MSNBC’s Glaude: GOP Rep. Shed ‘Crocodile Tears’ at Being Called Racist

Appearing on MSNBC late Thursday morning, left-wing Princeton University professor and network contributor Eddie Glaude hailed Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib as “courageous” for smearing her Republican colleague Mark Meadows as a “racist” during Wednesday’s Michael Cohen hearing. The liberal pundit even accused Meadows of shedding “crocodile tears” in response to the nasty accusation.
Kyle Drennen
February 28th, 2019 4:27 PM

Spanish Nets Suppress Coverage of Born-Alive Protection Vote

The United States Senate finally held a vote on the Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act. The vote tally fell along mostly partisan lines and ultimately failed. Inexplicably, none of this was reported on any of the leading national Spanish-language newscasts.
Jorge Bonilla
February 28th, 2019 4:00 PM

Microsoft Employees Protest $480 Million Contract With U.S. Military

Whose side is Big Tech on? That’s the question as Microsoft employees signed a petition calling on their employer to stop working with the United States military. Nearly 100 employees united against Microsoft working with the Defense Department, according to Reuters. Microsoft had agreed to sell the military its HoloLens headset, an augmented reality device to be used for tactical purposes. “We…
Alexander Hall
February 28th, 2019 3:36 PM

‘Too Bad’: WashPost Laments Lack of Atomic Era Hysteria

From the Feb. 28 Washington Post comes a useful reminder that in Progressive Land the sky is always falling; the cause just depends on which Chicken Little is doing the screaming. Or when.
Gabriel Hays
February 28th, 2019 3:27 PM

Oops: CNN Fretted That Trump Would ‘Soften’ Demands to North Korea

Less than an hour before Michael Cohen was set to begin his testimony on Capitol Hill, the panel on CNN Newsroom appeared extremely worried that President Trump would make a bad deal with North Korea just to distract from the Cohen testimony. Leading the charge was “objective” CNN National Security Analyst and CNN Newsroom co-host Jim Sciutto, who worked in the Obama administration as a senior…
Ryan Foley
February 28th, 2019 3:08 PM

Donny Deutsch: Trump Won't Leave Peacefully, Could Start A Civil War

The cast of MSNBC's Morning Joe like to view themselves as the defenders of truth and justice in an age when such ideals are supposedly under attack by President Trump. Any presidential hyperbole is condemned as a lie, while their own hyperbole is speaking truth to power.
Alex Christy
February 28th, 2019 1:59 PM

Telemundo, SPLC Strike Out in Hate Crime Reporting

The ‘hate crime hoax’ phenomenon is alive and well at Telemundo. The Spanish-language sister network to NBC really made a  fool of itself in a story on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) annual “Year in Hate” report.
Ken Oliver-Méndez
February 28th, 2019 1:02 PM

CBS, NBC Drop Partisan ID as Latest Racial Gaffe Engulfs Virginia Dem

Now that it’s clear that none of top three Virginia Democrats engulfed in scandal will be resigning voluntarily, CBS and NBC have stepped up the effort to clean up their racial gaffes. During a tour of the governor’s mansion, First Lady Pamela Northam last week handed cotton to an African American child and asked her to “imagine” what it would be like to be a slave. CBS This Morning and NBC’s…

Scott Whitlock
February 28th, 2019 12:27 PM

NBC’s Guthrie Asks: ‘Were Democrats Able to Rehabilitate’ Cohen?

Following media efforts to lionize former Trump attorney Michael Cohen in the wake of Wednesday’s public Capitol Hill hearing, on Thursday, Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie hoped House Democrats were able to “rehabilitate” the convicted felon and help him “overcome” his complete lack of credibility.
Kyle Drennen
February 28th, 2019 11:44 AM

John Heilemann: Cohen Testimony Was A 'Blood, Sweat And Tears' Moment

MSNBC's Morning Joe's week of strange Churchillian analogies continued on Thursday when the morning show panel discussed President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen's testimony to the House Oversight Committee.
Alex Christy
February 28th, 2019 10:55 AM

Lemon Literally Applauds Dem Who Lectured GOPer Over Racism

On Wednesday's CNN Tonight, host Don Lemon literally clapped his hands to cheer on Democratic Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence for telling off Republican Congressman Mark Meadows over race in response to him inviting former Donald Trump employee Lynne Patton as evidence that he does not treat his employees in a racist manner. The CNN host then had the congresswoman on the show to further complain…
Brad Wilmouth
February 28th, 2019 10:51 AM

New Poll: 'Trust In Media Hits Bottom'

Paul Bedard of the Washington Examiner reports on another new poll demonstrating that confidence in the media “has hit rock bottom, with many news consumers believing that reporters file their reports before knowing the facts.” The press had a higher percentage of people choosing they have "hardly any confidence at all" in it than the Congress. 
Randy Hall
February 28th, 2019 9:57 AM

Green New Deal Could Cost $93 Trillion, But Nets Ignore Massive Cost

How much would a Green New Deal cost? That’s the $93 trillion question some media outlets won’t ask. New estimates suggest the price tag of the climate and economic ideas contained in the Green New Deal promoted by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could cost $93 trillion, Bloomberg.com reported. That’s a very green deal, indeed. However, the evening newscasts ignored the new information about the…
Julia A. Seymour
February 28th, 2019 9:01 AM

'Sometimes You Have to Walk' -- 'Morning Joe' Praises Trump on Summit

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough and David Ignatius praised President Trump's decision to walk away from the Hanoi summit with Kim Jong Un of North Korea. Scarborough calls it the "best of all circumstances."  Ignatius agreed, quoting Trump that "sometimes you just have to walk."  Also, Joyce Vance a former US Attorney appointed by President Obama says that in Michael Cohen's congressional…
Mark Finkelstein
February 28th, 2019 8:55 AM