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MSNBC Host Hints Rioters No Worse Than Pro-Trump Protesters

May 30th, 2020 7:27 PM

On Saturday morning, MSNBC weekend anchor Kendis Gibson had difficulty seeing a difference between peaceful anti-lockdown protesters in Michigan and violent protesters in Minnesota who are looting and committing arson -- other than a racial difference -- as he fretted over President Donald Trump condemning one, but not the other.

NYTimes Panics: ‘Menace’ Over Trump Tackling Twitter’s Censorship

May 30th, 2020 6:18 PM

The brief arrest of a CNN news crew covering the mayhem in Minneapolis prompted New York Times media reporter James Poniewozik to melodramatically take on President Trump for his action against Twitter, in “A Live Look At Censorship, No Tweets Involved” in Saturday’s New York Times. The paper also reacted with alarm Thursday when conservatives criticized Twitter for its…

NY Times Says Pandemic Should Stop 'Me First' Conservatism

May 30th, 2020 9:00 AM

The New York Times lead National “news” story on Friday was a full-page opinionated attack on conservatives by NewsBusters regular Jeremy Peters, who once again used the coronavirus pandemic as a cudgel: “‘The Crisis of 2020,’ Predicted in 1991: What’s Next?” Peters first marveled at how the 1991 book “Generations” by William Strauss and Neil Howe, “which introduced a provocative theory that…

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Dyson Wrongly Claims Black Cop Quickly Arrested After Killing Woman

May 29th, 2020 8:03 PM

On Friday's CNN Newsroom, host Brianna Keilar allowed race-obsessed Georgetown University professor and former MSNBC contributor Michael Eric Dyson to spout misinformation as he grasped for evidence to claim there has been a double standard in the treatment of the cop implicated in the death of black victim George Floyd in contrast with cops who have killed whites. Reacting to news that, four…

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Reporters Justify Violent Riots As Patriotic: Like ‘Boston Tea Party'

May 29th, 2020 5:30 PM
This afternoon on CNN Newsroom, sports journalist LZ Granderson seemed to justify the rioting, looting, and arsons happening in Minneapolis and all over the country Friday as patriotic. Speaking to host Brooke Baldwin, Granderson compared the violence to the Boston Tea Party and claimed that was a “riot” as well.  
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In Front of Burning Building, Velshi Refuses to Label Riots 'Unruly'

May 29th, 2020 1:00 PM
As he reported from an out-of-control protest in Minneapolis that had morphed into a full-blown riot Thursday night, MSNBC’s Ali Velshi stood in front of a burning building. In spite of the dramatic scene unfolding behind him, Velshi rejected the description of the riot as “unruly.”
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Sharpton Upset: 'Reckless' Rioters Destroying the Black-Owned Stores!

May 29th, 2020 9:15 AM
Discussing the rioting in Minneapolis on today's Morning Joe, Al Sharpton began by saying that achieving a fair criminal justice system wouldn't be achieved by "appearing to be criminal yourself," warning that people would "exploit" that. Sharpton then said: "As I walked around Minneapolis yesterday . . . some of the stores that are being damaged are black-owned stores! So we cannot become so…
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Lemon FLIPS OUT: ‘God’s Honest Truth’ Trump to Blame for Racism

May 28th, 2020 11:24 PM

During a guest appearance on CNN’s The Situation Room Thursday evening, CNN Tonight host Don Lemon flipped out and doubled down on comments he made the previous night, blaming President Trump for the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. Insisting it was the “God’s honest truth,” Lemon decried how the U.S. attorney on the case had said the White House and the…

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CNN’s Lemon Blames Trump for Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis

May 28th, 2020 12:16 AM

It started out as reasonable venting during Wednesday’s handoff between Cuomo PrimeTime and CNN Tonight about how the police treat African Americans and how white people should be more receptive. But it all went too far when the latter’s host, Don Lemon blamed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on President Trump. On top of that, he and Chris Cuomo asserted that people on the right would…

Making the World a Worse Place, One Twitter Mob at a Time

May 27th, 2020 7:37 PM
Life is filled with nuance, with complexity. Take, for example, the case of Amy Cooper. Cooper is a 41-year-old white woman who worked at Franklin Templeton, an asset management firm. She was walking her dog without a leash in the Ramble section of Central Park when she was confronted by a black man named Christian Cooper (no relation). He told her to leash her dog; she refused.
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'View' Brings on Clyburn to Defend Biden After He Makes Racist Comment

May 26th, 2020 3:32 PM
The View protected Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden for over a month after his former staffer accused him of sexual assault. But after Biden made a racist comment about black voters in an interview last week, the hosts decided to address it and brush it under the rug as quickly as possible, by bringing on a black Democrat ally of Biden’s to do damage control for him.
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Mitchell Contrasts Trump's 'Awful' Record on Race Issues With Biden's

May 26th, 2020 7:53 AM
Appearing as a panelist on Sunday’s edition of Meet the Press, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell acted more as a Democratic strategist than a journalist. She did her best to do damage control for beleaguered presidential candidate Joe Biden, who stepped in it by telling radio host Charlamagne tha God that “you ain’t black” if you consider voting for President Trump. Mitchell quickly changed the subject by…
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Joy Reid Claims Trump Promised to 'Get Rid of These Brown Immigrants'

May 25th, 2020 10:55 PM

On Sunday's AM Joy, during a discussion of what presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden should offer to black voters in exchange for their support, race-obsessed MSNBC host Joy Reid twice claimed that President Donald Trump promised white Americans that he would take actions against "brown immigrants." She also suggested that Italy has done a better job of handling the…

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MSNBC Excludes Republicans from Reacting to Biden Race Gaffe

May 25th, 2020 5:52 PM

As MSNBC's weekend shows devoted a number of segments to Joe Biden's declaration that "you ain't black" if you're considering voting for Donald Trump over him, the liberal news network lived up to its reputation of being DNCTV as a number of Democrats, but not Republicans, were included in discussions of the presumptive Democratic nominee's gaffe. In particular, the hours hosted by anchor…