NewsBusters Podcast: Stephen Colbert's Late-Night Coddling of Kamala

Kamala Harris coming on for her eighth appearance on "The Late Show" on CBS is part of a dreary routine, the Stephen Colbert Democratic Precinct Hall. But when you actually watch the interview and break it down, you can’t help but think: a 12-year-old might ask tougher questions.

Tim Graham
August 1st, 2025 10:35 PM
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BREAKING: CPB Announces It's Shutting Down Operations Next Month, MRC's Bozell Reacts

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is reportedly shutting down its operations after the loss of federal funding.
Tim Graham
August 1st, 2025 4:42 PM
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IMF Credits Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ for Raising Forecast for U.S. Economic Growth

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) improved its forecast for U.S. economic growth – and credited the passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act in the process.
Craig Bannister
August 1st, 2025 4:24 PM

BREAKING: CPB Announces It's Shutting Down Next Month, Bozell Reacts

Deadline.com is reporting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down its operations after the loss of federal funding. "The CPB informed employees on Friday that the majority of staff positions will end on Sept. 30, with a small transition team in place through January, 2026." If this happens, this is not a shutdown of PBS or NPR stations, but a shutdown of the corporation that…

Tim Graham
August 1st, 2025 4:15 PM

MSNBC on DOJ Investigation Into George Mason Missing Key Facts

Author and commentator Paul Waldman wrote an article for MSNBC on Wednesday describing a recent Department of Justice investigation into George Mason University's DEI practices. He described the investigation as an “attack” and "politicization of justice.” Waldman’s hypocrisy and omission of key facts of the issue portrayed a false crusade of injustice by President Trump’s DOJ.

Matthew Seck
August 1st, 2025 2:39 PM

ABC, CBS, NBC Hit the Mute Button on Declassification of Durham Annex

On Thursday, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) made headlines by declassifying the appendix to Special Counsel John Durham’s probe into the Russia Collusion Hoax, a document loaded with bombshells. But contrary to their years of pushing the hoax, the flagship morning and evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC, tapped the mute button on their remotes and pretended like it wasn’t something that…

Nicholas Fondacaro
August 1st, 2025 1:28 PM

90 Percent of Jon Stewart's Podcast Guests Have Been Liberals

We here at the Media Research Center have been counting the guests that appear on the late night comedy programs since September 2022, and The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart is not a fan. On Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show Thursday podcast, Stewart went on an expletive-laden rant against Fox News for citing those studies, so we did the only natural thing we could think of in…

Alex Christy
August 1st, 2025 1:11 PM
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Fed Chair Had July’s Weak Job Numbers in Advance, But Refused to Lower Interest Rates

The nation’s employment situation weakened in July as the Federal Reserve continued to reject President Donald Trump’s repeated demands that the Fed lower interest rates, data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveal.
Craig Bannister
August 1st, 2025 11:51 AM

POLL: What Was the Worst Media Take of the Week?

POLL: What was the worst media take of the week? (Vote below)

Geoffrey Dickens
August 1st, 2025 10:00 AM

Colbert Invites Harris To Say 'I Told You So' About 'Barbarian' Trump

The last time CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed former Vice President Kamala Harris to The Late Show, the two had a grand old time drinking beers and looking forward to her presidency. On Thursday, the mood was very different. Harris is now a failed presidential candidate, and Colbert is an outgoing host, but for the next ten months, he is still the host of Late Night DNC, and therefore…

Alex Christy
August 1st, 2025 9:41 AM

Column: Mark Levin Fits Big Ideas In a Little Book

Mark Levin has written a brand new book on a huge subject: On Power. How do you boil that subject down to 208 pages? In America, the founders and their current admirers have been all about limiting power, having the humility about human nature to understand that people lust for power.

Tim Graham
August 1st, 2025 5:48 AM

POMPOUS: CBS’s John Dickerson WHINES About New White House Ballroom

Another day, another pompous and passive-aggressive editorial by CBS’s John Dickerson to close out the Evening News Plus. This time, viewers were subjected to Dickerson’s grand pensées on the just-announced White House Ballroom.

Jorge Bonilla
August 1st, 2025 12:47 AM
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Cornish To Kamala: You Were On '24 Listening Tour—Voters Said 'No!'

In a CNN This Morning segment on Kamala Harris' announcement that she will not run for governor of California in 2026, and her future prospects, host Audie Cornish says: "Republicans would love for her to run again. And if you're on a listening tour, like, you were on a listening tour. It was called the election. And people said 'no.'"

Mark Finkelstein
July 31st, 2025 10:37 PM

CBS News: 'Make No Mistake,' Trump Immigration Policy is Unprecedented

On CBS Mornings Plus Tuesday, co-hosts Vladimir Duthiers and Adriana Diaz, alongside immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez, finally asked themselves whether or not President Donald Trump’s immigration policy was truly as unprecedented as the media made it out to be. Unfortunately, even with all the information to the contrary clearly laid out in front of them, they came to the…

Lucas Escala
July 31st, 2025 10:03 PM