Eddie Glaude Mike Barnicle Mika Brzezinski Joe Scarborough 12-18-24

Scarborough Desperately Clings to Wisconsin to Downplay Trump Win

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough repeatedly cites the election results in Wisconsin to downplay the scope of Trump's win.  He doesn't mention that Trump flipped  the state after having lost it in 2020. Scarborough also buries the fact that the electorate shifted right in all 50 states, and in 89% of counties.

Mark Finkelstein
December 18th, 2024 9:01 AM

Column: ABC's Payment to Trump Creates 'Chilling Effect'

After ABC News settled with Donald Trump for $16 million over George Stephanopoulos incessantly lying about Trump being held “liable for rape,” the hot concept in media panic was the “chilling effect.” Both the Democrats and their media enablers can’t imagine that people see them as the Freeze Police of the chilling effect. They’re constantly trying to intimidate people from speaking in Trump’…

Tim Graham
December 18th, 2024 6:00 AM

The Networks Struggle to Cover Motive Behind Madison School Shooting

At this stage, the motive of the Madison school shooter seems pretty clear, but the network news seems hesitant to report what it is. Of course, this generally means that the motive is inconvenient to prevailing leftwing narratives or identity politics. This case is not the exception.

Jorge Bonilla
December 18th, 2024 12:34 AM

PBS Mourns as AOC Is Annihilated in House Oversight Committee Vote

The DOGE chainsaw won’t officially rumble to life for another 34 days, but one of its potential targets insists on calling attention to itself. The Public Broadcasting System (PBS), although taxpayer-funded, insists on pretending it is MSNBC as it covers House Democrat committee chair races.

Jorge Bonilla
December 17th, 2024 11:10 PM

CNN Sets Up Democrat Congressman to Trash NRA After School Shooting

On Tuesday's CNN This Morning, host Kasie Hunt gave no pushback as Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX) called for more gun control in the aftermath of the Wisconsin school shooting as he also complained about opposition from the NRA.

Brad Wilmouth
December 17th, 2024 10:32 PM

Good Move, Comcast: MSNBC Fell Behind NewsNation in Saturday Beatdown

As per new Nielsen Media Research data from this weekend, MSNBC’s precipitous ratings decline hit a new low when the 28-year-old network has fallen behind NewsNation, which has only been around three years and added around-the-clock news programming on June 1. On Saturday, NewsNation topped MSNBC in the key 25-54 demographic for a total of six hours with the noon Eastern hour and then from 2:…

Curtis Houck
December 17th, 2024 5:42 PM
Tim Ryan Mika Brzezinski Joe Scarborough MSNBC Morning Joe 12-17-24

Bernie Sanders Kvetching About Billionaires? No, It's Joe Scarborough

Joe Scarborough is frustrated by the Democrats having lost Ohio to the Republicans, despite low household income in Ohio, and yet voters supporting a Republican government "of, by, and for" billionaires.  If you just read the transcript, you might have thought it was Bernie Sanders, the socialist senator from Vermont, not Scarborough.

Mark Finkelstein
December 17th, 2024 5:27 PM

Won’t Let Go? TikTok Hit with Latest Defeat Amid Impending Deadline

Communist Chinese government-tied TikTok just lost yet another frantic appeal to halt federal legislation that could kill its American market success.

Catherine Salgado
December 17th, 2024 4:06 PM

San Fran Hires Fat Activist to Promote ‘Weight Neutrality’?

A pro-fat activist has reportedly been hired by San Francisco’s Health Department to help promote “weight neutrality” and discourage stigmatization of those who are obese.
Craig Bannister
December 17th, 2024 3:44 PM

CNN’s Bash Takes Issue With Trump Saying People Want to Be His Friend

CNN host Dana Bash put her pettiness on full display during Tuesday’s Inside Politics as she took issue with President-elect Trump quipping about how “In the first term, everybody was fighting me. In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.” While the rest of her panel of liberal journalists were able to admit things were “going his way,” Bash felt the need to fact-check what she…

Nicholas Fondacaro
December 17th, 2024 3:03 PM

CNN’s Abby Phillip Tries to Dunk On Covid Skeptics, Fails Badly

Part of the reason that there is a crisis of confidence in the media is because of the sense of absolute moral certitude with which they look down upon anyone who strays from the preordained consensus, even as they themselves spit out active disinformation. As CNN’s Abby Phillip demonstrates, sometimes these efforts fail hilariously.

Jorge Bonilla
December 17th, 2024 12:23 PM

NYT Heads Into Battle Vs Trump With Radical 'Youth Climate Activists'

The New York Times huddled with the leftist “youth climate movement” as they girded for battle against Trump II, in a so-called news story that appeared in Thursday’s paper: “As Teens, They Fought Trump on Climate. Now What?” by Austyn Gaffney, who has previously written freelance for Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and Grist, three left-wing publications.

Clay Waters
December 17th, 2024 12:12 PM

Madison Police Chief Refuses to Even Consider Transgender Question Regarding School Shooting

After evading and obfuscating for much of the day, Madison, Wisc. Police Chief Shon Barnes finally revealed the identity of the suspected shooter found dead inside a private Christian school on Monday. While there is currently no evidence suggesting that the suspect is transgender, Chief Barnes said that he won’t even consider whether gender status or ideology was a factor.
Craig Bannister
December 17th, 2024 10:54 AM

CNN Spent 56 Mins Touting ‘Exclusive’ Report of Fake Syrian Prisoner

Starting with Wednesday’s The Lead and continuing through Saturday night, CNN gave a massive 56 minutes (56:29) to repeated airings and subsequent fawnings over a supposed exclusive trip inside a Damascus, Syria prison by chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward that resulted in what they billed as the discovery and release of someone who insisted he had been stuck inside a…

Curtis Houck
December 17th, 2024 9:26 AM