The American Media and the Ayatollah: Now What?

Hop in the time capsule and set the calendar for the 1930’s. Specifically set the date for September 21, 1930 and then pick up the New York Times. Here’s the headline in the Times that day, replete with the Times-provided capital letters. 

Jeffrey Lord
June 21st, 2025 4:00 PM

MSNBC Declares It Is 'Bigoted' To Not Give Kids Gender-Changing Drugs

MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels welcomed Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern to Saturday’s installment of The Weekend to react to the Supreme Court upholding Tennessee’s law that bans so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors earlier in the week. As Stern would tell it, the Court refuses to block “bigoted” laws that are necessary for people to live.

Alex Christy
June 21st, 2025 2:00 PM

Is Hollywood’s Anti-Trump Blacklist Worse Than We Thought?

Brian Grazer’s Hollywood bona fides speak for themselves. The producer’s decades-long partnership with Ron Howard alone made him a critical cog in Hollywood’s machinery.

Christian Toto
June 21st, 2025 1:30 PM

NBC Platforms Iranian FM To Trash Trump's Two Week Window For Deal

President Trump recently announced that he would give Iran two weeks to agree to a diplomatic solution on its nuclear program before considering whether or not to join Israel’s campaign against it. On Friday’s edition of NBC Nightly News, Andrea Mitchell platformed Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to trash the idea.

Alex Christy
June 21st, 2025 11:49 AM

Capehart Claims GOP is Afraid 'Of Being Human' on Political Rhetoric

If one were only to watch Friday’s edition of PBS News Hour, they would come away with the impression that “rotten” political rhetoric is mainly a right-wing phenomenon. Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart went so far as to claim Republicans are afraid “of being human” on the matter.

Alex Christy
June 21st, 2025 9:50 AM

NewsBusters Podcast: Is CNN Coming Down To Earth Or Going to Seed?

Newsletters on the media are channeling gloom inside CNN after Warner Bros. Discovery spun them off, much as Comcast spun off MSNBC. Insiders are worrying about CNN being able to exist. There's panic at Anderson Cooper's disco, and his pay will probably shrink. Meanwhile, Fox quadruples CNN in the ratings.

Tim Graham
June 20th, 2025 10:47 PM

Cross Calls First Lady Illegal and Stephen Miller Racist in 50 Seconds

On Tuesday night, CNN’s NewsNight With Abby Phillip had a segment with panelists who debated over various topics, including President Trump's handling of immigration. The conversations led to the fired MSNBC host Tiffany Cross’s nonsensical rambling of radical leftist talking points. 

Matthew Seck
June 20th, 2025 10:24 PM

ABC and NBC Refuse to Cover DeSantis Israel Evacuation Efforts

Friday’s CBS Mornings rightfully touted the successful evacuation of Americans trapped in Israel through the efforts of Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), a headline you would expect would be getting more attention. However, their broadcast network competitors ignored the story entirely. Rather than cover real news, particularly news that would paint a Republican governor in a positive…

Lucas Escala
June 20th, 2025 6:46 PM

MSNBC’s Ramos Claims Latino Trump Supporters Fell for ‘Trumpism Magic’

With U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement continuing to fulfill their job, the liberal media cannot stand to hear the truth of why the arrests needed to be conducted, especially from Latino Trump supporters. On Friday’s segment of MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera Reports, Latino Trump supporters were maligned for standing with Trump’s policies regarding the arrests and deportations of illegal…

Shannon Sauders
June 20th, 2025 5:26 PM

Sunny Hostin: 'I Feel Terrible' About Taking Down Kamala’s Campaign

It’s been haunting her months. Just weeks before Election Day 2024, Kamala Harris fangirl and co-host of ABC’s The View, Sunny Hostin accidentally torpedoed the Democratic ticket with a simple question to distinguish herself from President Biden. During a live recording of their The View’s Behind the Table podcast on Wednesday, executive producer Brian Teta and rest…

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 20th, 2025 4:33 PM

Jim Acosta Wants BIG $$$ Infusion to PBS and NPR, 'Too Big to Fail'

Earlier, we noted former CNN White House screamer Jim Acosta's appearance on Tuesday at a panel at the Center for American Progress. But it's still worth isolating Acosta's remarks on how there should be a big cash infusion into PBS and NPR, to make them "too big to fail."

Tim Graham
June 20th, 2025 2:27 PM

Hayes Claims People Should Be 'Enraged And Freaked Out By' ICE and DHS

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes joined NBC’s Late Night host Seth Meyers on Thursday for his third visit to a late night comedy show since the start of the year. As Hayes sees things, it is not Democratic politicians pulling stunts trying to get a viral moment in their interactions with ICE or DHS, but rather the Trump Administration, and this should lead people to be both “enraged and freaked…

Alex Christy
June 20th, 2025 2:00 PM

'Makes No Sense': Stewart Wonders Why Israel Won't Accept Risk On Iran

As President Trump continues to consider his options on whether or not to join Israel’s campaign against Iran, Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show podcast host Jon Stewart expressed confusion on Thursday on why Israel doesn’t just accept that we live in a world full of risk.

Alex Christy
June 20th, 2025 12:39 PM

Pro-Hamas Evan Hill Leaks Iranian Missile Strike Coordinates

Washington Post journalist Evan Hill let his biases show in a dangerous way Thursday in a series of posts covering damages in Israel following Iranian bombing. While other reporters might show their bias through one-sided stories or fake news, Hill’s X posts could ultimately cost people their lives, all because he decided to share the precise coordinates of the Iranian missile strike…

Lucas Escala
June 20th, 2025 11:25 AM