Martin Bashir
MSNBC's Bashir Subjects Conservative Black Theologian to Hostile Inter
February 22nd, 2012 5:02 PM
MSNBC's Martin Bashir has been off for a few days, but he was back in the studio and in fighting form today, eager to push the network's leftist talking points on the ObamaCare contraceptive mandate that would force religious institutions to provide contraceptive coverage in their health insurance plans.
Bashir opened up an interview segment with Baptist theologian Craig Mitchell entitled "…

MSNBC's Martin Bashir Outrageously Compares Rick Santorum to Mass Murd
February 14th, 2012 4:40 PM
Ultra liberal Martin Bashir hit a new low on Tuesday, outrageously comparing Rick Santorum to mass-murdering dictator Joseph Stalin. In a fit of vitriol, the MSNBC anchor also connected the Republican to George Orwell's Big Brother from 1984. However, the most repugnant moment came when Bashir spewed, "If you listen carefully to Rick Santorum, he sounds more like Stalin than Pope Innocent III…

Marco Rubio Wins CPAC VP Straw Poll Day After MSNBC's Bashir Implied G
February 13th, 2012 1:11 AM
Talk about your delicious instant karma.
Roughly 24 hours after MSNBC's Martin Bashir strongly implied Republicans were too racist to make Cuban-American Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) their vice presidential nominee, the Florida senator overwhelmingly won the CPAC straw poll for that position on the ticket:
MSNBC's Bashir Hails Obama Contraceptive 'Compromise
February 10th, 2012 6:08 PM
On Monday, MSNBC's Martin Bashir tried to obscure the real policy issues in the contraceptive mandate row by harping on Newt Gingrich's past infidelities. On Wednesday, the afternoon host stocked his program with liberals who backed the Obama administration's position and complained Republicans were engaging in a "toxic waste of time" by calling for congressional debate on the contraceptive…

Martin Bashir Implies GOP Too Racist to Have Marco Rubio as VP Candida
February 10th, 2012 5:39 PM
MSNBC's Martin Bashir on Friday played one heck of a disgusting race card.
In the final segment of the show bearing his name, Bashir made the case without specifically saying it that the Republican Party is too racist for Cuban-American Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) to be its vice presidential candidate (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Bashir Asks DNC Official How Romney Can Be for Middle Class While Tryi
February 9th, 2012 4:35 PM
Are there limits to how far the folks at MSNBC are willing to go to get Barack Obama reelected?
Before you answer, consider that on Thursday, Martin Bashir actually asked the communications director for the Democratic National Committee, "How can Romney claim to be fighting for the middle class when his backers are some of Washington's most notorious lobbyists and when he wants to repeal…

Bashir Uses Contraception Controversy to Promote ‘Single-Payer Healt
February 8th, 2012 5:21 PM
On the February 8 episode of MSNBCs Martin Bashir program, the host along with liberal Democrat Rep. Peter Walsh (Vt.) used the contraception mandate controversy to advocate the elusive liberal Democratic dream of a Canada-style government-run health care monopoly. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Bashir started the interview -- better described as a Democrat strategy…

Bashir Honors Dickens' 200th Birthday By Likening Gingrich and Romney
February 7th, 2012 4:51 PM
MSNBC's Martin Bashir honored the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth Tuesday by likening Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney to two of the author's most reviled creations.
"From Ebenezer Scrooge to Wackford Squeers, Dickens created the most pompous, condescending characters who loved nothing more than protecting their own status while humiliating the poor…

MSNBC's Bashir Blows Smoke Over Obama Contraception Mandate in Newt-Ba
February 6th, 2012 5:10 PM
While most in the liberal media are downright ignoring President Obama's attack on religious institutions -- via the mandate that they cover contraceptives in their health insurance plans, even if doing so violates church teaching -- MSNBC's Martin Bashir mentioned the issue in today's "Clear the Air" commentary that closes his eponymous program.
Of course, true to MSNBC form, Bashir ignored…

M-BS-NBC: Martin Bashir Falsely Claims Obama Created 3 Million Private
February 3rd, 2012 5:03 PM
It certainly is no surprise the Obama-loving media are doing a jubilant victory lap over the stronger than expected headline figures in Friday's unemployment report.
Also not at all shocking was MSNBC's Martin Bashir falsely claiming on the show bearing his name Friday, "Under this president over three million private sector jobs have been created" (video follows with transcript and…

Real Time Guest KOs Maher and Bashir: If Brewer Were Dem Pointing Fing
January 28th, 2012 1:56 PM
Reason TV's Kennedy on Friday had a delicious smackdown of HBO's Bill Maher and MSNBC's Martin Bashir.
When Maher and Bashir voiced predictable scorn for Governor Jan Brewer pointing a finger at Barack Obama earlier in the week, Real Time panelist Kennedy correctly observed, "If this were a Democratic governor and a Republican president doing the same thing, the entire panel on your show…

Bashir: ‘Gingrich Lies Repeatedly’ – ‘More People Were Collect
January 24th, 2012 12:06 AM
MSNBC's Martin Bashir spent a good part of his on air time Monday calling Republicans liars as he foolishly confused two extraordinarily simple pieces of economic data thereby making it he that was commiting a falsehood.
After calling Tea Party Express founder Judson Phillips a liar on his 3PM program, Bashir said the same thing about Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on The Ed…

Bashir Calls Tea Party Leader a Liar for Saying More People on Food St
January 23rd, 2012 6:56 PM
UPDATE AT END OF POST: Bashir responds via Twitter.
During a heated exchange with Tea Party Express founder Judson Phillips, MSNBC's Martin Bashir on Monday actually called his guest a liar for correctly saying there are more people on food stamps now than when George W. Bush was president.
This makes two MSNBC anchors in just three days that have made the same completely false claim on the…
MSNBC Continues to Hit Gingrich for Racial 'Code Words
January 23rd, 2012 4:57 PM
The South Carolina primary may be over, but MSNBC anchors are not letting up on their portrayal of Republican primary voters are bigots whose support is being courted by the use of "code words." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
During a promo for her 2 p.m. Eastern show NewsNation, MSNBC anchor Hall falsely accused Gingrich of using incendiary rhetoric on minorities, and claims such words…