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Brooks Hails Arrested Judge's 'Heroic' 'Civil Disobedience'

April 26th, 2025 9:30 AM

A week after calling for a “civic uprising,” New York Times columnist and PBS nominal conservative David Brooks found his first heroine in arrested Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who is alleged to have used her courtroom to help an illegal immigrant, who was in front of her for domestic abuse, escape arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On Friday’s PBS News Hour,…

NYT Hack David Brooks Burps Up Call for ‘Civic Uprising’ Against Trump

April 19th, 2025 10:41 PM

The New York Times insufferable pontificator-in-chief David Brooks is calling for a revolution against President Donald Trump over his economic populism and government bloat-gutting agenda.

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PBS's Marx-Quoting 'Conservative' Urges Strikes To Protest Trump

April 19th, 2025 9:47 AM

If there were still any questions that PBS is a liberal network in need of defunding, Friday’s News Hour removed any remaining doubts. In a wild segment, host William Brangham preferred the words of the “nonpartisan” League of Women Voters over an anti-Trump law professor who stated the country is not in a constitutional crisis. Meanwhile, New York Times columnist and…

PBS's David Brooks Condemns GOP: 'Adultery, Abuse, Cruelty, Grift'

April 15th, 2025 9:42 AM

In The Atlantic magazine, David Brooks penned a harsh 4,500-word epithet of an essay, “Everything We Once Believed In.” The online headline: “I Should Have Seen This Coming -- When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.”

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Brooks on Trump, Democracy: 'We No Longer Live In That System'

April 12th, 2025 9:48 AM

Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks assembled for their weekly airing of grievances on Friday night’s PBS News Hour as they discussed the news that the Trump Administration has reached deals with five top law firms to provide $600 million in pro bono work. Capehart ignored vital details of the deals to claim Trump was…

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PBS Gushes Over Booker's 'Inspiring' and 'Upbeat' Speech

April 5th, 2025 9:36 AM

The cast of Friday’s PBS News Hour could hardly contain their excitement over Sen. Cory Booker’s 25-hour Senate speech denouncing all things Donald Trump. Host Amna Nawaz claimed it “inspired” people, a point echoed by Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart, who labeled it “inspiring.” Meanwhile, New York Times columnist David Brooks praised Booker for…

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On PBS, Marcus Accuses Bezos Of Trying 'To Limit Dissent' At WashPost

March 29th, 2025 9:46 AM

With Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart away, his former colleague Ruth Marcus stepped up to pinch-hit for him on Friday’s edition of PBS News Hour. At the end of the discussion with New York Times columnist David Brooks, Marcus claimed the reason she left the Post is because owner Jeff Bezos is trying “to limit dissent” at the paper despite…

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'Democracy Is Teetering': Brooks, Capehart Decry 'Extortionist' Trump

March 22nd, 2025 9:53 AM

The weekly gathering of Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks on PBS News Hour was extra animated this Friday as the duo decried DOGE’s “cruelty,” claimed “democracy is teetering,” and labeled President Trump an “extortionist.”

FLASHBACK: Cynical Media Used COVID As Excuse for Anti-Trump Rampage

March 16th, 2025 10:47 AM

On March 13, 2020, President Trump declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency. Five years later, here are the most extreme quotes from the NewsBusters archives showing how liberal journalists cynically exploited the bad news to bash Trump in order to turn the crisis to Democrats’ advantage

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Brooks Lauds Schumer Folding On Shutdown: 'Country's Being Decimated'

March 15th, 2025 9:42 AM

Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks had an actual debate on Friday’s PBS News Hour. However, it was more of an inside-the-family argument about the best way for Democrats to stand up to President Donald Trump. Capehart argued that, after Senate Democrats declined to shut down the government, the party needs to grow “a spine,” while…

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PBS 'Conservative' David Brooks Agrees With Capehart 61% of the Time

March 11th, 2025 3:00 PM

Every Friday, PBS News Hour devotes a segment to recapping the week's news with New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart. Brooks is supposed to be the conservative half of the duo, but according to a new NewsBusters study, he agrees with Capehart 61 percent of the time.

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PBS Freaks Trump Entering 'Sinister Territory' Amid Press Pool Changes

March 1st, 2025 9:50 AM

The cast of Friday’s PBS News Hour was not interested in subtlety, nuance, or level-headedness as they discussed recent media news. Host Amna Nawaz wondered if “we’re in much more sinister territory now” due to the changes surrounding the White House press pool. Both Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks agreed,…

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Brooks: People Will Die Because Trump Admin Wants To 'Break Things'

February 22nd, 2025 9:57 AM

New York Times columnist David Brooks is theoretically supposed to be PBS News Hour’s conservative half of its weekly Friday news recap with Washington Post associate editor and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart. However, he constantly fails to live up to this arrangement, and this Friday was no exception, as he alleged that people all over the world will die because the Trump administration simply…

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PBS Mourns a Month Of 'Ivy League Right-Wing Nihilism'

February 15th, 2025 9:41 AM

PBS News Hour host Amna Nawaz, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart, and New York Times columnist David Brooks came together on Friday to mourn the first month of Donald Trump 2.0. Together, the trio would lament the supposed lack of “guardrails” that is allowing Trump to run “roughshod” over the government in pursuit of “Ivy League right-wing nihilism.”