Michael Beschloss MSNBC The Weekend 6-2-24

'Murder! Arson! Dictatorship! Anarchy!'—Beschloss Pushes Fear of Trump

On MSNBC's the weekend, leftist NBC historian Michael Beschloss paints an apocalyptic picture of what a Trump presidency would be: murder, arson, endless dictatorship, and anarchy.

Mark Finkelstein
June 2nd, 2024 3:13 PM

Politico Touts 'Alvin Bragg Sealed His Place in Democratic Lore'

The Democrat-allied media energetically present Trump's prosecutors as nonpartisans enforcing a "rule of law." They couldn't possibly be prosecuting Trump to advance their career among Democrats. But hours after the guilty verdicts for Trump, Politico gushed "Alvin Bragg sealed his place in Democratic lore," and "now, Bragg can write his own political ticket."

P.J. Gladnick
June 2nd, 2024 2:57 PM

FLASHBACK: The Liberal Media’s Long Record of Reviling Ronald Reagan

In the 20 years since his death, journalists have praised Ronald Reagan as a way to disparage today's conservatives. But a look at the record shows the media routinely derided both Reagan and his policies.

Rich Noyes
June 2nd, 2024 10:21 AM

CIVIL? PBS Cues Ex-Republican to Slam 'Far Right, Gun-Loving Kook'

Taxpayer-funded PBS is just like CNN or MSNBC as it paints the Republicans as falling off a "far-right" cliff, while the Democrats have no "far left" extreme. The PBS NewsHour brought on disgruntled ex-Republican Joe Walsh to slam one primary challenger in Texas as a "far-right, gun-loving kook." So much for civility on PBS.

Brad Wilmouth
June 2nd, 2024 6:10 AM
Alicia Menendez Michael Cohen MSNBC The Weekend 6-1-24

MSNBC Host to Cohen: You Won't Get Peace So Long As Trump Is Alive!

On MSNBC's The Weekend, co-host Alicia Menendez tees up Michael Cohen, paraphrasing what Cohen had told Nicolle Wallace the day before, to say that he'll never get peace so long as Donald Trump is "with us," i.e., alive. 

Mark Finkelstein
June 1st, 2024 8:08 PM

Amanpour Likens Trump to Joe McCarthy. Hamas Rallies Were 'Pro-Peace'?

Amanpour & Co., which airs on CNN International and taxpayer-supported PBS, aired a conversation between host Christiane Amanpour and Jelani Cobb, the dean of Columbia Journalism School, both fretting over the perils of Trump and bringing the Joe McCarthy era into the discussion (you know it's serious when journalists bring up the Red Scare).

Clay Waters
June 1st, 2024 6:30 PM

Democracy Under Threat: Where Are the Liberal Media?

Anyone whose memory has not been washed clean can recall the liberal media’s not-so-long-ago frequent warnings about threats to democracy.

Jeffrey Lord
June 1st, 2024 4:00 PM

ABC Claims Trump Misled In Verdict Rebuttal Speech, Offers No Proof

For Saturday’s Good Morning America on ABC, White House correspondent MaryAlice Parks denounced Donald Trump’s Friday speech, where he attacked the process that ended with him being found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records for “including misleading claims.” Unfortunately for ABC viewers, Parks never specified what these misleading claims were.

Alex Christy
June 1st, 2024 2:00 PM

Why Won’t Scorsese, De Niro Decry ‘Goodfellas’ Trigger Warning?

“Goodfellas” actor Frank Sivero isn’t a household name, but this week he shamed his famous peers.

Christian Toto
June 1st, 2024 1:30 PM

'Sounds Like Politics': PBS Mourns GOP Attacking Trump Verdict

PBS NewsHour’s weekly recap with New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart had a lot to discuss on Friday as they discussed former President Donald Trump being found guilty in New York. The common thread throughout, however, was that in “the before times” Republicans and conservatives would have lined up to simply…

Alex Christy
June 1st, 2024 11:24 AM

'They Know Trump Is Guilty': Kimmel Alleges Outrage At Verdict Is Fake

During a rare Friday edition of his ABC show, legal non-expert Jimmy Kimmel asserted that Republicans who claim to be outraged at the conviction of former President Donald Trump are lying.

Alex Christy
June 1st, 2024 9:55 AM

Byron Donalds Schools CNN's Coates on Bragg's Political Motivations

On Thursday, CNN’s Laura Coates defended Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the outcome of the Trump trial. In response to those opposing the verdict, Coates argued: “you can't pick and choose whether the system is fair based on the particular outcome of somebody you're aligned with.” Congressman Byron Donald reminded Coates that Bragg had campaigned primarily on “getting Trump.”

Sarah Butler
June 1st, 2024 8:14 AM

NB Podcast: Reaction to Guilty Trump; Faux Sobriety, Boast, Want More

The last 24 hours have been like drinking water out of a firehose for us here at NewsBusters as the liberal media have been sounding off nearly non-stop on former President Trump being found guilty on 34 felony counts. Managing Editor Curtis Houck and I pour out the media reactions into their respective buckets ranging from gleeful to a hunger for harsher punishments to a faux-sobriety that…

Nicholas Fondacaro
May 31st, 2024 9:21 PM

VILE CBS Smears Trump Voters as ‘Cultish’ With ‘Dangerous’ Views

Discussing the Trump verdict in the second hour of Friday’s CBS Mornings, chief political analyst John Dickerson and CBS Saturday Morning co-host Michelle Miller acted as the unofficial Democratic response to Senator Tom Cotton’s (R-AR) interview from earlier as the partisan journalist (Dickerson) and wife of a far-left activist (Miller) smeared Trump voters as possessed with “cultish…

Curtis Houck
May 31st, 2024 8:10 PM