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NBC Lets Barney Frank Attack GOP 'Hypocrisy' in Hastert Coverage

By Matthew Balan | June 8, 2015, 1:54 AM EDT

Friday's NBC Nightly News gave former Democratic Representative Barney Frank a platform to blast his former Republican peers in Congress, as it covered the Dennis Hastert scandal. Frank asserted that the issue is " a reminder of the hypocrisy es ...

Barney Frank Takes Over MSNBC's The Last Word, Blasts Warren Supporters

By Spencer Raley | June 3, 2015, 6:17 PM EDT

Last night MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell all but officially made liberal former Congressman Barney Frank a co-host on his program “The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell”. The Massachusetts Democrat appeared on the first 3 segments, spanning 40 minutes. This ...

MSNBC's Matthews Misleads Audience on Indiana Religious Freedoms Law

By Ken Shepherd | April 25, 2015, 12:02 AM EDT

In his March 26 softball interview with former Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.)-- "Barney's a good friend of mine, I hope we sell some books"-- Hardball host Chris Matthews misled his audience about the nature of a new law signed into effect in ...

NPR 'Fresh Air' Host Terry Gross Honors Barney Frank, Compares Opposing Gay Agenda to Racism

By Tim Graham | March 21, 2015, 7:31 AM EDT

Ultraliberal former Congressman Barney Frank promoted his book Frank on National Public Radio on Monday on the badly named Fresh Air show with Terry Gross. Only one point of view is normally allowed on that stale show, especially on the gay agenda. Early ...

Vermont Abandons Single-Payer Health Care; Press Coverage Muted

By Tom Blumer | December 26, 2014, 10:37 AM EST

President Barack Obama, soon to be former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, former Congressman Barney Frank, and many other prominent Democrats and leftists have over the past several years declared that their ultimate goal is turn the U.S. healthcare sy ...

Salon Writer: Jon Stewart’s Too ‘Superficial’ to Be a Driving Force For Liberalism

By Tom Johnson | December 24, 2014, 12:11 PM EST

In a recent interview with Reuters, former Democratic congressman Barney Frank argued that Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have fueled negativity about government and politicians. “The effect is to tell people it doesn’t make any difference who they vote ...

Barney, Frank: Admits Key Obamacare Clause Before Supreme Court Was 'Mistake'

By Mark Finkelstein | November 8, 2014, 10:54 AM EST

Barney Frank lived up to his last name, and might live to regret it in Dem circles. Appearing on this morning's Up with Steve Kornacki,  Frank admitted that the key Obamacare clause that the Supreme Court just agreed to consider was a "mistake.& ...

Barney Frank: I Thought of Tea Party as 'Dumb Animals'

By Mark Finkelstein | November 6, 2014, 8:40 PM EST

A shame that Barney Frank retired from Congress.  We could really use him as the face of the Dem party.   On this evening's Hardball, Barney, AKA Mr. Congeniality, let it be known that he thought of Tea Party members as "dumb animals."   Th ...

HuffPo Posts Story on Barney Frank's July Interview Ripping Obama's 'You Can Keep Your Plan' Lie Late Fri. Afternoon

By Tom Blumer | August 2, 2014, 10:32 AM EDT

Former Congressman Barney Frank had "a July interview" with the Huffington Post. The liberal blog's Zach Carter put up a post about it on Friday, August 1 at 3:59 p.m. How convenient, because Frank ripped President Obama and his administrat ...

Barney Frank on Alec Baldwin: His 'Outbursts' Aside, He's 'Very Supportive of Gay Rights'

By Jack Coleman | April 30, 2014, 5:21 PM EDT

Yeesh, talk about politics making for strained bedfellows. Fresh from his short-lived engagement as an MSNBC pundit, dedicated paparazzi foe Alec Baldwin appears fully engaged in an effort to rehabilitate his public image after anti-gay rants and tweets g ...

Alec Baldwin Producing Documentary on Barney Frank, 'a Personal Hero of Mine'

By Randy Hall | March 28, 2014, 7:11 PM EDT

Little more than a month after Alec Baldwin declared “goodbye to public life,” the liberal actor is back in the news after signing on as an executive producer of a documentary entitled Compared to What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank, which will d ...

Barney Frank: We Lost Money on Obama's Auto Bailout But Made Money on Bush's Bank Bailout

By Noel Sheppard | September 15, 2013, 1:36 PM EDT

Most of America’s media think President Obama's 2009 bailout of General Motors and Chrysler was a huge success. Former Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Barney Frank threw cold water on this meme on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday correctly informing ...

Barney Frank on Chris Christie: ‘I Have an Interest in Rude Fat Guys Doing Well in Politics’

By Noel Sheppard | August 3, 2013, 12:01 PM EDT

Former Congressman Barney Frank (D-Ma.) took a shot at Governor Chris Christie (R-N.J.) Friday. Appearing on HBO’s Real Time, Frank said, “I have a little bit of a soft spot for Christie because I have an interest in rude fat guys doing well in politics.” ...

'Morning Joe' Spends Hour on Weiner Scandal, Never Once Calls Him a 'Democrat'

By Andrew Lautz | July 25, 2013, 11:01 AM EDT

MSNBC’s Morning Joe spent nearly half of their Wednesday program covering the latest revelations in the Anthony Weiner scandal, yet never once mentioned that the disgraced former congressman and New York City mayoral candidate is a Democrat. The panel was ...

WashPost's Robert Kaiser Fawns Over ‘Extraordinary’ Barney Frank and Chris Dodd

By Paul Bremmer | May 31, 2013, 5:46 PM EDT

It was only two days ago that one of Charlie Rose’s guests, Politico’s Jim VandeHei, celebrated the disappearance of many outspoken Republicans from the political scene. On last night’s show, Rose invited on a pair of brash Democrats who vanished from Con ...