MS NOW, CNN Meltdown After SCOTUS's Free Speech Ruling
Tuesday was a busy day at the Supreme Court that was headlined by the upholding of birthright citizenship and state laws that sought to protect the competitive integrity of female sports. However, the Court also cited the First Amendment and free speech when it struck down a campaign finance law that limited how much money political parties can spend on candidates, which led MS NOW and CNN to…
MSNOW: SCOTUS Better Than Female Athletes Who 'Villainize' Trans
After more Supreme Court rulings on Tuesday, including a decision to allow states to ban biological men from playing in women’s sports, MS NOW legal reporter Lisa Rubin praised the written opinion for its words of “respect” for transgender athletes. But later, she said female athletes’ tactics in the controversy have ‘villainized’ the biological males in women’s sports. She even commented on…
Eddie Glaude on 250th: America a 'White Republic' of Greed and Hatred
Happy 4th to you, too, Eddie! MS NOW contributor and Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr appeared on Tuesday’s Morning Joe to offer a characteristically grim take on America as the nation nears its 250th birthday. Glaude described America as a "white republic,” built on "greed and selfishness and grift and hatred." Invoking Moby Dick, he analogized the US to an ugly "white whale" that "choke[s…
After Downplaying, Morning Joe Spends Multiple Segments on Rise of DSA
After they minimized the influence of Democratic Socialists on the Democratic Party the week prior, Monday’s Morning Joe spent over two segments, elapsing over 20 minutes, on controversies related to the Democratic Socialists of America. Their first segment focused on the controversies surrounding radical DSA candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier, as co-host Mika Brzezinski bashed …
MS NOW SCOTUS Whiplash: From ‘Victory for Democracy’ to a ‘Dark’ Day
After the Supreme Court released rulings on Monday, MS NOW reacted favorably to the court's five-to-four ruling that allowed for Mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day had passed, which Money, Power, and Politics host Stephanie Ruhle called a “victory for Democracy.” Later in the hour, after the court ruled in Trump v. Slaughter, which allowed the President to fire…
MS NOW Uses Cackling Carlson To Predict 'End' Of Trump, MAGA
File this one under Politics Make Strange Bedfellows. Saturday’s edition of The Weekend: Primetime relied on Tucker Carlson to make the case that the Iran war spells the "end" of President Trump, and that the MAGA coalition is “over.”
Nutty Nicolle: Trump 'Literally Muzzled' Media, Obama Had No Scandals
Nicolle Wallace may be popular among MS NOW viewers, and that might be because she says remarkably untrue things that please the so-called progressives. On Friday’s Deadline White House, as she boasted about how Barack Obama is still waay more popular than President Trump, she uncorked several whoppers, like Trump has “literally muzzled” half the media, and Obama had "no scandals."
Buttigieg Swatting: 'The Weekend' Overcome by Emotion, Assumptions
On Saturday morning's The Weekend on MS NOW, co-hosts Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels, and Jackie Alemany reacted with visible emotion — Capehart especially overcome — to Pete Buttigieg’s Substack post detailing an anonymous false report to Child…
MS NOW’s O’Donnell Wants Guests to UNLOAD Personal Trump Grievances
We all know that the leftist media hasn’t been objective for a long time now. Even so, it’s still a bit shocking to hear them admit their agenda out loud. That is what MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell did on Thursday’s episode of The Last Word, in which he flat-out admitted to baiting his guests into airing their personal grievances against President Trump. At the same time, he blamed…
MS NOW's Ali Velshi Cheers Free Plane Trips to Get Abortions
On Wednesday's The 11th Hour, MS NOW host Ali Velshi devoted his show's regular "Night Light" segment to cheering on pilots who provide women with free plane trips to get abortions.
[UPDATE] The Media Have Wasted Almost 10 HOURS on the Reflecting Pool
The news media’s obsession with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting pool has continued apace. Earlier this week, we found that TV news had spent almost seven hours on the story in just the past nine days. As of Friday morning June 25, that total has reached almost ten hours across left-wing cable (CNN and MSNBC) and broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC).
Already?! MSNOW Axes Weekend Evening Show, Adds More Taped Podcasts
Despite having launched November 15 when it chose to identify as MS NOW, the artist formerly known as MSNBC has been making programming changes with a March announcement about a daytime overhaul and now word on Friday from Variety’s Brian Steinberg about its weekend shows. Incredibly, two shows and six hours are being wiped out in favor of more taped podcasts.
Morning Joe RIPS Trump's Smithsonian 'Takeover' -- Obama-Biden, Hello?
In their new book, "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan devote considerable attention to the Trump administration’s efforts to influence Smithsonian exhibits. On a Morning Joe segment today, Haberman misleadingly framed it as Trump and his allies “wanting to leave their imprint on what art Americans can see…
Morning Joe Downplays DSA’s Rise, Makes Fun of Chevalier Policies
In more of the aftermath of Democratic Socialist victories in New York City primaries, Thursday’s Morning Joe downplayed the rise of the DSA in Democratic politics, alike to many others in the media. While some of the show’s panelists…