NewsBusters Podcast

Sunny Hostin celebrated Veterans Day on "The View" by claiming Abe Lincoln didn't emancipate any slaves, they "emancipated themselves" by fighting for the Union in the Civil War. This comes from the kooky people who complain about conservatives "rewriting history."

One of the things that’s most upsetting to conservatives is the way liberals pose as the apostles of kindess and compassion and decency. Their hearts bleed for people, to use the old joke. But in today’s rhetorical hothouse, the so-called bleeding hearts relish the idea of death for their opponents, starting with Scott Galloway wanting Elon Musk executed as a "traitor."

The media's joy over the blue wave on Tuesday was palpable. CNN's Kasie Hunt said "it took years for us to get there." MS NOW's Rachel Maddow called it a "freaking one-finger salute" to Trump's alleged authoritarianism. George Stephanopoulos asked James Talarico how he would now "pursue a politics of love."

Democrats and their media enablers were outraged that Democrat Rep. Haley Stevens offered a last-minute endorsement of Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race. Abdul-boosting journalists sounded  like Joe Scarborough, who bitterly tweeted that Stevens "endorsed Donald Trump's most savage policies" -- like "brutalizing Hispanics," i.e. deporting illegal aliens.

We could easily guess that the Democrats engaged in a conspiracy to put a "fake" Dan Sullivan on the ballot in the Alaska Senate race to confuse voters -- and lied about it. The New York Times confirmed it yesterday, that the Democrat nominee Mary Peltola was hip-deep in the conspiracy.

On Sunday, NBC "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker offered a perfect Exhibit B to her Exhibit A of partisan double standards. Two weeks ago, Welker lunged to help Michigan Democrat Abdul el-Sayed. Now she has lunged at the throat of Republican Mike Rogers for daring to criticize his opponent (her hero).

News networks, newspapers, and polling sites were embarrassed when the makers of the Wedgewood Poll admitted they were fakers. The polls weren’t real, but were being spread by The New York Times and MS NOW’s Ali Velshi, among others. Isn't it time to be skeptical of polls and how they’re promoted by the Democrat-touting media?

When federal investigators raided the D.C. home of radical Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) over potential immigration fraud, the overarching media narrative matched the spin of Barack Obama: This is just Trump punishing a political opponent. That is not how journalists spun Team Biden authorizing a raid on Trump’s Florida home in 2023 over some classified documents.

No one likes putting gas in their car right now, but the networks talk about “soaring” or "skyrocketing" gas prices even as prices at the pump stay the same, or decline a bit. Four years ago, under Biden, they touted "relief" on gas prices when the price went down a few cents. The framing of inflation depends entirely on which party is in power.

How can you tell if an interview's tough or soft? When interviewing Trump, the host will interrupt repeatedly to challenge him. When interviewing a Democrat, the answers can go on for 300 words without interruption -- a small speech. Look at NBC's Kristen Welker badgering Trump, and it's nothing like her softball session with Abdul el-Sayed.