To Zing Trump, Reporter Imagines Out Loud that Tulsa's Next to Mexico
On Morning Joe, in order to make an anti-Trump political point, Costa hilariously suggested that Tulsa, Oklahoma is "around" the Mexican border. In fact, Tulsa is separated from Mexico by 3/4 of Oklahoma and all of Texas. The closest Mexican border town of any size is 641 miles away. It's like driving from Nashua, New Hampshire to the border of North Carolina.
MSNBC's Glaude: Trump 'Playing Fast and Loose' with Black Deaths
Appearing as a guest on Saturday's Velshi show on MSNBC, contributor Eddie Glaude accused President Donald Trump of planning to put on a "white political theater" that "plays fast and loose" with the deaths of blacks as he complained about the upcoming rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma -- a city known for a horrific massacre against black residents in 1921.
NBC Wrongly Hints Cop Murdered Black Victims Who Were Actually White
On Thursday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Stephanie Gosk incorrectly suggested that a former Houston police officer was being charged with murdering a black victim when, in fact, both victims in the case were white.
MSNBC Major Tweeter/Producer Mangles Trump Fox Talk on Chokeholds
On Friday's Outnumbered Overtime with Harris Faulkner on Fox News, President Trump talked about how chokeholds by police should probably be ended. But MSNBC senior producer Kyle Griffin -- who tweets to 766,000 followers -- mangled that message on Twitter.
MSNBC: Biden Has 'The Perfect Message For 2020'
When guest hosting The Last Word on Friday, MSNBC's Ali Velshi declared that given the protests and reaction to the death of George Floyd, Joe Biden has been prophetic in his calls for the country to move past President Trump's racial divisiveness. Similarly, Jonathan Alter was amazed at Biden's "perfect message for 2020."
Chuck Todd Wonders If Media, Corporations Can Keep the Activism Going
On Friday's MSNBC Live, host Chuck Todd worried out loud with Nikole Hannah-Jones of the New York Times Magazine and the "1619 Project" fame, about what needs to be done to make sure the new wave of Black Lives Matter activism does not simply fade away.
Morning Hypocrite: MSNBC's Doc Says 'We Need to Ban Political Rallies'
On Friday's Morning Joe, NBC medical expert Dr. Vin Gupta accused President Trump of endangering his fans with a "super-spreader event in Tulsa," and said "we need to ban political rallies." But earlier in the week, he suggested he could safely march in a "Doctors for Justice" protests" with masks and Purell.
Mitchell: Are White People ‘Capable’ of ‘Grieving' a Black Child?
During an interview with journalism professor Connie Schultz, wife of Democratic Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell horrendously wondered if “white people” were “capable” of “grieving for the loss of a black child.” Schultz argued more people were examining the state of race relations due to the “racist administration” of President Trump.
MSNBC: Radical Seattle Mob Rule ‘Like a Pedestrian Street Festival'
On Friday, MSNBC defended the takeover of a Seattle neighborhood by radical protesters and claimed the area was “like a pedestrian street festival.” Missing from the coverage was any mention of the extreme views of the demonstrators or the fact that the city’s police chief warned of the department’s inability to respond to “rapes, robberies, and other violent acts” in the area.
Joe Scarborough Slimes McConnell as 'Chokehold Mitch'
The left has tried to pin a variety of epithets on Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. First came "Cocaine Mitch." The allegation was so absurd that the wily Leader was actually able to fundraise off it with T-shirts mockingly embracing the moniker. Next, Joe Scarborough, alleging McConnell's alleged ties to Russia, tried out "Moscow Mitch." Meh. But on today's Morning Joe,…
Morning Joe Looks Like It's Re-Branding as Biden TV
Morning Joe has abandoned any pretense of being anything other than a mouthpiece for the DNC in general, and the Biden campaign in particular. Today's opening panel included Al Sharpton and Karine Jean-Pierre. Until recently, Jean-Pierre had been an MSNBC analyst, but is now an official Biden campaign aide. Yet she appeared not as a guest to be questioned [and forget grilled], but as a…
Joy Reid Doesn't Know History: Says the Racists All Became Republicans
During MSNBC's Tuesday coverage of George Floyd's funeral in Houston, Joy Reid joined Craig Melvin to talk about the history of race and racial progress in American history. According to Reid's version of history, Democrats who opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, became Republicans, implying that the GOP of today is a racist party.
TOP 15: Trump Inflamed Tensions That Led to Tea Party-Like Looting
To hear the media spin it, the rioting and looting that took place around the country these past few weeks was a Boston Tea Party-like response to the years Donald Trump and the GOP’s fanning the “flames” of “racial hatred.” The following are the Top 15 worst outbursts by liberal hosts and reporters during their coverage of the George Floyd protests and subsequent riots:
MSNBC Fears GOP ‘Seized Upon’ Defund Police Push to ‘Demonize’ Dems
Over the course of the day on Monday, MSNBC repeatedly warned that Republicans may “seize” on left-wing calls to defund police departments across the country in an effort to “demonize” Democrats. There was less concern that the radical policy proposal was outside of the mainstream and could endanger public safety.
