MSNBC’s Donny Deutsch: ‘Bridgegate’ Worse Than Clinton Sex Scand

April 1st, 2014 11:37 AM
Liberal MSNBC guest Donny Deutsch made some bizarre comments during his appearance on “Morning Joe” on Tuesday April 1 regarding the Chris Christie “Bridgegate” scandal. Speaking to the “Morning Joe” panel, Deutsch asserted that regarding “Bridgegate” he couldn’t “remember anything more egregious, interestingly enough that a politician has done.” Furthermore, Deutsch argued that the Chris…

Mika a One-Woman Walking Commercial For Moribund 'Meet The Press

March 31st, 2014 8:08 AM
How bad are things for Meet The Press?  The once-dominant Sunday show has fallen into a distant third place. And now Mika Brzezinski has resorted to an embarrassing attempt to revive her network's failing patient. On today's Morning Joe, Mika managed to mention Meet The Press by name no fewer than eight times in one segment. Her argument was that MTP is the go-to place for politicians…

Grilled By Scarborough, Schumer Ultimately Agrees With Reid: Koch Brot

March 27th, 2014 8:21 AM
At 63, Chuck Schumer can still dance—for awhile.  But eventually, age or ambition caught up with the New York senator.  On today's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough grilled Schumer over Harry Reid's accusation, uttered on the floor of the Senate, that the Koch brothers are "un-American." For as long as he could, Schumer moonwalked away from Scarborough's question as to whether the Kochs are un-…

MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski to Rick Perry: ‘What The Heck Is Going On

March 25th, 2014 9:42 AM
“Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski has been engaged in an ongoing rant about the mythical pay gap between men and women. Over the past week, the liberal MSNBCer has used her daily platform to repeat the false statistic that women earn 77 percent of what their male counterparts make. After allowing formerPresident Jimmy Carter to repeat the erroneous statistic on Monday’s broadcast, Mika…

Jimmy Carter Repeats Wage Gap Myth on ‘Morning Joe’ Appearance; MS

March 24th, 2014 1:18 PM
President Jimmy Carter must watch a lot of MSNBC because he did an excellent job pushing their liberal talking points. The Georgia Democrat appeared on the March 23rd “Morning Joe” to promote his latest book and subsequently repeated MSNBC’s liberal agenda.   Appearing on Monday, Carter falsely claimed that “Women get about 23% less pay for men for the same job" an incorrect statistic that…

MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Fawns Over Jimmy Carter During ‘Morning Jo

March 24th, 2014 11:37 AM
President Jimmy Carter stopped by MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" on Monday March 24, and was immediately treated to a slobbering video montage courtesy of co-host Mika Brzezinski. Brzezinski, whose father Zbigniew Brzezinski served as Carter’s National Security Advisor, narrated a five minute pre-taped segment highlighting her time in the White House. The segment ignored the negatives of the Carter…

Carter Blames Catholic, Southern Baptist Churches For Abuse of Women A

March 24th, 2014 9:15 AM
Jimmy Carter has blamed the Catholic and Southern Baptist churches for the abuse of women around the world. According to Carter, men around the world use the doctrine of those churches on the role of women as justification for abusing women. Appearing on Monday's Morning Joe, the former president said: "with the writing of St. Paul, you can selectively take verses out of the Bible and you…

Morning Joe Goes All-In MH370: Better Than Broadcasting Obama's Bungle

March 20th, 2014 8:51 AM
You're MSNBC.  That hurts I know, but work with me.  So, what would you like to feature: President Obama getting Putinized?  Syria flouting the WMD agreement?  Iran's inexorable march toward nukes?  The ongoing Obamacare debacle? Not so much.  Say: why not make like CNN and go all in on MH-370? Which is precisely what Morning Joe did today.  The first 103 minutes were devoted exclusively to…

As He Denies Prez Run, NY Times Honors Joe Scarborough And His 'Must-S

March 19th, 2014 5:13 PM
Color The New York Times slightly disappointed that Joe Scarborough is saying he won’t run for president in the GOP primaries in 2016. “He comes with instant credibility, instant recognition of a brand,” the Times quoted Matt Mowers, executive director of the New Hampshire Republican Party. That instant brand recognition? MSNBC, the Obama Can Do No Wrong Channel. But Times reporter Sheryl…

MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Falsely Claims That ‘Women Get Paid 77 Cen

March 19th, 2014 10:13 AM
“Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski is an unapologetic liberal so it should come as no surprise that she would spew liberal talking points on a regular basis. Unfortunately, Ms. Brzezinski has taken it upon herself to repeat the liberal myth that women get paid less than men. On both the March 18 and 19th broadcasts of “Morning Joe” Mika hyped “the issue of equal pay in the workplace”…

'Morning Joe’ Gushes Over Joe Scarborough’s New Hampshire Visit in

March 17th, 2014 9:05 AM
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough visited the battleground state of New Hampshire over the weekend and spoke at two Republican Party events to promote his new book “The Right Path.” Despite Scarborough’s reputation as being an MSNBC Republican, the folks at “Morning Joe” oozed over Scarborough’s visit, with co-host Mika Brzezinski narrating a campaign-style piece for her colleague. The segment began…

Chuck Todd Mocks Dem Spin Of Florida Election Loss

March 13th, 2014 8:55 AM
Here at NewsBusters, we've regularly raked Chuck Todd over the coals.  So let's give the NBC political director credit for calling out Dems today on their lame spin over the loss by Dem Alex Sink in this week's special congressional election in FL-13. On today's Morning Joe, Todd mocked Dems in the White House and elsewhere now claiming that FL-13 "is not a swing district.  It's an 'R+13…

Chris Matthews: ‘Abraham Lincoln Would Not Have Worked For Fox

March 13th, 2014 8:27 AM
Following President Obama’s appearance on the satirical interview show “Between Two Ferns” with comedian Zach Galifianakis, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews chose to take an unnecessary swipe at Fox News. Appearing as a guest on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on March 13, the “Hardball” host reacted to Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly saying that Abraham Lincoln would not have gone on “Between Two Ferns” by claiming that…

Strange: Mika Spins Steamy Story of Having Been Held 'Hostage' in Sout

March 12th, 2014 8:06 AM
As an embarrassed Joe Scarborough said, Mika Brzezinski didn't have her "filter on" this morning. On today's Morning Joe, Brzezinski broke out a lurid tale of how as a young woman she had been held "hostage" by the son of the President of Lebanon, who apparently had hijinks on his mind. Scarborough had just teased Mika with a variation on his running joke of how she vacations in the south of…