Thomas Roberts
MSNBC's Roberts Worries About 'License to Bully' in Michigan
November 9th, 2011 12:54 PM
A religious exemption in anti-bullying legislation that's meant to prevent students and teachers from being punished for simply expressing their religious beliefs about homosexuality is a "license to bully" in the eyes of MSNBC.
Openly-gay anchor Thomas Roberts brought on Michigan state senator Gretchen Whitmer (D) to bash the Republican-controlled state senate for passing SB 0137, "Matt's…
MSNBC's Roberts Marks 'Super Tuesday' by Boosting Unions, Bashing Miss
November 8th, 2011 1:09 PM
“There are several battles that are playing out across this country” today, MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts noted as he opened the 11 a.m. Eastern hour of live coverage on what the network is calling this year's "Super Tuesday."
Roberts quickly established that he and his network were in the trenches with liberals on every one of those "battles":
MSNBC Contributor Compares Miss. Personhood Amendment to Jim Crow-Era
October 27th, 2011 12:43 PM
Appearing on the 11 a.m. Eastern hour of MSNBC Live today, Nation magazine columnist and MSNBC contributor Melissa Harris-Perry cynically invoked the legacy of Jim Crow laws to blast a proposed constitutional amendment in Mississippi that would extend due process protections to unborn children.
MSNBC Raises Fear of 'Electoral Genocide' of S.C. Blacks for Second Da
October 21st, 2011 4:07 PM
For the second day in a row, an MSNBC anchor raised a liberal Democrat's claim that South Carolina's new voter ID law would be "electoral genocide" that disenfranchises thousands of black voters in the Palmetto State.
Daytime anchor Thomas Roberts made note of the alarmist statement by South Carolina Democratic Party chairman Dick Harpootlian in an interview about the photo ID law in the 11 a…
MSNBC Features Activist Insisting That Preaching Against Homosexuality
October 4th, 2011 1:15 PM
Preaching that homosexuality is a sin is "bullying" and akin to "child molestation" and must be stopped, argued Mitchell Gold of Faith in America on today's "MSNBC Live" hosted by Thomas Roberts.
For his part, openly gay host Roberts failed to question Gold's assertion or to hold out that Gold's view may at best border on anti-religious bigotry (emphasis mine; video courtesy of MRCTV's Bob…
MSNBC Uses Liberal Green Jobs Activist to Blame Solyndra on George W
September 24th, 2011 5:00 PM
The lengths MSNBC will go to deflect blame from President Obama for anything bad that can be tied to his administration is simply amazing.
On Friday, a liberal green jobs activist was brought on "MSNBC Live" to falsely accuse former President George W. Bush of making that ill-advised loan to failed solar company Solyndra (video follows with transcript and commentary):
MSNBC's Thomas Roberts: GOP Wants to Go Back to When No Women Voted
September 23rd, 2011 2:57 PM
Openly gay MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts is aggressively using his daily soapbox for gay activism. On Friday morning, Roberts was outraged with the rest of the left that the Republican candidates did not denounce the boos after openly gay soldier Thomas Hill asked on video if the Republicans would "circumvent the progress that has been made" for gays if elected. [Audio available here.]
No one…
MSNBC Raises Fears of Looming Govt. Shutdown, Blames Conservatives for
September 22nd, 2011 12:41 PM
A new poll is out showing a majority of Americans blame Barack Obama for the poor state of the U.S. economy.
It's no surprise, then, that MSNBC is hard at work trying to turn the public's fire on GOP-run House. [video embedded below page break]
MSNBC's Thomas Roberts: GOP Opposition to Govt. Spending an 'Act of Tr
August 9th, 2011 1:15 PM
MSNBC's Thomas Roberts implied Tuesday that members of Congress who oppose efforts to inject more government spending into the economy, as President Barack Obama proposed recently, are committing an "act of treason."
"Why don't people look at that as an act of treason?" the daytime anchor asked the Washington Post's Ezra Klein, who shrugged off the accusation.
"I don't think what happens is…
MSNBC Misrepresents US News Article on Same-Sex Marriage
August 5th, 2011 3:43 PM
MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts harangued Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage on today's "MSNBC Live". "Why do you feel [gays] are less than you and don't deserve equal rights?" asked Roberts.
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Time Magazine's Scherer Insists: Obama Has a Plan
July 29th, 2011 7:45 PM
Appearing on MSNBC this afternoon, Time Magazine's Michael Scherer set out to debunk a non-existent Republican red herring on the debt ceiling debate on Friday's News Nation. "The President has been negotiating behind the scenes, has put forward a number of proposals and he's gone public with the outlines of a proposal he is willing to accept," said Scherer.
MRC’s Notable Quotables: Special Drowning in Debt Edition
July 25th, 2011 11:07 AM
This week’s Notable Quotables, MRC’s bi-weekly newsletter documenting the most outrageous quotes in the liberal media, showcases the media’s slanted coverage of the debt ceiling debate. Over the past two weeks, network reporters touted Barack Obama as “the debt slayer,” impugned the “cut, cap and balance” option as “just wasting time,” smeared Republicans as “hostage-takers” and said they were…
MSNBC's Thomas Roberts: A GOP President Would 'Extinguish' Gays
July 22nd, 2011 12:48 PM
Following the media's relentless coverage of the Bachmann clinic and their semi-humorous insinuations that Marcus Bachmann might be gay, MSNBC's Thomas Roberts, who is himself openly gay, told viewers today the Republican presidential contender would try to wipe out gays and lesbians.
"But you will replace [Obama] with a person who would extinguish you," Roberts protested Friday morning to…
MSNBC Anchors Promote Disingenuous Democratic Ad Butchering Reagan's D
July 20th, 2011 6:17 PM
At least five MSNBC anchors since Tuesday have promoted a cherry-picked House Democratic Caucus video that distorts President Ronald Reagan's position on the debt ceiling, inaccurately asserting that President Barack Obama is more in line with Reagan than the Republicans.
If any of the anchors had played the entirety of Reagan's 1987 radio address, instead of giving free air time to the…