Burgum Angers ABC by Refusing to Discuss Trump, Brings Up Hunter
The media demands everyone be as obsessed with Trump as they are, and if we don’t comply, leftists like George Stephanopoulos will scold you. More evidence of this came during ABC’s This Week when co-anchor Stephanopoulos had North Dakota governor and GOP presidential candidate Doug Burgum on the show to presumably discuss his campaign and instead insisted on haranguing him about the…
SHAMELESS! AP Runs Cover for Biden Admin on Job Numbers Miss
The U.S. economy missed its jobs numbers target for July, but The Associated Press chose to bury the lede to run cover for the Biden administration.
Nets Dish Out 162 Mins to Trump Charges, 19x Larger Than Devon Archer
Through four days and three installments each of the flagship morning and evening news shows on the major broadcast networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC have eagerly doled out astounding 162 minutes and 16 seconds through Friday morning salivating over the third criminal indictment of former President Trump that has the potential to either land him in prison or propel him to the White House in 2024.…
Behar Proclaims Economy ‘Booming,’ Whines Biden Not Getting ‘Credit’
In the same week that credit rating agency Fitch downgraded the United States’ credit from AAA to AA+, partially because President Biden refused to negotiate on the debt ceiling with Republicans until the 11th hour, multimillionaire and co-host of ABC’s The View, Joy Behar whined that Biden was not getting “credit” for a “booming” economy. She falsely suggested that “…
Networks Pound Their Chests Over 'Historic' Third Trump Arraignment
All day long Thursday, as reported extensively by NewsBusters, the big three evening news broadcasts were beside themselves with glee over the third arraignment of President Joe Biden's political opponent Donald Trump. Between the live motorcade chases broadcast live, and breathless coverage of every detail large and small, it's clear this was seen by the networks as a ratings-grabbing…
The View Decries Thought of Trump Deserving a ‘Fair Trial,’ Want Exile
With 2024 on the horizon, the Cackling Coven of ABC’s The View really wanted former President Trump out of the picture. So much so that co-host Sara Haines was flabbergasted on Thursday by the notion that he would get a fair trial and not have any potential jury pool poisoned by the Justice Department releasing information pre-trial. They also fantasized about what his imprisonment…
Network Tally of New Trump Charges Hits 111 Mins; Biden Issues Go Poof
On Wednesday afternoon, NewsBusters brought you the tally of broadcast network coverage of the third Trump indictment as having stood at roughly 70 minutes (70:41) on the flagship morning and evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC. Unsurprisingly, the coverage ballooned ahead of Trump’s arraignment Thursday afternoon on charges relating to his conduct on and prior to January 6. The total this…
Networks Ignore DOJ Investigation of Corrupt NJ Senator Bob Menendez
On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that the corrupt New Jersey Democrat Senator Bob Menendez is once again under investigation by the Department of Justice for violation of Congressional ethics rules. This is the second time in less than a decade that Menendez has been investigated for corruption and ethics violations. Despite this troubling pattern, the leftist networks seem…
CBS Joins ABC in NYC Immigrant Sob Story, Omits NYC Is Sanctuary City
CBS Evening News joined its evening counterpart in picking up where ABC’s Good Morning America left off from earlier in the day in selling a sob story about how illegal immigrants flooding across the border made their way up to New York City and are now sleeping in the street and living in poor conditions. They failed to mention that New York is a sanctuary city.
Whoopi: ‘Our Grandfathers Went to Fight’ WWI/WWII to Prevent January 6
Former President Donald Trump was indicted for a third time so, of course, the Cackling Coven of ABC’s The View had to put in their rusty two cents, spouting off with dumb comments they thought sounded profound in their heads. Among them was moderator Whoopi Goldberg and her bizarre claim that America twice sent young men off to war in Europe to prevent something like January 6, 2021…
NB Podcast: Firehose of Trump Indictment Overtakes Biden Scandals
Subbing for boss Tim Graham, Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro and dove right in Wednesday with reaction to the unprecedented third Trump indictment, including the astounding totals of coverage on ABC, CBS, and NBC. Spoiler alert: This has given the networks the perfect excuse to wave goodbye to any and all Biden scandals for an indefinite period of time.
Say Goodbye, Biden Scandals! Nets Give 70 Mins to 3rd Trump Indictment
With Tuesday’s third indictment of former President Trump, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC had their ticket out of having to acknowledge the scandals surrounding the Biden family, including reasons to continue skipping Burisma bribery claims and no longer probe Monday’s testimony from Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Devon Archer. Between their flagship Tuesday evening (24…
ABC Misleads on Border Crisis, Ignored SURGE in July Apprehensions
The July border crossing numbers were out on Tuesday and they showed a massive surge in arrests along the U.S.-Mexico border. But according to the misinformation from ABC’s Good Morning America on Wednesday, that surge didn’t exist and crossings were actually down. They also threw in some sob stories about so-called “asylum seekers” on the streets of New York City (a sanctuary city),…
ABC & CBS PM Shows Skip US Credit Rating Downgrade Due to Biden Policy
On Tuesday, the credit rating agency Fitch Ratings downgraded the United States' credit score for the first time since 2011 due to the mounting debt and federal government disfunction that has occurred during the first two years of the Biden administration. Of the "big three" evening news broadcasts, only NBC Nightly News bothered to cover the credit downgrade.