Report: ‘Major Shakeup’ Coming to MSNBC? Hiring Shepard Smith?

Even though MSNBC isn’t in severe ratings trouble like CNN, executives at that liberal channel are nevertheless considering making big changes to their weekday and weekend schedules. Among the shifts being considered are hiring former Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith and sending Chuck Todd’s “lackluster” MTP Daily program to the 9 a.m. slot on weekdays.
Randy Hall
January 15th, 2020 12:20 PM

Morning Joe Trashes ‘Lifeless’ Dem Debate: ‘Nobody Looked Good'

On Wednesday, the crew of MSNBC’s Morning Joe all agreed that Tuesday night’s Democratic debate was a “dull” and “lifeless” event in which “nobody looked good.” According to co-host Joe Scarborough, the only thing the debate accomplished was to show the 2020 contenders “are still not ready for prime time.”
Kyle Drennen
January 15th, 2020 12:10 PM

EVEN Liberal Brzezinski Baffled By ‘Bizarre’ CNN Debate Hit

One of the weirdest moments in CNN’s debate on Tuesday came when one of the debate moderators completely disregarded Bernie Sanders’s denial of making a sexist remark. It was such a botched moment that even the liberal Mika Brzezinski mocked CNN as “bizarre.” The moment occurred when moderator Abby Phillip assumed Sanders guilty of telling Elizabeth Warren a woman couldn’t be elected President.
Scott Whitlock
January 15th, 2020 11:18 AM

Media Suggest Trump Had Ulterior Motives at Title Game

President Donald Trump's appearance at Monday's national championship college football game in New Orleans was a safe political move that came during a turbulent time in his presidency, reports Yahoo! Sports writer Pete Thamel. An MSNBC source suggested the president used the appearance in a Red state to distract attention from the impeachment and cozy up to his political supporters. 
Jay Maxson
January 15th, 2020 10:00 AM

NY Times Demands ‘Total Shift’ in Movies People Like, to Meet Quotas

The New York Times continues to ruin nights at the movies.Brooks Barnes and Nicole Sperling lamented the Academy Awards film nominations: “The Oscar Leaders, And the Overlooked – With 11, ‘Joker’ scores the most  nominations.” “The Irishman,” “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and “1917” each received 10 nominations. Black actors and actresses were largely overlooked.” Don’t forget women either!…
Clay Waters
January 15th, 2020 9:03 AM

CNN's Toobin Declares Trump 'Guilty,' Frets Biden 'Poisoned Pill'

On Monday's Anderson Cooper 360, CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin declared that President Donald Trump is "guilty," and seemed to worry that Senate Republicans might block the inclusion of witnesses harmful to Trump by demanding the "poisoned pill" of pushing for Hunter Biden to also give testimony.
Brad Wilmouth
January 15th, 2020 8:52 AM

Bozell & Graham Column: Stop the Silly 'Centrist' Labels for Democrats

The most abused adjective in political reporting is the label “centrist.” It should tell you everything about the politician. Unfortunately it tells us far more about those applying the label. Reporters call Democrats "centrist" when they have an American Conservative Union score of five percent. This tells you where journalists are located on the political spectrum. It's not in the "mainstream."
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
January 15th, 2020 7:52 AM

MSNBC Hails ‘Sparky’ Debate for Warren, But Fear Trump Could Win

When MSNBC was able to put aside late Tuesday into early Wednesday their disdain for a lack of focus on the Lev Parnas documents in Tuesday’s 2020 Democratic debate, they settled on a narrative that Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) put on a “sparky” and “very sharp” performance with the anonymously-sourced CNN story serving as an “epiphany.” It wasn’t all fun and games as former Obama official David…
Curtis Houck
January 15th, 2020 3:14 AM

CNN Touts Biden's 'Chicken Soup Appeal,' a Cure for the Trump Illness

Moments before midnight, following their Democratic presidential debate, CNN chief political correspondent Dana Bash and political director David Chalian boasted that former Vice President Joe Biden had what Democrats called the “chicken soup appeal.” According to them, this special appeal manifested in Biden’s ability to consistently remain the frontrunner and possibly be the cure for the…
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 15th, 2020 2:36 AM

MSNBC TORCHES CNN, Dems for Not Making Debate About Parnas, Ukraine

Late Tuesday, MSNBC made sure to express their anger and disappointment with not only CNN, the Des Moines Register, and the moderators, but all six 2020 Democratic presidential candidates for skipping over newly-released impeached documents from Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas and refusing to make it the focus of the debate. Awhile into the airing of grievances, lyin’ Brian Williams…
Curtis Houck
January 15th, 2020 1:20 AM

Even CNN Was Unimpressed With the Way Their Debate Turned Out

While CNN’s panels of partisan analysts and journalists had their thoughts on which Democratic candidates did well in their debate, co-host Chris Cuomo stated it best when he deduced that “the consensus, though, is that this was not the type of night of ambition we expected.” One analyst was so distraught he declared he was “dispirited.” Not what the Democratic National Committee wanted to hear…
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 15th, 2020 12:36 AM

Jeopardy! Walks Back Israel Question Due to Enraged Palestinians

TV game show “Jeopardy!” producers have responded to online uproar from Palestinian sympathizers over a controversial in-game question regarding the state of Israel.
Gabriel Hays
January 14th, 2020 10:45 PM

Carville on MSNBC: Trumpism Is Our ‘Greatest Threat’ Since Communism

Just over an hour prior to Tuesday’s latest 2020 Democratic presidential debate, longtime Democrat and former Clinton official James Carville appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball to unspool his latest takes of lunacy. This time, he insisted that “Trumpism is the greatest threat this country has faced since the fall of communism” and Republicans cannot ever be trusted to “save the United States.”
Curtis Houck
January 14th, 2020 10:12 PM

Nets Warn That Russia Is Trying to Steal the Election for Trump Again

Despite the fact, there was no evidence that Russian meddling in the 2016 election had any influence on the result, the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC warned they were at it again with a hack of the Ukrainian energy company that hired Hunter Biden. In the course of their fear-mongering reports, the networks suggested Russia was working on behalf of Trump, was the reason he got elected,…
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 14th, 2020 8:59 PM