After Learning of Her Death, MSNBC's Bashir Trashes Thatcher: 'Divisiv
April 8th, 2013 11:25 AM
Leave it to MSNBC to bring its perhaps most vile ultra-liberal daytime host to make the first comments following the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Speaking with host Chuck Todd and the BBC’s Katty Kay, Bashir sharply smeared the legacy of the Iron Lady, calling her tenure very divisive and one that promoted selfishness.
The segment began with Bashir -- who has no…
Sarah Palin on Harris-Perry's 'Kids Belong to Their Communities' Comme
April 7th, 2013 8:20 PM
On Thursday, NewsBusters exposed Melissa Harris-Perry saying in an MSNBC "Lean Forward" ad, "We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to their communities."
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin tweeted her displeasure about this remark Saturday:
MSNBC's Chris Hayes: Obama Engaged in 'Crazy Vagina Politics
April 6th, 2013 2:11 PM
Something very rare and equally odd happened on MSNBC Friday.
Not only did an anchor criticize President Barack Obama on the air - horrors! - All In host Chris Hayes also accused the current White House resident of engaging in what he called "crazy vagina politics" (video follows with LexisNexis transcript and commentary):
MSNBC Now Uses 4-Year-Old Daughter of Anchor To Push For Gay Marriage
April 5th, 2013 5:21 PM
MSNBC’s blatant promotion of gay marriage appears to have taken a bizarre and sad turn. Krystal Ball, co-host of The Cycle, has taken to using her four-year-old daughter Ella as a prop in a pro-same-sex marriage video.
In the 3-minute video, Ball asks her young daughter a series of questions about who she is allowed to marry, eventually asking her what happens if she loves another girl. …
MSNBC’s Hayes: Let Released Gitmo Detainees Live in U.S., with Paid
April 5th, 2013 12:32 PM
MSNBC’s newest liberal darling Chris Hayes has just been given a promotion, going from weekend anchor to host of his own primetime show, All In w/ Chris Hayes. So how does he celebrate? By arguing that Guantanamo detainees should be paid restitution and allowed to live in the United States, with a path, ultimately to citizenship, of course.
In an article posted on MSNBC.com, Hayes criticized…
Media Mash: Chris Matthews Clueless About Domestic Violence, Blames Co
April 5th, 2013 11:29 AM
Clueless Chris Matthews stepped into it this week when he expressed shock that women actually fear domestic violence. After watching the clip on the "Media Mash" segment on Fox News Channel's April 3 edition of Hannity, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell observed "It is a head scratcher because he spent all of last year and all of 2011 telling us that there was a war on women." [video embedded…
'Andrea Mitchell Reports': Five Years of Cheering Liberals and Slammin
April 5th, 2013 10:45 AM
On Thursday, MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell celebrated five years of her 1 p.m. ET hour show, Andrea Mitchell Reports, with highlight reels and congratulatory messages from her NBC colleagues. The accolades for Mitchell followed five years of her using the program to routinely praise liberals and bash conservatives.
Here is a sampling of how Mitchell's supposed news show often devolved into left…
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MSNBC's Harris-Perry: America's 'Kids Belong to Their Communities
April 4th, 2013 6:33 PM
On March 23, my colleague Mark Finkelstein noted how MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry considers the unborn child a "thing" which takes a "lot of money" to "turn into a human," costing thousands of dollars to care for each year of his/her life. Now it appears that Harris-Perry thinks that, after they're born, children fundamentally belong to the state.
Narrating a new MSNBC "Lean Forward" spot, the…
Gun Owners of America Chief to Chris Matthews: 'We Don't Trust People
April 4th, 2013 5:54 PM
MSNBC's Chris Matthews had quite a heated debate Thursday with Larry Pratt, the executive director of Gun Owners of America.
At the end of a highly-contentious Hardball segment, Pratt told his host that he's against all background checks "because we don't trust people like you" (video follows with transcript):
MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts: Is Dr. Ben Carson ‘Just a Black Sarah Pali
April 4th, 2013 5:50 PM
Liberals remain fearful of the rising political star of Dr. Ben Carson, and they are on the lookout for any possible way to undermine him. On last Saturday’s Weekends with Alex Witt, MSNBC fill-in host Thomas Roberts did his part by comparing Carson to the Left’s favorite target of ridicule. [Video below. MP3 audio here.]
Roberts was talking to Republican strategist Joe Watkins about…
Matthews Trashes Republicans With New Conspiracy Theory Poll, Ignores
April 4th, 2013 4:53 PM
When I saw the recently released PPP poll concerning America's belief in "conspiracy theories," I knew someone in the media would cherry-pick it to trash conservatives.
Living down to my lowest expectations was MSNBC's Chris Matthews who on Wednesday's Hardball chose to use the poll to attack Republicans as well as "the peanut gallery for Glenn Beck and company" without ever mentioning any…
Stephen Colbert Trashes MSNBC's Morning Joe: 'Sometimes People Confuse
April 4th, 2013 3:36 PM
In the midst of a segment pushing his sister's candidacy for an open House seat in South Carolina, Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert took some shots at MSNBC's Morning Joe.
"Joe’s show is just about confusion in that sometimes people confuse it with news” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Chris Matthews Asks Do ‘Women Really Worry About’ Domestic Violenc
April 4th, 2013 1:03 PM
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is not known for his eloquent choice of words. Wednesday, April 3 proved to be no different than any other day as the liberal Hardball host as he asked, during a discussion on Hillary Clinton’s political future, if domestic violence is “something women really worry about."
The facepalm moment occurred during segment with NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell and Howard Feinman of…
Outrage: Chris Matthews Links Pro-Second Amendment Ted Cruz to Prosecu
April 3rd, 2013 5:53 PM
An unhinged Chris Matthews exploited another tragedy on Wednesday, connecting the pro-Second Amendment views of Ted Cruz and other Republicans to the shootings of two prosecutors in Texas. The Hardball anchor began by dredging up failed Senate candidate Sharron Angle's three-year-old reference to "Second Amendment remedies." Matthews connected, "If that was frightening enough for you, how about…