Study: One-Third of Americans Want More Regs on Big Tech

It's no secret that Americans have a complicated relationship with Big Tech, and a recent study from FleishmanHillard highlights just how complicated this relationship can be. FleishmanHillard, a St. Louis-based marketing agency and public relations firm, found that “consumers want the technology sector to take a long hard look at its policies and practices.”

Kayla Sargent
September 17th, 2020 2:36 PM

Twitter Flags Trump Tweet Parodying Biden ‘Despacito’ Disaster

Twitter proved — again — that it still can’t take a joke. This time the platform labelled a President Donald Trump tweet parody of former Vice President Joe Biden “Manipulated media.” Biden played “Despacito” at a mid-September rally to pander to Hispanic voters. Then Trump shared a parody video where Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden instead appeared to play "F*ck Tha Police.” Twitter…

Alexander Hall
September 17th, 2020 1:06 PM

Big Three Ignore Three MAJOR Economic News Items Over Two Days

Journalists can’t handle the truth. The Big Three excuses for evening news shows ignored three major pieces of economic news that happened between September 15 and September 16. Median household income was “$68,703 in 2019, an increase of 6.8 percent from the 2018 median of $64,324,” according to the U.S. Census Bureau September 15.

Joseph Vazquez
September 17th, 2020 12:59 PM

Chris Rock: Black Americans In ‘Abusive Relationship’ With White Folks

Beloved comedian Chris Rock is now leaning into the race narrative that the left is using to divide America, reminding New York Times readers that, sure, African Americans are making progress, but in the same way that a housewife in an abusive marriage is making progress by not being beat by her husband anymore.

Gabriel Hays
September 17th, 2020 12:46 PM

CBS: Trump ‘at War With Scientists,' ‘Fighting the Science’

CBS This Morning journalists on Thursday used the most hyperbolic language possible as they weighed in on Donald Trump’s dispute with his CDC Director over the timing of a COVID vaccine. Reporter Weijia Jiang attacked, “This is not the first time President Trump has been at war with scientists. But this time he unequivocally threw his own CDC director under the bus.” 

Scott Whitlock
September 17th, 2020 12:38 PM

California Scheming? NY Times Uses Fires to Burn Trump’s 2020 Chances

New York Times reporters dealt with the deadly state of wildfires in California on Monday’s front page, but used it solely as a cudgel with which to bash President Trump, in two front-page stories: “Trump, a Bold Climate Denier, Confronts a Charred California" and “Spurred By Fires, Trump and Biden Clash On Climate."

Clay Waters
September 17th, 2020 12:13 PM

CNN Hypes Scientific American Magazine Endorsing Joe Biden

Scientific American is endorsing Joe Biden for president, the first time in 175 years it has made such an endorsement, and CNN's John King could hardly contain his excitement over the news as he invited editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth to join him on Wednesday's CNN Newsroom.

Alex Christy
September 17th, 2020 11:54 AM

Dangerous! ABC Helps Biden Spread Fear About COVID Vaccine

On ABC’s Good Morning America Thursday, White House correspondent Cecilia Vega and anchor George Stephanopoulos spent a good deal of time deflecting blame from the Democrat ticket sowing fear about a COVID vaccine to project it was actually being “politicized” by President Trump.

Kristine Marsh
September 17th, 2020 10:55 AM
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Is ANY Anti-Trump Idea Too Absurd for CNN? Check Out This Howler

Anthony  Scaramucci, holder of the world record for shortest tenure as White House communications director, made a preposterous proposal on CNN's New Day this morning. The Mooch proposed that the Justice Department be taken out of the president's control and be "moved over to the Supreme Court." 

Mark Finkelstein
September 17th, 2020 10:50 AM

HATEFUL CNN Smears ‘Make America Great Again’ as Racist ‘Insult’

On Tuesday's CNN Tonight show, during a discussion of the ABC News town hall with President Donald Trump, host Don Lemon and contributor David Swerdlick tried to portray the President's "Make America Great Again" slogan as a racist dog whistle, suggesting he wants to take the country back to times of oppression against African Americans.

Brad Wilmouth
September 17th, 2020 10:30 AM

Facebook Purges Ad Saying Pro-Trans Biden Would Destroy Girls’ Sports

An ad that was part of the conservative PAC American Principles Project’s (APP PAC) $4 million campaign was labeled “missing context and could mislead people” by Facebook fact-checkers. NBC News wrote that the video, titled “Not Fair,” would not be allowed to run as a paid advertisement after Politifact fact-checked the video on Sept. 15. The 38-second ad states, “All female athletes want is a…

Corinne Weaver
September 17th, 2020 10:17 AM

Media: 'There's an Issue' With Steelers Player Honoring War Hero

On Sunday, the entire NFL decided that it would honor victims of social injustice and police brutality. All, except for one player. Pittsburgh Steelers Left Tackle, and former Army Ranger, Alejandro Villanueva, decided to depart from that narrative.

Jonas Wells
September 17th, 2020 10:00 AM

NB Podcast: Stephanopoulos vs. Trump Town Hall, with Curtis Houck

In this week's scintillating installment of the NewsBusters podcast, executive editor Tim Graham discusses the phoniness of the "town hall" format, when networks carefully screen so-called "uncommitted voters" and then carefully pre-screen their questions, which makes it feel like a scripted event, not a free-wheeling talk with the people. Managing editor Curtis Houck joins the podcast to…

NB Staff
September 17th, 2020 9:39 AM

ABC's Karl: Covering Indoor Trump Rally Is Like a War Zone in Fallujah

When the Trump campaign moved a rally indoors in Las Vegas this weekend, reporters mostly refused to attend, leaving the job to the White House press pool. In a report from George Condon in National Journal, ABC White House reporter Jon Karl took his corona-panic to an extreme metaphor: “This is not like embedding with the Marines in Fallujah,” he said. “It is like you are taking your…

Tim Graham
September 17th, 2020 6:30 AM