Racism
'Disgusting': MSNBC's Elie Mystal Lambasts Whites for Voting for Trump
On Saturday's Velshi show, frequent MSNBC guest Elie Mystal made his most recent snide comments about white Americans as he complained that most whites voted for Donald Trump in spite of him telling them "exactly what they were going to do."
For PBS, MLK Day and Trump's Inauguration Are a Disturbing Coincidence
Monday night’s PBS airing of Amanpour & Co., featured guest host Paula Newton of CNN talking to Harvard professor Imani Perry about the disturbing coincidence of Martin Luther King Jr. Day coinciding with the inauguration of Donald Trump. Host Paula Newton: "This party is really at the center of significant backlash towards the struggles for diversity and inclusion in America,…
'This is Stupid!': Ruhle Rants Against Trump's DEI Executive Order
MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle is back with more observations on President Trump's official suspension of all federal DEI programs. On last night’s episode of The 11th Hour, she hosted another panel, this one featuring MSNBC’s Carol Leonnig, Punchbowl News’s Melanie Zanona, and Peter Baker of the New York Times. Yet again, she brimmed with pure…
CBS Blasts Trump for Having Too Few Blacks – ‘The View’ Says Too Many
CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King, in her live coverage of the inauguration of President Donald Trump, said: “I have to say, I’m looking at this crowd, I do not see many people of color. Does any -- does anybody else besides me observe that? I’m fascinated by why that is.” The implication, of course, is that Trump, despite getting a greater percentage of the black vote than any…
Reid Thinks You're Dumb, Says DEI Is About Helping 'Disabled Veterans'
MSNBC’s Joy Reid and her Wednesday guest, National President of the American Federation of Government Employees Everett Kelley, think you are stupid. On The ReidOut, the duo reacted to President Donald Trump ordering the end of DEI offices across the federal government by claiming such moves represent an attack on “disabled veterans.”
'Fact-Based' AP Hypes Hoax of Elon Musk Offering 'Nazi Salutes'
The Associated Press claims to bring "fact-based, nonpartisan information to the world." Fact check? Pants On Fire. In two stories, AP hyped Democrats and leftists (and "right-wing extremists") claiming Elon Musk made a Nazi salute on Inauguration Day. It's a hoax.
'Our Long National Nightmare': Comedians Freak Out At Trump's Return
When the late night comedy shows took to the air on Monday to lament Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, three main themes emerged. The first was that Trump is going to be a national nightmare. The second was that they have gone all in on embracing former President Joe Biden’s “oligarchy” warnings. Finally, it was deemed ironic that Inauguration Day happened to fall on Martin Luther King…
MSNBC's Dowd Compares Trump Supporters to Poor Whites Backing Slavery
Appearing as a guest on Thursday's The ReidOut, MSNBC contributor Matthew Dowd compared poor Americans who voted for Donald Trump to poor whites who defended wealthy slave owners during the Civil War.
Meacham: Trump Shows U.S. 'Out Of Compliance' With The Declaration
MSNBC’s Morning Joe’s favorite presidential historian, Jon Meacham, joined another H-less Jon on Thursday when he appeared on Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart podcast. Meacham told Stewart that the fact that Donald Trump will be president again shows that America is still having problems with complying with the Declaration of Independence.
Media's Favorite Election Oracle Blames Misogyny, Racism For Trump Win
Historian Allan Lichtman may be the media’s favorite election prognosticator. Prior to November, he had correctly predicted nine of the last ten presidential elections correctly, only missing George W. Bush’s narrow 2000 win. Therefore, when he predicted a Kamala Harris victory, media giants, like…
Scarborough Falsely Fumes: An 'Insult' and 'Lie' That Military is Woke
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough calls it an "insult" and a "lie" to claim that the US military has gone woke. He is very wrong, and we've got the proof.
Meyers Writer Ruffin Tries To Smear GOP Senator's Husband as a Racist
As President-elect Donald Trump brings attention to the fact that NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers is basically just MSNBC with silly metaphors, show writer Amber Ruffin joined the Tuesday show to recall an incident several days prior where Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer’s husband, Bruce, did not shake Vice President Kamala Harris’s hand during her swearing-in photo-op. Instead of…
MSNBC Suggests New Meta Rules Might Lead To Genocide, Race Massacres
NBC senior reporter on all things internet, Brandy Zadrozny, joined MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle on Thursday’s edition of The 11th Hour to discuss Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to revise the company’s rules of what constitutes acceptable speech. Zadrozny was not there for subtlety or nuance as she suggested the door is now open for a Myanmar-style genocide.
After ISIS Attack, MSNBC Blows That 'Young White Men' Are The Problem
New York Times columnist Charles Blow joined MSNBC’s Joy Reid on Thursday’s installment of The ReidOut to react to the reaction to the New Orleans New Year’s truck attack by an ISIS supporter that killed 14 people where he claimed that the big problem is that the attack was “one crime committed by one name that sounds exotic,” and that allows people to ignore the “really big…