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On Friday, former White House press spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre is set to testify on Capitol Hill as the House Oversight Committee is in the “final stages” of its investigation into the mental decline of former President Joe Biden, which has called into question who was actually in charge in the Oval Office. But if recent history is any guide, don’t expect Jean-Pierre’s appearance to garner much, if ANY broadcast network coverage.   MRC analysts looked at ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS evening,…

All this past month leftist journalists have been wailing about President Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy.  The likes of MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart and Ali Velshi feared that America was “sliding into autocracy” and questioned if the country could withstand the “internal demolition” carried out by Trump. Former ABC News correspondent Terry Moran claimed Trump was the “man that we were warned about by the Founders.”  Trump’s crackdown on crime in Washington D.C. was spun as an unnecessary…

Since last summer, when CNN NewsNight shifted to an panel discussion-only format, host Abby Phillip has been praised for consistently inviting prominent conservatives onto the otherwise lopsidedly left-wing network. But with how rarely Phillip actually permits said conservative guests to finish a point without interrupting them, NewsNight is more akin to a televised struggle session than the beacon of ideological diversity as which it’s sometimes portrayed. Summary of Findings: During a…

On Friday, Kilmar Abrego-Garcia was released from custody in Tennessee. He returned to Maryland where he was allowed to visit with his family. On Saturday, the illegal immigrant truck driver — who allegedly killed three people by making an illegal u-turn in Florida — was denied bail and charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and immigration violations.  Care to guess which story ABC, CBS and NBC chose to cover and which one was completely censored?  The case of the truck driver,…

There are new details in the horrific story of the illegal immigrant trucker who is accused of killing three people in Florida due to his making an illegal u-turn.  According to new reporting the driver had failed English and road sign tests.  On August 20, Fox News reported:  The illegal immigrant truck driver who is accused of causing a crash in Fort Pierce, Florida, that killed three people failed English and road sign tests, officials investigating the wreck said. Harjinder Singh, who…

This year we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of NewsBusters, so as part of this momentous event we are looking back at some of the most outrageous outbursts of bias captured by our analysts and bloggers over the years.  Some moments (like Chris Matthews’s infamous “thrill up the leg”) were first caught by NewsBusters staffers. So without further ado here is a chronological list of just some of the most obnoxious and absurd outbursts of leftist bias caught by NewsBusters over the last 20…

Liberal cable networks CNN and MSNBC have been citing fabricated statistics in an attempt to debunk President Trump’s claims on Monday about rampant crime in Washington, D.C. Over the past 24 hours, these two networks have cited the dubious statistics over 70 times, while refusing to acknowledge that a D.C. police official was suspended for tampering with those stats just months ago. Summary of findings: Over 24 hours, CNN and MSNBC cited manipulated D.C. crime statistics 73 times.…

In 2021, the media were instantly lovestruck when Texas Democrats fled the state in order to block an election integrity bill from passing. Today, many of those same Democrats are hunkered down in Chicago, in a vain attempt to prevent their state from being redistricted, and once again, the corporate media have rushed to their defense.  MRC analysts tallied every interview with a Texas lawmaker that occurred on CNN and MSNBC from August 1 through August 6, between 6:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. In…

Leftist journalists and celebrities have dialed up the crazy to 11.  The Nation’s Elie Mystal declared America to be the “bad guys” on the world stage and called for sanctions. ABC’s (now fired) senior national correspondent Terry Moran insulted presidential advisor Stephen Miller, as he labeled him a “world-class hater” who was the “brains behind Trumpism.”  This past month also saw former MSNBC host Joy Reid claim that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was rounding up “brown people” to put…

The vast majority of Americans are spending this Independence Day weekend taking pride in their country as they celebrate the freedoms established by the Founding Fathers. However, there are some journalists who are embarrassed by the USA. Some of them even seem to take pride in actually shaming the country.     Over the years, the Media Research Center has caught journalists ridiculing and deriding America. The following is a countdown of the Media’s 20 Worst Anti-American Outbursts (as…

This Independence Day weekend most Americans will be celebrating the freedoms and values that made this country so great. However, there are some in the Hollywood Left who would probably prefer to be partying, anywhere other than the USA.  For a class of people who owe their wealth and fame to the American way of life, it’s sad to see so many celebrities turning their back on their own country.  Over the years, the Media Research Center has caught celebrities attacking American symbols,…

On June 25, a 33-year-old Marxist Muslim named Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City. Over the following week, broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS ran nearly an hour of coverage about the self-described democratic socialist, but spent less than two minutes on his numerous radical positions and scandals. MRC analysts looked at all coverage of Zohran Mamdani on ABC, CBS, NBC’s flagship morning and evening news programs and Sunday morning political talk shows,…

For the men of the late night comedy talk shows, the first half of 2025 was an instance of history repeating itself. According to a NewsBusters study, 99 percent of their political guests were on the left, matching the result for the last six months of 2024. The grand totals were 106 liberals and Democrats compared to one conservative.  The study looked at the five daily late night comedy shows: ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy…

Despite the growing trend of left-wing extremist violence during the first six months of the Trump administration (including the DC Jewish Museum shooting, the firebombing of a GOP building in Albuquerque, and the anti-deportation riots Los Angeles), talking heads on TV news remained reluctant to acknowledge the existence of the American far left. However, those same journalists had no qualms about slapping a “far right” label on practically anything they deemed to be right of center. MRC…

On June 18, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing into whether then-President Joe Biden was actually in charge — given his clear mental decline. A focal point of the investigation was the concern that the autopen was being used for executive orders and pardons without Biden’s knowledge.  At the hearing, titled “Unfit to Serve: How the Biden Cover-Up Endangered America and Undermined the Constitution,” Sen. Eric Schmitt underlined the gravity of the issue: “Under President Biden, the…