FCC Chairman Responds to Disney’s Claim The View Is ‘Bona Fide News’“Is The View a ‘bona fide news interview program’?” FCC Chairman Brendan Carr asked the public in Friday X post announcing that the Federal Communications Commission was opening public comment on Disney’s petition demanding a ruling…
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Fraud Suspect Risks 4-Story Jump with 50% Survival Rate to Flee Arrest
Fraud Suspect Risks 4-Story Jump with 50% Survival Rate to Flee ArrestAs law enforcement closed in to arrest him, Minnesota healthcare fraud suspect Muhammad Omar chose to take a 50-50 risk of jumping off a fourth-story balcony in order to flee authorities on Thursday during a citywide…
Bozell Blasts CBS & Colbert Over Left-Wing Echo Chamber
Bozell Blasts CBS & Colbert Over Left-Wing Echo ChamberMedia Research Center President David Bozell joined The Ray Stevens Show Friday morning to discuss a new NewsBusters study that highlights Stephen Colbert’s frequent targeting of right-wing figures and Trump administration officials. Évangéline FaussiéMay 22nd, 2026 2:01 PM
Daniels: Dems Should Focus On Kitchen Tables Issues Like Trans Kids
Daniels: Dems Should Focus On Kitchen Tables Issues Like Trans KidsEven by the low standards of MS NOW, senior Washington correspondent Eugene Daniels’s Thursday appearance on Chris Jansing Reports was a stellar example of how not to do journalism. Daniels’s title suggests that the network views him…
SHODDY! DNC 'Autopsy' Claims Most Media Owners Are Right-Wingers!
SHODDY! DNC 'Autopsy' Claims Most Media Owners Are Right-Wingers! While even Democrats are mocking the 2024 “Autopsy” report that’s been publicly released by the Democratic National Committee, the most mockable passage may be about the state of the media, complete with the assumption that the media owners…
CNN Has an NPR Reunion as They Celebrate Colbert as Rare 'Gentleman'
CNN Has an NPR Reunion as They Celebrate Colbert as Rare 'Gentleman'CNN This Morning host Audie Cornish used Friday’s Group Chat to promote her new CNN podcast, Engagement Party, co-hosted with former NPR colleague Ari Shapiro, brought onto the Chat panel. The discussion quickly turned into a nostalgic…
Did 'Trump Derangement' Kill Colbert’s Show? David Bozell Weighs In
Did 'Trump Derangement' Kill Colbert’s Show? David Bozell Weighs InIs late night comedy officially dead, or did it just bore itself to sleep? This morning on O’Connor & Company (Salem News Channel), host Larry O’Connor sat down with Media Research Center (MRC) President David Bozell to dissect…
Trump: Colbert Firing ‘Beginning of the End’ of Nasty Late-Night Hosts
Trump: Colbert Firing ‘Beginning of the End’ of Nasty Late-Night HostsThe end is nigh for late-night shows where venomous hosts try to pass off political hate speech as entertainment, President Donald Trump declared Friday after Stephen Colbert aired the last episode of The Late Show on CBS….
How News Aggregators Reinforce Political Ignorance
How News Aggregators Reinforce Political IgnoranceThe other day, a young lady got on the elevator and promptly whipped out her smartphone and began scrolling. “Excuse me,” I said, “can I ask you where you get your news?” She said, “You mean like news about what’s going on…
STUDY: Stephen Colbert Turned 'The Late Show' Into 'The DNC Show'
STUDY: Stephen Colbert Turned 'The Late Show' Into 'The DNC Show'Stephen Colbert was well into his farewell media tour when he told GQ, “I think I’m more conservative than people think.” However, according to an aggregation of previous NewsBusters studies and quote packages, that is not true….