Matthews Grouses Rubio Is 'Cute' and Too Polished a Speaker

Chris Matthews has made no secret of how much he loves the "perfect" Barack Obama in everything from his speaking style on down to his family life. But far be it from the hyperpartisan Hardball host to see Rubio's good looks and polished speaking style as plusses for him in a hypothetical general-election contest against Hillary Clinton.
Ken Shepherd
December 16th, 2015 8:53 PM

MSNBC Guest: GOPers Want to 'Mass Murder Civilians' to Fight ISIS

Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's MSNBC Live, Linda Sarsour of the Arab-American Association of New York received no pushback from host Jose Diaz-Balart over her inflammatory assertion that some of the Republican presidential candidates "think they can mass murder civilians across the world" to defeat the ISIS threat. She also absurdly claimed that the U.S. killed 650,000 civilians in Iraq,…
Brad Wilmouth
December 16th, 2015 7:42 PM

Herschel Walker Doubles-Down on Trump, Amidst Criticism

ESPN’s Bomani Jones thinks that Donald Trump’s supporters are people who merely “revel in their whiteness.” Which should make for totes awesome television the next time Bomani interviews former Heisman winning running back Hershel Walker aka “the reveling whitey” on the air.

Bruce Bookter
December 16th, 2015 6:16 PM

Networks Censor ABC Poll Finding 53 Percent Oppose Assault Weapons Ban

ABC's morning and evening newscasts, along with those of competitors CBS and NBC, have yet to cover on the latest Washington Post/ABC poll finding that 53 percent of Americans oppose a new assault weapons ban. This is the "first time in more than 20 years of ABC News/Washington Post polls, with the public expressing vast doubt that the authorities can prevent 'lone wolf' terrorist attacks and a…
Matthew Balan
December 16th, 2015 6:00 PM

Conservative-Smearing Wilmore to Host White House Dinner

A conservative-hating, liberal comic has been chosen for the 2016 White House Correspondents Dinner. This time, it’s Nightly Show anchor Larry Wilmore. Scheduled for April 30, the dinner will likely contain many of the slimy attacks the comedian is known for. On November 30, Wilmore blamed the Planned Parenthood shooting on Fox News. 
Scott Whitlock
December 16th, 2015 5:29 PM

Federalist's Hemingway Looks At Media Silence on Obama's Failures

It sure "[m]ust be nice to be a Democratic president" given the media's air cover for your foreign policy/war-on-terrorism failures, The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway sighed at the end of her December 15 piece detailing all the ways in which the media are "Being Pretty Quiet About Obama’s Failures." Hemingway – who, you may recall, won the first annual Noel Sheppard award earlier this year –…
Ken Shepherd
December 16th, 2015 5:23 PM

Tom Brady Ends Presser When Questioned About Trump (VIDEO)

Apparently Bill Belichick is not the only member of the Patriots organization who has developed an intense dislike for the media. Which sometimes makes him given to spontaneously and abruptly ending press conferences.
Dylan Gwinn
December 16th, 2015 4:53 PM

The View’s Raven-Symone: Climate Change ‘Equal Threat’ to Terrorism

View co-host Raven-Symoné took to Twitter last night to blast GOP candidates on foreign policy and, in particular, climate change. The actress and one-time Disney star scolded former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee for saying terrorism is a bigger threat than climate change.
Sam Dorman
December 16th, 2015 4:14 PM

Five Celebs Protest Climate Change, Demand Action During Paris COP21

In spite of the fact that Hollywood celebrities live in fancy houses, often use private planes and galavant around the world spewing far more carbon than the Average Joe, many of them love to warn about the threat of climate change. So it was no surprise to see many film and music stars speaking out during the recent U.N. climate summit in Paris (COP21), which was held Nov. 30, through Dec. 12…
Erin Aitcheson
December 16th, 2015 3:30 PM

Chris Matthews Curses MRCTV for Asking If His Leg Is Still Thrilled

MRCTV’s Dan Joseph wandered the spin room in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, and found MSNBC star Chris Matthews. “I asked him whether he was feeling the thrill or whether the thrill was gone after seven years of President Obama. As you will see, he was not amused.” In fact, he said “Go to Hell,” which caused the video to be shared all over the Internet includingTheBlaze, the Daily Caller, the Free…
NB Staff
December 16th, 2015 2:47 PM

CNN's Cuomo Stumbles, Denies 'All Jihadis are Muslim'

CNN's Chris Cuomo made a gaffe regarding the religious faith of ISIS and other similar groups on Wednesday's New Day. When Senator Lindsey Graham accused Donald Trump of "playing into ISIL's hands," Cuomo replied, "Sixty percent of your party agrees with him. They think all jihadis are Muslim." Since jihad is a concept from the Islamic faith, a jihadi, by definition, would indeed be a Muslim…
Matthew Balan
December 16th, 2015 1:26 PM

Chris Matthews: Hillary Is ‘Probable' 2016 Winner, Speculates on 2020

During a live, post-debate edition of Hardball on Tuesday night, Chris Matthews declared Hillary Clinton the likely winner in 2016 and immediately moved on to 2020. Matthews, who famously had a “thrill" up his leg for Barack Obama, ended a segment on the current Vegas odds by declaring, “I think Hillary is favored. I think she'll probably win the general. Probably. Probably.”
Scott Whitlock
December 16th, 2015 1:17 PM

Fusion Scrubs 'Gullible' Smear of Catholics From Jorge Ramos Column

Why wasn't Univision anchor Jorge Ramos' "gullible" smear against Catholics included in English-language version on Fusion?
Jorge Bonilla
December 16th, 2015 12:39 PM

Whoops: DC Edition of the NY Times Has NO GOP Debate Story Today

The “All The News That’s Fit to Print” people at The New York Times clearly had a journalistic malfunction overnight. A look at the paper’s Washington edition shows no story on the Republican debate on the front page. Well, surely it’s mentioned at bottom in the text box about what’s inside? No. Well, it’s listed on “Inside the Times” on A-2? No. You have to find it on A-21, three pages into the…
Tim Graham
December 16th, 2015 12:37 PM