Cuomo Wonders If Capitol Attack Is 'End for This Country,' Walks Back

Taking a break from the Senate speeches after the seditious attack on the Capitol building Wednesday, CNN's PrimeTime host Chris Cuomo openly wondered if the day’s chaos may “mark a beginning or an end for this country.” Some time went by before he eventually walked it back, but not before he received surprising push back from another liberal journalist.

Nicholas Fondacaro
January 6th, 2021 10:42 PM

Reid Goes on Hateful Rants Against Police, Comparing GOP to al-Qaeda

When it comes to liberals and progressives, this is what hate in their heart looks like. Early Wednesday evening amidst the acts of sedition and violence, MSNBC’s ReidOut host Joy Reid went on two rants that served as early entries into our year-end Notable Quotables package. Over the course of nearly nine minutes, she insisted police officers are almost exclusively concerned about…

Curtis Houck
January 6th, 2021 10:42 PM

CBS Tells McCarthy to Join Rioters, Ignored Bomb Planted at RNC

Wednesday saw disgusting acts of sedition and insurrection from radical elements of the far-right as Trump supporters launched an assault on the Capitol, breaching its halls and offices. The acts were roundly and justly condemned by most sound people on the right, both from lawmakers and right-wing media figures. But CBS Evening News wasn’t having it. Instead, they ignored those…

Nicholas Fondacaro
January 6th, 2021 9:07 PM

Brent Bozell on Fox Business: Capitol Riot Did 'Tremendous Damage'

MRC founder and president Brent Bozell appeared on The Evening Edit on Wednesday night to discuss the rioting inside the Capitol. Bozell said he strongly sympathized with Americans who feel the presidential election was stolen, in part because the anti-Biden news and views were censored in social media. But he said today's rioters have ruined what began as a nonviolent protest: "one…

NB Staff
January 6th, 2021 8:25 PM

NEW NewsBusters Podcast: Putting Angel Wings on Rev. Warnock

In this week's edifying episode of the NewsBusters Podcast, Executive Editor Tim Graham explains how the national newspapers and networks haven't so much covered Senate candidate Raphael Warnock as covered up for him. They only wanted voters to know he was the second coming of Martin Luther King, Jr, and he was "no radical." 

NB Staff
January 6th, 2021 6:40 PM

Disgusting: Todd Trashes ‘Empty’ GOP ‘Rhetoric’ Denouncing Violence

Wednesday afternoon during live coverage of the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol, NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd took a ghoulish victory lap of sorts, discarding any and all conservative and Republican denunciations of the Capitol violence as “a lot of empty rhetoric” and “empty concern” that, in his mind, means absolutely nothing.

Curtis Houck
January 6th, 2021 5:47 PM

Twitter Suspends Trump As He Calls for ‘Peace’

President Donald Trump’s call for order was restricted by Twitter, as chaos erupted in the nation’s capital.

Alexander Hall
January 6th, 2021 5:37 PM
Carron J. Phillips

Deadspin Slaps NFL For Being AWOL From Political Activism In Georgia

In a blog filed under the tag of “racial justice,” Deadspin’s Carron J. Phillips torched the National Football League for not getting more deeply involved in Tuesday’s Georgia Senate elections. He writes that too many of the league’s owners are in bed with the Republican Party, which is threatening America’s democracy.

Jay Maxson
January 6th, 2021 5:30 PM

'View’ Explodes On McCain After She Presses Warnock on Dem Extremism

Wednesday marks the third day in a row of shocking blowups on The View.

Kristine Marsh
January 6th, 2021 1:49 PM
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Sharpton: Georgia Result Shows USA Not Going Back to 'Legal Apartheid'

On Morning Joe, asked by Joe Scarborough to comment on the meaning of Georgia having voted "to elect America’s first black Vice-president in November, and . . . the Democratic party’s first black senator after four years of Donald Trump," Sharpton responded: "It means that this country has really come back unto showing that we’re not going backwards to the days of legal apartheid or…

Mark Finkelstein
January 6th, 2021 1:32 PM

WashPost’s Milbank Pushes Harebrained Smear Against Trump Budget Chief

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank published a babbling op-ed smearing Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought.

Joseph Vazquez
January 6th, 2021 1:04 PM
Gayle King and Raphael Warnock

Nets Hail Radical Warnock Win: ‘Political Earthquake,’ ‘Spirit’ of MLK

On Wednesday, anchors on all three network morning shows couldn’t contain their joy over radical left-wing Democrat Raphael Warnock winning Tuesday’s Georgia Senate runoff, with each broadcast treating him to a fawning softball interview. Rather than press him on his history of incendiary comments, scandals, or far-left ideology, the hosts gushed over the Atlanta reverend’s victory being a “…

Kyle Drennen
January 6th, 2021 12:54 PM

Top Tech Writer Already Assuming Trump Will Be Kicked Off Twitter

The left’s hatred of President Donald Trump truly knows no bounds. 

Recode co-founder and New York Times contributor Kara Swisher is rejoicing in her assumption that Trump will be removed from Twitter. 

Kayla Sargent
January 6th, 2021 12:49 PM

So Much Healing: Bette Midler Takes Last Shot at Trump ‘Dimwits’

Ah, the glamour, grace and charm of Hollywood royalty … if you see any, share it. In the meantime, there’s this reminder from once-relevant actress and singer Bette Midler that your betters on the cultural heights hate you.

 

Matt Philbin
January 6th, 2021 12:38 PM