Rachel Maddow Predicts GOP Presidential Candidate Refusing All Mainstr

May 22nd, 2011 3:27 PM
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow this weekend predicted that there is going to be a Republican presidential candidate that will refuse to do any interviews with the mainstream media. She told her fellow panelists on the syndicated "Chris Matthews Show" that it could be Sarah Palin (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Rachel Maddow's Criticism of GOP Medicare Overhaul Feebly Limited to W

May 20th, 2011 8:59 PM
Wow, talk about digging deep. Then again, Rachel Maddow's critique of Congressman Paul Ryan's proposed reform of Medicare did extend beyond the word "kill." It also included the words "killed" and "killing." Just how the GOP plan does this Maddow didn't say on her MSNBC show last night, what with inconvenient facts lying in wait to undermine her allegation of homicide. She decided…

NYT's Gail Collins Rips GOP for Sexual Hypocrisy, Lauds 'How Much Ever

May 19th, 2011 2:18 PM
Gail Collins, the New York Times’s editorial page editor (2001-2007) turned feminist columnist, went on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show on Tuesday night to discuss the revelation that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger having a child with a long-time domestic servant.  Although Schwarzenegger, the former bodybuilder and actor, hardly has a reputation as a social conservative, Collins nonetheless…

With Sexist Condescension, Rachel Maddow Shills for Planned Parenthood

May 17th, 2011 5:33 PM
So she insulted half her viewers, the straight ones anyway. Deploying trademark saccharine smarm, Rachel Maddow last night rushed to defend Planned Parenthood from the predations of Indiana governor Mitch Daniels and like-minded Republicans in the legislature who have blocked federal funding to the abortion provider's clinics in their state. In the process, Maddow used a surreal approach…

Mark Levin Accuses NBC News of Racism and 'Promoting Racial Division i

May 17th, 2011 9:51 AM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, so-called "news" organizations have been routinely calling leading Republican figures racists for having the nerve to criticize the policies of President Obama. On Monday, conservative talk radio host Mark Levin specifically called out NBC News not only for its on-air talent being "blindingly white," but also for "promoting racial division in this country" (…

Time Magazine Inadvertently Demolishes Maddow Description of Zarqawi a

May 14th, 2011 10:29 AM
I've not been much of a fan of Time magazine for years, though I am again, if only briefly. Fresh off Rachel Maddow's ludicrous claim that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was "not all that well known" until he was killed by the US military in 2006 and allegedly elevated in death beyond what he was in life, Time magazine published a special issue titled "The End of bin Laden." The cover of the…

After Condemning McCarthyism, Maddow Enlists Viewers To Out Animator O

May 13th, 2011 7:45 AM
Rachel Maddow has engaged in a strange--sinister?--irony.  On her MSNBC show last night, one moment Maddow was condemning the late Senator Joe McCarthy for encouraging people to "turn in their friends" in the entertainment industry. The next moment, Maddow was urging her viewers to . . . turn in someone in the entertainment industry--the animator of Mike Huckabee's history series for kids.…

Maddow Falsely Claims Black Juror Booted From Murder Trial for Protest

May 11th, 2011 10:41 PM
Rachel Maddow on Monday again demonstrated how absolutely pathetic a journalist she is. Without anything in the court records to support her assertion - in fact, the transcript of the proceedings thoroughly refutes it - Maddow claimed on the MSNBC program bearing her name that an African-American man was tossed off a Louisiana jury in a 2009 murder trial because he protested the presence of a…

Rachel Maddow Spouts Anti-Gun Nonsense While at NRA Convention With Me

May 10th, 2011 7:38 PM
Ever notice how liberals trot out pseudo-profundities when talking about guns? Latest example -- MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on her show Friday night, hanging out with Meghan McCain at the NRA convention in Pittsburgh. NRA member McCain said that as a young woman and daughter of a prominent politician, she owns a gun to protect herself from those seeking harm (video linked here) --

Rachel Maddow Accuses Sunday Talk Shows of Being Biased Towards George

May 10th, 2011 11:52 AM
Forget about Bush Derangement Syndrome. According to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, the Sunday morning political talk shows are all biased towards the 43rd president we conservatives all thought they despised (video follows with transcript and lots of debunking commentary):

Maddow Howler: Zarqawi 'Not All That Well Known' - Until US Killed Him

May 6th, 2011 7:17 PM
I have to wonder if someone spiked that White House-brewed Kool Aid for MSNBC with hallucinogens. Either that or the network's apologists suffer from pathological dishonesty. How else to explain one of the most blatantly deceitful claims on MSNBC in memory, when Rachel Maddow on Wednesday dutifully cited the reasons why she agreed with Obama's decision against releasing photos of a…

Rachel Maddow Belatedly Realizes That Fort Hood Massacre Was Terrorism

May 5th, 2011 2:57 PM
Not bad, it took her a mere 18 months to grasp this. On her MSNBC show Monday night, the first time it ran after the death of bin Laden, Rachel Maddow cited several post-9/11 examples of terrorism targeting Americans in the US -- including the attack at Fort Hood in November 2009. "Since Sept. 11, the story of terrorism targeting the United States itself has mostly, thankfully, been the…

By Rachel Maddow's Illogic, Oprah Winfrey is Birther

April 28th, 2011 6:15 PM
Brace yourself for a shock ... Oprah Winfrey, of all people .... she's one of them ... At least if judged by the same jaundiced standard that Rachel Maddow applies to Newt Gingrich. On her MSNBC show last night, Maddow criticized Gingrich for asking why Obama waited as long he did before releasing his birth certificate (video after page break) --

Maddow Shows Paul Ryan Grilled by Constituents - And Airbrushes Ryan's

April 27th, 2011 8:05 PM
(Updated with video clips of Kenosha, Wisc., town hall forum provided by Congressman Ryan's press office; links to clips after end of post)