What? Ask for Warren Buffett's Tax Forms, and MSNBC Calls You a 'Buffe

September 25th, 2011 10:10 PM
Republicans have suggested that if billionaire Warren Buffett is going to be the basis of a "Buffett rule" of taxation, then it would seem obvious that perhaps Buffett should be asked to display his tax returns. If he's going to be the exemplar of class inequities, he should lay his taxes on the table. On Thursday night, MSNBC had a mysterious new term for this demand: "Buffett birther." It…

MSNBC Uses Liberal Green Jobs Activist to Blame Solyndra on George W

September 24th, 2011 5:00 PM
The lengths MSNBC will go to deflect blame from President Obama for anything bad that can be tied to his administration is simply amazing. On Friday, a liberal green jobs activist was brought on "MSNBC Live" to falsely accuse former President George W. Bush of making that ill-advised loan to failed solar company Solyndra (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Crazy Larry: Perry Is GOP's 'Favorite Killer, Favorite State-Sanctione

September 23rd, 2011 10:13 PM
It's going to be a long campaign . . . Republicans haven't come close to choosing their presidential candidate yet, but already a proud member of the MSM is calling a leading GOP contender a "killer." On his MSNBC show this evening, Crazy Larry O'Donnell accused Rick Perry of being--for his record of enforcing the Texas law on capital punishment--the Republicans' "favorite killer, favorite…

Morning Joe Sloughs Off Solyndra: 'No There, There

September 23rd, 2011 9:33 AM
What a curiously incurious Morning Joe bunch!  Joe Scarborough says Solyndra "is just not a story I have focused on" and John Heilemann similarly admits to not having "drilled down" on the matter.  Meanwhile, Harold Ford, Jr. assures us that when it comes to any potential Solyndra scandal, "there's no there, there" and that no one "has done anything illicit here at all." A blasé Joe…

Matthews Gushes Over Obama's Bridge Speech, Doesn't Mention There's No

September 22nd, 2011 7:42 PM
Chris Matthews was tremendously impressed by an obviously political photo-op Barack Obama did Thursday at a bridge connecting Ohio and Kentucky where he pushed for his jobs bill to be passed so that a new modern span could be erected between the two states. Not at all surprisingly, the "Hardball" host failed to tell his viewers that there's absolutely no mention of this bridge in the…

NBC's 'Today' Allows Sharpton to Slam GOP 'Cheering' Death Penalty

September 22nd, 2011 10:08 AM
Update: Full transcript added below. Discussing the execution of convicted cop-killer Troy Davis on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer asked left-wing activist and MSNBC host Al Sharpton if he was "surprised" by most Americans supporting the death penalty. Sharpton declared: "When I'm watching Republican debates and see people cheering...that 234 people were killed in Texas under…

Katty's Complaint: Why Doesn't USA Have 40-Year Plan Like China's

September 22nd, 2011 8:07 AM
Move over, Tom Friedman--there's another MSMer looking longingly at Communist China.  In an infamous column, Friedman wrote of his envy of the power of the Chinese despots to impose "critically important decisions."  He's been at it again lately Now comes Sino-Commie-phile Katty Kay.  On Morning Joe today, the BBCer criticized the USA for not having a "40-year plan for medical innovation"…

Liberal Think Tank Inadvertently Undermines Media Spin: Almost All Mil

September 21st, 2011 8:05 PM
While most of the media continue to obsess about millionaires supposedly not paying their "fair share" of taxes, the liberal Brookings Institution has let the cat out of the bag concerning just how absurd this whole thing is. According to the Washington Post's Dana Milbank, he discussed this issue with Brookings' William Gale, and disclosed his findings to Chris Matthews on MSNBC's "Hardball…

Chris Matthews Trashes Perry, Says TX Governor Is Accusing Obama of Be

September 21st, 2011 5:56 PM
On Wednesday's Hardball, MSNBC host Chris Matthews trashed Rick Perry, accusing him of calling Barack Obama "pro-Nazi." Matthews attacked the Republican presidential candidate for claiming that the President's policy towards Israel is "appeasement." The anchor shrieked that Perry had pulled "the rug out from under [Obama] and accuse[d] him of, basically, pro-Nazi behavior." Matthews added, "…

Matt Lauer and Rachel Maddow Fret Over Obama 'Losing the Left

September 21st, 2011 12:17 PM
On Wednesday's NBC "Today," co-host Matt Lauer brought on left-wing MSNBC host Rachel Maddow to address concerns of President Obama being "in danger of losing support from his liberal base." The headline on screen throughout the segment read: "Losing the Left; Can President Obama Win Back His Base?" Maddow downplayed Obama's slipping support in the polls: "I think mostly what is happening is…

Three Weeks After Solyndra Scandal Began MSNBC Prime Time Programs Sti

September 21st, 2011 9:45 AM
Today is the three week anniversary of the beginning of the Solyndra scandal, and the prime time programs of the so-called "news network" named MSNBC have yet to report one single word about it. This is despite daily revelations about the growing controversy for the Obama administration including the following from the San Jose Mercury Tuesday:

Scarborough Scolds Brzezinski: 'She Didn't Cross-examine Ron [Suskind

September 20th, 2011 7:23 PM
Mika Brzezinski gave quite a cold shoulder to author Ron Suskind Tuesday whose new book "Confidence Men" paints an unflattering picture of the Obama White House. Doing her best Clarence Darrow, Brzezinski grilled her "Morning Joe" guest leading Joe Scarborough to smartly observe, "She didn't cross-examine Ron when he wrote books about Bush like this" (video follows with transcript and…

Scarborough Falsely Claims 'The Average Millionaire-Billionaire Pays E

September 20th, 2011 11:36 AM
Hours after NewsBusters debunked the myth about the rich paying less taxes as a percent of income than lower earners, and minutes before the Associated Press confirmed our figures, Joe Scarborough said Tuesday, "The average millionaire-billionaire pays eighteen percent in taxes in America." Going completely contrary to actual Internal Revenue Service data released weeks ago, the "Morning Joe…

Chuck Todd Laughs When Asked If Obama Thinks His New Tax Plan Is A 'Re

September 19th, 2011 10:38 AM
Even Chuck Todd thinks President Obama's new tax plan is a joke. When asked on MSNBC Monday if the White House believes "tax reform in the context of the Super Committee is a realistic goal," NBC's chief White House correspondent broke out laughing followed by the entire "Morning Joe" panel (video follows with transcript and commentary):