazquez
February 25th, 2022 7:49 AM

Column: Allergic to the 'So-Called Freedom Convoy'

Something caught my ear in the car, listening to a radio simulcast of the February 21 PBS NewsHour. Anchor Judy Woodruff drily reported that “Canadian police have arrested more than 190 protesters and issued 389 charges in connection with the so-called Freedom Convoy.”

Tim Graham
February 25th, 2022 5:57 AM

CNN Analyst Admits Biden's Russian Sanctions Are Pointless

If you were one of the five people watching Don Lemon Tonight on Thursday evening you would have seen something that rarely happens: there was actually criticism of the Biden administration's policies. 

Kevin Tober
February 25th, 2022 1:25 AM

Audiences Reject Woke Television: Many Leftist Shows Cancelled in 2022

It turns out Americans do not want to watch woke television. The new year has brought a flood of series cancellation announcements. Many of the worst woke shows of 2021 have been cut for 2022 due to low ratings and audience rejection. 

Elise Ehrhard
February 24th, 2022 11:27 PM

NPR Stacks the Verbal Deck Against DeSantis on Racial Gerrymandering

On Thursday's Morning Edition, they stacked the verbal deck against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the state's redistricting battle. DeSantis was opposing "federal and state protections for Black voters" and using a "conservative activist group" to make his case. On the other side, there were nonpartisan "voting rights groups" like the Brennan Center. 

Tim Graham
February 24th, 2022 10:30 PM

Psaki, Colleague Face Round Two of Stinging Questions From WH Press

Wednesday’s White House press briefing wasn’t smooth sailing for Press Secretary Jen Psaki and deputy national security adviser Daleep Singh with tough questions ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, so it was only natural they came back Thursday and faced  hardballs on Biden’s messaging flip-flop on use of sanctions and the refusal to apply them at all to Russian energy industry (perhaps its…

Curtis Houck
February 24th, 2022 9:43 PM

Applebee's 'Disappointed' With CNN After Ad Shown With Invasion Report

In the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, CNN made headlines; not just for being live when cruise missiles began striking Kyiv, but also for playing an obnoxious Applebee’s ad side-by-side with footage of air-raid sirens blaring out through Kyiv.

Nicholas Fondacaro
February 24th, 2022 9:24 PM

Nets HAMMER Biden on Failure of Russian Sanctions to Prevent War

Almost 24 hours after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the three evening newscasts hammered the Biden administration for doubling down on more sanctions which have already failed to prevent Russian aggression. 

Kevin Tober
February 24th, 2022 9:00 PM

Nets Skip Ukraine Expanding Gun Rights Before Invasion, Giving Weapons

On Wednesday, hours before the start of the Russian invasion of Ukrainian, the Rada (parliament) advanced legislation that would allow more Ukrainian civilians to own firearms as they stared down the bear that was eager to wage war on and conquer them. It’s another obvious example of why civilian firearm ownership is important and vital for a free people, yet it wasn’t worth any airtime on the…

Nicholas Fondacaro
February 24th, 2022 7:51 PM

You Awake Now, Joe? WH Press Hammer Biden as Russia Invades Ukraine

Addressing the world some 15 hours after Russian began a full invasion of Ukraine, President Biden faced a White House press corps on Thursday afternoon that, after he ducked their questions on Tuesday, chose to do its job and call out the likelihood the latest round of economic sanctions would do all but nothing to deter Putin, the likely economic pain Americans will feel, and what has he…

Curtis Houck
February 24th, 2022 5:34 PM

MSNBC Fears Ukranian Refugee Crisis May Cause ‘Swing to the Right'

Over the past few days, MSNBC has repeatedly fretted that the massive refugee crisis likely to result from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could lead to “the rise of far-right political movements” across Europe and falsely blamed “a misinformation campaign about immigration” following the 2015 Syrian refugee crisis for conservative wins like Brexit.

Kyle Drennen
February 24th, 2022 5:12 PM