Conspiracy Theories

Abdicating Accountability? ABC’s The View Ditches Legal Notes in 2025
In 2022 when NewsBusters first counted the legal notes being delivered by ABC’s The View, we found that they were forced to issue exactly three dozen (36) of them. A lot can change in two and a half years. The View has issued exactly ZERO legal notes, thus far in 2025. That’s despite the fact that there was more than enough need for them.

Delusion Rampant: MSNBC & ABC Cry White Supremacy in Sydney Sweeney Ad
This week, major news outlets like ABC and MSNBC have been up in arms over a recent instance of a model doing her job, which was of course, modeling. Calls of “white supremacist dog whistles” and “Nazi propaganda” were the topics of legacy media over a recent American Eagle ad…

MSNBC’s Jonathan Lemire Calls Russia Documents a ‘Conspiracy Theory’
On Wednesday, MSNBC’s Morning Joe co-host Jonathan Lemire dismissed the recent release of documents regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election. Instead of actually getting to the root of the issue that the documents were addressing, Lemire decided to call Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's findings a “conspiracy theory.”

Behar Sparks Cancelation Speculation With Accidental 'Hiatus' Comment
It was a perfect storm of miscommunication. On Thursday, ABC News co-host Joy Behar sparked speculation that The View was cancelled after she accidentally announced that they were soon to start their summer “hiatus,” which had been kept close to the chest. The announcement was made off the cuff and came mere hours after President Trump had suggested the show was in danger of…

Trump’s $10 Billion Defamation Suit Points to WSJ’s Lack of Disclosure
On Friday, President Trump filed another defamation suit against a media outlet, this time against the Wall Street Journal. According to the filing, much of the “malicious, deliberate, and despicable actions that give rise to this action” stemmed from the fact that the newspaper never produced nor explained how it obtain or was informed of a purported birthday letter from Trump to…

Behar Wants Trump Sued for ‘Defamation’ Over Obama ‘Treason’ Claim
The liberal ladies of ABC’s The View were up in arms Wednesday over President Trump accusing former President Obama of “treason” in regard to the Russia Collusion Hoax. Co-host Joy Behar went so far as to demand that Trump be sued for “defamation” over it. An interesting demand considering that The View had accused Trump of treason several times over the years (particularly…

'It's Scary': CNN Dubs Colbert Cancellation ‘Fascist’ 'Interference'
On Tuesday afternoon’s CNN News Central, host Brianna Keilar brought on liberal comedian Pete Dominick to dissect the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Dominick confidently suggested political motives were to blame, not CBS’s claim that the decision was “purely financial.”
Keilar asked Dominick what “the larger picture” might be— seemingly side‑…

ABC’s Hostin: Colbert Firing ‘Is the Dismantling of Our Constitution'
The firing of “comedian” Stephen Colbert by CBS had the liberal ladies of ABC’s The View in a tizzy, as they finally got around to discussing it on Tuesday. Of course, co-host Sunny Hostin poured on the incendiary rhetoric, suggesting that his firing (with a 10-month ramp) “is the dismantling of our Constitution.” She also seemed to hint at political violence as a possible answer.

MSNBC Cites Politics For Colbert Cancellation, Not $40M in Losses
On Friday night’s The 11th Hour, MSNBC host Symone Sanders ran a segment discussing the recent announcement of CBS’s move to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, ending David Letterman’s legacy. Despite indicators pointing towards financial implications, panelists, including co-creator of The Daily Show and abortion activist Liz Winstead, decided it…

The View Stokes GOP Divisions Over Epstein, Decry Criticism of Dems
The liberal ladies of ABC News’s The View had a field day the week of July 14 as they tried to divide Republicans with the Jeffrey Epstein documents snafu. Smelling blood in the water, they kicked off nearly every episode that week talking about Epstein. Meanwhile, at the same time, they cut out a chunk of time to decry liberals who dared to criticize the Democratic Party’s messaging…

CNN Forced to Walk Back Original Claims of Trump at Fault for Floods
On Thursday morning, CNN’s The Situation Room walked back the network’s original narrative that the Trump administration was at fault in the preparation and response to the deadly Texas floods. CNN senior crime and justice correspondent Shimon Prokupecz pointed out that the burden fell on local government response and not on the federal government’s spending cuts as CNN originally…

Psaki 'Surprised' Trump Isn't Helping ‘Trump Supporters’ Amid Floods
On Tuesday night, MSNBC’s The Briefing With Jen Psaki cited FEMA cuts as a main factor for the response to the Texas floods. Psaki still used this narrative despite multiple reports coming out that emergency management and response had been on par with or exceeded expectations.

Without Evidence, ABC News Hosts Hint Trump Is on Epstein Client List
Only after Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that there was no client list linked to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, which divided elements of America’s political right, did ABC’s The View really care enough to talk about it. Of course, they used it as an opportunity to smear their favorite hate object: President Donald Trump. Far-left ABC News co-hosts Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin used…

Abrams and Anderson Suggest Trump Will Cancel Elections Like Putin
Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host Anthony Anderson welcomed the left’s favorite election denier, Stacey Abrams, to ABC on Monday to promote her new book but also to spread a new election conspiracy theory that alleges President Trump is following the ten steps to autocracy that people like Vladimir Putin have also done to ultimately cancel elections. However, Abrams’s evidence was as…