PBS Host Calls MSNBC Anchor and MSNBC Contributors 'Advocates' - To Th
October 23rd, 2013 4:54 PM
Talk about calling a spade a spade.
On MSNBC's NOW Wednesday, PBS's Jeff Greenfield called host Alex Wagner as well as the MSNBC contributors on the panel - David Corn, Joy Reid, and Katrina vanden Heuvel - "advocates" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
MSNBC.com: 'Left Burned in Obamacare Rollout'; Was 'Punch in the Gut
October 23rd, 2013 4:03 PM
On the air, MSNBC is doing its best to level some criticism of the disastrous rollout of ObamaCare but to principally deflect blame to, who else, Republicans. But the Lean Forward network's website today actually published an item headlined, "Left burned in Obamacare rollout."
"President Obama might have said on Monday that 'no one is more frustrated' than he is about the messy launch of his…
Leno: ‘Easier to Join Al Qaeda Using Their Website Than it is to Sig
October 23rd, 2013 11:14 AM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, late night comics are having a field day with the disastrous rollout of the President’s health insurance exchanges.
NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno began the program Tuesday saying it’s “easier to join al Qaeda using their website than it [is] to sign up for ObamaCare” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Jon Stewart: 'When Did the President of the United States Turn Into Gi
October 22nd, 2013 6:25 PM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, late night comics have been tearing the White House apart for its disastrous rollout of ObamaCare.
Comedy Central's Jon Stewart opened Monday's Daily Show with a blistering excoriation of Barack Obama's “'Glengarry Glenn Ross'” closer spiel" in the Rose Garden which included such howlers as, "When did the President of the United States turn into Gil from The…
WashPost's Milbank: 'Couldn't Be the Case' That Some Lost Insurance Be
October 22nd, 2013 6:14 PM
On Monday's PoliticsNation, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank claimed that it "couldn't be the case at this time" that ObamaCare is already causing people to lose their current health insurance plans, in spite of all the documented cases insurance companies canceling plans as they struggle to comply with ObamaCare regulations.
After recounting the story of one man who appeared on FNC's…
Lib Fight: Salon's Walsh Criticizes Ezra Klein for Telling Truth About
October 22nd, 2013 5:08 PM
The ObamaCare rollout is going so poorly that liberal media members are starting to eat each other.
On Monday, Salon's Joan Walsh actually published a piece criticizing her fellow liberals for telling the truth about the train wreck:
GOP Congresswoman Scolds CNN's Carol Costello: 'You're Getting Awfully
October 22nd, 2013 4:13 PM
Despite the disaster the rollout of ObamaCare has been - as well as the number of media members that have surprisingly pointed it out! - the White House has to be pleased to know that there are still some so-called "journalists" out there fighting in their behalf.
CNN's Carol Costello was a perfect example Tuesday, and got so heated with Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) that the Congresswoman scolded…
ABC's Jonathan Karl Asks Ted Cruz: 'How Much Do Your Colleagues Just D
October 22nd, 2013 2:04 PM
Jonathan Karl, ABC's chief White House correspondent, continued his crusade of attacking Ted Cruz during Sunday morning's edition of This Week With George Stephanopoulos, when the reporter asked the GOP senator from Texas a very harsh question.
After accusing the freshman Republican of being responsible for the 16-day government “Ted Cruz shutdown,” Karl asked: “How much do your colleagues…
Kimmel: 'Healthcare.gov Barely Functions Yet Every Single Porn Site in
October 22nd, 2013 11:18 AM
America’s late night comics have been tearing the President apart for the disastrous rollout of the ObamaCare exchanges.
On Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday, the host said, “I find it fascinating that our national healthcare website barely functions and yet every single porn site in the world works like a charm” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Train Wreck: Only 12% of Americans Think ObamaCare Rollout Is Going We
October 22nd, 2013 10:29 AM
As we enter week four of the online ObamaCare exchanges, the news for the administration continues to get worse.
According to a new CBS poll released Tuesday, only 12 percent of Americans think the rollout is going well:
Ron Fournier on Sebelius: ‘Maybe She Should Have Been Shown the Door
October 22nd, 2013 10:03 AM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, the Obama-loving media are clearly sickened by how the rollout of the President’s signature piece of legislation has gone.
Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Tuesday, National Journal’s Ron Fournier excoriated Obama’s performance in the Rose Garden the previous day and said of Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius, “Maybe she should have been…
Politico Redacted: Republicans Having Hearings on Disastrous HealthCar
October 21st, 2013 10:18 PM
Earlier today, as seen here in a clone post elsewhere, the Politico reported, as if it is an undisputed fact, that "Republican opponents of the law (Obamacare) are preparing for their own victory lap." That alleged "victory lap" will be the "first hearing to spotlight the faulty Obamacare website."
Apparently that intemperance was a bit much even for the clearly left-leaning Politico. The…
Matthews: Ted Cruz Is Racist for Joking About D.C. Not Being America
October 21st, 2013 9:44 PM
In the past five years, the list of things liberal media members claim are racist has gotten longer and longer.
On MSNBC’s Hardball Monday, host Chris Matthews said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) was making a racial slur when he told a crowd in San Antonio, “Having spent the past month up in D.C., it is really great to be back in America” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Chris Matthews Instructs Guests ‘To Be Positive’ About ObamaCare L
October 21st, 2013 8:44 PM
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews apparently wants no discouraging words about ObamaCare on his program.
At the beginning of a segment about problems with the website’s launch, the Hardball host actually told his guests Monday, “I want you, both gentlemen, to be positive” (video follows with transcript and commentary):