NewsBusters Columns

A New Direction on Education
by Cal Thomas | February 20, 2017, 11:03 AM

American public school students fall well behind students around the world in math and science proficiency. This is not debatable. According to the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, both cited in The New York Times in 2012, "Fourth- and eighth-grade students in the United States continue to lag behind students in several East Asian countries and some European nations in math and science, although American fourth-graders are closer to the top performers in reading."

Bumps in the Road: Trump vs. Obama
by Michelle Malkin | February 15, 2017, 3:29 PM

The resignation of national security advisor Michael Flynn has the anti-Trump media declaring the new administration a "mess," in "turmoil" and thrown into "chaos."

Funny, these same Chicken Littles barely shrugged their shoulders during the turmoil-laden first 100 days of Barack Obama's first term. Some perspective is in order.

Pawns of Liberals
by Walter E. Williams | February 15, 2017, 3:26 PM

Ordinary black people cannot afford to go along with the liberal agenda that calls for undermining police authority. That agenda makes for more black crime victims. Let's look at what works and what doesn't work.

ABC Alienates ‘Homophobic’ Conservatives with New Miniseries
by Matt Norcross | February 14, 2017, 3:10 PM

Not surprisingly, ABC has been very aggressive in helping the progressive movement, opposing President Donald Trump since the 2016 election ended and now, attacking anything conservative. 

A Valentine's Day Thought from Cal Thomas: Men, Love Your Wives (Before They're Gone)
by Cal Thomas | February 14, 2017, 10:10 AM

My wife of 51 years passed away last Saturday after a long battle against multiple health issues.

Major Media Need a Long, Hard Look in the Mirror
by Cal Thomas | February 11, 2017, 11:00 PM

Since Donald Trump's election, major media have been trying to figure out what it did wrong, given its fawning coverage of Hillary Clinton and anti-Trump stories. Didn't it help twice elect Barack Obama? Why didn't the formula work this time?

Mostly the media blames voters, talk radio and Fox News, never itself. One might say it is in denial, a condition with a medical definition.

Have the Media Been Caught in Planned Parenthood’s Web of Lies? (Part One)
by Carole Novielli | February 10, 2017, 4:20 PM

Editors' Note: The following post has been republished with permission from Live Action News.

A new report released by Live Action shows that many media outlets have been caught up in Planned Parenthood’s web of lies.

The Super Bowl Drove Me Gaga
by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. | February 10, 2017, 11:35 AM

WASHINGTON — For me the football season begins in mid-December (when everyone becomes serious) and ends at the Super Bowl (when everyone becomes deathly serious). This year it ended with the longest Super Bowl in history. Though I am the epitome of punctuality, I let the season go into the first overtime in Super Bowl history without turning off the television, so I could see whether President Donald Trump's prediction would be vindicated. He predicted that the New England Patriots would win by eight points. It won by six after being down 28 to 3 in the third quarter!

DC Comics Butchers Beloved Hanna-Barbera Characters
by Matt Norcross | February 8, 2017, 2:52 PM

If you were a kid growing up in the 20th Century, you might be aware of characters produced by the now-defunct Hanna-Barbera animation studio, perhaps best known as the pioneer for television animation, and defining the term “Saturday morning cartoons”. The studio, which was founded by namesake animators Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera in 1957, operated for 44 years until it was absorbed into Warner Bros. 

False Claim about Nominee Gorsuch Highlights Need for Rigorous Fact-Checking
by Hans Bader | February 8, 2017, 1:53 PM

People will believe silly things when it fits their ideological preconceptions. Even when they have been debunked and are contradicted by first-hand information and news reports.