NewsBusters Podcast: Newsom, DeSantis, and Democrats at PolitiFact

December 1st, 2023 11:39 PM

The Sean Hannity-moderated debate between Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis drew a predictable outcome from PolitiFact. They tried to ignore the raw numbers on Californians leaving Florida (and the reverse) and proclaim Newsom accurate by using a "per capita" measurement for America's most populous state. That's playing with "alternative facts."

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CBS Ducks as ABC Uses Trump Author Karl to Mock DeSantis, Hail Newsom

December 1st, 2023 4:01 PM

Friday’s CBS Mornings did its best to all but ignore Thursday night’s fiery debate on the Fox News Channel between Governors Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Gavin Newsom (D-CA) by stashing it in the Eye Opener (which we at NewsBusters don’t formally account as most of it’s teases for segments), but the others stepped up to the plate with full stories on ABC’s Good Morning America and…

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Election Interference! Big Tech Censors Biden Opponents 162 Times

November 28th, 2023 9:30 AM

Google, YouTube, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok each participated in election interference when they censored presidential candidates and particularly Biden opponents a total of 162 times.

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‘Twilight Zone’; ABC Blasts GOP Debate as ‘Divorced From Reality’

November 9th, 2023 1:20 PM

While NBC’s Today gave predictably sober, serious coverage Thursday to its Republican presidential debate from the night before, ABC’s Good Morning America lampooned the debate as a pointless trip into the “Twilight Zone” and “divorced from reality” and CBS Mornings dismissed its necessity given the “disciplined” and “smart” race being run by the Donald Trump…

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The Lamest, DUMBEST 'Fact Checks' of the Third GOP Presidential Debate

November 9th, 2023 8:10 AM

One of the concepts that put Republicans on edge during live events is the leftist media promising "fact checking in real time." It always carries the potential to be even worse than their "fact checking" that isn't rushed. Here are some of the lamest, dumbest fact checks from the third presidential debate in Miami.

Candidates Go After CCP-tied TikTok at Third Presidential Debate

November 8th, 2023 11:40 PM

Multiple Republican candidates referred to TikTok as a corrupting influence and threat to Americans’ data privacy Wednesday night, while several called for a complete ban.

Google Continues Election Interference, Still Burying Biden Opponents

November 8th, 2023 9:36 AM

Republicans are about to have their third presidential primary debate, but Google continues to bury their campaign websites in search results.  

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TV Ignores Trump’s GOP Rivals, Blasts Ex-Prez With 93% Bad Press

November 7th, 2023 8:30 AM

With the the third Republican presidential debate set for Wednesday, the Big Three broadcast networks have abandoned their coverage of former President Donald Trump’s Republican presidential challengers. Instead, their evening newscasts have assumed the challenger role themselves, pounding the frontrunner with overwhelmingly (93%) negative coverage.

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EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis Says How He’d Fight Big Tech Election Interference

November 3rd, 2023 1:08 PM

FIRST ON MRC: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) joined MRC Founder and President L. Brent Bozell to speak about how Google is interfering in elections by manipulating its search results to highlight Democratic candidates ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

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EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis Tells MRC’s Bozell How He Fights the Liberal Media

November 3rd, 2023 9:02 AM

This week, Media Research Center Founder and President L. Brent Bozell spoke with 2024 Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis about a whole host of issues and, naturally, it included exchanges about the repeated, years-long barrages of attacks from the liberal media.

Israel’s Lesson for 2024: A Liberal Crackup

October 26th, 2023 6:02 PM

Conventional wisdom says voters don’t care about foreign policy. Nearly two years into Europe’s largest conflict since World War II, the conventional wisdom seemed to be right. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had little effect on the race for the GOP presidential nomination and opened no room for a challenger to Joe Biden among the Democrats. But the butchery Hamas perpetrated against Israeli…

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Perverse CBS Says DeSantis Is the Criminal, Not the Illegal Immigrants

October 16th, 2023 12:39 PM

Two years ago, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi unloaded a 60 Minutes hit piece on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his COVID-vaccine rollout. On Sunday, CBS and Alfonsi uncorked another one.  Remember DeSantis flying migrants to Martha's Vineyard? CBS promoted a Democrat sheriff in Texas who says DeSantis committed a crime. 

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Lisa Ling Smears AP History Reforms in First Assignment at CBS

October 10th, 2023 10:10 PM

Correspondent Lisa Ling’s first assignment for CBS Mornings Tuesday after leaving CNN was to smear the AP education standards and accuse conservatives like Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of not teaching the full history of the United States, especially when it comes to slavery. Ling even took a field trip to Dorsey High School in Los Angeles where she sat in on a history…

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‘Real Danger’: MRC VP Details Google 2024 Election Interference Scheme

October 10th, 2023 1:09 PM

MRC Vice President Dan Schneider raised the alarm about Google’s ongoing election interference ahead of the 2024 presidential election.