MSNBC: Republicans Are 'Jerks,' Ruining Legacies of Public Servants

November 15th, 2019 7:20 PM
If Democrats and their allies in the media are trying to convince the country that the current impeachment proceedings are  not a farce, MSNBC's Friday impeachment pre-game show did not help in advancing that goal. According to the assembled cast of journalists and commentators, Republicans were "jerks" who were destroying the legacies of their family members who worked for past Democrat…
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Media Mimic Pelosi: Trump Made Watergate 'Look Almost Small'

November 15th, 2019 6:16 PM
As NewsBusters has previously reported, the evening newscasts gleefully reported on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s use of the word “bribery” to describe President Trump’s actions during his phone call with the President of Ukraine. Throughout the day on Thursday, cable news personalities also parroted Pelosi's talking point suggesting that the President’s actions “make what Nixon did look almost…
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Matthews: It’s Like the McCarthy Hearings! Trump Wants ‘Violence!'

November 15th, 2019 12:36 PM
MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Friday alternated between seeing a call for “violent” acts from the President and linking the whole thing to the McCarthy hearings (with Donald Trump in the role of Joe McCarthy). Regarding Donald Trump’s tweets during the impeachment hearings about former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, the Hardball host saw “the language of violence.” 
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'MSNBC Republican' Jordan: Republicans Know Trump Is a 'Scumbag'

November 15th, 2019 9:58 AM
When it comes to trashing President Trump, there's nothing nastier than an "MSNBC Republican"--the ilk whose livelihood depends on dishing out a dependable stream of bile about the president. On today's Morning Joe, MSNBC Republican Elise Jordan did her best to promote her job security. After Joe Scarborough claimed that, behind the scenes, Republican elected officials all hate Trump, and…
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Katy Tur Invites Analyst to Find GOP 'Responsible' for Gun Deaths

November 15th, 2019 7:42 AM
On Thursday afternoon, within a couple of hours of covering the school shooting in Santa Clarita, California, MSNBC journalists were predictably suggesting Republicans were to blame for the deaths as analysts and several Democratic guests pined for more gun control. At one point, host Katy Tur invited MSNBC law enforcement analyst Jim Cavanaugh to blame Republican Senators for gun deaths because…
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Huh? MSNBC Guest: Fox Impeachment Coverage Was 'Blasphemous'

November 14th, 2019 5:55 PM
Perhaps the only thing more off putting than swooning over politicians is the swooning over bureaucrats, but that is exactly where MSNBC Live went on Thursday in recapping Wednesday's impeachment proceedings and Fox News' reaction to it. In defending the honor of the civil service, former spokeswoman for the Treasury Department and Samantha Power at the UN Hagar Chemali accused Fox of "…
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Wallace Tells Colbert: Only Sorry My Son Caught Me Cursing at Ingraham

November 14th, 2019 9:49 AM
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace has been trying her hardest to prove her allegiance to Democrats by trashing the party she used to work for, at every opportunity she gets. Case in point, after cursing at FNC host Laura Ingraham on her program last week, she went on Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show, Wednesday, to double down on her offensive comments while giggling and yukking it up with the anti-Trump…
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HA: Dan Rather Decries Folks Who Say 'Don't Bother Me With Facts'

November 14th, 2019 8:05 AM
Both CNN and MSNBC rushed to put disgraced CBS News anchorman Dan Rather on the air Wednesday night, which underlines they think all that matters about journalism is your "heart was in the right place." Rather's liberal heart was on display as he sought to underline that "history" was going to be tough on Trump and his Republican defenders. Rather actually told Don Lemon -- no laugh track…
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CRAZY MSNBC: Hearing Had ‘Patriotic Goosebumps’ with ‘Great’ Goldman

November 14th, 2019 1:46 AM

The crazy train was more like a Japanese bullet train on Wednesday’s Hardball following the first round of House impeachment hearings. Why? Well, MSNBC host Chris Matthews and his panel of Resistance cheerleaders gushed that the hearing gave them “patriotic goosebumps” led by the “calm” “great,” and “outstanding” Democratic counsel Daniel Goldman (who was a former MSNBC contributor). 

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Stephanopoulos Gushes Over Taylor’s Voice: ‘Echoes of Walter Cronkite'

November 13th, 2019 2:07 PM
As the congressional impeachment testimony hearing took a short recess mid-Wednesday, the liberal networks jumped in with their own reflections, but seemingly one takeaway: William Taylor was impressive, definitely not partisan, and wow, he sounds just like us!
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Chris Matthews: Hearings Are ‘More Like the O.J.' Murder Trial

November 13th, 2019 10:46 AM
MSNBC opened the impeachment hearings pretty much with what you would expect from the liberal network. In addition to bringing on truth-challenged Brian Williams (perhaps not the best person to opine on ethics in public life), Chris Matthews compared the proceedings to the O.J. Simpson trial.  
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‘Locks in Our Destiny’; Matthews, Pals Give Pep Talks Before Hearings

November 12th, 2019 10:29 PM
‘Twas the night before the impeachment hearings, when all through the newsrooms, all the creatures were stirring, even the mice; The guests were properly made up and full of notebooks with care, in hopes that Adam Schiff would soon be there. Yes, it was quite the feeling of gleeful anticipation on Tuesday’s Hardball on the eve of Wednesday morning’s first House impeachment hearings as host Chris…
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MSNBC's Hayes Trashes Peter King as 'Notorious' 'Anti-Muslim' Bigot

November 12th, 2019 5:10 PM
MSNBC host Chris Hayes devoted the final segment of Monday’s All In to weighing in on the retirement of longtime Republican Congressman Peter King. In addition to portraying, Hayes King’s retirement as part of a large “red exodus” among House Republicans, Hayes attempted to characterize the retiring lawmaker as an “anti-Muslim” bigot.

Former RNC Chair Michael Steele Gave Cash to Dem Joe Manchin in 2018

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November 12th, 2019 4:50 PM
How does the former Republican National Committee Chairman turned MSNBC political analyst handle his money? By giving to a top Democrat Senate candidate.