NewsBusters Podcast: Midterms Means Fact-Checkers Go Easy on LeftistsFilling in for Executive Editor Tim Graham, Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro and I first dove into the results of Graham’s new study about Politifact’s ongoing double standard when fact-checking conservatives vs. liberals. Spoiler alert: They only really try when…
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AI Calls President Trump Top Threat to Democracy Since Hitler
AI Calls President Trump Top Threat to Democracy Since HitlerAI models count President Donald Trump as among the greatest threats to democracy, putting him just a small step below Hitler—but only because American institutions have “constrained” him.Gabriela PariseauSeptember 3rd, 2026 5:57 PM
CNN Leans on New Jersey Governor to Downplay Suspicious Voter Rolls
CNN Leans on New Jersey Governor to Downplay Suspicious Voter RollsDuring Wednesday’s OutFront, CNN host Erin Burnett was irked that the Trump administration had agents with the Department of Homeland Security examining voter rolls and removing noncitizens. While framing it as President Trump willing letting Americans be…
MRC’s David Bozell Responds to WSJ Support for ABC Lawsuit Against FCC
MRC’s David Bozell Responds to WSJ Support for ABC Lawsuit Against FCCMedia Research Center President David Bozell’s letter responding to a letter to the The Wall Street Journal editorial team defending Disney from the Federal Communications Commission and backing their lawsuit.Tim GrahamSeptember 3rd, 2026 5:09 PM
MS NOW’s Peter Alexander Makes Gloria Steinem Death About Republicans
MS NOW’s Peter Alexander Makes Gloria Steinem Death About RepublicansFollowing the news of the death of feminist Gloria Steinem, MS NOW pulled out the big guests for Thursday’s State of Play as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Kamala Harris joined for remembrance in…
MS NOW Hosts Love MapQuest for Lake America Renaming Refusal
MS NOW Hosts Love MapQuest for Lake America Renaming RefusalOn Wednesday night, after Google and Apple changed the name of Lake Ontario on their respective maps to Lake America, MS NOW hosts Jonathan Capehart and Ali Velshi proclaimed their newfound love for MapQuest because it refused to…
CBS Makes It Official: Norah O’Donnell Is Returning to the Mornings
CBS Makes It Official: Norah O’Donnell Is Returning to the MorningsVariety’s Brian Steinberg revealed Thursday that longtime CBS News fixture Norah O’Donnell has won the sweepstakes to become — or, in O’Donnell’s case, return as — the third co-host of CBS Mornings, starting on September 8. CBS…
CNN's Cornish Says Colin Powell Wouldn't Have Risen Under Hegseth
CNN's Cornish Says Colin Powell Wouldn't Have Risen Under HegsethOn Thursday’s CNN This Morning, at the end of a segment pondering whether President Trump might throw Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth under the bus, host Audie Cornish took things in a very different direction: offering Hegseth an ostensible…
PBS Blames Jim Crow for Lack of 'Universal, Simple Benefit Systems'
PBS Blames Jim Crow for Lack of 'Universal, Simple Benefit Systems'The Atlantic staff writer Annie Lowrey joined PBS’s Amanpour and Company on Tuesday to allege that the reason why the United States does not have “universal, simple benefit systems” like universal basic income or single-payer health care…
Morning Joe Pushes Ossoff 2028 After Innuendo About Natalie Harp
Morning Joe Pushes Ossoff 2028 After Innuendo About Natalie HarpDemocratic Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff is up for re-election in two months, but the cast of MS NOW’s Morning Joe is already looking ahead two years to 2028. On Thursday, co-host Jonathan Lemire welcomed The New Republic editor…