MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe: Colin Powell a ‘National Treasure

August 23rd, 2013 5:45 PM
Nothing warms the hearts of the liberal media more than a Republican who criticizes other Republicans. Perhaps it was no surprise, then, when MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe called retired General Colin Powell a “national treasure” on Friday’s Morning Joe. The entire Morning Joe panel was praising the former secretary of state for speaking out against North Carolina’s strict new voter…

Tea Party Group Urges People to Dump Comcast: 'You're Paying Al Sharpt

August 23rd, 2013 10:21 AM
The Tea Party organization FreedomWorks is ramping up pressure on the NBC/MSNBC-owning cable provider Comcast. On Thursday, the group launched a campaign to get the 22 million households that subscribe to Comcast to dump the provider saying in an email and a video, "You're paying for Al Sharpton's salary" (video follows with commentary):

MSNBC Still in Freefall, Loses 22 Percent of Viewers From Last Summer

August 22nd, 2013 9:20 PM
The all-liberal all-the-time cable “news” channel continues to lose its audience as MSNBC's ratings were down by nearly one-fourth during the past three months from the same period in 2012, according to preliminary data from the Nielsen Company that was compiled from the start of summer through last Sunday. Making things even worse for the “Lean Forward” channel is the resurgence of the…

MSNBC: North Carolina Is Lab Where GOP Has ‘Perfected Its Frankenste

August 22nd, 2013 5:55 PM
Former DNC press secretary Karen Finney continues to use her MSNBC show to brazenly fly her partisan flag. On Sunday’s Disrupt with Karen Finney, the half-black host slammed North Carolina as a state that showcases the Republican “agenda on steroids.” One of her guests went further, dubbing North Carolina “the laboratory where the GOP has perfected its Frankenstein monster.” Finney began the…

Rangel: ‘There Is No Reason Why a Young Person Should Have to Pay fo

August 22nd, 2013 4:39 PM
President Obama made some proposals Thursday about how we can reduce college costs around the country. Speaking about this on MSNBC’s Martin Bashir show hours later, Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) actually said, and I quote, “There is no reason why a young person should have to pay for college.”

Toure Neblett: Slavery Is Partly to Blame for High Black Unemployment

August 22nd, 2013 3:22 PM
It really is astonishing the limited intellectual capacity possessed by many liberal media members. On Wednesday, MSNBC's Toure Neblett actually said on Twitter that slavery is partly to blame for the high unemployment rate in the black community:

MSNBC’s Wagner And Reid Carp About Three ‘72 Dolphins Who Refused

August 21st, 2013 5:57 PM
Three players from the 1972 Miami Dolphins turned down President Obama’s recent invitation to the White House, citing disagreements with the chief executive's political agenda, and Alex Wagner was not going to let them get away without being ridiculed. On Tuesday’s NOW with Alex Wagner, the host and her panelists pilloried the three players who chose to stay behind for ideological reasons while…

MSNBC: Obama Having to 'Swat' GOP 'Gnats' That Are 'Swarming Around Hi

August 21st, 2013 5:39 PM
On Wednesday's MSNBC Andrea Mitchell Reports, fill-in co-host Kathleen Matthews, wife of Hardball host Chris Matthews, lamented Republicans distracting President Obama from pushing his liberal agenda: "...the President's got the gnats of August swarming around him, with Ted Cruz out there fighting against ObamaCare. So, hard to kind of keep that message and that kind of – that solid message…

MSNBC, the Network With a 9/11 Truther Host, Smears Climate Skeptics a

August 21st, 2013 3:48 PM
MSNBC, which is the home of 9/11 Truther Toure, on Wednesday smeared Republicans skeptical of climate change as "truthers." During a segment on the latest United Nations report on global warming, Now host Alex Wagner touted White House talking points, playing a clip of an Organizing for America commercial labeling House Speaker John Boehner a "climate denier." Later in the segment, an MSNBC…

Matthews Bemoans Manning Sentence: 'Frail Guy Who Doesn't Look Threate

August 21st, 2013 2:43 PM
So what if he disclosed information that potentially threatened American lives and security interests?  Manning's a "frail guy who doesn't look threatening to anyone." So you have to question the length of his sentence. Such was the bizarre logic that Chris Matthews—guest hosting for Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC today—employed as he bemoaned Bradley Mannings' sentence--which could in practice…

MSNBC Contributor Reid Ridiculously Slams Gun Rights Movement as ‘Ne

August 20th, 2013 6:18 PM
MSNBC anchor Alex Wagner and her band of left-wing panelists sneered at the legislative recall effort currently underway in Colorado on Tuesday’s NOW with Alex Wagner. Serial MSNBC contributor Joy Reid even went so far as to refer to the NRA, one of the groups behind the recall, as “Neo-Confederate.” Wagner was slamming the NRA, which seemingly everyone at MSNBC loves to do, when Reid joined…

Chris Matthews: House GOP's 'Ideological Zealotry Trumps' 'Minimal Loy

August 20th, 2013 6:16 PM
Extreme liberal Chris Matthews may be losing his 5pm time slot, but he isn't going quietly. On Tuesday's Hardball, Matthews sneered that House Republicans who are attempting to defund Obamacare have "ideological zealotry" that "trumps" "even the most minimal loyalty to the common national interests." Yet, later in the show, the anchor bemoaned Republicans who, regarding Barack Obama, won't "…

MSNBC's Hayes: 'Self-Lathering Conservative Base' Leading GOP to 'Unmi

August 20th, 2013 6:03 PM
On Monday's All In show, MSNBC host Chris Hayes accused Republicans of "pandering" to an "increasingly self-lathering conservative base" in trying to defund ObamaCare, as he predicted that doing so would spell an "unmitigated disaster politically" for Republicans. Hayes mocked Republicans as uncaring as he referred to millions of people who might be affected by ObamaCare by rhetorically…

MSNBC Finds Sexism Angle in... NFL's New Stadium Bag Ban

August 20th, 2013 5:16 PM
Leave it to the Lean Forward network to weave a war-on-women theme into just about anything. Today the network's Tamron Hall and Janet Shamlian hinted sexism was in play with a new NFL ban on large bans in stadiums. The move, they complained, disproportionately affected female football fans who might set out for the big game with a large bag or purse. Here's how NewsNation host Tamron Hall…