Blagojevich Appearance on MSNBC's 'Rachel Maddow' Show May Come Back t
Disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) may find a January 2009 appearance on Rachel Maddow's program coming back to bite him.
According to the Chicago Tribune's Bob Secter and Jeff Coen, federal prosecutors are hoping to use an excerpt of an interview in Blago's retrial:
The Subtlety of a Sledge Hammer: MSNBC Doubles Down on Liberal Advocac
Until now, MSNBC's "Lean Forward" ad campaign had largely avoided wearing the network's leftward slant as a badge of pride. Sure, there were hints here and there that "Lean Forward" really means "left-leaning," but the older ads were subtle compared to the latest batch which beat you over the head with their liberal take on major political issues.
For example, you can expect to see MSNBC's…
Howard Fineman: Republican Congress's Unfavorability Hurting Obama's P
Can you imagine liberal media members in 2007 or 2008 blaming George W. Bush's sagging poll numbers on the public's dismal view of the Democrat Congress?
On Friday, the Huffington Post's Howard Fineman actually told MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell "the fact the Republicans and Congress are so poorly regarded, that the whole system is so poorly regarded, drags everybody down, including the…
'Hardball' Guest: 'We Libs Are Good at Calling Out Right Wingers When
A left-leaning guest on MSNBC's "Hardball" got into quite a heated debate with Chris Matthews Friday when she tried to point out some classic liberal hypocrisy.
In a segment dealing with Florida's Koran-burning Pastor's desire to protest a mosque in Dearborn, Michigan, progressive Muslim author Irshad Manji supported Terry Jones's first amendment rights marvelously pointing out, "We liberals…
Beck and O'Reilly Defend Breitbart, Wonder How Long MSNBC Can Stay In
The outrage over Martin Bashir's absolutely pathetic interview with Andrew Breitbart Wednesday continues.
On Thursday's "O'Reilly Factor," the host and his guest Glenn Beck wondered how long MSNBC can stay in business with commentators behaving this way (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Breitbart Challenges MSNBC's Bashir to Take a Lie Detector Test
Following Martin Bashir's absolutely pathetic interview with Andrew Breitbart Wednesday, the conservative publisher has proposed a $10,000 bet with the perilously liberal MSNBC host.
"I’m willing to take a lie detector test next to him on anything," Breitbart told WOR radio's Steve Malzberg Thursday, "if he’s willing to take a lie detector test next to me talking about whether he read my book…
Chris Matthews Trashes Tea Partiers: They Want to Cut Medicaid Because
For the second day in a row, MSNBC's Chris Matthews excoriated the Tea Party, trashing them as supporting cuts in Medicaid because that's a program for "poor people." On Thursday's Hardball, however, he added a new attack, asserting that Tea Partiers don't like Medicaid because it's used by "minorities."
Talking to Newsweek's Richard Wolffe, Matthews cited a Marist poll showing little…
MSNBC's Chris Matthews Smears Tea Partiers: Only Interested in Cutting
According to MSNBC's Chris Matthews, "the only cuts that [Tea Partiers] seem to want are the cuts for the poor people." The Hardball host smeared the conservative protesters on Thursday while discussing planned reforms to Medicare and Medicaid.
Guest Jonathan Alter laughed at Matthews' attack, prompting the anchor to mock, "You're laughing…
Rachel Maddow Claims Voter Registration's 'Impossible' in Kansas, Debb
On Monday, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a new voter-identification law the requires photo identification of all in-person voters at every election, as well as requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration beginning on January 1, 2013. The state House passed the bill by a margin of 111 to 11. Naturally, liberals like Rachel Maddow think these simple rules are rigging the system. On…
Breitbart to Bashir: 'You're Insinuating I'm Racist Which is What MSNB
MSNBC's Martin Bashir did an extremely contentious interview with Andrew Breitbart Wednesday wherein it was clear from the get-go the goal was to paint the conservative publisher and the Tea Party he's affiliated with as racist.
This became obvious to Breitbart after Bashir asked his opinion of a truly offensive picture of Barack Obama leading Breitbart to fire back, "You're trying to…
MSNBC Promotes Study Suggesting Gays Are More Likely to Commit Suicide
MSNBC on Wednesday promoted a study suggesting that gays are more likely to kill themselves in conservative parts of the country. News Live co-host Thomas Roberts explained, "There's a disturbing new study showing suicide attempts by teen, gay or straight, are more frequent in conservative areas where schools don't have programs supporting gay rights."
Roberts talked to the study's author,…
Dean: Only Reason To Fight In Afghanistan--Feminism
Call him a NOW-hawk . . .
Of all the reasons to send our people to fight and die in Afghanistan, spending $2 billion per week in the process, Howard Dean has managed to come up with perhaps the worst: feminism.
On today's Morning Joe, Dean explained that "the whole reason" he used to support President Obama's waging of the Afghanistan war was that leaving the country would plunge its…
Ed Schultz Again Calls Republicans Liars Before Lying Himself
For the second night in a row Tuesday, MSNBC's Ed Schultz called Republicans liars.
Also for the second night in a row, he did so moments before lying himself (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Pat Buchanan While on MSNBC Says 'MSNBC is Transfixed With Birther Iss
MSNBC has lately been spending a tremendous amount of time on Donald Trump and the President's birth certificate.
The round the clock coverage of this issue led MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan to say on Tuesday's "MSNBC Live," "MSNBC is transfixed with it" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
