WORST OF 2023: Cursing the Conservative Court Award

Today we present the WORST OF 2023: Cursing the Conservative Court Award.

Geoffrey Dickens
December 31st, 2023 8:55 AM

2023: Liberal Interviewers Largely Avoid Asking Joe Biden About Hunter

Fox News media reporter Joseph Wulfsohn underlined that 2023 was another year in which President Biden largely avoided solo press conferences (three!) and serious newsmaker interviews. He ended the year on a podcast with comedian Conan O'Brien, not with a press conference or a hard-hitting journalist one-on-one.

Tim Graham
December 31st, 2023 7:02 AM

PBS’s Nawaz Quotes Hamas ‘Health Officials,' Goads Israel Ambassador

Taxpayer-supported PBS again showed its ongoing hostility toward Israel in its war in Gaza against the terrorist group Hamas on Wednesday’s night episode of the NewsHour. The initial sympathy the NewsHour showed for Israel’s plight after the brutal October 7 invasion has been replaced by endless doomsaying over unavoidable civilian casualties in a war where one side, Hamas,…

Clay Waters
December 31st, 2023 6:03 AM

NY Times Hits Haley, Skips the Party in 'Political Control' of Slavery

The New York Times panned Nikki Haley's answer on what caused the Civil War: ‘Notably missing from her answer was slavery, which most mainstream historians agree was at the root of the United States’ bloodiest conflict — specifically the economics and political control behind slavery." They skipped that the Democratic Party was the "political control behind slavery," with six…

Jeffrey Lord
December 30th, 2023 4:30 PM

'TERRIBLE Decision': David Brooks Slams Maine Taking Trump Off Ballot

It's always a surprise when David Brooks actually fights with Jonathan Capehart on the Friday night panel on the PBS NewsHour. But he denounced Maine's Democrat Secretary of State taking Donald Trump off the primary ballot, saying it was not just a "terrible decision," but an "even worse threat to democracy" than Colorado's Supreme Court ripping Trump off the ballot. 

Tim Graham
December 30th, 2023 3:20 PM

The War for Taylor Swift’s Vote Has Already Begun

Progressives pressure pop superstar Taylor Swift to drag Biden over the finish line.

Christian Toto
December 30th, 2023 1:05 PM

ABC Skips Damning Border Report, but TX Gov Is ‘Cruel and Inhumane’

A new ICE report released on Friday revealed a whopping 6.2 million migrants have been released from federal custody, but ABC’s Good Morning America on Saturday acted as if the true hardship was the few thousand migrants recently bused to New York City, twice conveying the Democratic spin that Texas Governor Greg Abbott was guilty of “cruel and inhumane politics.”

Rich Noyes
December 30th, 2023 10:50 AM

WORST OF 2023: The Praising and Protecting Old Joe Award

Today we present the WORST OF 2023: The Praising and Protecting Old Joe Award.

Geoffrey Dickens
December 30th, 2023 9:45 AM

FLASHBACK: Media’s Crisis of Credibility Got Even Worse in 2023

It’s hardly a secret that large swaths of the public have soured on the news media as reliable communicators of factual information. A series of new polls released in 2023 showed the public’s distrust of the media elite has gotten worse, not better.

Rich Noyes
December 30th, 2023 8:40 AM

NewsBusters Podcast: The Hottest Media Takes of 2023 Are About 2024

As another state seeks to take Donald Trump off the ballot, the year's worst political takes in 2023 were about what might happen after the 2024 election, like claiming Trump will execute his enemies (like MSNBC hosts) in a second term, and maybe Ron DeSantis signaling that blacks are worthy of "extermination."

Tim Graham
December 29th, 2023 10:20 PM

Hamas Can't Be Beat, Says NYT's Veteran Anti-Israel Voice in Top Story

The New York Times lead story Thursday certainly was a downer for those who support the one democracy in the Middle East in its war on the terrorists of Hamas. Longtime reporter Neil MacFarquhar penned “Skepticism Grows Over Israel’s Ability to Dismantle Hamas.” But MacFarquhar’s long history of anti-Israel, pro-Arab bias makes him the perfect reporter not to pen a lead story on the…

Clay Waters
December 29th, 2023 9:55 PM
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Morning Joe on Haley Slavery Slip: Doesn't Realize Can't Win MAGA Vote

On Morning Joe, self-described "Never Trump conservative" Matt Lewis says that in refusing to mention slavery when asked the cause of the Civil War, Nikki Haley misreads her core constituency.  MAGA voters will never vote for her. She is running to win the primary in New Hampshire, not in Alabama or Mississippi.

Mark Finkelstein
December 29th, 2023 9:36 PM

Maine GOP Vows to Take ‘Biased Democrat Party Hack’ Shenna Bellows to SCOTUS to Restore Trump to State’s Ballot

After Democrat Maine Sec. of State Shenna Bellows unilaterally removed Donald Trump from her state’s 2024 GOP primary ballot on Thursday, the Maine Republican Party fired off a series of social media posts promising to do whatever is legally necessary to reinstate the former president to the ballot.
Craig Bannister
December 29th, 2023 5:00 PM

Dems Petition SCOTUS to Allow Big Tech-Gov’t Collusion

23 attorneys generals in the US want the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that prevents the Biden administration from working with social media platforms to censor online content. The ruling, from the Fifth Circuit court in the case of Missouri v. Biden, allows the administration to notify platforms of certain threats, deceptive voter information, and attempts to influence elections, but not…

Gabriela Pariseau
December 29th, 2023 4:50 PM