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Nets Ignore Dem Congresswoman Accused of Firing a Rape Accuser
January 17th, 2019 11:17 PM
On Thursday, news broke that Texas Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was named in a lawsuit accusing her of firing a female staffer in retaliation for their plan to sue the Congressional Black Caucus for an alleged rape she was a victim of. While the news was slow to circulate, it broke in the afternoon and thus gave the broadcast networks plenty of time to get a report together. But…
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Nets Skip FBI Lawyer in Hot Water, DNC Dropping Women's March
January 15th, 2019 8:14 PM
On Tuesday night, the broadcast network evening newscasts on ABC, CBS, and NBC failed to cover two intriguing headlines that the public deserved to hear about. One pertained to the revelation that a former top FBI lawyer is under criminal investigation for leaking to the news media while the other story was the Democratic National Committee cutting ties with the anti-Semitic friendly Women’s…
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FNC Highlights MS-13 Attackers Who Used Immigration Loopholes
January 15th, 2019 2:06 PM
Between Monday evening and Tuesday morning, several Fox News shows have given attention to the case of three MS-13 gang members who took advantage of immigration law to enter the U.S. as unaccompanied children, and who recently allegedly made a stabbing attack in New York. Also of note, FNC was the only major network that recently informed viewers that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pardoned a…
The Worst an Ad Can Get: Gillette Is ‘Dead’ to Many Men
January 15th, 2019 12:30 PM
Yesterday Gillette decided to use its authority as “The Best a Man Can Get” to school men in the art of proper post-#MeToo behavior. In an ad brimming with PC condescension, the shaving company held men in general accountable for the existence of “toxic masculinity.” In short, many people are not happy about it. BBC reported that Gillette is currently receiving major backlash and a wide…
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On Sunday, Only 'Face The Nation' Mentions Dems Party in Puerto Rico
January 14th, 2019 2:04 PM
A group of Democrats gathered in Puerto Rico over the weekend to meet with lobbyists and attend a showing of the Broadway production Hamilton. However, by watching TV on Sunday, most Americans probably would have no idea. Of the five Sunday talk shows, only Face The Nation bothered to cover the Democrats’ convocation in Puerto Rico; which took place in the midst of a partial government shutdown.
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Sean Hannity Highlights Media's Double Standards Regarding Immigration
January 11th, 2019 4:43 PM
During Thursday's edition of Hannity, host Sean Hannity pointed out how liberal journalists engaged in hypocrisy by deciding to dismiss the situation at the southern border as a “manufactured crisis.” Hannity also contrasted the media’s complete denial of a crisis at the border today with their declaration of code red over a similar situation at the border back in 2014, when their beloved…
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Nets Ignore Rising Tide of Anti-Catholic Bigotry from Democrats
January 10th, 2019 11:19 PM
In a confirmation hearing late last year and a later questionnaire, District Court nominee Brian C. Buescher was assailed for his Catholic beliefs and membership in the Knights of Columbus by Democratic Senators Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Kamala Harris of California. The incident, which went unreported by the broadcast network news programs, was back in the news Thursday following a rebuke from…
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Watch Tucker Carlson Lampoon Acosta for His Self-Own at the Border
January 10th, 2019 8:52 PM
Leading off his eponymous Fox News Channel show on Thursday, Tucker Carlson began with what seemed like a relatively innocuous open about how the government shutdown is “enter[ing] its fourth contentious week” with talks at “a stalemate.” But it was then that Carlson launched into a sarcastic monologue that demolished CNN's Jim Acosta for his pathetically stupid self-own in a series of videos at…
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Former Border Patrol Chief Obliterates Liberal Media’s ‘Fact-Checks’
January 10th, 2019 12:01 AM
In the moments following President Trump’s address to the nation about border security on Tuesday, the liberal media sprinted to “fact-check” the President’s statements and claimed they were full of lies and misinformation. But in an appearance on Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson Tonight, former Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan argued that it was the media that didn’t know what they were talking…
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Cable News Repeats Myth Illegals Commit Less Crime Than Citizens
January 9th, 2019 4:17 PM
Between Monday evening and Wednesday morning, a significant number of journalists and regular commentators across CNN, MSNBC, and even Fox News have cited claims from a handful of flawed studies claiming that illegal immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than do American citizens. But, as previously documented by NewsBusters, the conclusions of these studies are highly questionable while a few…
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Brent Bozell: CNN Is No Longer a News Network
January 7th, 2019 10:43 AM
Media Research Center President Brent Bozell on Sunday agreed that CNN no longer qualifies as a news network. Appearing for the full hour with Mark Levin on Fox's Life, Liberty and Levin, the MRC founder responded to this question: “Is CNN really a news network?” Bozell declared, “No. No. They once were.”
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Greg Gutfeld Offers Humorous Take on Media's Sudden Respect for Romney
January 3rd, 2019 9:04 PM
During Wednesday’s edition of The Five, co-host Greg Gutfeld delivered a monologue addressing freshman Utah Senator Mitt Romney’s op-ed offering scathing criticism of President Trump’s character; while offering tepid praise of some of his accomplishments.. Gutfeld also referenced the media’s complete 180 on their treatment of Romney, comparing their adoring praise of him now to their coverage of…
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Nets Barely Touch Mob of Illegals Attacking Border Agents
January 3rd, 2019 7:14 PM
In the aftermath of about 150 migrants attacking Border Patrol agents and trying to break across the border from Mexico late New Year's Eve night, the broadcast networks have barely given attention to the story as ABC ignored it entirely, CBS gave it 24 seconds Wednesday morning only, and NBC gave it a half minute at the beginning of the same day's Today with a brief followup later, while an…
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Final Countdown: Behold the Ten Most-Read NewsBusters Blogs of 2018
December 31st, 2018 9:05 AM
For a year that featured Joy Behar’s anti-Christian tirade on The View, faux conservatives making fools of themselves on cable news, Jim Acosta’s nuttiness, and Samantha Bee’s ugly use of the c-word against First Daughter Ivanka Trump, 2018 provided an inordinate amount of content for the NewsBusters staff. Following the precedent set in 2016 and 2017, the following post gives you, the readers, a…