Nuts for Nunberg: CNN Spends Nearly 75% of Airtime on Fmr. Trump Aide
On March 5th, former Trump campaign operative Sam Nunberg made the rounds on cable news, giving two interviews on MSNBC and three CNN in the afternoon and evening. Newsbusters examined all cable news shows that aired between 3:30 and 11:00 p.m. Eastern, starting after the daily White House press conference concluded. Not surprisingly, CNN came out ahead in this regard, dedicating 73.3 percent (…
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Matthews Mocks Sam Nunberg as ‘Loopy’ ‘Kato Kaelin-Type Character’
Without a hint of irony, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews seemed exasperated on Tuesday night while reacting to former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg’s strange cable news tour from Monday, dubbing Nunberg a “loopy” “Kato Kaelin-type character” who’s emerged in the Trump-Russia probe.
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'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.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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MSNBC Host Awkwardly Butts Heads With Grieving Father on Gun Control
As with all of the usual suspects on cable news, MSNBC ran more than a week-long full court press for gun control following the tragic Parkland, Florida school shooting. Thus it should come as no surprise that stand-in host Chris Jansing struggled to remain neutral while interviewing Andrew Pollack, a grieving father who disagreed with the network’s stance on gun restrictions.
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Morning Joe Panelists Lose Their Minds Over Trump's China Comments
For a show whose hosts routinely flirt and joke with one another, panelists on MSNBC’s Morning Joe took an uncharacteristically (though not unsurprising) no-nonsense view of President Trump’s recent remarks about Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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MSNBC Plugs Website That Helps Investors Boycott Pro-Gun Stocks
On Friday's Velshi and Ruhle show, MSNBC hosts Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle continued their anti-gun activism as they not only promoted a website that helps investors avoid owning stocks that benefit the gun industry, but they also brought on a researcher to complain because guns have not been categorized by the CDC as a "public health problem."
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MSNBC Contributor Snaps, Starts Shouting At Pro-Gun Congressman
MSNBC contributor and recurring Morning Joe guest Donny Deutsch exemplifies the worst characteristics of the pro-gun control left: uninformed, emotionally driven, and angry. On Friday, Deutsch’s irrationality was on full display when he lost his temper and started yelling at pro-Second Amendment Congressman Steve Stivers during a debate on firearm legislation.
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MSNBC's Velshi Wrongly Implies Guns Make U.S. Suicide Highest in World
On Thursday's Velshi and Ruhle show, MSNBC hosts Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle continued their anti-gun crusade with Velshi at one point taking almost three minutes to rattle off a list of studies alleging that gun ownership makes people more likely to die earlier. In one case, he made a claim that is easily debunked as he implied that the U.S. has the world's highest suicide rate, blaming it on…
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Wallace Gets Shut Down by Rice for Implying Trump Is Racist
On Thursday, MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace delivered another hour of breathless panic about Trump’s America, including a segment in which she repeatedly tried and failed to bait former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice into disparaging the President.
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MSNBC's Velshi Admits He Considered Boycotting Amazon Over NRA TV
On Wednesday's Velshi and Ruhle show on MSNBC, co-host Ali Velshi -- who also serves as a business correspondent for NBC News -- admitted that he had considered boycotting Amazon because it provides a forum to NRA TV, as he lamented that it is difficult for consumers to switch to companies that in some way do not support the gun industry. Additionally, this week the show has begun what appears to…
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Absurd: Matthews Compares Parkland Students to U.S. Troops in WWI
A day after suggesting that defying the NRA could leave politicians assassinated like Anwar Sadat or Yitzhak Rabin, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews argued on Wednesday night that Parkland gun control student activists are just like American troops turning the tide in World War I.
