'You Don't Tug on Superman's Cape': MSNBC Panelists Worship Mueller

On Tuesday, the Robert Mueller devotees on MSNBC’s Morning Joe broke out the pom-poms for their champion, gleefully speculating about the various ways in which the Special Counsel could ruin ex-Trump campaign operative Sam Nunberg.
Bill D'Agostino
March 6th, 2018 11:51 AM

CBS Urges Oprah to Run Against Trump: You ‘Heal and Connect People!'

CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King on Tuesday urged her best friend Oprah Winfrey to run against Donald Trump in 2020. King even absurdly insisted she could stay on at CBS and cover the race “impartially.” The co-host, it turns out, has been lobbying her friend to run for months. On the show, King pleaded, “But I also think you have a unique ability in terms of healing and connecting all people…
Scott Whitlock
March 6th, 2018 11:50 AM

ABC Allows Chelsea Clinton to be #MeToo Advocate, No Mention of Bill

Appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America on Tuesday to promote her new children’s book, Chelsea Clinton was treated to predictable fawning coverage. However, what made the softball segment particularly galling was the tone-deaf manner in which co-host Robin Roberts teed up the former first daughter to voice support for the #MeToo movement while not bothering to mention Bill Clinton’s treatment of…
Kyle Drennen
March 6th, 2018 11:31 AM

CNN Drooling Over Texas Democratic Senate Candidate

Tuesday's edition of CNN's New Day featured a report very sympathetic to Texas Democratic Senate Candidate Beto O'Rourke, who hopes to unseat incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz during this year's midterm election.
Ryan Foley
March 6th, 2018 10:34 AM

Colbert Practically Begs Chelsea Clinton to Curse at President Trump

Chelsea Clinton is making the media rounds promoting her new feminist children’s book, She Persisted Around the World, and made a stop at CBS’s The Late Show early morning, March 6 to talk about it. But as is typical for anti-Trump host Stephen Colbert, his interview questions focused heavily on his hatred for the president. Colbert practically begged the former first daughter to curse at…
Kristine Marsh
March 6th, 2018 10:09 AM

TV vs. Trump in '18: Lots of Russia, and 91% Negative Coverage (Again)

A Media Research Center analysis of the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts in January and February found ten times more negative comments (91%) about the President than positive statements (just 9%). Out of 851 total minutes of airtime devoted to the administration, the networks spent almost one-fourth of it (204 minutes, or 24%) on the Russia investigation, eclipsing other major topics such as…
Rich Noyes
March 6th, 2018 8:40 AM

Meacham Invokes KKK, George Wallace While Discussing 'Trumpism'

As historian and MSNBC contributor Jon Meacham appeared as a guest on Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, he repeatedly made references to racist public figures or groups from history like George Wallace and the KKK as he discussed modern-day political battles and President Donald Trump. At one point, he lectured about American history: "But the forces the President embodies -- and the…
Brad Wilmouth
March 6th, 2018 4:48 AM

‘I Have Smelled Alcohol’: CNN’s Burnett Questions Nunberg’s Sobriety

The largest media spectacle on Monday, by far, was former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg’s rapid meltdown as he furiously jumped from cable news show to cable news show to taunt Special Counsel Robert Mueller for issuing him a subpoena. And in the midst of his whirlwind afternoon and evening, concerns from his friends began to surface questioning his mental state. It all came to a head on CNN’s…
Nicholas Fondacaro
March 5th, 2018 11:55 PM

Nets Go Gaga for Wild Nunberg Speculation About Trump Collusion

Monday was marked by the rolling train wreck that was former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg’s seemingly non-stop appearances on cable news shows taunting Special Counsel Robert Mueller for subpoenaing him. During his wild interviews (which lasted from mid-afternoon into the night), Nunberg made numerous suggestions that federal investigators may have a case against President Trump. And that was…
Nicholas Fondacaro
March 5th, 2018 9:23 PM

PolitiFact: Abortion as Killing Babies Is a 'Disputed' Fact!

GOP congressional candidate Jason Isaac declared in a League of Women Voters guide: "I will work to end abortion, which is the leading cause of death for black Americans and kills as many as 1,000 black children every day." PolitiFact ruled it was "Mostly False." PolitiFact Texas analyst W. Gardner Selby can’t agree that abortion kills a human baby: “it’s worth noting for starters that Isaac’s…
Tim Graham
March 5th, 2018 8:40 PM

MSNBC: FNC Viewers Will 'Thankfully Die Off,' Chicago Code for 'Black'

On Sunday's AM Joy, during a discussion of recent mass shootings and gun control, host Joy Reid set up frequent guest Kurt Bardella to cheer for the deaths of Fox News viewers as host Reid described the "world view" advanced by conservative media as being "crusty" and "creepy." The MSNBC host also fretted over the tendency of Republicans to bring up the high homicide rate in Chicago during…

Brad Wilmouth
March 5th, 2018 8:18 PM

Sporting News: Conservative Will Cain Carries Voice

Have you noticed the lone voice standing out from the herd of sports media's progressively bleating sheep? It belongs to the host of the Will Cain Show, which launched Jan. 2 on ESPN Radio and ESPNEWS (3-6 p.m. ET). In an interview with The Sporting News, Michael McCarthy characterized Cain as "outspoken" because he's conservative and fearless in opposing the social justice warriors who dominate…
Jay Maxson
March 5th, 2018 7:28 PM

Tapper Breaks Through Media Blackout, Covers Farrakhan Controversy

After offering a slew of tweets about the mounting evidence of anti-Semitic and anti-gay comments by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, CNN’s Jake Tapper broke with the rest of his establishment media colleagues on Monday by spending nearly three minutes during The Lead.
Curtis Houck
March 5th, 2018 6:41 PM

MSNBC Host to DNC Chair: Should Dems Demand Trump Impeachment?

In a softball interview with Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez on Monday afternoon, MSNBC anchor Kasie Hunt asked if the Democratic Party should make the impeachment of President Trump part of its platform. She also invited the liberal leader to wildly speculate on whether Trump was guilty of colluding with Russia during the 2016 campaign.
Kyle Drennen
March 5th, 2018 6:03 PM