Give her credit: Chief executive Katherine Maher is not afraid to look ridiculous on her quest to save National Public Radio from the federal chopping block. On Thursday’s edition of the Wall Street Journal’s podcast, hosted by Ryan Knutson and Jessica Mendoza, Maher claimed “we are consistently found…
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Pelosi or Johnson? Google Fails to Hide PBS’s Favoritism
Even Google couldn’t mask PBS’s bias when comparing how the outlet treated former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). MRC researchers asked Google’s AI chatbot Gemini on Monday, “Does PBS coverage favor Nancy Pelosi or Mike Johnson?” The chatbot tried to hedge its answer,…
CNN Attempts to Link Antisemitic Colorado Terror Attack To Trump Cutbacks
As our Jorge Bonilla recently observed: “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and throws Molotov cocktails at Jews while shouting “Free Palestine” and “End Israel,” it’s a terrorist. But not so fast, says Juliette Kayyem: it might actually just be…
Column: The Partisan Media Hates Any Praise of Trump’s Broad Media Access
Jack Blanchard at Politico’s Playbook newsletter made the leftists angry by praising President Trump’s energetic availability to the press. While CBS star Scott Pelley wailed at a college commencement that they are “the fierce defenders of democracy,” “the seekers of truth,” and “the vanguard against ignorance,” Trump grants…
NY Times Avoids ‘Stochastic’ Smear When Killers Use Lefty Anti-Jewish Rhetoric
Anti-Jewish terrorists inspired by the “Free Palestine” movement allegedly have, over the last few weeks: — Tried to burn down the residence of the Jewish governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro on the first night of Passover with his family inside, in defense of Palestinians. — Executed a young…
BREAKING: Trump Sends ‘Rescission’ Proposal to CLAW BACK Money for PBS, NPR
The Trump administration sent its rescission package to Capitol Hill today, asking Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in approved spending, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. A rescission occurs when a resident proposes to cancel previously appropriated funds, but only with the approval of…
CBS: America’s Economy Is Booming — Quick, Find the Problem!
Apparently, American innovation and capitalism is destroying us. On Tuesday morning’s episode of CBS Mornings Plus, hosts Tony Dokoupil and Adriana Diaz had a painfully out of touch conversation with Evan Osnos of The New Yorker– a magazine known for their in-depth commentary on real, pressing issues, like…
Good Morning America: ‘Don’t Be Afraid’ of Processed Seed Oils, But…
ABC’s Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Tara Narula, appeared on Good Morning America to discuss the controversy surrounding seed oils with co-host Michael Strahan this Tuesday. Her answer to the discussion, however, was not quite as clear as one would have hoped. Of course, considering Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy’s opposition to what were…
Author, CBS Falsely Equated THIS to Censorship Cartel
CBS News’s 60 Minutes platformed a famous author’s stunning claim that America’s political right is anti-free speech like the political left, but MRC has the evidence to prove heavy leftist censorship bias. Appearing on 60 Minutes Sunday, writer Salman Rushdie claimed that leftists silencing free speech online is no different than…
Free Speech Under Threat in Texas with Latest Alleged Safety Effort
A Texas bill that threatened free speech has failed to move ahead in the state legislature. The bill, HB 186, failed to pass just before the end of the Texas legislature’s session, AP reported Thursday, all but ending the push to ban social media accounts entirely for Texas children under 18…