Media Hypocrites Preach Unity Now But Blasted Trump’s 2016 Win
You don’t have to watch very much TV news these days to get the basic plot: President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, it’s improper for him to challenge the result, and we all must unify around President-elect Joe Biden. That’s not exactly how many journalists reacted four years ago. Here’s a quick flashback to how the media that today tout unity and acceptance dealt with President-elect…
EVIL: Joy Reid Accuses GOP of Wanting to See People Die from COVID
On Tuesday’s ReidOut, MSNBC host Joy Reid went full Ed Schultz, accusing Republicans of “bolt[ing] the door” shut in a burning house, purposefully trapping Americans as the coronavirus rages and see no problem with any and all Americans who die as a result of it. And if the venomous rhetoric wasn’t enough, Reid demanded Americans spend the holidays in crippling mental isolation (or…
WHAT?! CNN and MSNBC Blame Trump for Violence at Million MAGA March
Donald Trump’s supporters turned out to peacefully show their support for the President on Sunday, but were viciously attacked by pro-Joe Biden counter-protestors from ANTIFA/BLM. So who did CNN and MSNBC blame for these attacks? Donald Trump, of course.
Mika Nudges Guest to Urge Facebook to Censor More Conservatives
On Morning Joe, playing off Barack Obama's 60 Minutes interview in which he blamed social media in part for "truth decay," Mika and The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg bemoaned social media's supposedly insufficient censoring of conservatives. Mika Brzezinski and Goldberg fretted that conservatives being left "unchecked" leads to " serious problems."
MSNBC Asks Obama Official: How Can Biden Combat Right-Wing Media Bias?
On Monday, MSNBC Live host Hallie Jackson gushed over Obama’s warning about right-wing media with one of his former press secretaries, Robert Gibbs at the end of the 10am EST hour.
Brian Williams Frets Trump Voters are 'Tyranny-Curious'
On Friday's The 11th Hour, MSNBC host Brian Williams devoted a segment to comparing President Donald Trump to authoritarians, and suggested that millions of Americans who voted for him are "tyranny-curious." He also picked up on a tweet by NBC News historian Michael Beschloss to muse over what it might be like if President Trump were forcibly removed from the White House by the…
MSNBC Lets Guest Rant Over MAGA Rally, 'Hope They Get Frostbite'
On Saturday's AM Joy show, the MSNBC show gave frequent guest and The Nation correspondent Elie Mystal a forum to spew hate for Donald Trump supporters holding a rally in Washington, D.C., as he declared that "I hope they get frostbite," and, invoking Jane Goodall, vaguely likened them to gorillas.
MSNBC Host Fantasizes: Trump 'Dragged' Out Like 'Cops' Show
Guest-hosting MSNBC's AM Joy show, Tiffany Cross fantasizes about President Trump refusing to leave the White House and being "dragged out on the White House lawn like a 1980s 'Cops' episode."
Mitchell Laments False 'Socialist Memes' Harming Democrats
In trying to explain why Democrats failed to take back the Senate, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell concluded that it was because of false socialist memes, which is not fair because they were mostly not true.
Irony Alert: Reid, Schiff Bemoan Future Biden Investigations by GOP
Thursday’s The ReidOut was an exercise in irony for MSNBC viewers, thanks to hilarious lamentations from host Joy Reid and Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) (a man she dubbed a modern-day Thaddeus Stevens) that congressional Republicans will spend the next four years investigating President-elect Joe Biden and his family.
Petulant Joe Ignores Truth on 2016, Attacks ‘Rotten' GOP Babies
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough is getting pretty sick of Republicans questioning the results of the 2020 election. So sick, in fact, that he bothered to interrupt his Republican-bashing rants to make a false comparison to the 2016 election, complete with footage, to remind everyone that the Democrats were such good sports four years ago.
No One Invited You, Joe: Scarborough Not Coming Back to GOP
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says he's often asked whether he will now become a Republican again. He responds: "why the hell" would I? carborough couched his answer in a condemnation of President Trump for declining to concede to Joe Biden and make daily intel briefings available to him. But given that Scarborough firmly believes that Trump will be leaving office on January 20th, his…
MSNBC’s Tur Eager for Economy-Killing Climate Regulation
On her 2:00 p.m. ET hour show on Thursday, MSNBC anchor and left-wing climate change activist Katy Tur was salivating over the incoming Biden administration’s plans to implement economy-killing climate regulations by executive fiat. She lead off the segment by hailing: “Four years of climate change denial will come to an end on January 20th when President-Elect Joe Biden takes office.”
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THRILLS and TINGLES: Media’s Long History of Adoring Barack Obama
Before they despised Donald Trump, the liberal media adored Barack Obama. From the moment then-state senator Barack Obama showed up on the national stage to address the Democratic convention in 2004, the news media were in love. When Obama ran for President four years later, news reporters led the cheers. And as President, reporters touted his “prodigious talents,” his “amazing legislative…
