NewsBusters Podcast: Downplaying the Cocaine Keystone Kops

July 14th, 2023 10:06 PM

The Secret Service concluded on Thursday that they couldn’t locate a suspect for this baggy of illegal white powder -- it was cocaine, an illegal drug. This is a story of incompetence, that needs some accountability. But ABC and NPR couldn't bother to care, and PBS did a bland 20 seconds.

Another NY Times Columnist Nudges Dems to Get Real About Biden Scandal

July 14th, 2023 6:06 PM

Veterans of the New York Times opinion section are stepping out from the leftist media pack and suggesting that Democrats should be a little more honest about the flaws of Joe and Hunter Biden. First, Maureen Dowd harped on Hunter’s four-year-old daughter being dismissed as no Biden. Now, columnist Frank Bruni is lamenting how Democrats can’t tolerate criticism of the Bidens. To avoid…

CNN Pushes Kirby for Promise Biden Will Protect DoD’s Gender Surgeries

July 14th, 2023 5:40 PM

On Friday morning’s CNN News Central, anchor Kate Bolduan hosted National Security Council spokesman John Kirby to discuss the situation in Ukraine, as well as the recently Republican-amended National Defense Authorization Act. The latter of these two subjects was apparently so important to CNN that Bolduan brought it up first and spent a good portion of their time on the subject…

Teamwork: NBC Cheers Biden Trashing GOPer in Softball From CNN Fangirl

July 14th, 2023 2:32 PM

The liberal media were in lockstep Thursday reacting to President Biden’s trip to the Balkans this week, playing up the laudatory successes of NATO but downplaying/ignoring his gaffes and working in concert to frame Republicans as extreme. Thanks to a softball from Biden fangirl Arlette Saenz of CNN and a pat on the back hours later from chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander on

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LOL: Morning Joe Hails 'Sharp as a Tack' President Biden!

July 14th, 2023 12:15 PM

Who you gonna believe: Joe Scarborough or your lyin' eyes? The opening segment of Morning Joe was devoted to the panel making the collective claim that, the evidence notwithstanding, Joe Biden is not just "sharp," but in the words of Eugene Robinson, "sharp as a tack."

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MSNBC's Weissmann: Secret Service Cocaine Probe Looks Incompetent

July 13th, 2023 11:49 PM

How bad did the United States Secret Service bungle their investigation into the bag of cocaine left in the West Wing? All you need to know is that even disgraced FBI bureaucrat and Russiagate hoaxer Andrew Weissmann is critical. During a Thursday night appearance on MSNBC’s The 11th Hour, Weissmann told host Stephanie Ruhle that “this is really just not a sufficient investigation.”…

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ABC Ignores Secret Service Failure to Find WH Cocaine Suspect

July 13th, 2023 8:58 PM

On Thursday, the Secret Service announced that their investigation into the cocaine that was found in the west wing of the White House had conveniently come up empty. Just like with the leaker of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, our so-called investigative agencies have failed us and proved once again that there’s a two-tiered system of justice in the United States…

Time to Get Tested, Joe!

July 13th, 2023 3:49 PM

It began shortly after President Biden’s inauguration. First, there were whispers and what seemed like slander on far-right websites and social media that the president was suffering from cognitive decline. His subsequent slurred speech, his trips and falls, and his confusion even while reading a teleprompter, all have led to denunciations and explanations by the White House press secretary,…

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Brzezinski Loses Temper, Slams White House Staff for Biden’s Age

July 12th, 2023 10:08 PM

Wednesday’s Morning Joe on MSNBC took a comedic turn with host Mika Brzezinski’s volatile rant against Biden White House staffers, blaming them for the President’s age-related issues.Brzezinski in her odd temper tantrum blamed the Biden staff for not scheduling in a way that accounted for his old age, while simultaneously insisting her rant should not be framed as commenting on…

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Scarborough: 'A Bit Rich' of Zelensky To Criticize Biden on NATO Entry

July 12th, 2023 8:04 PM

Joe Scarborough criticizes Ukrainian President Zelensky, saying it was "a bit rich" of him to complain about delays in making Ukraine a member of NATO in light of all the aid the US and Europe have given Ukraine in its war effort against Russia.

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NBC’s Guthrie Actually Grills Blinken on Biden at NATO, War in Ukraine

July 11th, 2023 6:01 PM

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the round Tuesday on the flagship morning news shows of ABC, CBS, and NBC and, as we saw in May with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and in 2022 with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Vice President Harris, NBC’s Today co-host Savannah Guthrie stood apart in repeatedly holding Blinken’s feet to the fire on President Biden…

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MSNBC’s Scarborough on America’s Major Alliances: Biden Built That!

July 11th, 2023 5:07 PM

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Eugene Robinson on Tuesday’s Morning Joe procured an excessively sycophantic rant about President Joe Biden’s foreign policy amid Russia’s war on Ukraine and an upcoming NATO summit he was in Europe to attend. They credited Biden for the introduction of Sweden and Finland into NATO, as well as for the existence of most of America’s military alliances across…

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Joy Behar Gets ‘Turned On’ By Angry Joe Biden Screaming at WH Staff

July 11th, 2023 2:00 PM

After defending President Joe Biden shunning his 4-year-old granddaughter the previous day, the Tuesday edition of ABC’s The View saw the Cackling Coven defending Biden for reportedly yelling and screaming at White House staff. So to prove much they would debase themselves to protect him, one of the ABC News hosts proclaimed that Biden’s anger and verbal abuse turned her on. That’s…

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Scarborough Touts His Pro-Biden Article: 'America Is Doing Just Fine'

July 11th, 2023 11:23 AM

On Morning Joe, keying off his recent column in The Atlantic, Joe Scarborough makes the case that America [read, Biden] is doing great. Scarborough casts himself in the role of Atticus Finch, offering a "robust defense" of Biden.