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CBS, NBC Sunday Shows Squee Over the Grand Opening of New Obama Shrine
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CBS, NBC Sunday Shows Squee Over the Grand Opening of New Obama Shrine

The Obama Presidential Center opened to much fanfare and media coverage last week. The Elitist Media devoted significant chunks of time to covering the new shrine built to their god-king. This devoted coverage spilled over to the Sunday shows. Watch as CBS’s Margaret Brennan recapped the grand opening on Face the Nation: CBS’s @MargBrennan delivered a very generous look back at opening of the Obama Presidential Center “to honor and celebrate the legacy of the nation’s first black President” where Barack Obama “spoke of America’s resilience and urged them to reject division and recommit to each… pic.twitter.com/SxHVKbuecB — Brent Baker

OMISSION: ABC Downplays Mamdani Attempt to Install DSA Acolytes in Congress
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OMISSION: ABC Downplays Mamdani Attempt to Install DSA Acolytes in Congress

There is an ongoing Democrat civil war underway in New York City, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani attempts to install several fellow Democratic Socialists in Congress- going so far as to support the primary opponent of an incumbent in good standing and not mired in scandal of any kind. But the Elitist Media are outright omitting this from their midterm primary coverage. Watch this panel exchange on ABC’s This Week, as aired on Sunday, June 21st, 2026: DOWNPLAY: Watch this ABC panel on Mamdani's attempted DSA hijacking of the NYC congressional delegation, which makes no mention of his endorsement against a sitting incumbent. JON KARL: All right, the roundtable is back. Uh. So Faiz, let me ask you about what we just heard… pic.twitter.com/zpGC8QOFCX — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) June 21, 2026 JON KARL: All right, the roundtable is back. Uh. So Faiz, let me ask you about what we just heard before the break. Uh, from Mayor Mamdani, uh, saying that basically the Democratic Party needs backbone. Is the Democratic Party heading in his direction? Democratic socialists of America? I mean, we saw another DSA candidate win the primary here in DC. They got to the run off in Los Angeles. Is that where the energy in the party is now? FAIZ SHAKIR: Yeah. And populist left candidates Graham Platner, Abdullah el-Sayed, a bunch of people who are doing very well right now. And the reason- well, you have to ask why, why are they doing so well? And part of the reason, what Mayor Mamdani is saying is you have to have an agenda. So we're living in a period of scarcity. Donald Trump is saying $132 billion for Iran. That's great. We should spend that. Instead, we can't have Medicare for All. We can't have- we have to cut Medicaid. We can't have affordable child care in this country, got to cut food stamps, can't do anything about, um, decency of raising the minimum wage to a living wage. No, none of those things are possible, according to Trump. And according to most conservative, you know, center left and center right politicians- status quo-ism. And here you have a movement that is building support because saying, “here's an affirmative agenda of a vision that is improving the lives of working class people in this country.” KARL: But, Donna, can that agenda win nationally? DONNA BRAZILE: Look, the affordability agenda has many voices. And at a time when the Democratic Party is still searching its way out of the 2024 campaign, I feel like every week we're in the coroner's office reviewing another autopsy. It's not just about your spine and your brain and your heart. It's about making sure that you have an agenda that inspires the American people. Whether you live in Washington, D.C., Seattle, New York, that, yeah, they may be moving in that direction, but most Democrats are pragmatic. They're centrist. They're also bold in their solution. They understand that Progressives want a voice within the party. But I don't believe that this- this so-called energy is is going to carry us forward unless we can build coalitions and coalitions that can earn us the votes of the American people. KARL: Chris? CHRIS CHRISTIE: Um, look, this is fine. You know, in this post, uh, 2024 period, um, for the rise of folks like Mamdani, they have to show they can actually do the job. He's in the easy part right now. He gets to give speeches, he gets to wear a Knicks jersey. He gets to, you know, run a parade, which I was there, it was sketchy. Um, in terms of the way the city helped to run that. KARL: He's off to a pretty good start, though, isn't he? CHRISTIE: But Jon. KARL: I mean, even… CHRISTIE: He's off to a pretty good start. What does that mean? He has not yet accomplished any of what he talked about in his campaign.. KARL: Well,he’s been in office.. SHAKIR: Well, child care…  CHRISTIE: …how do we.. how do we... SHAKIR: Child care expansion has occurred. Potholes are being fixed. Snow shoveling occurred. CHRISTIE: Oh, really? You’ve driven in New York? Potholes have been fixed? I know. of course,  SHAKIR: I did. I did- just went there yesterday.  CHRISTIE: Of course you haven’t. And that's why, you know, you want to believe the rhetoric the Mamdani people put out they’re fixing things. He hasn't done anything yet. I'm not saying he can't. He has not. So to say he's off to a good start means he hasn't thrown up on his shoes. Well, congratulations. That's a great thing. And he can run a rally for a team that wins the NBA championship. Great job. What he's saying right now is all rhetoric and no accomplishment. And I think what Democrats have to show, especially if they get Congress back this fall, is that they can accomplish some things. And the Sanders wing of the party has never shown that they can accomplish anything. Big speeches, no accomplishments. SHAKIR: There's a finger wag here going on of elites who say, “hey, look at these dumb people. Look at this. Mayor Mamdani not doing anything.” Look at the people of New York. What are they saying? His unpopularity has been increasing. Why? Just be curious about it. Why do regular working class new yorkers, some people who voted against him are saying, hey, I like this guy. What's he doing? He wakes up every day with a sense of integrity, of saying, I'm going to improve your life. I'm focused on you. Yeah, I could be worried about Ken Griffin. I could be worried about private equity. I could be worried about Michael Bloomberg. But I'm worried about you. And I'm going to try to work on things. And you, you and I know like you've had a tough job as Mayor or Governor of New Jersey. It is hard to be a person in charge. And yet, while he does it with integrity, a desire to improve working class people, he's focused on the underdogs. And it’s working for him. In one particular race, Mamdani has endorsed a DSA organizer with a history of wild tweets who led anti-Israel protests at Columbia University as far back as October 8th, 2023- the day after the horrific Hamas attack against Israel. Per The New York Post: Scandal-plagued far-left congressional hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier attended an anti-Israeli rally in the Big Apple one day after Hamas’ horrific Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, according to reports. The 32-year-old radical with a twisted history of bashing Israel joined a hateful Times Square mob on Oct. 8, 2023, that torched the Israeli flag and flashed swastikas after hundreds of Jews were slaughtered by Islamic terrorists in a surprise attack on the Jewish state. Chevalier, who is gunning for Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s seat in New York’s 13th House District, justified her attendance by declaring she is simply a lifelong advocate of Palestine. Chevalier is so far left that she’s been critical of Bernie Sanders’ “liberal Zionism”, bragged about wiping her hand with the American flag, and tweeted “F- Kamala Harris.” But you haven’t heard a peep about her on national media. This is in and of itself a raging double standard because the Elitist Media ALWAYS cover New York stories as national stories. This story is inconvenient, though. By keeping the discussion non-specific, Jon Karl let the debate veer to whether New York City socialists can resonate nationally. There was no discussion about the fragility of Hakeem Jeffries’ coalition (as is often the case when discussing Republican primaries), and no mention of the insane dynamics of the primary in the 13th District (and the 7th, to a lesser extent).  In the interest of protecting Democrats nationally and Mamdani in New York, you just saw a 4-minute panel discussion talk about nothing. Just the way the Elitist Media loves it when it comes to inconvenient stories.  

PBS on Religion: Ruinous on Abortion, Great If You're a Black Leftist Fighting 'Jim Crow'
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PBS on Religion: Ruinous on Abortion, Great If You're a Black Leftist Fighting 'Jim Crow'

Wednesday’s PBS News Hour preached pro-abortion propaganda, rejoicing in an Arkansas woman who discarded the shackles of organized religion and converted to abortion support. Sarah Varney was at it once again.  Co-anchor Amna Nawaz: Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, a majority of Republicans continue to oppose abortion. But there's been a shift in opinion among many Americans. More Democrats and independents now say abortion should be legal in all or most cases and find it morally acceptable than they did five years ago. And, in some cases, there are even conservatives questioning their own views in response to state bans…. Chelsea Stovall, Mother [off-camera]: So, I wanted three kids, but after going through everything that I went through and the laws the way they are, I don't want to get pregnant again. I would be scared. Once I get pregnant, my life stops mattering…. Stovall sketched out her Christian childhood, in which abortion was "just a taboo subject. My family didn't talk about it. My friends' families didn't talk about it. It was not seen as health care. It was something bad.” PBS anchor Amna Nawaz: "More Democrats and independents now say abortion should be legal in all or most cases and find it morally acceptable than they did five years ago. And, in some cases, there are even conservatives questioning their own views in response to state bans." pic.twitter.com/lodQ6PfZZJ — Clay Waters

No CNN Pushback As Booker Rips Trump and Netanyahu as 'Criminals'
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No CNN Pushback As Booker Rips Trump and Netanyahu as 'Criminals'

Ever since Iran and the United States agreed to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) which theoretically brings an end to hostilities, pending 60 days of further negotiations, the criticism leveled at President Trump has been non-stop, with some even coming from Republicans, but it's been the left wing media and their platformed guests that have been leading the charge. One of the most extreme examples of that took place Friday on CNN's Inside Politics, as fill-in Host Phil Mattingly welcomed in New Jersey Democrat Senator Cory Booker. Mattingly got things rolling with a question that Booker would never answer. MATTINGLY: I think one of the things that I've been trying to figure out here is understand the opposition, understand the legitimate and genuine concern with the MOU that we've seen up to this point. What did you see as alternatives, given that we were here, whether you opposed it at the beginning or not? BOOKER: What I didn't expect is when the President said in February when he started this ill-conceived war, he said, I want unconditional surrender. I didn't know that it would be him being the one that was surrendering unconditionally.  Booker then followed with almost every left wing talking point in existence. BOOKER: Iran right away is going to be able to sell oil on the open market. Right away, they get relief from sanctions, which means they'll get billions of dollars, much of which they didn't have before. All we get out of this deal is really nothing, just getting the Strait of Hormuz open. So we are seeing them get all the gains, and us, who've spent $50 to $100 billion of taxpayer money, who our own taxpayers have then been paying higher costs at the pump, higher costs for groceries, that has not gone down yet. We've lost 14 American soldiers, and we have nothing to show for it except for a promise that we'll negotiate over the next 60 days....Iran is coming out of this better off, and we are far, far worse off, every American citizen, and how their own lives are going could say we're worse off than we were before Donald Trump started. After a back and forth on gas prices, which have been falling since the announcement of the MOU, Booker went back to his Trump has surrendered narrative. BOOKER: It was one of the worst ill-conceived decisions I've seen a President make in my lifetime. And now the way he's getting us out of it is by surrendering all American authority, giving up all of our leverage, giving them everything they want and actually making our adversary stronger before and us as a nation weaker in our national security. Rather than point out to Booker that he did not answer his original question, or point the losses suffered by Iran at the hands of the U.S. and Israel, or challenge him on his claim of unconditional surrender by the U.S., Mattingly moved on to our relationship with Israel, and started by playing clips from President Trump and V.P. Vance. TRUMP CLIP: Israel's fighting Hezbollah too long and too many people are being killed. I'm saying when two drones are shot into the desert and drop harmlessly, you don't have to knock down buildings in Beirut. VANCE CLIP: If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world. Booker then unleashed on Trump and Netanyahu, big time. MATTINGLY: Do you agree with the sentiment that they're sharing there? BOOKER: The two of the worst administrations of all democratic governments on the planet Earth right now are the Netanyahu administration and the Trump administration, both led by criminals. Remember our President, first in history to have dozens of felony convictions. So we have two criminals leading nations and acting in deeply immoral ways. And so this to me is the chickens coming home to roost. Israel is less safe and America is less safe because of immoral leaders that made horrible decisions. Mattingly didn't bother to point out that Prime Minister Netanyahu has never been convicted of any crime, so Booker kept going, seeming to express pleasure that, in his view, the war with Iran was a failure. Not only did Mattingly allow Booker to spew his outrageous comments about the U.S. and Israel unchallenged, not a negative word was uttered about Iran or its terrorist regime by Mattingly or Booker. This is CNN.

CRACKPOT ROSIE: Tells Acosta Trump Stole 2024 Election, Will Cancel Midterms
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CRACKPOT ROSIE: Tells Acosta Trump Stole 2024 Election, Will Cancel Midterms

Jimmy Kimmel just announced that Rosie O’Donnell is going to fill in for him on his ABC show this summer, and that tracks. Because Rosie is channeling the same conspiracy theories about Trump stealing the 2024 election and canceling the 2026 election that The View specializes in – as she uncorked on former CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s show this week. O’Donnell, who fled to Ireland, told the old story that people buy here a pint in the pub because they hate Trump, too. "I mean, part of the reason that I left is I never in a million years thought we would put a convicted felon, who tried to start an insurrection, back in office. How did that happen? I don't think it happened. I think Kamala won. I do.” All Acosta could must in response was “Interesting.” Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs -- Rosie O'Donnell claims Trump stole the 2024 election (with Elon Musk) and will cancel the 2026 election with a conjured assassination attempt or something because that's the "fascist playbook." Jim Acosta cares about the Truth about as much as Dan… pic.twitter.com/zp8cXJTzKU — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) June 21, 2026   The Rosie rant continued: "And I think that we're going to find all this out, it’s going to come out. I'm not the first person to say this. There are all these researchers who are saying it. I read it online again today.” Some “researchers” said something on the internet. Acosta didn’t ask her for evidence. Then, more conspiracy talk: “And you know, the Elon Musk of it all, what did he do for Donald that was able to give him back all that he gave him back is, what did he do, you think, for the Donald and that election? Acosta claimed he couldn’t really believe the election was stolen, because “I tend to, you know, maybe it's because I'm old-fashioned, you know, and patriotic and grew up in this country, you know, watching, you know, Tom Hanks and Saving Private Ryan, I would never think that something like that could happen. So I tend to trust it, but I do worry he’s going to try to steal the next one.” This set up O’Donnell to uncork more conspiracy theories: “Well, I don't think he's going to try to steal it. I think he's going to come up with some big tragedy. [Makes quote marks with her fingers.] We're going to have an event here in the United States and some capacity, maybe another assassination attempt. [Makes quote marks.] And he's going to declare that the elections are off. That's what I think is going to happen because that's in the fascist playbook. Yes. That's what they're doing by having that Blanche idiot say that they're going to send out ICE on election day, saying it blatantly in the broad daylight, yes, that's what we're doing. They're sending out ice out in force on election day. Yeah. And as if it was not the biggest story in America that they just threatened every person of color at the voting booth.” Acosta replied “It's so true,” and then they moved on to mourning for 60 Minutes. That might tell you something about the truthfulness of 60 Minutes.