MSNBC Blames Oklahoma For Shooting Despite Admitting Unknown Facts

MSNBC correspondent Vaugh Hillyard joined an extended edition of Andrea Mitchell Reports on Thursday from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to report on the mass shooting that occurred at Saint Francis Hospital on Wednesday. While Hillyard would report there was still much unknown about the shooter and his weapons, Hillyard still felt confident enough to imply that Oklahoma, specifically Gov. Kevin…

Alex Christy
June 2nd, 2022 11:35 AM
Johnny Depp in court speaking

The Root Brings Race into Depp-Heard Trial

The verdict in favor of Johnny Depp in the recent defamation trial between him and Amber Heard has generated a plethora of horrible takes. Candace McDuffie may have taken the cake for the worst one in an article published in The Root on June 1.

Wallace White
June 2nd, 2022 11:31 AM
Suzannah Lipscomb MSNBC Morning Joe 6-2-22

NBC Contributor Hails Prince Charles: A 'Prophet' of Climate Change!

On the occasion of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, Morning Joe had on Suzannah Lipscomb, billed as an NBC News 'royal contributor." She enthused over Prince Charles for his trendy views on climate, literally hailing him as a "prophet"

Mark Finkelstein
June 2nd, 2022 10:36 AM

WHINY NYT: Senate Credibility in Tatters by Failing on Gun Control

In the eyes of the New York Times, the legislative branch has now joined the judicial branch in having its credibility in tatters -- unless it upholds liberal views. For the Supreme Court, the issue is abortion, in the wake of the opinion leak overturning Roe v. Wade; for the U.S. Senate, it’s gun control, in the wake of two awful massacres. Times

Clay Waters
June 2nd, 2022 8:58 AM

Chris Hayes Presses Top Democrat to Oppose ONLY Pro-Life Democrat Left

On Tuesday night's All In, MSNBC host Chris Hayes pressured Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on why he and other top House Democrats would endorse Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) against an AOC-style challenger when he is anti-abortion and gets an "A" rating from the NRA? Is it just because he's an incumbent? 

Tim Graham
June 2nd, 2022 7:31 AM

'Morning Joe' Crew Puffs Biden as 'Passionate' 'Empathizer-in-Chief'

With the economic crisis at an all-time high and Biden’s approval ratings are at an all-time low, everyone knows that it looks like the incompetent Biden administration’s fault. But that is not stopping his cheerleaders on Morning Joe from continuing to take the President’s side.

Margaret Buckley
June 2nd, 2022 5:59 AM

Tapper GRILLS Biden Official on Baby Formula Crisis, CNN Camera Falls

In a rare act of journalism on CNN, anchor Jake Tapper on Wednesday afternoon grilled Biden's Director of National Economic Council Brian Deese on the administration’s stunning incompetence in dealing with the ongoing baby formula shortage. 

Kevin Tober
June 2nd, 2022 12:59 AM

MSNBC's 'Field Report' Relitigates 2020, Rehashes 'Disinfo' Tropes

I tuned into the first installment of Paola Ramos’ MSNBC “Field Report” special on Florida’s Hispanic vote with an open mind, hoping against hope for an avoidance of the usual tropes when discussing the factors that have led Hispanics to shift to the right in 2020. I regret to inform you, dear reader, that this was not the case.

Jorge Bonilla
June 2nd, 2022 12:36 AM

Joy Reid Compares Concerns Over Gun Confiscation With The Klan

On Wednesday’s The ReidOut on MSNBC, host Joy Reid continued her week-long freak out over guns and demonized anyone who owns a gun and opposes gun control. Even going as far as to compare concerns conservatives have about gun confiscations to the movie Birth of a Nation whipping up the Klan in the early 1900s. 

Kevin Tober
June 1st, 2022 11:25 PM

MSNBC’s Mitchell Feels Biden’s Political Pain at ‘Cascade of Crises'

MSNBC is overflowing with empathy for how President Biden is struggling in the polls. During Andrea Mitchell Reports on Tuesday morning, Mitchell outlined the challenges that President Joe Biden is facing with the midterm elections coming up quickly in November.

Emma Schultz
June 1st, 2022 11:09 PM

NewsBusters Podcast: Ignoring John Durham, Then Slashing Him

Special counsel John Durham's first trial in his investigation of the origins of the Russian collusion probe was ignored by the networks for weeks....until the accused Hillary Clinton lawyer was found Not Guilty. Then it was a "stinging defeat" and "major blow"!

Tim Graham
June 1st, 2022 10:16 PM

MSNBC, Politico Flip Out Over Normal GOP Election Day Operations

In a pearl-clutching report out Wednesday, Politico’s Heidi Przybyla treated normal Election Day operations such as poll watchers and mobilizing election lawyers as an assault on democracy. But the reason this was suddenly a problem was that Republicans were stepping up their game. But MSNBC’s Deadline: White House (a home for the barely lucid to hyperventilate about Republicans)…

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 1st, 2022 8:33 PM

CBS Badgers GOP Governor on Guns, Insists Constitution Was For Muskets

CBS Mornings resumed its crusade Wednesday against the Second Amendment and gun ownership (outside the military) as the co-hosts spent nearly seven and a half minutes hectoring Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) to support the banning of “assault riles” and do more within his party as too many Americans are “sleeping with our guns and crying over our guns and letting our children die.”…

Curtis Houck
June 1st, 2022 6:49 PM

Avlon Gloats Over Sussmann Verdict in Irony-Rich 'Reality Check'

If you ever feel like being lectured by someone who thinks you have the mental capacity of a toddler, look no further than CNN’s John Avlon. On Wednesday’s New Day, Avlon decided to use his five-minute monologue Reality Check to gloat over the acquittal of Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann and ironically tout CNN as “reality-based media” as opposed to “partisan media…

Aidan Moorehouse
June 1st, 2022 5:40 PM