Jonathan Capehart
Capehart Wonders If Voters 'Gave Up On Democracy'
During the Biden era’s final installment of Brooks and Capehart on Friday’s PBS News Hour, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart sought to rebut New York Times columnist David Brooks’s assertion that Donald Trump’s election shows Joe Biden failed to protect democracy. Instead, Capehart argued it was the voters who “gave up on democracy” and wanted to “…
'Great Punishment': Capehart Celebrates Trump's Sentencing
Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart did a touchdown dance of sorts on Friday’s PBS News Hour as he celebrated Donald Trump’s “great punishment” of being formally sentenced to unconditional discharge that history “will have to” mention.
PBS Hails 'The Glow Around' Jimmy Carter's Post-Presidency
PBS News Hour’s first weekly recap featuring Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks of the new year concluded with the duo taking turns singing the praises of former President Jimmy Carter and “the glow around him.” While one might have expected the liberal Capehart to say such things, the supposedly conservative Brooks failed to even…
WORST OF 2024: The Damn Those Conservatives Award
Today we present the WORST OF 2024: The Damn Those Conservatives Award. Why must they be so crass?
Good Move, Comcast: MSNBC Fell Behind NewsNation in Saturday Beatdown
As per new Nielsen Media Research data from this weekend, MSNBC’s precipitous ratings decline hit a new low when the 28-year-old network has fallen behind NewsNation, which has only been around three years and added around-the-clock news programming on June 1. On Saturday, NewsNation topped MSNBC in the key 25-54 demographic for a total of six hours with the noon Eastern hour and then from 2:…
MSNBC Whines About Defamation Settlement,Fearmongers 'Chilling Effect'
MSNBC’s Sunday shows followed a characteristically redundant script while discussing the newly reached settlement in President-elect Trump’s defamation suit with ABC News. The hosts were evidently convinced that the case spelled disaster for the “free press” as the Republicans realized their malicious plans, straight from the “playbook in authoritarianism.”
MSNBC: Republicans 'Cheated' to Win House with 'Rigged' Districts
This past week, several MSNBC hosts pushed a sore loser narrative that the Republican House majority was won because of "rigged" congressional districts, with one host even claiming Republicans had been "cheating basically."
Capehart To PBS: Hunter Pardon Was Justified Because Harris Lost
Of all the bad takes on President Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter, MSNBC host and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart had the worst on Friday’s PBS News Hour. In Capehart’s mind, Biden was justified because Kamala Harris lost and Democrats need “to stop bringing a melon baller to a knife fight.”
They Can’t Cope, Media Still In Mourning After Trump Win
The following are even more epic meltdowns and doomsaying from leftist journalists and celebrities since Election Day.
Capehart Gives Thanks for Kamala, Who 'Exemplified Black Excellence'
On the PBS NewsHour on Friday, Washington Post and MSNBC opinionator Jonathan Capehart was liberal with his gratitude when asked what he was thankful for. Liberal, as in wow, he loves Kamala Harris, who he said “exemplified black excellence” as vice president and presidential candidate.
Brooks Fears Trump Will 'Blowtorch' 'Neutral Institutions of Justice'
New York Times columnist and supposed conservative half of PBS News Hour’s Friday Brooks and Capehart segment was dismayed that President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, Pam Bondi, will supposedly help him take a “blowtorch to the neutral institutions of justice.”
MSNBC's Hinojosa Urges Biden to Pardon Illegals Before Trump in Office
In anticipation of President-elect Donald Trump ratcheting up the deportations of illegal aliens, MSNBC contributor Maria Hinojosa has been making appearances on the liberal news network urging President Biden to thwart Trump from keeping his campaign promise by pardoning illegals before the Democrat leaves office.
Capehart Attributes Trump Win To 'Racism and Sexism'
The passage of a few days to allow for more mature reflection after Election Day has not affected Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart. On Friday’s PBS News Hour, Capehart attributed Donald Trump’s victory to “racism and sexism” and a list of other horribles that the country refuses to acknowledge.
Trump Honeymoon Over at PBS: 'Violent Riot Against Democratic Process'
Around the witching hour, when Trump’s victory wasn’t quite official but definitely a reality, the normally more buttoned-up crew covering the election for PBS let its fear and anger fly. First up -- before signing off from Donald Trump’s victory party at 2:58 a.m., reporter William Brangham went on the petulant rant he’d apparently been holding in for several hours of coverage.