NewsBusters Podcast

Episode 771: Journalists Can NOT Locate a 'Far Left' Anywhere

Journalists always warn us of the far right, but where on earth is the far left? When journalists are puffing socialists like Zohran Mamdani, they show where they belong on the ideological spectrum. If they tagged Ilhan Omar or AOC as "far left," our jaws would drop.

Episode 770: Derek Hunter on What Happens Next to Talk Radio?

How is talk radio doing when so many young people don't listen to broadcast radio? How can anyone stand listening to NPR? These questions and some free-speech concerns came up in a chat with Derek Hunter, an author and talk-radio host on WMAL-FM in Washington, DC.

Episode 769: Sean Spicer on the GOP and Young People's Media

As the Media Research Center reported a new poll finding that less than 25 percent of survey respondents correctly identified Charlie Kirk's killer as a leftist, former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer tells us that young people have largely abandoned traditional media and form opinions from very non-traditional platforms from TikTok on down.

Episode 768: Our Fragile Press Can Dish It Out, But Can't Take It

The Washington Post and others were upset when the White House created a new web page to name a worst "Media Offender of the Week." How dare they challenge the "rigorous" journalism of the elitist media! Plus: You won't believe Jim Acosta's new boycott idea.

Episode 767: Why Is The Low-Trust Media Still So Influential?

On a recent radio interview, we discussed why the major media performs so poorly in polls about trust in the news, and yet, they are still influential in setting the agenda. Congress has low approval ratings -- lower than the press! -- and yet Congress is still our legislative authority. The power to decide what is "news" must still be challenged in every news cycle.