Rep. Frank: New FDR-style New Deal Financial Regulations 'Guaranteed
February 12th, 2009 1:14 PM
A prominent Democrat made news on MSNBC Feb. 11 with his guarantee of new financial industry regulations "comparable" to FDR's New Deal. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., appeared on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show" Feb. 11 and told the MSNBC and Air America host that things should be done to limit what financial services can do, specifically when it comes to…
Only Fox News Concerned With Obama's Census Bureau Coup
February 7th, 2009 3:24 PM
The Obama administration revealed Thursday that whoever ends up being director of the Census Bureau, a position yet to be filled, he or she will be required to work closely with the White House.This is a departure from the autonomy the Bureau had under President Bush, and is worrisome given the census which will be taken next year.Despite this revelation by Congressional Quarterly on Thursday the…
Weekend Captionfest II
February 7th, 2009 3:00 PM
Stimulometer on the Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, February 5, 2009.
Maddow Omits Chunk of Floor Speech, Uses Bad Analogy to Attack Sen. Ji
February 6th, 2009 11:21 PM
On a Friday night, where can you look to find a little anti-religious media bias? No other than MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show." In her "Ms. Information" segment, Maddow engaged in a rant about Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., opposition to language in the stimulus bill that could forbid the practice of religion in institutions of higher learning where stimulus funds are used, as a Feb. 3 story by the…
Rachel Maddow Says Chris Matthews Isn't Liberal, 'He'd Get Torn Apart
January 30th, 2009 9:13 AM
Long-time CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl interviewed radical MSNBC host Rachel Maddow for the website Wow-o-wow.com and Maddow demonstrated her ultraliberalism by denying Chris Matthews was a liberal (just a "Democrat"), and insisting "If Chris Matthews had an Air America radio show, he’d get torn apart by our listeners...I wouldn’t put Chris and my politics in the same canoe. " While Stahl…
Rachel Maddow Cites Snow in Dubai as Example of 'Global Warming
January 29th, 2009 10:46 PM
Once again, inconvenient weather tosses a monkey wrench at enviro-hysteric claims of looming apocalypse, an alleged threat now entering its third decade. Most recent example: Rachel Maddow's reporting on her MSNBC show Monday night --Some big global warming news today. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named a special envoy today for climate change. His name is Todd Stern, he was the United…
Rachel Maddow & Keith Olbermann Lonely, Look for New Friend
January 23rd, 2009 9:15 AM
Building on the relative popularity of their 8pm and 9pm slots--Olbermann & Maddow, respectively--MSNBC has begun the search for a personality to fill the currently unfilled 10pm slot. 10pm is currently devoted to a replay of Olbermann's "Countdown."Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC, is making 10 p.m. a priority now. In an interview on Tuesday in a studio on the Mall, hours after the…
Matthews Criticizes Anti-Bush Booing as ‘Bad Form,’ Olbermann Not
January 20th, 2009 6:50 PM
During Tuesday morning’s inaugural coverage on MSNBC, when spectators were heard booing President Bush as he was introduced, Chris Matthews seemed to become uncomfortable and criticized the protest as "bad form," remarking, "Don’t do that. Don’t boo, don’t boo, don’t boo." But minutes later, when protesters could be heard singing "Hey, hey, goodbye," co-anchor Keith Olbermann seemed to suggest…
