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MSNBC Trashes Bill Barr for 'Politicizing' Virus on State Lockdowns
On her Tuesday show, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell was in disbelief at the idea that the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division might sue states and localities for violating the constitution with excessive stay-at-home orders. It was not the first time Mitchell expressed confusion at the idea that the constitution still applies, even during a pandemic.
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Like 2016? Psychic Scarborough: 'After Trump Loses This Fall ... '
Turn out the lights, the election's over, and Trump has lost! So says Joe Scarborough on Morning Joe. He repeatedly rips as "idiots" Republicans who favor a faster re-opening of the country, and ultimately says: "These conserv -- not conservatives, they're idiots. These Trumpists who think that they're finding a way forward politically by attacking stay-at-home orders, they're the 10%, they're…
NBC Boss Pens Ode to Journalism – But He Sat on Weinstein and Lauer
Even though the presidential election is still about six months away, people in the “mainstream media” are already ramping up their attacks on President Trump in the hope that the GOP official will spend only one term in the White House. One of the most recent slams came from Andy Lack, the chairman of NBC News and the MSNBC cable channel, who claimed in a column on Tuesday that he and his fellow…
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MSNBC's Reid Wrongly Claims Europe Handling Pandemic Better Than US
On Sunday's AM Joy show on MSNBC, as she spoke with several medical doctors about the coronavirus pandemic, host Joy Reid claimed that countries with universal health care are handling the crisis better than the U.S., and even asserted that America's "former allies" in Europe are, "quite frankly, having better outcomes than we are." Reid made this claim in spite of the fact that per capita deaths…
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Morning Joe's Meacham: On Virus, Trump Dumber Than My Dogs
On Morning Joe, Jon Meacham says that when it comes to testing for the coronavirus, President Trump is "failing to do what my Springer Spaniels know we should do." Joe Scarborough says that he and Willie Geist "can confirm that."
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After Ruhle Abjectly Thanks Her, Pelosi Hails 'Your Objective View'
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi appeared on Monday for yet another softball interview on MSNBC, this time with MSNBC Live's Stephanie Ruhle. This latest interview included interviewer and interviewee thanking each other their role in the current pandemic. Ruhle praised all the help for small business, and Pelosi said ""Well, thank you for your objective view of it all because that's all very…
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Scarborough: Buckley's 'Rolling Over In His Grave' at Attacks on Press
Stung by criticism of their on-air TDS meltdowns, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski lash out at the conservative media, calling them "despicable, disgusting" Trump "pawns" who are betraying the legacy of William F. Buckley and Ronald Reagan.
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MSNBC Analyst: Trump a 'Cult Leader' Like Jim Jones
Donald Trump: akin to a homicidal cult leader? Yup, if you believe Joy Reid's guest this morning, MSNBC analyst Dr. Irwin Redlener. Calling President Trump a "cult leader," Redlener said that his: "cultish following reminds me of Jim Jones and the Koolaid and all that horrible stuff."
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Brian Williams: Trump Lacks 'Empathy' For COVID Victims
As COVID-19 deaths continue to rise, MSNBC's Brian Williams and historian Douglas Brinkley wondered on Friday night's The 11th Hour why President Trump doesn't seem to care.
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Velshi Cues Up Sanders to Push Socialized Medicine
On Saturday's Velshi show, MSNBC host Ali Velshi again used the pandemic as a rationale for advocating socialized medicine as he defended Canadian-style single-payer health care, and cued up Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to advocate such a system in the U.S.
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Despite Media Silence, Biden Assault Allegation Gaining Traction
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As Joe Biden marches, or rather slow crawls, to the Democratic presidential nomination, more and more #MeToo activists are finding it quite hard to ignore his sexual assault allegation and history of inappropriate touching. The only question is, why haven’t the mainstream media been as invested in these earnest women, as they were when Brett Kavanaugh was under fire?
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Mitchell & Pelosi Push Conspiracy Theory of Trump Delaying Election
During a softball interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday, MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell asked about a conspiracy theory being pushed by presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden that President Trump would try to use the coronavirus pandemic to “kick back the election” in November. Rather dismiss the unfounded claim, the supposed journalist wondered how Pelosi could prevent the imagined…
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MSNBC Wrongly Claims US Corona Testing 'Far Behind Other Countries'
On Wednesday's Morning Joe on MSNBC, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist spent more than five minutes ranting about President Donald Trump correctly stating that the U.S. has tested more people for COVID-19 than any other country in the world. Scarborough and Geist went so far as to wrongly insist that the per capita testing rate in the U.S. is "far, far behind other countries,"…
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Wallace Sees 'Silver Lining' to Deadly Virus — It's Hurting Trump
Even for the execrable Nicolle Wallace — Trump-hater extraordinaire and Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferer — this was truly grotesque. Sure, tens of thousands of Americans have died, and the economy is in shambles. But hey, there's a "silver lining" to all the death and misery: Trump's alleged "lies" and sins" are hurting him politically. As Wallace put it Thursday afternoon on her MSNBC show…
