On PBS, NY Times Writer Insists: 'Tighten the Cranks' on Social Media
Appearing as a guest on Thursday's Amanpour & Co., New York Times reporter Elizabeth Williamson called for regulations requiring social media to police misinformation, but, in her analysis, she only listed examples of right-wing misinformation and conspiracy theories as she was oblivious to similar activity on the left.
Andrew McCabe Calls J6 Committee Referrals a 'Pandora's Box'
When the January 6 Committee announced Monday afternoon that they were referring four criminal charges again former President Donald Trump to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Former Acting FBI Director and current CNN analyst Andrew McCabe took a much more cautious tone than most media pundits, and accidentally hinted at how the blatantly partisan and theatrical presentation the Committee…
CNN Shocked By Call for Mayorkas Firing, Defend Biden on Border Crisis
With Title 42 set to expire this week and a tidal wave of illegal immigrants predicted to flood across the U.S./Mexico, the cast of Monday’s CNN This Morning was visibly shocked to hear calls for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to be fired for his inability to get the situation under control. Co-host Don Lemon even stepped up to defend President Biden on the border and…
CNN Chief Says ‘Uninformed Vitriol’ from the Left Has Been ‘Stunning’
CNN boss Chris Licht drew a big James Stewart profile on the front of the Sunday Business section of The New York Times. Licht's public chatter about making CNN less partisan and screamy is drawing bad reviews from partisan and screamy leftists. This went unsaid: CNN hasn't really changed at all.
Acosta Wonders If People Understand 'The Gravity' Of Musk And Twitter
CNN Newsroom host Jim Acosta returned to his old form on Saturday of hyperbolically warning about threats to press freedom as he compared the Twitter suspension of several journalists to the Trump White House revoking his press credentials. He also managed to compare tracking Elon Musk’s jet to reporting when senators arrive on the Senate floor or athletes who arrive at a stadium.
Liberals Outraged at Twitter Suspensions Cheered Conservative Bans
Theree was not a peep of outrage from left-wing journalists when Donald Trump's Twitter account was banned, but suddenly they're all outraged when the people being disconnected are left-wing journalists.
Twitter-Suspended CNN Journo Warns Of 'Chilling Effect'
CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan was one of the journalists suspended by Twitter on Thursday for spreading information that Twitter considers to be reach the threshold of doxing. On Friday, he traveled over to Amanpour and Company which airs domestically on PBS and internationally on CNN International to warn of the “chilling effect” this may have on other journalists who cover Elon Musk.
Flashback: The Media’s Flagrant Impeachment Double Standard
When Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998, angry reporters branded his impeachment a “legislative coup d’etat” and a “spiteful” act from Republicans. When Donald Trump was impeached exactly 21 years later, journalists lauded it as an example of Democrats “putting principle before politics” and “a great day for constitutional democracy.”
STUDY: Cable News POUNCES on Suspensions, Yawned at Twitter Files
CNN and MSNBC are pouncing on Twitter’s suspension of several liberal journalists, but those same cable news giants had about 15 times less interest in evidence of the same platform’s suspensions, blacklists and shadow banning aimed at conservatives when the so-called Twitter Files were released two weeks ago.
ABC, NBC FREAK OUT Over Twitter Suspending Slew of Lefty Journalists
On Friday, ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today were in a state of anger, shock and sadness over a number of their fellow leftists propagandists being suspended from Twitter late Thursday over what new boss Elon Musk insisted was a violation of the company’s doxxing policies and sharing information about his movements.
CNN Declares Dictators Will Cite Musk To Clamp Down On Press Freedom
Friday’s CNN This Morning reacted to Thursday night’s suspensions with none of the nuance that a discussion about doxing and flight tracking information should have. Instead, it was claimed that non-democratic governments around the world will use the incident to clamp down on free speech in their own countries.
CNN, MSNBC MELTDOWN Over Musk Banning Lib Journos on Twitter
Late Thursday night, Elon Musk banned the Twitter accounts of a group of leftist reporters from various left-wing outlets like CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times for violating the site's terms of service agreement against doxxing. They weren't just doxxing anyone, they were dumb enough to reveal the location of Musk's private jet which puts his personal safety…
CNN: Twitter Files Release Violates The Spirit Of Free Speech
Thursday’s CNN This Morning had a peculiar take on the Twitter Files and revelations into what went into the decision to block the New York Post story on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Not only was it alleged that the Twitter Files actually made Twitter look good, but it was also claimed that it was Elon Musk that was violating the spirit of free speech.
The Brian Stelter Memorial Award for Worst Quote of the Year
It was a challenging task, but an esteemed panel of NewsBusters editors led by MRC President L.Brent Bozell and MRC’s Vice President for Research and Publications Brent Baker, boiled down all the biased outbursts from lefty hack hosts, anchors, reporters and pundits in 2022 and declared a winner.
