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NYT’s Gay Incensed Trump Would ‘Graphically’ Mention Abortion in SOTU
February 6th, 2019 6:08 PM
MSNBC’s midnight edition of Hardball was a trainwreck following Tuesday’s State of the Union address by President Trump, so it was only natural for the fun (or whatever you want to call it) to continue into the final hour of coverage. For that, MSNBC turned things over to The Beat host Ari Melber, who oversaw plenty of nonsense on abortion, the President, and Stacey Abrams from guests Mara Gay…
Buckle Up! Here’s Five Kooky Takes from MSNBC's Late-Night ‘Hardball’
February 6th, 2019 3:00 AM
At midnight Eastern Wednesday, MSNBC followed usual form for big news nights such as debates, election nights, and presidential speeches in somehow allowing Chris Matthews to host a late-night edition of Hardball to recap President Trump's State of the Union. Inside the blog, there are slides containing some of the silliest series of hot takes from that hour, presented in chronological order.
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NBC Bashes Trump Speech as Incoherent; Cheers ‘Strong’ Abrams Response
February 5th, 2019 11:37 PM
Continuing their theme of bashing President Trump on Tuesday night, NBC News reacted to his State of the Union address with scorn by slamming it as incoherent “additive” when not talking about immigration but showing strong affection for Stacey Abrams’s Democratic response that the network deemed “strong” because it “scolded the President.”
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ABC, NBC Gloat About Lack of Applause for Trump; Cheer Pelosi Instead
February 5th, 2019 9:55 PM
As President Trump entered the House chamber on Tuesday night for the 2019 State of the Union, ABC and NBC were more than a little giddy at the notion that Democrats didn’t line the aisle to greet the President and even refused to applaud the President as he made his way to the podium in front of Vice President Pence and Speaker Pelosi.
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Nets Giddy Over Trump Facing ‘Sea of Opponents’ During SOTU
February 5th, 2019 1:03 PM
Previewing President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday morning, the broadcast networks were giddy with anticipation at the prospect of the Republican chief executive facing a “sea of opponents” in the new Democratic House majority. Anchors and correspondents were particularly eager to watch Speaker Nancy Pelosi “over his shoulder,” reacting negatively to the speech “in real time.”
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Michael Moore Wrongly Claims 70% Support 70% Tax Rate, Pines for AOC
February 3rd, 2019 9:28 PM
As far-left film maker Michael Moore made guest appearances this past week, on two occasions he spread provably false information as he wrongly claimed that a Fox News poll found that 70 percent of Americans support raising the top marginal tax rate to 70 percent as advocated by New York Democratic Congresswoman and self-described socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. And, appearing on Friday's The…
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Morning Joe Wishin' & Hopin' for Nasty Hill GOP Break from Trump
January 30th, 2019 9:52 AM
The Morning Joe panel devotes a segment to looking/hoping for signs of a break from President Trump by congressional Republicans. New York Times Washington bureau chief Elisabeth Bumiller encapsulates the sentiment: "We're always looking for signs of a break with Republicans on the Hill—a public break—from Trump."
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CNN's Begala Contradicts Himself on Whether 'Crisis' Exists at Border
January 29th, 2019 9:53 AM
Appearing as a panel member on Monday's Anderson Cooper 360, longtime liberal CNN commentator Paul Begala acted like a misinformed man who gets all his news by watching too much CNN as he not only made incorrect claims about illegal immigration across the Southern border, but he also contradicted himself on whether there is a "crisis" situation on the border.
Media Claim Warren’s ‘Popular’ Wealth Tax Could ‘Save America'
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January 29th, 2019 9:44 AM
Left? Lefter? Leftist? In the quest to see which candidate can be the most liberal, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren called for an “ultra-millionaire tax” to force the wealthy to fork over more to the government.
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NBC Touts ‘Blame’ for Trump in Poll, Skips Rise in Pelosi's Negatives
January 28th, 2019 11:38 AM
On Monday’s Today show, NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker eagerly touted the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll showing that 50 percent of Americans blamed President Trump for the partial government shutdown. However, missing from her report was any mention of the survey showing a rise in negative opinion of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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NBC's Chuck Todd: Trump 'Helped Solidify' Pelosi's Power over Dems
January 27th, 2019 10:22 AM
With the partial government shutdown over, at least for now, NBC News diverted some time from bashing President Trump to mocking how he was helping Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-D). During Sunday Today, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd quipped about how “the only difference between the deal that he rejected on day one and the deal he took now was February 8th to February 15th.” On top of that, Todd…
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MSNBC Declares ‘Ginormous Win’ for Pelosi, Trump’s ‘Formidable Foe'
January 26th, 2019 11:44 AM
Minutes before President Trump announced a deal to end the partial government shutdown Friday afternoon, the anchors and correspondents on MSNBC were beside themselves with glee over the development, cheering it as a “ginormous win” for Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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CNN Blasts ‘Shameful’ Trump for Shutdown Causing ‘Agony’ in America
January 25th, 2019 3:34 PM
Reacting to President Trump’s Friday afternoon decision to cave and reopen the government without border wall money, CNN Newsroom nonetheless eviscerated the President as if he had announced the government would be staying closed. Instead, anchors and correspondents condemned Trump as “shameful” for having “single handedly shut down the government” that caused “agony” and illustrated a White…
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Acosta: Shutdown Deal Is ‘Bright, Shiny Object’ to Distract from Stone
January 25th, 2019 1:49 PM
So after the liberal media berated the Trump administration and blamed them for the shutdown, one of media’s chief instigators suggested that a deal to reopen the government is a distraction from the pre-dawn indictment and arrest of Roger Stone? Well, it turns out that’s the logic spinning inside the mind of CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta, who knocked rumors of a deal during…
