Editor’s Pick: Hot Air on NYT's Climate Fretting Amid Ukraine Crisis

On Wednesday, Hot Air Senior Editor Ed Morrissey reported on how The New York Times – on the eve of Russia invading Ukraine – was most concerned with the impact on the left’s climate change crusade. He cited a Times article fretting: “The renewed emphasis on energy independence and national security may encourage policymakers to backslide on efforts to decrease the use of fossil fuels…

Kyle Drennen
February 24th, 2022 10:41 AM

NYTimes Ad Snuggles Up to Cancel Culture: Rowling a Transphobic 'TERF'

Author J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, has been the subject of “cancellation” and even violent threats for standing up for the biological reality of women against the radical trans ideology, in which a biological man is free to self-identify as a woman and invade women’s spaces. One of her ideological opponents is the New York Times, which attacked the author…

Clay Waters
February 24th, 2022 9:35 AM

CNN Live Shot in Kyiv Interrupted By Multiple Explosions from Invasion

It has begun. The Russian invasion of Ukraine started Wednesday night (U.S. time) with evidence that dictator Vladimir Putin intends to take more of the country than just the Donbas territory in the eastern part of the country. That evidence came in the form of explosions in the capital Kyiv during a CNN live shot of correspondent Matthew Chance on the roof of his hotel, forcing him to don a…

Nicholas Fondacaro
February 23rd, 2022 11:16 PM

CBS Grills Secretary of State Blinken While ABC, NBC Throw Softballs

As Russia was on the verge of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the rounds on the evening news broadcasts on Wednesday evening. While all three networks asked Blinken questions about what the United States and the world can expect Russia to do, CBS Evening News’ interview was noteworthy for how tough it was for the Biden administration official…

Kevin Tober
February 23rd, 2022 9:34 PM

NewsBusters Podcast: Pro-Biden Media Rally Around the Ukraine Failure

It's more than a little odd when the same media that won't say the Pledge of Allegiance suddenly demand everyone needs to be good patriotic Americans and support President Biden as Russia invades Ukraine and underlines Biden's failure and weakness on the world stage. They hounded House Republicans for mocking Biden walking away, refusing to answer questions from the press.

Tim Graham
February 23rd, 2022 9:32 PM

FAILURE: CNN Admits Biden's Sanctions 'Not Enough' to Stop Putin

President Biden’s weakness on the world stage is on full display again as new sanctions on Russia have failed to curb President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. And during Wednesday’s edition of The Lead, CNN host Jake Tapper pressed on this truth and was backed up by OutFront host Erin Burnett, who was reporting from Lviv, Ukraine.

Nicholas Fondacaro
February 23rd, 2022 8:39 PM

Tough Day at the Office: Doocy, Lee Bring Cavalry Against Team Biden

Ahead of a likely Russian invasion of Ukraine, State Department spokesman Ned Price and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki spent Wednesday afternoon under fire from establishment media reporters and, of course, Fox’s Peter Doocy over the administration’s flip-flop on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the failure to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the impact the war could have on the U…

Curtis Houck
February 23rd, 2022 8:02 PM
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Fox Business’s Charles Payne: ‘They Want to Hit the Restart Button’

Fox Business host Charles Payne demolished global elites like founder and World Economic Forum Executive Director Klaus Schwab and former Bank of Canada and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney for abject hypocrisy around issues including climate change and wealth disparity.

Jeffrey Clark
February 23rd, 2022 5:17 PM
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Scarborough: GOP Criticism of 'Weak' Biden A 'Disgrace to America'

On Wednesday's Morning Joe, co-host Joe Scarborough called House Republicans who have called Biden "weak" in his handling of the Ukraine crisis, a "disgrace to America" who should "bow their heads in shame."  But just the day before on the show, his wife and co-host Mika Brzezinski had called Biden's handling of Ukraine "inadequate" and "not strong enough."

Mark Finkelstein
February 23rd, 2022 5:10 PM

CensorTrack with TR: Big Tech Attacks MRC TikTok 16 Times!

It’s Episode 26 of CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how the Chinese Communist Party-affiliated TikTok app has been on a censorship crusade against the Media Research Center.

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg
February 23rd, 2022 5:00 PM

Kyle Rittenhouse Plans On Suing LeBron James For Defamatory Comments

Look out, King James.

John Simmons
February 23rd, 2022 3:34 PM

NY Magazine: Parents 'Tyrants' for Not Wanting Trans Agenda In Schools

The left thinks they own your kids. Don't believe me? Well, take a look at this article in New York Magazine's Intelligencer. The article titled "Household Tyrants" written by Sarah Jones begins by fear-mongering: "to empower parents, Florida Republicans would put children in danger."

Kevin Tober
February 23rd, 2022 3:28 PM

NBC Brings on Obama’s Russia Ambassador to Praise Biden on Ukraine

On Wednesday, NBC’s Today show brought on former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine and heap praise on President Biden’s failed foreign policy. Given McFaul’s diplomatic tenure in Moscow occurred during the Obama administration and ended just prior to Vladimir Putin’s initial 2014 invasion of Ukraine, perhaps he wasn’t the best person…

Kyle Drennen
February 23rd, 2022 3:10 PM

Canada Unfreezes Pro-Convoy Accounts as Anti-Convoy Crowd Sues

The Canadian government ruthlessly cracked down on peaceful protesters demonstrating against the government’s draconian COVID-19 mandates. And the powers that be are unfreezing the accounts of some organizers, participants and donors now that other Canadians are suing for damages.

Alexander Hall
February 23rd, 2022 1:37 PM