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Nets Spend ZERO Seconds on Biden Burisma Bribery

June 22nd, 2023 10:20 AM

On June 8, a bombshell landed as Fox News reported that President Joe Biden had allegedly received $5 million dollars from an executive of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, the same company in which his son Hunter was involved. So how much time did the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC)…

Column: The Unmissable Liberal Tilt of the ‘Fact Checkers’

June 21st, 2023 10:46 PM

Conservatives on Twitter are mocking CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale again, especially since his Twitter bio explains his work as “I fact-check the president. “ Fox News reported on June 16 that Dale hasn't published a fact-check of President Biden since March 30, and that was only online, not on TV. “Since that time, though, his database shows 21 bylined stories or on-air appearances that fact-…

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ABC, CBS Ignore John Durham Testimony, Hype ProPublica's Alito Smears

June 21st, 2023 8:59 PM

Credit where it’s due, but NBC Nightly News was the only one of the “big three” evening news broadcasts to cover the congressional hearing where former Special Counsel John Durham testified that evidence he uncovered during his probe into the origins of the Trump/Russia collusion hoax did not warrant the FBI opening up its investigation called “Crossfire Hurricane.” Despite this and…

NewsBusters Podcast: The Liberal Media’s Crack(pipe) Hunter Coverage

June 21st, 2023 5:11 PM

On this episode of the NewsBusters Podcast, video editing wiz Bill D’Agostino and myself line up and sniff out the liberal media’s crack coverage of Hunter Biden’s plea deal. As loud Italians, we sound off on Hunter getting away with a felony gun charge average Americans would be locked up for given the evidence, and call out CNN for their lazy research into Fox News coverage of Hunter’s…

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Nets Spend 522 Minutes On Trump Indictment, 0 Seconds On Biden Bribery

June 21st, 2023 11:55 AM

UPDATE: Over 26 days (June 8- morning of July 5) the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) broadcast networks crammed their evening, morning and Sunday roundtable shows with a total of 522 minutes of coverage dedicated to the Trump indictment.

 

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CBS Baselessly Ties Roe Overturn to Shortage of Maternal Healthcare

June 20th, 2023 8:44 PM

CBS Evening News dedicated a segment of their Tuesday evening newscast to report that in Mississippi there was a shortage of maternal healthcare providers and hospitals for women to give birth. The abortion activists at CBS attempted to tie this to the overturning of Roe v Wade in June 2022 and left viewers with the impression that the two had anything to do with each other. 

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ABC and CBS Use Hunter Plea Deal to Exonerate ‘Protective’ Joe Biden

June 20th, 2023 5:54 PM

ABC and CBS both featured segments on Tuesday morning to break the news of Hunter Biden’s guilty plea to two federal charges of tax fraud in his current criminal investigation. Both shows then proceeded to praise his father, President Joe Biden, for his closeness to his son Hunter, and bemoaned the investigation’s negative effects on the President because of this close connection.

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CBS, NBC Silent on Kansas GOP Receiving Letters With White Powder

June 19th, 2023 11:11 AM

Over the weekend, Kansas state lawmakers and other officials started receiving “suspicious” and “cryptic” letters containing an unknown white power at their homes, at least one featured the name of a dead trans person. Key to the mystery was the fact they seemed to be sent exclusively to Republicans. Since the story broke on Saturday, neither CBS nor NBC has dedicated a single second of…

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'Leave Us Alone' CBS Crows Over Objections to Trans Surgeries for Kids

June 18th, 2023 4:09 PM

On CBS Sunday Morning, correspondent Susan Spencer was once again wearing her leftist bias on her sleeve when she began arguing with American Principles Project president Terry Schilling over sex change procedures for children. The interview came during a segment on the growing fight between conservatives and leftists on whether children should be allowed to receive puberty blocking…

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Nets Give 20 Mins to Biden Fighting ‘Junk Fees,’ Zero on Bribery Claim

June 16th, 2023 3:45 PM

NewsBusters has been all over the liberal media’s double standard when it comes to accusations of liberal impropriety versus conservative wrongdoings, most recently the mountain of coverage for the historic indictment of former President Trump and not even a scintilla of acknowledgment on the flagship morning, evening, and Sunday political talk shows of ABC, CBS, and NBC for allegations of…

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CBS Interviews AMA Head Who Frets Bans on Trans Surgeries & Abortions

June 15th, 2023 9:39 PM

On Thursday’s edition of CBS Evening News, anchor Norah O’Donnell had a sitdown interview with Doctor Jesse Ehrenfeld, the president of the American Medical Association who grumbled that doctors and other medical professionals are struggling in their professions due to states banning chemical castration and other transgender surgeries. 

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STUDY: More LGBT Bomb Threats, but TV News Media Remain Totally Silent

June 14th, 2023 11:37 AM

In a May 31 study, NewsBusters found that liberal broadcast and cable networks had completely ignored a series of bomb threats made against Target in late May. Now two weeks have passed, and despite another spate of bomb threats with nearly identical wording, the TV news media still have not spent even a second on the story.

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Networks Ignore Topless Trans Activist at Biden White House Event

June 13th, 2023 8:17 PM

Over the weekend, the Biden White House held an event on the south lawn for "pride month" in which a transgender TikTok influencer went completely topless. It wasn't until Monday evening that video of the incident began circulating online and sparked outrage at the lack of decorum at the White House. The outrageous moment was even too much for the Biden administration, with Press Secretary…

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Rubio Battles CBS Hosts Over Trump Indictment, Blatant Double Standard

June 12th, 2023 3:10 PM

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) entered the lion’s den of Monday’s CBS Mornings to promote Tuesday’s release of his latest book, but that was barely covered as, naturally, much of the nearly 10-minute segment focused on trying to have Rubio side with the Biden Justice Department in its indictment of former President Trump following years of asking him to return dozens of classified…