Networks Turn a Blind Eye to Newly Released Payment Records to Hunter
On Wednesday, House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-KY) released records detailing payments that the Biden family and their business associates received from corrupt foreign countries like Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. This was ignored by the “big three” evening news broadcasts ABC’s World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News.
ABC, NBC Bask in DeSantis Shakeup, Gleefully Hope He Goes Down
The major broadcast networks have made no secret that, above actual issues such as crime and the economy, they want voters to have Donald Trump’s criminal indictments and January 6 top of mind as they consider what matters for 2024. As such, they’ve spent over 335 minutes on the third indictment alone. On Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, ABC and NBC cheered the changes to Governor Ron…
ABC, NBC Worry 'Abortion Rights' on the Line in OH Ballot Initiative
As the polls were set to close in the special election in Ohio to decide whether to raise the ballot initiative threshold to 60 percent in order to amend the state constitution, ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News each ran segments worrying that if the ballot initiative was successful, it would make it harder for abortion advocates to protect so-called “abortion…
Nets Heap 342 Mins on Trump Indictment, 71x More Than Biden Scandals
UPDATE, 08/11, 11:25 a.m. Eastern: Few things were going to eat into the precious airtime on the flagship morning and evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC and time to spend on the third Trump indictment. But something as apocalyptic-looking as the Hawaiian wildfires did just the trick. Between Thursday night and Friday morning, the networks only added 32 seconds to the coverage tally,…
Hunter Biden's Business Partner Visited WH 36 Times, Nets Yawn at News
Fox News Digital reported Monday that Joe Biden's son Hunter's long-time friend and business partner Eric Schwerin had visited the White House while Biden was Vice President many more times than previously known. In fact, Schwerin made 36 visits to either the Obama-Biden White House or the Vice Presidential residence between 2009 and 2016. All three evening news broadcasts ignored this latest…
Nets Skip Gold Star Parents Demanding RESIGNATION of Blinken & Milley
As we approach the two-year anniversary of the disastrous and deadly withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in which thirteen U.S. service members died, the families of those brave Americans are still seeking answers and accountability. Only to be stonewalled by the Biden administration. On Monday, House Republicans held a hearing and heard testimony from the family members of the…
Video: How the Media Should Be Covering Biden’s Burisma Scandal
It’s safe to say that CNN, MSNBC, and the broadcast networks have no interest in fully explaining the Biden/Burisma corruption allegations. We got tired of waiting around, so we decided to do it for them. Using a handful of out-of-context news clips from the Trump Presidency, we’ve simulated what it might look like if the media ever actually covered the Burisma scandal.
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…