Lawrence O'Donnell

Larry O'Donnell Calls for Occupy D.C. to Bring 'Firestorm' to Nat'l Re
November 4th, 2011 12:49 PM
Did MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell ignore President Obama's previous calls for civility? The late-night host, in a five-minute Thursday night tirade, called for violence by specifically telling Occupy D.C. protesters to bring a "firestorm" to the National Restaurant Association (NRA) headquarters nearby, as well as to the NRA's corporate sponsors which include Starbucks and 7-11.
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After Nine Weeks MSNBC's Matthews, O'Donnell, Schultz and Sharpton Sti
November 4th, 2011 12:27 PM
It has now been nine weeks since stimulus-funded solar company Solyndra declared bankruptcy.
Yet despite Thursday's vote by the House Energy and Commerce Committee panel to subpoena internal White House communications concerning the company, MSNBC's prime time hosts Chris Matthews, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ed Schultz, and Al Sharpton still haven't said one word about this scandal:

Time's Toure: Herman Cain 'Giving Comfort to Racism
November 3rd, 2011 8:36 AM
Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC, Time contributor and MSNBC analyst Toure asserted that Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain "serves a massive psychological purpose" for the GOP as he offers a "Herman Cain card" that can be used by Republicans when they are accused of racism.
He went on to charge that Cain is "giving comfort to…

Touré: Herman Cain Is Nothing More Than a Black 'Minstrelsy' Entertai
November 1st, 2011 7:34 PM
The liberal media are clearly in a full-scale panic over the possibility that a black conservative could either win the Republican presidential nomination or become the eventual victor's running mate.
On MSNBC's The Last Word Monday, left-wing author Touré went on a racially charged attack on Herman Cain referring to him as a black "minstrelsy" entertainer (video follows with transcript and…

Michael Moore Calls For Police To Join Occupy Wall Street Protests Lik
October 15th, 2011 2:59 PM
Michael Moore on Friday called for police departments across the country to join the Occupy Wall Street protests "the same way the Egyptian army joined the people in Freedom Square there in Cairo."
"My appeal to the police is you are us and we are you," Moore said in a web only video published at MSNBC.com. "We’ll even let you beat on a bongo drum" (video follows with transcript and…

MSNBC's Matthews, O'Donnell, Schultz and Sharpton Have Totally Ignored
October 14th, 2011 6:24 PM
Wednesday marked the six week anniversary of solar company Solyndra declaring bankruptcy.
Despite this, MSNBC's Chris Matthews, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ed Schultz, and Al Sharpton have yet to report one single word about this growing scandal on their respective prime time programs.

Sharpton Doesn't Know Higher Percentage of Republicans Than Democrats
October 8th, 2011 2:18 PM
As Al Sharpton ridiculed Herman Cain on MSNBC's "The Last Word" Friday for saying blacks have been brainwashed into voting for Democrats, the reverend ended up proving the Republican presidential candidate's point.
Seconds after claiming, "What [Cain] does not have the right is to rewrite history by saying that blacks were brainwashed by becoming Democrats," Sharpton showed his ignorance of…

Bashir on Cain's Calm Style: Republicans 'Do Not Want to Hear From a B
October 7th, 2011 5:59 PM
Herman Cain is now leading the polls for the Republican presidential nomination, and the folks at MSNBC are clearly scared to death.
Following in Lawrence O'Donnell's footsteps who spent 23 minutes antagonistically grilling Cain Thursday, Martin Bashir said of the black Republican's "calm, measured" style Friday, "The people that he needs to win over in order to win a primary, those people do…

MSNBC's O'Donnell Accuses Herman Cain -- Who Worked for the Navy -- of
October 7th, 2011 10:05 AM
UPDATE AT END OF POST: O'Donnell evaded draft with college deferment.
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell had quite a heated battle on Thursday's "The Last Word."
During one segment, after O'Donnell besmirched his guest for not enlisting for military service during the Vietnam War despite having worked for the Department of Navy as a ballistics…

After Five Weeks MSNBC's Matthews, O'Donnell, Schultz and Sharpton Sti
October 5th, 2011 10:10 AM
It is now five weeks since the solar company Solyndra declared bankruptcy.
Despite the Obama administration lending this failed company $535 million dollars, and a growing scandal involving the White House, MSNBC's prime time hosts Chris Matthews, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ed Schultz, and Al Sharpton have yet to say one word on the subject.

MSNBC's Matthews, O'Donnell, Schultz and Sharpton Still Haven't Report
September 28th, 2011 3:46 PM
Despite the growing scandal involving failed solar company Solyndra - now officially four weeks old - MSNBC's Chris Matthews, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ed Schultz, and Al Sharpton have still not reported the matter on their respective prime time programs.
The only regular MSNBC host to mention this subject in prime time is Rachel Maddow who predictably discounted its importance Monday (transcript…

Three Weeks After Solyndra Scandal Began MSNBC Prime Time Programs Sti
September 21st, 2011 9:45 AM
Today is the three week anniversary of the beginning of the Solyndra scandal, and the prime time programs of the so-called "news network" named MSNBC have yet to report one single word about it.
This is despite daily revelations about the growing controversy for the Obama administration including the following from the San Jose Mercury Tuesday:

'Fox News Watch' Cites NewsBusters Report About MSNBC Prime Time Ignor
September 17th, 2011 5:09 PM
As NewsBusters reported Friday, despite the growing scandal involving solar panel company Solyndra and President Obama being sixteen days old, the prime time programs of MSNBC have not said a single word about the matter.
When "Fox News Watch" discussed the media coverage of this issue Saturday, the "American Conservative's" Jim Pinkerton noted our findings (video follows with transcript and…

MSNBC Prime Time Programs Still Haven't Reported Obama's Solyndra Scan
September 16th, 2011 9:54 AM
As the scandal involving failed solar panel company Solyndra and President Obama grows, the prime time programs at the so-called "news network" known as MSNBC continue to ignore it.
Despite the announcement of the Solyndra bankruptcy on August 31, "Hardball," "PoliticsNation," "The Last Word," "The Rachel Maddow Show," and "The Ed Show" have not done one single report on the subject.