Brooks: Won't Judge Minneapolis, But ICE Has Acted 'Like Thugs'
The trio of PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett, MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart, and New York Times columnist David Brooks assembled on Friday to discuss the situation in Minneapolis. While Bennett failed in his moderating duties to mention new evidence that would seem to justify the ICE agent acting in self-defense, Capehart was still certain that he was in the wrong. Brooks,…
Something WEIRD Happened on PBS: Optimism About Trends Under Trump
The Friday night roundtable with David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart on the PBS News Hour was mostly the usual slog through how terrible things are under Donald Trump, like in Ukraine, for starters. But at the very end, Brooks uncorked an optimistic view of "social healing" in America. But it can't have anything to do with Trump?
PBS Turns to Boston Columnist to Accuse Trump of 'Jim Crow' Racism
The last Friday pundit roundup of the year on the PBS News Hour featured Boston Globe columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr. She was ugly in pink, aggressively channeling the spirit of Jonathan Capehart, accusing Trump of pushing a "white Christian nationalism" and a modern-day Jim Crow complex on America.
WORST OF 2025: The ICE Breakers Award for Bashing Deportations
2025 was a year when the agents of ICE became villainized under Trump, with talk of "concentration camps" and the like.
Brooks Claims 'Gigantic Portraits' Of Trump Remind Him Of Stalin, Mao
New York Times columnist and PBS News Hour talking head David Brooks loves himself some Stalin and Mao analogies. Back in May, he compared Elon Musk and DOGE to the murderous dictators. This Friday, he compared President Trump, the renaming of the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center, and “gigantic portraits” of Trump to the communist tyrants and claimed it reminded him…
PBS Accuses Trump Of 'Overtly Racist Rhetoric'
The trio of PBS News Hour anchor Amna Nawaz, New York Times columnist David Brooks, and MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart assembled on Friday to attack President Trump for allegedly using “overtly racist rhetoric” at a recent speech, but nobody cared to actually specify what they found so objectionable.
Brooks Mourns Dems Are Focused On Obamacare Over Threats To Democracy
Friday evening’s weekly news roundup featuring PBS News Hour host William Brangham, New York Times columnist David Brooks, and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart was full of bizarre government shutdown-related hot takes. In addition to Obamacare subsidies, Brangham and Capehart added rescission packages to the list of Democratic demands, which they falsely claimed take away…
PBS Claims Redistricting 'Race To The Bottom' Is GOP's Fault
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Boston Globe counterpart Kimberly Atkins Stohr joined forces on Friday’s PBS News Hour to lament the nation’s redistricting “race to the bottom,” which they blamed solely on Republicans.
PBS Whines Trump, GOP Won't Buckle On Shutdown
As the government shutdown continues, the despondent cast of Friday’s PBS News Hour assembled to complain that President Trump and Republicans are not willing to buckle to Democratic demands and nobody outside of the D.C. area seems to care.
STUDY: ABC, CBS, PBS NewsHour Spike National Debt During Shutdown Mess
With all the media banter surrounding the ongoing government shutdown, ABC, CBS and PBS NewsHour seem to have conveniently forgotten that the national debt was even a major issue in this whole mess. Perhaps by emphasizing the multitrillion-dollar debt at all, the networks would be putting the Democrats in the hot seat for continuing to drag their feet on the negotiations.
PBS Hails Gaza Deal, But Freaks Out Over James Indictment
The Friday evening cast of PBS News Hour featuring moderator Geoff Bennett, MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart, and New York Times columnist David Brooks briefly broke character to heap praise on President Trump for his role in securing a ceasefire agreement that will see Israeli hostages return home. However, the trio quickly reverted back to form and freaked out that New York…
Capehart Gets Triggered When Told Shutdown Is Bad For Democracy
A Friday episode of PBS News Hour where New York Times columnist David Brooks manages to actually say something that fully triggers MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart is a rare occurrence, but this Friday Capehart could not tolerate the idea that Democrats are the ones corroding democracy with their government shutdown.
Comey Gets Indicted, PBS Wails About The 'Erosion Of Our Democracy'
The trio of host Geoff Bennett, New York Times columnist David Brooks, and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart gathered together on Friday’s PBS News Hour to announce, yet again, that democracy is dying. This time, the culprit is the Department of Justice and its decision to indict former FBI Director James Comey.
'We're In It': Capehart Announces Authoritarianism Has Arrived
PBS News Hour’s weekly Friday segment with New York Times columnist David Brooks and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart focused exclusively on ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and the idea that censorship and authoritarianism are big problems. Brooks took a sort of centrist position where he condemned Kimmel and the late night industry as a whole but denounced the suspension, while…
