On MSNBC, Daily Beast's Obeidallah: 'Conservatives Hate a Lot of Women

December 30th, 2013 3:39 PM
Appearing as a guest on the Friday, December 27, Hardball on MSNBC, comedian and Daily Beast columnist Dean Obeidallah -- who has also been a CNN contributor -- cracked that "conservatives hate a lot of women" as he recounted that the woman whose face appeared on the ObamaCare Web site had been tagged "the most despised woman in America"  by "some bloggers on the right," whom he failed to…

NBC Top Doc Snyderman A Single-Payer Fan, Made Kids Sign Up For Obamac

December 30th, 2013 9:46 AM
Let no one say that NBC/MSNBC are reluctant to criticize ObamaCare.  A leading NBC light boldly did so today . . . from the left, of course.   Appearing on Morning Joe, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC's chief medical editor, declared that there should be "a single-payer system" of health care.  That is the left's preferred solution, but brings with it a host of problems, as the Heritage Foundation…

New Low: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts Calls Ted Cruz 'Big on the Birther M

December 30th, 2013 9:17 AM
MSNBC seems to really hate Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) as it has reached new lows to smear the Tea Party senator. Tired of using their usual attacks on the junior senator from Texas, the folks at the network have resorted to a new tactic, openly lying about his record on anti-Obama conspiracy theories. Appearing as a fill-in host on Morning Joe on December 30, MSNBC host Thomas Roberts claimed…

Year-End Awards: The Dopiest Quotes of

December 29th, 2013 9:21 AM
For the 25th consecutive year, the Media Research Center has recognized the absolute wackiest media quotes in our annual “Best Notable Quotables of 2013,” as selected by our panel of 42 expert judges. The first time this prize was offered, in 1989, then-CNN pundit Linda Ellerbee won for comments delivered on the June 2, 1989 edition of PrimeNews: “‘These boat people,’ says the government of…

MSNBC’s Dyson: ‘Phil Robertson and Duck Dynasty Part of Majority W

December 28th, 2013 6:28 PM
It appears that MSNBC is becoming a 24-hour race-baiting network. On MSNBC’s Now Friday, king race-baiter Michael Eric Dyson said, “Phil Robertson and the Duck Dynasty is part of a majority white supremacist culture that either consciously or unconsciously incubates hatred toward those who are different” (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Bristol Palin: 'Warning: You Might Lose IQ Points By Watching This MSN

December 28th, 2013 4:36 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, MSNBC's Joy Reid on Thursday badly misinterpreted an Old Testament passage to ridicule former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for having a Christmas tree on Christmas. On Saturday, Palin's daughter Bristol took to her blog to respond to Reid in a piece she marvelously titled "Warning: You Might Lose IQ Points by Watching this MSNBC Clip":

MSNBC’s Harris-Perry: ‘Who Wants to Go to Colorado and Get High fo

December 28th, 2013 2:51 PM
THIS is MSNBC. Saturday’s Melissa Harris-Perry show actually began with the host asking, “Who wants to go to Colorado and get high for the New Year?” (video follows with commentary):

Larry O'Donnell Slams Snowden: 'Every Time He Speaks, He Says Provably

December 28th, 2013 2:24 PM
It's not often that liberals and conservatives can agree on something, but on Thursday night's "The Last Word" on MSNBC, host Lawrence O'Donnell agreed with us that Edward Snowden showed a very flimsy grip on reality in his "alternative Christmas message" that aired on Britain's Channel 4. "So, here we have another Edward Snowden statement. And once again, Joy Reid, he says things, every time…

Year-End Awards: Journalists Acting as Orderlies for ObamaCare

December 28th, 2013 9:03 AM
Today’s installment of the Media Research Center’s “Best Notable Quotables of 2013,” as selected by our 42 expert judges, the “Obama's Orderlies Award,” for championing ObamaCare. Back in 2010, this award was “won” by then-MSNBC star Keith Olbermann, who on January 5 of that year lambasted conservatives for daring to oppose Obama's big government solution: “What would you do, sir, if…

NPR Sports Reporter Mike Pesca Oozes Love for Obama's 'Brilliant Snub

December 27th, 2013 10:37 PM
NPR sports-and-culture correspondent Mike Pesca appeared on MSNBC's "Up With Steve Kornacki" on Sunday to discuss the Winter Olympics in Russia and how Obama is sending gay Olympians and gay tennis legend Billie Jean King instead of going himself. Kornacki asked Pesca "What is your sense of what the atmosphere is going to be like for gay athletes? And just in general, the atmosphere is going to…

MSNBC's Taylor: Republicans 'Almost Single-Handedly Blew Up This Econo

December 27th, 2013 12:23 PM
On Thursday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, during a discussion of Republican resistance to extending unemployment benefits, MSNBC political analyst Goldie Taylor charged that the  GOP "almost single-handedly blew up this economy," and that it was "as if" they "blew up" the "bridge" and then "dared people to cross to the other side of the canyon on their own." After host Al Sharpton played several…

Year-End Awards: 'The Kamikaze Award' and 'Let Them Eat Dog Food

December 27th, 2013 9:15 AM
Today’s installment of the Media Research Center’s “Best Notable Quotables of 2013,” as selected by our 42 expert judges: the “Let Them Eat Dog Food Award, for Freaking Out Over the Sequester’s Puny Cuts,” and “The Kamikaze Award, for Disparaging Conservatives During the Shutdown.” In late February, as automatic spending cuts were about to take a tiny sliver off of the $3.5 trillion annual…

MSNBC’s Reid Bashes Palin for Having a Christmas Tree...on Christmas

December 26th, 2013 6:51 PM
As NewsBusters has reported for years, the hatred liberal media members have for and display towards former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin knows no bounds. On MSNBC’s Ed Show Thursday, substitute host Joy Reid castigated Palin first for having the nerve to show family pictures on Fox & Friends Christmas Eve – the horror! – but also for having a Christmas tree on - wait for it! - Christmas (…

MSNBC's Hayes Derides FNC 'Obsession' with 'Knockout Game' That Target

December 26th, 2013 6:34 PM
On Monday's All In with Chris Hayes, host Hayes for a second time griped over Fox News giving attention to reports of primarily black teens playing a "knockout game" in which they target white victims for violence, suggesting that the game does not really exist. As he awarded his choice for the "over-covered" and "under-covered" news stories for the year, Hayes began: