Michael Steele Alicia Menendez Symone Sanders Townsend Basil Smikle MSNBC The Weekend 9-7-24

MSNBC's Symone Sanders: 'Kick' Trump, 'Boom! Pop Him in The Shin'

On Saturday's edition of MSNBC's The Weekend, co-host Symone Sanders Townsend made an explicit call for violence against Trump. When MSNBC analyst Basil Smikle suggested that Kamala Harris shouldn't descend into "the gutter" with Trump, Sanders took issue: "Well, sometimes when they go low, you gotta kick 'em. You gotta -- boom! -- pop 'em in the shin real quick. And maybe we will see…

Mark Finkelstein
September 7th, 2024 10:34 PM

Mara Gay's Anti-Conservative, Anti-American Bias Unveiled, Again

Well of course. Here’s the headline from Fox News: "NYT editorial board member says it's 'silly' for journalists to hold Harris and Trump equally accountable." 

Jeffrey Lord
September 7th, 2024 4:00 PM

Nets Hype 'Huge' Harris Endorsements, Ridicule or Ignore Trump's

On Friday, former Vice President Dick Cheney and daughter and former Rep. Liz Cheney endorsed Kamala Harris while the Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Donald Trump. For ABC, NBC, and CBS's Saturday morning shows, the former was a “huge” deal while the latter was portrayed as ironic given Trump’s legal controversies or simply ignored.

Alex Christy
September 7th, 2024 2:00 PM

Gwyneth Paltrow on Hamas: ‘Where Are the Feminists?’

Feminists spent four-plus years speaking out during the Trump administration.

Christian Toto
September 7th, 2024 1:30 PM

Kimmel Asks Swalwell If Ted Cruz Eats Urinal Cakes

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel’s week of liberal guests concluded with Rep. Eric Swalwell as Kimmel asked such thought-provoking questions as “Ted Cruz, like, is he eating the urinal cakes?” For his part, Swalwell saw something sinister in Republicans being nice to him.

Alex Christy
September 7th, 2024 12:00 PM

PBS Desperately Tries To Make Republicans For Harris a Thing

PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett and New York Times columnist David Brooks desperately tried to spin the news that former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Rep. Liz Cheney will be voting for Kamala Harris as some profound, potentially game-changing moment in the campaign.

Alex Christy
September 7th, 2024 9:45 AM

Salena Zito: Walz Put Up Walls to the Local Press in Pennsylvania

In the Washington Examiner, reporter and columnist Salena Zito reported that Democrat vice presidential candidate Tim Walz toured Pennsylvania for photo ops in Lancaster, Moon Township, Fayette County, Pittsburgh and Erie and almost entirely avoided questions from the press. The headline was "Walz’s visit to Pennsylvania was heavy on cream and light on scrutiny."

Tim Graham
September 7th, 2024 7:14 AM

NewsBusters Podcast: Will ABC's Debate Moderators Be Moderate? At All?

The big presidential debate on Tuesday night on ABC News will be moderated by World News Tonight anchor David Muir and their Sunday-night news anchor Linsey Davis. A review of their biased moments suggests they are going to tilt in favor of Kamala Harris making "history." Will they bring up Hunter Biden's guilty plea? Our Geoffrey Dickens joins the show to preview what we might see…

Tim Graham
September 6th, 2024 10:21 PM

Here Are 25 Questions ABC Moderators Should Ask Harris at the Debate

Before Tuesday's night's big presidential debate on ABC, we'd like to list 25 questions that moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis could ask Kamala Harris, since Harris-Walz is arguably the most liberal ticket ever. 

Alex Christy
September 6th, 2024 5:15 PM

CNN's Dana Bash Faces Pro-Palestine Protesters at Book Event in DC

CNN anchor Dana Bash faced intense disruptions at a D.C. bookstore event promoting her new book "America’s Deadliest Election" from pro-Palestine protesters accusing her of complicity in genocide. The demonstrators used highly personal attacks, shouting accusations and revealing her home address. Bash's ordeal underscores her precarious position, balancing her reporting on both antisemitism…

Justine Brooke Murray
September 6th, 2024 4:58 PM

The View: Jeff Walz Is ‘Dumb as Hell,’ ‘Mind Your Own Damn Business!’

Jeff Walz, the estranged brother of Minnesota Democratic Governor and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, made headlines recently by speaking out against his brother and saying he’s voting for former President Trump. Well, the liberal ladies of ABC’s The View had some thoughts about him during Friday’s episode; particularly that he’s “dumb as Hell” and needs to shut his mouth and “…

Nicholas Fondacaro
September 6th, 2024 3:37 PM

ABC/CBS/NBC Led With Hunter Biden's GUILTY Plea -- What Was Left Out?

Hunter Biden’s shocking guilty plea in a California courtroom on Thursday led to a more shocking network-news result. ABC, CBS, and NBC all led their evening newscasts with Hunter’s plea. Between them, the Big Three aired more than eight minutes of coverage. PBS only gave it 54 seconds in a segment mostly about Trump's legal problems.

Tim Graham
September 6th, 2024 2:55 PM

The Evil of Cowardice in Gaza

On Saturday night, the Israeli military made a macabre and horrifying discovery: the slain bodies of six hostages taken by Hamas, including American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin. All six hostages had been shot point-blank in the head some 48-72 hours prior, presumably upon the approach of IDF soldiers; Hamas terrorists chose to murder the hostages they had held in terror tunnels for over 300…

Ben Shapiro
September 6th, 2024 2:29 PM
Jeff Zeleny CNN This Morning 9-6-24

CNN's Zeleny On Whether Biden Should Pardon Hunter: 'Why Not?'

On CNN This Morning,  CNN correspondent Jeff Zeleny, commenting on the question of whether Joe Biden should pardon his son Hunter despite having said on national TV that he would not, says "why not?"

Mark Finkelstein
September 6th, 2024 2:02 PM