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STUDY: SNL Jokes About Conservatives Jump To 91 Percent In Season 51
ABC ‘This Week’ Omits Medicaid Scams, Whines over Trump’s DC Builds
Shocking Anti-Fauci Hearing SKIPPED by ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, PBS, WashPost, NY Times
Eric Trump Threatens to SUE Psaki for Shameless Son-in-China Scandal Talk
STUDY: SNL Jokes About Conservatives Jump To 91 Percent In Season 51
A new NewsBusters study found that 91 percent of Weekend Update political jokes this season targeted conservatives.
Donald Trump alone was the target of more than 100 jokes, showing how overwhelmingly one-sided SNL’s political humor has become.
The study found conservatives dominated both the cold opens and Weekend Update segments, while liberals received comparatively little scrutiny.
SNL’s political comedy no longer reflects broad satire and instead functions as partisan activism aimed almost entirely at the Right.
ABC ‘This Week’ Omits Medicaid Scams, Whines over Trump’s DC Builds
ABC’s This Week focused on criticizing Trump’s renovation projects in Washington while ignoring ongoing Medicaid fraud and government service scams.
The segment framed beautification and infrastructure projects around the White House as potential controversy instead of reporting on larger government accountability issues.
Elite media outlets are working overtime to manufacture scandal narratives around Trump while downplaying stories involving government waste and corruption.
Shocking Anti-Fauci Hearing SKIPPED by ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, PBS, WashPost, NY Times
A Senate hearing featuring a CIA whistleblower alleging Anthony Fauci influenced COVID intelligence assessments received virtually no coverage from major legacy media outlets.
The whistleblower testified that officials worked to downplay evidence supporting the lab leak theory and described a broader COVID-era cover-up.
NewsBusters noted that ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, PBS, The New York Times, and The Washington Post all skipped the hearing entirely.
The media’s refusal to revisit Fauci-era narratives shows an unwillingness to seriously examine mistakes made during the pandemic response.
Eric Trump Threatens to SUE Psaki for Shameless Son-in-China Scandal Talk
Eric Trump announced plans to sue Jen Psaki and MS NOW after accusing them of spreading false claims about his business interests in China.
Psaki suggested Eric Trump’s trip to China alongside President Trump raised conflict of interest concerns tied to a company connected to crypto and AI deals.
Eric Trump flatly denied serving on the board of ALT5 Sigma and said he has “zero business interests in China.”
The controversy highlights a double standard in media coverage because similar concerns surrounding Hunter Biden’s China business dealings received far less aggressive scrutiny from many of the same commentators.