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The Media’s Musk Hostility Has a Historical Echo
The President of the United States looked his chief budget cutter in the eye, saying: You’re a victim of sabotage by the press. They’re trying to bring you down because of what you’ve helped us accomplish. As if to erase any…
PolitiFact Rates Musk Pants-on-Fire For Biden Ran ‘Voter Importation Scam’ Claim
PolitiFact writers Maria Ramirez Uribe and Amy Sherman teamed up on Friday to give Elon Musk a “pants-on-fire” rating for his claim that former President Joe Biden’s immigration policy was “a giant voter importation scam.”…
Clooney’s Truth-Telling Play Arrives at Terrible Time
George Clooney cemented his auteur status with 2005’s Good Night, and Good Luck. The drama recalled journalist Edward R. Murrow’s clash with Sen. Joseph McCarthy during what later became known as the Blacklist era. Clooney…
ABC Goes Soft On Mangione Fans, Paints Trial As ‘Cultural Flashpoint’
ABC’s Trevor Ault went soft on those who showed up to support alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione on Friday’s edition of World News Tonight. Instead of reacting in horror that such an alleged cold-blooded…
AP Sues WH Over Gulf of America Name, Says No Pool Access Violates Free Speech
On Friday, the Associated Press (AP) sued three Trump White House officials – Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich, and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt – alleging they violated the First…
People Will Die Because Trump Admin Just Wants To ‘Break Things’
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…
Scarborough Rants About Millionaires and Billionaires!
All that was missing was Joe railing against "gr-e-e-e-d." With MSNBC on the Comcast chopping block, if things don't work out for Joe Scarborough, he might consider a new career as a comedic impressionist. …
PBS and NPR Lose Their Minds Over Musk and His Chainsaw
Elon Musk wielded a chainsaw at CPAC, striking a pose next to Argentina’s president Javier Milei. The networks loved to show it, but deprived it of its Argentinian context. They’ve never wanted to tell the story of Javier…
MSNBC Settles Defamation Suit Over Erroneous ‘Uterus Collector’ Story
CNN being found liable for malicious defamation might have put the fear of God into MSNBC. In a filing obtained by NewsBusters, NBCUniversal and plaintiff Dr. Mahendra Amin had entered into settlement negotiations on…
PBS Interview Sparks Fierce Debate on Transgenderism and Democracy
PBS News anchors and reporters have brought the soft soap for sob-story interviews for people losing their jobs thanks to Trump executive orders and Musk-driven budget cuts, without any ideological labels attached to their…