Elise Jordan MSNBC Morning Joe 12-16-24

Morning Joe: 'Retrograde' Hegseth Would Take Military Back to Crusades

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says that Pete Hegseth's views on women in the military would take us back to the 11th century. Calling him a "retrograde throwback," MSNBC Republican Elise Jordan says his views would take us back to "the Crusades."

Mark Finkelstein
December 16th, 2024 12:05 PM

ABC, CBS Ignore Trump Winning $16 Million in Defamation Settlement

Over the weekend, news broke that President-elect Trump reached a settlement with ABC News and other linked entities in the defamation suit he brought against the network. As NewsBusters previously reported, the settlement went unmentioned during Stephanopoulos’s Sunday show, but further, it was not mentioned on any ABC News program through Monday’s Good Morning America. The…

Nicholas Fondacaro
December 16th, 2024 12:01 PM

Why Would CBS Sports Minimize Pro-Trump Crowd at the Army-Navy Game?

CBS Sports broadcast the Army-Navy game on Saturday, but as often happens, when Donald Trump attends and is warmly welcomed, you're not going to see it during the actual game. On Sunday's MediaBuzz on Fox, Clay Travis of Outkick lamented that CBS put Trump on for four seconds. 

Tim Graham
December 16th, 2024 11:58 AM

ICYMI: CNN Lectures Jennings, Defends Biden Record on Border, Economy

Thursday’s CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip — perhaps the most toxic show on television after ABC’s The View — beclowned itself with an opening block of host Abby Phillip, CNN political commentator Bakari Sellers, and the cartoonishly faux journalist Catherine Rampell of The Washington Post lectured former GOP Senate candidate Jeff Bartos and the great Scott Jennings with claims about…

Curtis Houck
December 16th, 2024 11:56 AM

The Devil’s Logic in the UnitedHealthCare Murder Suspect

This week, a deranged 26-year-old anti-capitalist allegedly shot to death the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, on the streets of New York. The alleged shooter carried a manifesto with him, decrying the nature of America’s health care system: “Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming.” The manifesto claimed that America spends more than any other country on health care, and yet “we…

Ben Shapiro
December 16th, 2024 9:53 AM

GOOD RIDDANCE: Jorge Ramos Signs Off (For Now)

Today, upon signing off of his eponymous weekly public affairs show, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos officially departed the broadcast airwaves. At least for now. And our political discourse, particularly within the Hispanic community, is vastly better off for it.

Jorge Bonilla
December 15th, 2024 7:15 PM

Welker, Sanders Continue Bothsidesing Murder of United HealthCare CEO

NBC’s Meet the Depressed pulled off an interesting feat today, wrapping a justification of the murder of the CEO of United HealthCare into an attempted cleanup of the previous justification that ran on NBC air time.

Jorge Bonilla
December 15th, 2024 5:03 PM

'Non-Binary' Google Ad Star Mocks Women For Wanting Their Own Bathroom

The blog criticizes Google Shopping's Christmas ad featuring non-binary influencer Cyrus Veyssi, who receives backlash for his views on transgender rights and bathrooms. Veyssi, associated with Amazon Prime's "Influenced," dismisses concerns about women's safety, citing studies on trans individuals' use of restrooms. The blog accuses him of spreading misinformation, referencing controversial…

Justine Brooke Murray
December 15th, 2024 4:19 PM

Post-Settlement Stephanopoulos: Defanged But Still Venomous

The immediate aftermath of ABC’s defamation settlement with President-Elect Donald Trump coincided with George Stephanopoulos’s scheduled turn to host ABC This Week. Stephanopoulos’s presentation was cosmetically muted, but unchanged in terms of bilious bias and disregard for facts.

Jorge Bonilla
December 15th, 2024 3:26 PM

Recalling Media Hostility for Bill Buckley & Conservative Movement

For decades, the liberal media establishment showed open hostility toward conservative powerhouse William F. Buckley, as well as for the broader conservative movement he helped launch.

Rich Noyes
December 15th, 2024 10:01 AM

Don Lemon Uncorks TikTok Tantrum Over Trump as 'Person of the Year'

Former CNN host Don Lemon insulted Time magazine as a "joke" after revealing President-elect Donald Trump as their Person of the Year. They could have done it to someone who actually stood for democracy, who stands for democracy in the country....You have someone on the cover of your magazine who is an adjudicated assaulter."

Tim Graham
December 15th, 2024 8:59 AM
Micchael Steele Alicia Menendez Symone Sanders Julian Castro Kimberly Atkins Stohr MSNBC The Weekend 12-14-24

MSNBC Clamors For 'Smart and Fiery' AOC to Lead House Oversight Dems

On Saturday's edition of MSNBC's The Weekend, the three co-hosts and two guests all expressed support for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to supplant Gerry Connolly as the ranking minority member on the House Oversight Committee. Julian Castro hailed AOC's "fighting spirit." Michael Steele and Symone Sanders took some not-so-subtle shots at Nancy Pelosi for her support of Connolly. 

Mark Finkelstein
December 15th, 2024 6:25 AM

Politico's Biggest Trump Hater Warns Against Patel FBI Appointment

Politico allowed their senior staff writer Ankush Khardori to reveal again his loathing of Trump in an article titled "You Should Worry About Kash Patel Running the FBI." He claimed Patel "calls to mind the specter of J. Edgar Hoover, the infamous FBI director whose nearly 50-year stint running the agency until 1972 was marked by egregious abuses of power."

P.J. Gladnick
December 15th, 2024 5:23 AM

ABC Settles With Trump, to Pay $15 Million Towards Future Library

ABC News and President-elect Donald Trump reached a $15 million settlement on Saturday after This Week host George Stephanopoulos falsely accused Trump of being found "liable for rape" in the E. Jean Carroll case. 

Alex Christy
December 14th, 2024 6:30 PM