MSNBC Touts GOP Guest Who Switched to Democratic Party

On Friday's Velshi and Ruhle show, MSNBC co-hosts Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle gave a forum to frequent MSNBC guest Kurt Bardella -- known for being a Republican who trashes his right-leaning former client Breitbart News -- so that he could discuss his decision to finally officially switch to the Democratic party.      

Brad Wilmouth
December 8th, 2017 5:00 PM

NYT: ‘Stern’ Stand on ‘Hero’ Franken Puts Dems on 'Moral High Ground'

The New York Times is still trying to spin the congressional sex scandals in the Democrats’ direction, as demonstrated in three stories Friday virtually bragging that their stand on Franken will put them on the “unassailable” “high ground” for Campaign 2018. The paper frantically spun for the party of Bill Clinton on a day when a presidential hopeful for 2020 was resigning in disgrace: "Democrats…
Clay Waters
December 8th, 2017 4:38 PM

NBC’s Engel: Palestinian ‘Day of Rage’ About ‘Faith and Justice’

For the third day in a row, NBC’s Today turned to Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Richard Engel to provide the latest Palestinian talking points denouncing President Trump’s decision to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Reporting from the city once again on Friday, Engel warned of an “Israeli crackdown” against violent “day of rage” protests being encouraged by Palestinian…
Kyle Drennen
December 8th, 2017 4:16 PM

Networks Censor Justice Department Investigating Planned Parenthood

Taxpayer-funded Planned Parenthood is under federal investigation after videos exposed its trafficking of aborted baby parts. But Americans wouldn’t know that by watching the broadcast networks.
Katie Yoder
December 8th, 2017 4:04 PM

Patton Oswalt Tells Conan: Trump Is ‘Too Much’ For Comedy

Hypocrites are best known for their practice of hypocrisy. In Hollywood, celebrity is another word for hypocrite. Comedian Patton Oswalt, in his guest appearance on Conan on December 7, discussed with host Conan O’Brien the overuse of President Trump as a catalyst for comedy in Hollywood. Oswalt told O’Brien, “Like having Trump as a comedian … Trump is like, imagine there’s a guy out on the…
Corinne Weaver
December 8th, 2017 3:12 PM

Oops: CNN Botches Date, Importance of Trump/WikiLeaks E-Mail [UPDATED]

With the publication of a Friday afternoon story on The Washington Post’s website, CNN was dealt another embarrassing blow to its credibility thanks to a significant error in the date of a September 2016 e-mail to then-candidate Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and others in their orbit about a WikiLeaks document dump. 
Curtis Houck
December 8th, 2017 2:49 PM

Pathetic: GMA Only Spends Two Seconds on Franken Resignation

If you blinked during ABC’s Good Morning America on Friday, you literally may have missed the morning show’s reporting on the resignation of Minnesota Senator Al Franken. That’s because the coverage of the prominent Democrat stepping down over numerous sexual harassment allegations lasted only two seconds. That’s not exaggeration, a two-second mention of Franken’s name was all the broadcast could…
Kyle Drennen
December 8th, 2017 12:18 PM

Surprise: CBS Calls Out the Hypocrisy of Sanders on Govt Shutdown

You don’t see that very often. The journalists at CBS This Morning on Thursday grilled socialist Senator Bernie Sanders, hitting the progressive over hypocrisy relating to a possible government shutdown. On the issue of Sanders and Al Franken, the co-hosts called him out on his flip flopping.  
Scott Whitlock
December 8th, 2017 12:14 PM

Matthews Implies Trump’s Jerusalem Move Could Cause Another Benghazi

A day after President Trump’s announcement that the United States would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews declared in a “raw” prediction to Politico’s Susan Glasser that the move could lead to another Benghazi attack and thus the deaths of innocent Americans.
Curtis Houck
December 8th, 2017 12:08 PM

Powers: Dems Shouldn’t Stoop to Republicans' ‘Really Low Standard’

After Democrats pressured Minnesota Senator Al Franken to resign yesterday, all of a sudden, the media considers Democrats the party of “morality” and “family values.” On Thursday's CNN Tonight With Don Lemon, liberal CNN political analyst Kirsten Powers battled conservative CNN political commentator Scott Jennings over this notion, with Powers staunchly insisting that Democrats had no…

Kristine Marsh
December 8th, 2017 11:24 AM

Steyer Tells CNBC Americans 'Absolutely Love' His Impeachment Call

Billionaire activist Tom Steyer is so left-wing, even Democrats have criticized his impeachment push. But rather than back down, Steyer pressed on, and insisted the “American people absolutely love” his impeachment campaign. “[W]hat you see is a bunch of people from inside Washington D.C. who find this threatening, but the American people absolutely love it,” Steyer said.
Aly Nielsen
December 8th, 2017 11:19 AM

Media: Trump Worse Than Bin Laden, Talks Like Charles Manson

Liberal reporters and hosts are closing out the year with a bang, spending the last month damning Donald Trump as an “unhinged” “sociopathic” mental case who was comparable to Charles Manson and Osama Bin Laden. Celebrities also raged against Trump as Netflix host Chelsea Handler hoped to see Trump in handcuffs” and Hunger Games movie star Jennifer Lawrence boasted if she ever met the…

Geoffrey Dickens
December 8th, 2017 10:04 AM

Nets Say Don’t ‘Stop’ Birth Control After New Link to Breast Cancer

Network health experts reported on a finding that contraception was associated with a 20% increased risk of breast cancer – by reassuring women that they needn’t stop their birth control. On Wednesday night, a study out of Denmark broke headlines for finding that the “risk of breast cancer was higher among women who currently or recently used contemporary hormonal contraceptives” than women who…
Katie Yoder
December 8th, 2017 9:36 AM

'Morning Joe' Regular Fired by Morgan Stanley in Harassment Probe

Former Democratic congressman and MSNBC Morning Joe regular Harold Ford Jr. has been fired for misconduct by Morgan Stanley after facing a human resources investigation. “He has been terminated for conduct inconsistent with our values and in violation of our policies,” a spokeswoman for Morgan Stanley told Huffington Post in an email.
Tim Graham
December 8th, 2017 7:14 AM