MSNBC’s Finney On IRS Scandal: ‘Why Didn't Romney Make More Of A B
May 22nd, 2013 8:29 PM
You can take the flack out of the DNC but you can't take the DNC out of the flack, especially it's MSNBC regular and newly-minted weekend host Karen Finney, who today said that Mitt Romney should have made a bigger deal out of the IRS scandal on the campaign trail. The only problem, of course, is that no one knew about the IRS's malfeasance until well after the election.
On Wednesday's Now…
Obama Losing Chris Matthews? Host Rails Against 'Profiling' By IRS: It
May 22nd, 2013 6:25 PM
If Barack Obama is losing Chris Matthews, he might be in serious trouble. The MSNBC host on Wednesday declared that the Tea Party is the victim of "profiling" by the Internal Revenue Service that is on the level of targeting innocent Muslims as terrorists. On the subject of former IRS official Lois Lerner pleading the Fifth, Matthews wondered, "Why, if you have nothing to hide and you're a…
Maddow Freaked Out by 'Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very
May 22nd, 2013 2:36 PM
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow warned her very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very liberal audience that the Virginia Republican Party just picked a slate of "very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very conservative" candidates to run for office this fall.
On Tuesday's edition of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show the host left no doubt in her viewers' minds about how "very conservative" she found…
ABC’s Cokie Roberts Acknowledges Obama’s Contempt for the Press, B
May 22nd, 2013 1:50 PM
Even ABC News’s Cokie Roberts recognizes that the Obama administration has far overstepped its constitutional boundaries in obtaining the personal emails of Fox News reporter James Rosen. The political commentator denounced the Obama/Holder Justice Department’s actions on Tuesday’s Morning Joe on MSNBC, claiming the overreach was “appalling.”
Roberts later criticized the administration’s…
Chuck Todd: Obama Administration Wants to 'Criminalize Journalism
May 22nd, 2013 10:18 AM
As more revelations surface concerning the White House targeting press members, more and more of Barack Obama's fans in the media are breaking ranks.
Count NBC's chief White House correspondent amongst them, for on MSNBC's Morning Joe Wednesday, Chuck Todd actually said, "They want to criminalize journalism" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Al Hunt On Rosen Outrage: Obama 'No Better Than Nixon'; Holder Should
May 22nd, 2013 9:19 AM
How worried should President Obama be when he loses the likes of Al Hunt?
On today's Morning Joe, discussing the James Rosen outrage, Hunt called President Obama "no better than Richard Nixon" when it comes to the press. He then strongly suggested that Attorney General Eric Holder should go. View the video after the jump.
MSNBC’s Schultz Admits He Doesn’t Know Much About ObamaCare, Still
May 21st, 2013 4:48 PM
You gotta love ol’ Ed Schultz. A recent demotion at the Lean Forward network hasn’t stopped the bombastic MSNBC host from sputtering over Republican opposition to ObamaCare, despite the fact that Schultz himself admits he doesn’t really know what’s in the bill.
Schultz was recently moved from his weeknight, primetime spot in MSNBC’s über-progressive lineup to weekends, a move sources at the…
MSNBC's Ratings Fall to Seven Year Lows
May 21st, 2013 11:00 AM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, Americans are tiring of MSNBC.
Deadline reported Monday the liberal so-called "news" network's ratings last week dropped to levels not seen since 2006:
'Get to Know Chris Hayes' -- Learn He Really Avoids Obama Scandals Lik
May 20th, 2013 10:33 PM
MSNBC ads on liberal websites like Salon.com are pushing to increase interest and ratings in the badly named show "All In," when it could be titled "A Few In." Or, to quote Dana Carvey's George Bush, "Still Gaining Acceptance." The ad says “Click here to get to know Chris Hayes.” This takes you to the “All In With Chris Hayes” Facebook page.
What you get there is a great sense of just how…
Martin Bashir on Moore, Oklahoma: 'Perhaps the Worst Tornado in the Hi
May 20th, 2013 7:37 PM
As NewsBusters has reported over the years, America's media love to hype every serious weather event.
On Monday, shortly after an F4 tornado demolished the town of Moore, Oklahoma, MSNBC's Martin Bashir called it "perhaps the worst tornado in the history of the planet" (video follows with transcript and commentary, file photo):
MSNBC Slams 'Scandal' of GOP Vote to Repeal ObamaCare
May 20th, 2013 5:24 PM
On Friday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, host Al Sharpton lambasted House Republicans for repeatedly voting to repeal ObamaCare, calling it a "scandal" and an "outrage," as he seemed to cite a questionable study from a left-wing source from 2009 claiming that 45,000 people a year die because they lack health insurance. Sharpton began the segment:
MSNBC Dutifully Demonizes Conservative Black GOP Politician: ‘He Mig
May 20th, 2013 1:08 PM
Now that the race for Virginia’s next governor has kicked into high gear, NBC News’ Chief White House Correspondent has decided to be partisan and sharply criticized the Republican ticket.
On his May 20 edition of The Daily Rundown, the MSNBC anchor hammered the GOP’s nominee for Virginia Lieutenant Governor, African-American pastor E.W. Jackson, as extreme and someone who “might make Todd…
Former Obama Advisor Gibbs: I Don’t Read Maureen Dowd – Same Colum
May 20th, 2013 10:40 AM
Former Obama press secretary and campaign advisor Robert Gibbs had some harsh words for New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd Monday.
Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Gibbs said, “I don’t normally read Maureen...largely because it’s sort of largely the same column for the last like eight years” (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):
Morning Joe Meteorologist: Tornado Averted 'By The Grace of Whatever
May 20th, 2013 8:34 AM
Let me preface by saying that I'm not criticizing Bill Karins for his choice of words. Thank, uh, goodness, we live in a country where we're free to believe in any God or no God at all.
But I do see Karins' construction as a sign of the cultural times. The Morning Joe meteorologist today aired dramatic footage of the weatherman at the NBC affiliate in Wichita, Kansas ordering his colleagues…