NewsBusters Podcast: Midterms Means Fact-Checkers Go Easy on Leftists
Filling in for Executive Editor Tim Graham, Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro and I first dove into the results of Graham's new study about Politifact's ongoing double standard when fact-checking conservatives vs. liberals. Spoiler alert: They only really try when they can make the right look bad.
Tur Whines Vance Going After El-Sayed, Ignore His Attack on VP's Wife
It’s often said that what liberals claim about Republicans is them admitting to their own actions. That maxim was true during Tuesday’s The Moment when MS NOW host Katy Tur whined about how while Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed (D-MN) was "trying to stay on message with policy and ideas, there are a lot of pretty ugly attacks coming out against him." Meanwhile, she ignored El-Sayed’s…
El-Sayed Dodges Hasan Piker Questions During Friendly MS NOW Interview
On Friday afternoon, Michigan Democratic Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed appeared on MS NOW’s The Moment with host Katy Tur. While the first segment of the interview was mostly a softball, El-Sayed started to dodge questions from Tur on concerns from Jewish voters in the state over his connections to far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, whom he campaigned with.
MS NOW Pleads Democrats To Stop 'Infighting About Random Streamers'
The only reason why The Bulwark podcaster Tim Miller is an MS NOW analyst is because he and his Bulwark colleagues have portrayed themselves as the epitome of moral virtue for leaving the Republican Party in the aftermath of the political rise of Donald Trump. However, on Wednesday’s edition of The Moment with Katy Tur, Miller pleaded with Democrats to stop “infighting about random streamers…
MS NOW Makes Plane Switch Story About Trump Health ‘Transparency’
After a Washington Post story detailed precautions taken by the Secret Service during an Iranian assassination threat after July’s NATO summit in Turkey, MS NOW was full of disdain for the Trump Administration for not disclosing every last move to the press. On Tuesday’s The Moment with Katy Tur, MS NOW White House reporter Vaughn Hillyard also showed his displeasure, and even connected the…
MS NOW's Wagner: Trump Policy Is 'Roving Death Squads' Vs. Minorities
On Friday's The Moment with Katy Tur, former MS NOW host Alex Wagner declared that the Trump administration's deportation policy is to have "roving death squads" targeting minorities. This, from a network that won't air Trump speeches live because he might say something crazy.
MS NOW Blames Trump For SCOTUS Needing More Security Post-Dobbs
Even by MS NOW’s standards, Tuesday's edition of The Moment was truly something else. After host Katy Tur played a clip of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett recalling the threats her family has faced since the Dobbs decision leaked, Tur and her assembled cast of characters decided to put the blame on President Trump.
Duped MS NOW Analyst Jong-Fast on Platner: ‘We Were Sold an Arc!’
On Wednesday's The Moment with Katy Tur, MS NOW political analyst Molly Jong-Fast came on to discuss Platner’s decision to step out of the race and how he plans to use “leverage” with a future candidate. Jong-Fast claimed that the media was “sold an arc” by Platner and his team and questioned whether or not he is a changed man.
Katy Tur Gloats Over 'Cult-Like' MAGA Members Defecting
On Thursday's The Moment show, MS NOW host Katy Tur gloated over some MAGA members deciding to defect from the pro-Donald Trump movement as she had on reporter David Noriega to discuss a piece in which he depicted some Trump supporters as "cult-like" and in need of a support group to recover.
MS NOW Slams ICE as 'Monsters,' Not Getting 'Worst of the Worst'
On Wednesday's The Weeknight, MS NOW co-host Symone Sanders seemed to call ICE agents "monsters" as she complained about the treatment of illegal aliens who are being detained.
Maher Describes Texas Senate Race As 'Attila The Hun' Vs. 'Nice Guy'
On Friday’s episode of Real Time, HBO’s Bill Maher sought to frame the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico as “Attila the Hun” versus “a nice guy.” At the same time, after former GOP Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy pointed out that Talarico has said some whacky things in the past, MS NOW host Katy Tur stepped in to defend Talarico by claiming “he’s taken that back.”
Never-Trump Journo Whines: Trump's Health Not as Viral as Biden's
On Tuesday’s Katy Tur Reports amid a day of overwhelming coverage on President Trump’s physical at Walter Reed, the Bulwark reporter Lauren Egan was on MS NOW and complained about media coverage of alleged issues with Trump’s health.
She connected the situation back to former President Joe Biden and seemed to imply the Biden health saga was partly manufactured by a “right-wing…
POLL RESULTS: Worst Media Quote of the Week Winner!
The results of the Worst Media Quote of the Week are in and the winner is Joy Behar!
Katy Tur Laments Too Many Media Outlets, Too Much Free Speech for GOP
On her Friday afternoon show, MS NOW host Katy Tur longed for the days when the liberal elite media had a monopoly on fact-checking politicians as she spoke with MS NOW legal analyst Andrew Weissmann about his new anti-Trump book, Liars Kingdom.
