Foreign Policy
Mitchell Blames Terrorist Attack On Israelis, Saudis Ignoring Biden
During the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Israel that left over 100 dead, 900 injured, and resulted in several hostages, MSNBC naturally asked on Saturday how this could have happened. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell joined the breaking news coverage via phone to claim that a big reason why was that the Israelis and the Saudis would not listen to President…
WashPost's Bump Accuses GOP of Turning 'CCP' Into a 'Pejorative'
Washington Post national columnist and hamburger height fact-checker Philip Bump released a column on Thursday discussing what he considers to be the latest scandal plaguing the Republican Party: the use of the terms “Chinese Communist Party” and “CCP.”
NYT Fact-Checkers Defend Biden From Claims He Hides in His Basement
During Wednesday’s GOP presidential debate, the various reporters at The New York Times assembled to fact-check the various candidates and it did go well as they attacked them everything from “Joe Biden hides in his basement” to Iran to energy to transgenderism.
How Often Did Media Promote Pundits From Iran's 'Expert Initiative'?
Jay Solomon over at Semafor is out with a piece that details how the Iranian Foreign Ministry worked closely with a bunch of American and European academics to help sell the Iran nuclear deal back in 2014 by repeating Tehran’s lines. Members of the group, dubbed the Iran Experts Initiative, were frequent sources for media outlets before and after the deal was signed in 2015.
Netanyahu, Once Again, Educates CNN About Judicial Reforms
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins sat down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Friday’s edition of The Source where she blamed him and his judicial reforms for the “damage” done to U.S.-Israeli relations which led to Netanyahu, once again, having to educate an American journalist on just what his judicial reforms entail.
WATCH: NBC Hammers Blinken on Giving Iran Billions, Ukraine Funding
NBC’s Today co-host Savannah Guthrie has developed a surprisingly strong track for grilling Biden administration officials when they make the rounds of the broadcast network morning news shows, particularly on foreign policy. Wednesday’s show featured at least the seventh installment as she respectfully hammered Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Iran, Ukraine, and the alliance…
MSNBC Claims GOP Wants To End Democracy, Empowering China And Russia
MSNBC’s Joy Reid and Deep State Radio podcast host David Rothkopf spent Tuesday’s edition of The ReidOut trying to tie Donald Trump, the Republican Party, and the Supreme Court to not just the end of democracy in the United States, but in Africa where Russia and China are increasing their influence.
MSNBC Fawns Over ‘Powerful,’ ‘Positive’ Biden Speech at the U.N.
President Biden made his 2023 address Tuesday morning to the United Nations General Assembly and, as predicted, the liberal media were there to swoon over it like North Korean propagandists. MSNBC played that role, touting it as a “comprehensive” set of remarks with “powerful” and “positive” messaging that showed concern for climate change and Ukraine.
The Pope’s Penchant for Polite Gibberish About Communist China
WASHINGTON -- There is still more gibberish emitting from the pope as he travels to and from the Far East. Now he is safely home in the Vatican, so only his close advisers will hear the claptrap that comes from him as he tries to placate the Red Chinese and the Russians and, who knows, maybe he is even aiming his rhetoric toward North Korea and the Palestinians. He has kind words for anyone…
'This is Iranian Money,' CNN Attacks 'The Right' For Condemning Bribe
Chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour joined Tuesday’s CNN This Morning to celebrate her 40 years at the network as well as to discuss current foreign policy issues including the Biden Administration’s $6 billion hostage bribe to Iran, which for her and co-host Poppy Harlow is no big deal because it “is Iranian money” and shows conservatives are hypocrites.
The New York Times Vladimir Putin Op-Ed, 10 Years Later
Over the last several years it has become commonplace for media to accuse various Republicans and conservatives of promoting Russian interests, but exactly ten years ago this coming Monday the New York Times literally opened up its op-ed pages to Vladimir Putin to allow him to spread his propaganda.
Getting the Saudi-Israel Formula Wrong
If one is mixing chemicals, getting the formula wrong can produce disastrous results. It is the same with international diplomacy. For decades the left was wrong about the Soviet Union and China, believing that what the U.S. did or did not do would have a positive influence on communist dictators who jailed and executed opponents of their regime, and still do. Though the Soviet Union is no…
Doocy Battles KJP on Biden’s Age While She Yuks It Up With Welker
Tuesday’s White House press briefing offered a contrast in exchanges as, not long after White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre yuked it up with outgoing NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker as Welker leaves for Meet the Press, Fox’s Peter Doocy grilled Jean-Pierre on President Biden’s age and his refusal to visit East Palestine, Ohio.
