Events
NBC Doubles Down on Downplaying Violence of U.S.-Bound Caravan
On Monday, the broadcast networks ignored how a caravan of Honduran migrants fought with Guatemala police as they stormed their way into the country illegally. NBC Nightly News actually noted the existence of the caravan but intentionally failed to mention the violent broader crossing. Well, NBC doubled down on their downplaying on Tuesday as they again simply noted the caravan before…
Violence-Prone Chris Cuomo Suddenly Preaches MLK's Message of Love
If CNN PrimeTime host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo was known for anything, it was his desire to use physical violence against his opponents at nearly every turn. Whether it was threatening to throw a Trump supporter down a flight of stairs, fantasizing about choking and punching his critics, to openly threatening the lives of Republican lawmakers, violence was part of who he was. But on Monday…
Macho Joe: Unlike 'Weak' Graham, I'd Fight Angry Crowds in Airport!
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says that "if a couple idiots chase me through the airport, it’s not going to be my problem. It’s going to be theirs." Scarborough was contrasting himself with Lindsey Graham, who according to Scarborough changed his position and came out against impeaching President Trump after men confronted him at an airport. Scarborough called Graham a "very weak man."
CNN Bashes Facebook for Enabling Far Right, Says Parler Can't Be Fixed
CNN Newsroom was roughing up Facebook on Friday for enabling violent "far right sympathizers" searching for body armor and "firearm accessories." But anchor Poppy Harlow suggested Facebook just needed to fix its content policies, while Parler is somehow beyond repair.
SPAT: Mika Whaps Joe For Asking Should Senate Hold Impeachment Trial?
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, co-hosts and husband and wife, got into a spat when Joe Scarborough asked if the Senate should proceed with an impeachment trial. He suggests doing so will hamper the Biden's administration's ability to focus on its agenda. Mika instructs Joe: "don't ask it again." She then upped the emotional ante by telling Joe to ask his question to the…
CBS Boosts Conspiracy Theory GOP Lawmakers Part of ‘Inside Job’ Attack
With absolutely ZERO evidence to back up the assertion, CBS Evening News spent part of Wednesday’s newscast giving oxygen to a conspiracy theory spawned from a Democratic congresswoman, claiming Republican members of Congress were in league with the insurrectionists and intentionally gave them “reconnaissance” assistance. The network even brought on a former U.S. attorney to call them…
Andrea Mitchell's Guest Blames 'White Rage' For Capitol Riot
Americans of all races and political persuasions want those who rioted at the Capitol on Wednesday to be brought to justice, so it was disheartening, but not necessarily surprising when former Republican senator from Maine and Clinton Secretary of Defense William Cohen spread the blame on Monday's Andrea Mitchell Reports by blaming "white people" and their "white rage."
George Conway: 'Psychopath' Trump Worse Than Nixon
On Morning Joe, George Conwayof the Lincoln Project, compares President Trump's impending departure from office unfavorably to that of Richard Nixon's, who resigned when facing sure impeachment and conviction. Twice calling Trump a "psychopath," Conway predicts there will be no sympathy for Trump when he leaves office, and that to the contrary, he will forever be a "pariah."
Swalwell: Calling Capitol Breachers Rioters Is 'Insulting to Rioters'
When Jonathan Capehart, on his MSNBC show this morning, called the people who breached the Capitol "rioters," Dem Rep. Eric Swalwell responded: "that's insulting to rioters and generous to terrorists." Swalwell also says that the only kind of unity he wants is people "uniting against you," meaning Republicans including President Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley.
MSNBC's Nance Fears MAGA Will Infiltrate Secret Service Under Biden
On her MSNBC show, Tiffany Cross expresses concern about QAnon believers or MAGA supporters "infiltrating" the Secret Service. MSNBC terrorism analyst Malcolm Nance replies: "What I'm afraid of as a counter-terrorism specialist is that they're going to get an Indira Gandhi situation, where one of her bodyguards killed her. Rajiv Gandhi, one of the guests, one of the bodyguards allowed a woman…
CNN: If Senate Convicted Russian 'Tool', Pandemic Would Not Be As Bad
On the one year anniversary of the House of Representatives impeaching President Trump, CNN Newsroom host Brianna Keilar and presidential historian Douglas Brinkley reminisced on what would could have been if the Senate had only convicted the Russian "tool."
Now! Now! Now! CNN Insists Trump Recount Could Lead to Another 9/11?
CNN Newsroom's Jim Sciutto went to eleven on the outrage scale on Wednesday with Harvard professor and former Bush Assistant Attorney General Jack Goldsmith when they proclaimed that by not conceding, President Trump and Republicans are risking another 9/11.
NBC Looks to Key Impeachment ‘Never Trumper’ to Sway Viewers
Praising him as the “key witness in the impeachment of President Trump last year” during Monday’s NBC Nightly News, anchor Lester Holt flaunted his exclusive interview with admitted “Never Trumper” and now-retired Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman. And the admitted point of the interview, according to Vindman, was to “persuade [people] to choose an alternative to what we have, an…