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NewsBusters Podcast

NewsBusters Executive Editor Tim Graham discusses the left's media bias.
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Episode 696: Preposterous Press Proclamations of Independence

From the White House Correspondents Dinner to '60 Minutes,' reporters spent the weekend claiming they're not an opposition party, they're just "independent" people who search for the "truth," doing "honest journalism." Fact check: False.

Apr 28, 202527 minEp. 696

Episode 695: Self-Adoring Diva Michelle Obama Draws More Gush

Eight years after she left the White House, the liberals on TV are still fawning all over Michelle Obama. Gayle King and Whoopi Goldberg led the parade defending Queen Michelle's self-absorbed decision to skip Jimmy Carter's funeral and Donald Trump's inauguration because it wasn't "the right thing for me." She's free to do that, but she's not free to demand we all shut up about it.

Apr 25, 202529 minEp. 695

Episode 694: In Climate Week, Beware the Soros 'Eco-Kingpins'

As the Left celebrates Earth Day or Climate Week, George and Alex Soros are the most prominent financiers of this secular crusade. Joseph Vazquez of MRC Business and Matt Palumbo of Bongino Report discuss their latest deep dive into the Soros empire, titled "Eco-Kingpins: How the Soros Empire Funds and Steers the Global Climate Change Agenda."

Apr 23, 202537 minEp. 694

Episode 693: Pro-Pope Francis Media Had No 'God's Rottweiler' Obits

When Pope Benedict died at the end of 2022, reporters called him "cartoonish" and "God's Rottweiler." The breaking news on the late Pope Francis was much more positive, he was "inclusive" and "reformist" and was "throwing doors open." This is how liberal reporters describe someone they feel is an ally.

Apr 21, 202519 minEp. 693

Episode 692: We've Nailed The Tilt of Illegal Alien Anecdotes

The networks demonstrated biases by their choice of anecdotes. They completely skip murders by illegal aliens. like the newly convicted killer of Rachel Morin. Instead, they've gone all in to advocate for illegal alien Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, despite his gang connections and domestic-violence accusations.

Apr 18, 202531 minEp. 692

Episode 691: Michelle Obama's Favorite Artist Drops Hate Bomb on NPR

On Friday's badly named "All Things Considered" on NPR, painter Amy Sherald -- who is pals with Michelle Obama after she painted her portrait -- smeared the Trump administration and anti-DEI conservatives by describing her woke art as a "counterterrorist attack."

Apr 14, 202526 minEp. 691

Episode 690: Lester Holt Hypes the 'Trump Tariff Meltdown'

In all the tariff turbulence, the networks have obsessed over economics with a very negative tone, even on the typically soft-news morning shows. Good news on inflation and employment is buried in the "meltdown" hype.

Apr 11, 202525 minEp. 690

Episode 689: People Ask Why Would Anyone Study 'The View'?

NewsBusters just published a study demonstrating that ABC's 'The View' is a double-reinforced leftist bubble. Over the last three months, they welcomed on 63 guests pushing a liberal agenda, and zero conservatives or Republicans. Why would we do that? Nick Fondadaro explains.

Apr 09, 202532 minEp. 689

Episode 688: NewsBusters Podcast: Zucker-Coached Jake Tapper Isn't On the Left?

CNN anchorman Jake Tapper, in 2025, proclaimed on his show that he is NOT on the Left. We know what Tapper is trying to do here with this "I am not taking a side." But in the first Trump term, CNN boss Jeff Zucker made them ALL take a side -- and it certainly wasn't neutral or conservative.

Apr 07, 202528 minEp. 688

Episode 687: Cory Booker's 25 Heroic Hours of Democrat Babble

Sometimes you can sense that Happy News for Democrats is the most important kind of news. Sen. Cory Booker speaking on the Senate floor for 25 hours, unloading wheelbarrows of Democrat talking points, isn't exactly epic. But Democrats in the media will pretend it is.

Apr 04, 202527 minEp. 687

Episode 686: NewsBusters Podcast: White House Reporters Already Having a Bad Week

The White House Correspondents Association is already having a bad week. They fired comedian Amber Ruffin from their White House Correspondents Dinner. Add to that President Trump is taking over the seating chart in the White House Briefing Room. What will they do as the left sees them as weak? Curtis Houck takes it on.

Mar 31, 202534 minEp. 686

Episode 683: Cheering and Laughing at the 'Tesla Takedown'

Rooting for bad things to happen to your adversaries isn't unusual. But when Rush Limbaugh said "I hope he fails" about incoming President Obama in 2009, leftists suggested he should be executed for treason. Now, people are talking about vandalism against Elon Musk's Tesla vehicles and dealerships, and crowds cheer and laugh as the Tesla stock price sinks. The double standard is obvious, with the Left switching from Obama is like God to Trump is like Satan.

Mar 24, 202524 minEp. 683

Episode 682: LOL at PBS Claiming 'Public Media Belongs to You'

In a recent email, DC PBS station WETA sent an email to donors still squeezing good will out of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." We're told "public media belongs to you," and PBS believes in sharing "the good that we know is in one another." Anyone who watches PBS or listens to NPR knows this isn't true.

Mar 21, 202530 minEp. 682

Episode 681: Why Should Team Trump Play Nice at Press Parties?

Karoline Leavitt announced she's not attending the White House Correspondents Dinner, which looks like an even better decision after the journalists ripped Trump and Musk and Hegseth at the "Gridiron Club" dinner. Journalists complain about Trump "curtailing media access," which is ludicrous compared to how much access reporters were given to President Biden.

Mar 19, 202527 minEp. 681

Episode 680: Josh Hammer on Israel, Civilization, and Media

Why are the media so hostile to Israel and so sympathetic to pro-Hamas activists? Why should America stick with Israel as an ally in global geopolitics? We ask Josh Hammer, author of the new book "Israel and Civilization."

Mar 17, 202535 minEp. 680

Episode 679: No Media Apologies, Five Years After Covid Lockdowns

We've reached the five-year anniversary of when the U.S. government locked down the country to curb the Covid pandemic. It lasted much longer than "Two weeks to stop the spread." CBS and PBS explored the anniversary, but there were no apologies for getting so much of the "science" wrong and using the pandemic so mercilessly against Trump and Republican governors in an election year.

Mar 14, 202529 minEp. 679

Episode 678: Why Do Reporters Hate Government Efficiency?

As much as liberals want to embarrass conservatives for questioning the "Clean Air Act" or the "Civil Rights Act," it might be time to ask liberals and the media why they are so opposed to Donald Trump and Elon Musk working on the goal of "Government Efficiency."

Mar 12, 202533 minEp. 678

Episode 677: Do Reporters Love Leakers Who Ruin ICE Raids?

It's not often that we associate leakers within the government with criminals -- often, they're just frustrated liberals. But leaking the location of potential ICE raids or leaking American troop locations endangers the safety of Americans. Are reporters going to defend these kinds of leaks?

Mar 10, 202532 minEp. 677

Episode 676: The Leftist Media Enforcers of Ideological Purity

Reporters like Oliver Darcy and David Folkenflik serve as sounding boards for the radical-left staffers inside liberal media outlets who are furious whenever owners or executives threaten to move any outlet toward the center, or make any move that seems to please President Trump. Vicious bias is equated with freedom of speech.

Mar 07, 202535 minEp. 676

Episode 675: Unhinged Wallace Dominates Otherwise Worn Down Liberal Media Coverage of Trump Speech

What a difference a year makes. Managing Editor Curtis Houck and Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro compared the liberal media’s reactions to Joe Biden’s final State of the Union last year to Tuesday night’s address to Congress by President Trump and found a surprising change from fawnings (in the case of Ol’ Joe) to exhaustion. Sure, they hated Trump’s speech, ranging from his policies to his showmanship with ordinary Americans. But other than MSNBC’s gross meltdowns (see Nicolle Wallace and Rache...

Mar 05, 202529 minEp. 675

Episode 674: 'SNL' Lets Shane Gillis Roast Biden, Ken Burns

Who let this happen on "Saturday Night Live"? Comedian Shane Gillis uncorked a monologue that mocked Joe Biden's cognitive fitness, liberal moral arrogance, and PBS documentary star Ken Burns as making dreadfully boring films. Plus some of the latest hatred of DOGE.

Mar 03, 202524 minEp. 674

Episode 673: Trying NOT to Yell at NPR's CEO Dismissing Bias

NPR CEO Katherine Maher came for a 15-minute interview at a Semafor summit on "trust in media," but it was a softball session. Instead of being pressed on NPR's liberal tilt, Semafor reporter Maxwell Tani was incredibly vague: "What have you done in your first year to build or restore trust in NPR?" I was in the room, and suppressed the desire to yell about the answer (and the question).

Feb 28, 202526 minEp. 673

Episode 672: Trump Isn't Oppressing the Press Like He's Putin

They called it a "bombshell" on Tuesday, when Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced they were going to take the credentialing and pooling powers away from the liberal press. Liberals screamed, conservatives cheered. New York Times reporter Peter Baker tweeted "this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access." That's not what Trump did.

Feb 26, 202529 minEp. 672

Episode 671: Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the MSNBC Ship

The new boss of MSNBC not only canceled "The Reidout" and "Alex Wagner Tonight," she also ended the weekend shows of Ayman Mohyeldin, Katie Phang, and Jonathan Capehart. Is anything really going to change -- other than Joy Reid's visibility? Is Symone Sanders much "safer" for MSNBC? Or is it just rearranging the host furniture?

Feb 24, 202524 minEp. 671

Episode 669: The AP In No Way Deserves a 'Nonpartisan' Label

Reporters are in a dither than Team Trump's committing a "naked violation of the First Amendment" by denying access to the Associated Press. The liberal blob didn't react this way when Team Biden obstructed access to The New York Post in their time. The AP in no way should be presented as nonpartisan or "the gold standard of neutrality."

Feb 19, 202524 minEp. 669

Episode 668: CBS Makes It Springtime for Censors in Germany

It was a deeply weird Sunday at CBS. "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan argued that free speech led to the Holocaust, as if the Nazis allowed free speech. Then "60 Minutes" promoted German prosecutors fining and jailing people for "hate speech" on social media. CBS likes a little "German order" on the internet.

Feb 17, 202530 minEp. 668

Episode 667: Trump Grants Broad Access to the Press, Gets NO Credit

Donald Trump never gets any credit for granting broad access to the press. Team Biden was never blamed for avoiding them. That's because journalists don't care about their own access. They care about the Democrats winning. They're partisan team players, not nonpartisan watchdogs.

Feb 14, 202525 minEp. 667
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