While most media reports acknowledged at Reagan’s death the warmth and charisma of the man, and his powers as a “Great Communicator,” they did not note the strenuous attempts to rebut him by the…
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February 5th, 2011 4:10 PM | Scott Whitlock
Chris Matthews, who famously fawned Over Barack Obama for creating a "thrill" up his leg, appeared smitten with the politician long before he reached the White House. In his book, Life's a…
February 5th, 2011 10:45 AM | Alex Fitzsimmons
"He's shameless, isn't he?" asked FNC's Steve Doocy, co-host of "Fox & Friends, about MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews, who recently compared the Muslim Brotherhood to the Tea Party.
"…
February 4th, 2011 8:26 PM | Jack Coleman
Even though Ed Schultz has been told by MSNBC to refrain from further "Psycho Talk" segments, no such restraint is evident on his radio show, one of the top rated for liberals in the country.…
February 4th, 2011 6:02 PM | NB Staff
Overall the coverage of the ongoing protests against Hosni Mubarak in Egypt has been pretty good, but it's when journalists get around to offering their analysis that bias has crept in,…
February 4th, 2011 4:48 PM | Alex Fitzsimmons
As pro-Mubarak forces continue to clash with democratic protesters in the streets of Cairo and the situation in Egypt remains volatile and uncertain, NBC's David Gregory confidently declared…
February 4th, 2011 4:03 PM | Ken Shepherd
In a recent interview with Matt Frei for BBC Radio 4's January 30 "Americana" program, liberal actor Richard Dreyfuss complained that America has been downcast with a "delusionary despair"…
February 4th, 2011 2:30 PM | Scott Whitlock
MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews appeared on Morning Joe, Friday, to slam President Obama's handling of the escalating crisis in Egypt, saying it made him "ashamed as an American." Matthews, who…
February 4th, 2011 12:36 PM | Noel Sheppard
Jon Stewart on Thursday marvelously lampooned Keith Olbermann and all his former colleagues that can't fill the "Olbermann-shaped hole" his departure has left at MSNBC.
The "Daily Show…
February 4th, 2011 7:18 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Guess the post-Tucson kumbayah period is officially over. So much for "civility." On his MSNBC show this evening, a vainglorious Cenk Uygur, speaking of conservatives, boasted "I'm going to rip…
February 3rd, 2011 6:31 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
It's rare when Chris Matthews is outdone in his praise of Barack Obama but Time's Mark Halperin, on Thursday's Hardball, managed to top the MSNBC host as he delivered a rave review of Barack…
February 3rd, 2011 2:54 PM | Mike Bates
This year, MSNBC celebrates Presidents' Day with Chris Matthews's February 21 documentary “President of the World: The Bill Clinton Phenomenon.” The Impeached One has become, says MSNBC in its…
February 3rd, 2011 2:12 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
Andrea Mitchell, for a second day in a row, pushed for more gun control on her MSNBC show as she encouraged Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, "You and Mike Bloomberg...have all been yelling and…
February 3rd, 2011 11:48 AM | Jack Coleman
Something unusual happened on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show the other night -- a guest expressed an opinion that didn't dovetail with Maddow's. This doesn't occur often, presumably not by accident…
February 3rd, 2011 11:23 AM | Noel Sheppard
Having mercilessly attacked Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) for six days in a row, MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Wednesday set his sights on conservative talk show host Glenn Beck.
…February 3rd, 2011 10:29 AM | Kyle Drennen
On his Wednesday 4PM ET show on MSNBC, host Dylan Ratigan denounced the fact that the recent Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC), convened to detail the causes of the 2008 economic…
February 2nd, 2011 8:59 PM | Mark Finkelstein
It was 16 degrees warmer in my upstate New York town this morning than it was in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. If any further portent of the apocalypse is necessary, consider that on his MSNBC…
February 2nd, 2011 8:06 PM | Noel Sheppard
Since the moment he announced he was doing his last "Countdown" on MSNBC, people have wondered where the controversial Keith Olbermann will land.
On Wednesday, News Corp's Rupert…
February 2nd, 2011 4:34 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
With a script and a dramatic voice over befitting a trailer for the latest superhero movie out of Hollywood, one of the first promos for Chris Matthews' documentary on Bill Clinton has begun…
February 2nd, 2011 3:45 PM | Kyle Drennen
In a pre-taped interview with gun control advocate New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, aired during Wednesday's 1PM ET hour on MSNBC, host Andrea Mitchell browbeat President Obama for having…
Schultz Blames Egypt on Food Prices, Bush 41 and Wall Street; No Mention of Clinton Era Deregulation
February 2nd, 2011 12:02 PM | Noel Sheppard
Ed Schultz on Tuesday spent a great deal of time blaming the crisis in Egypt on rising food prices tying commodity inflation to former President George H.W. Bush and Wall Street speculators.…
February 2nd, 2011 10:28 AM | Noel Sheppard
In the wake of Monday's ruling by a Florida judge to toss out ObamaCare as a result of the individual mandate, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell asked liberal constitutional lawyer Jonathan Turley…
February 2nd, 2011 8:45 AM | Lachlan Markay
Al Sharpton appeared on MSNBC's "The Ed Show" Monday night to once again demand that the federal government censor Rush Limbaugh. As he always does, Sharpton couched his clear political agenda…
February 2nd, 2011 12:18 AM | Noel Sheppard
As NewsBusters previously reported, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday got duped by a satirical website quoting from their spoof article about Sarah Palin advocating an attack on Egypt as if it was…
February 1st, 2011 8:19 PM | Noel Sheppard
On Monday, NewsBusters asked, "Will Chris Matthews and MSNBC Spend Week Bashing Schumer's Branches of Government Gaffe?"
It turns out that not only didn't Matthews or MSNBC mention Sen…