Nancy Snyderman
MSNBC's Nancy Snyderman Lobbies IRS: Go After Catholic Bishops for Opp
November 12th, 2009 5:50 PM
MSNBC's Nancy Snyderman attacked Catholic bishops on Thursday for opposing abortion funding in the health care bill, agreeing with the President of NOW that the IRS should investigate them. The "Dr. Nancy" host also complained, "This is going to be a Pollyannaish statement. The Catholic bishops appearing and having a political voice seems to be a most fundamental violation of church and state."…
MSNBC's 'Doctor Nancy' Admits She Finds Pro-Life Democrats 'Infuriatin
November 9th, 2009 3:04 PM
Insisting that her opinion was not influenced by her views on abortion, MSNBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman went on a tear shortly after 12:30 p.m. EST on her November 9 "Dr. Nancy" program, denouncing the "infuriating" Stupak Amendment to the Democratic health care bill passed on Saturday. That amendment, named for pro-life Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak (D) would bar private insurance plans sold in the…
NBC Analyst Unsure Ft. Hood Shooting Was Terrorism
November 6th, 2009 5:27 PM
Appearing on the Dr. Nancy program on MSNBC Friday, NBC News terrorism analyst Roger Cressey warned against labeling the mass shooting at Ft. Hood as terrorism, despite the apparent radical views of the shooter: “We’ve heard some family references that he was being criticized for his Muslim faith, that’s all we know right now....It’s still premature to draw the terrorism conclusion.”Prior to…
Dr. Nancy On Olympics Loss: 'Can't Hide It, I'm Very Disappointed
October 2nd, 2009 1:10 PM
Nancy Snyderman—huge fencing fan? Ping-pong aficionado perhaps? I mean, what could explain the doctor being so down in the dumps over Chicago's loss of the Olympic games?Here's how a crestfallen Snyderman opened her MSNBC show today: "A profound loss for Chicago . . . a stunning blow to the United States . . . I'm one of those people who is profoundly disappointed. I can't hide this one."There'…
Dr. Nancy: Wilson's Outcry 'A Gut Punch To Me
September 10th, 2009 2:12 PM
Talk about an empathetic doctor, someone who really feels her patient's pain . . . On her MSNBC show this afternoon, here's how Dr. Nancy Snyderman described her reaction to Rep. Joe Wilson's "you lie!":"It was a gut punch to me."Snyderman was kibitzing Pres. Obama's health care speech to Congress with NBC chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd.
Snyderman, Douglass: Skepticism of ObamaCare's End-of-Life Counseling
August 12th, 2009 3:05 PM
Are you wary of the federal government using taxpayer dollars to advise senior citizens on "end-of-life" issues? If so, you're just "cruel," according to former ABC reporter Linda Douglass, now the communications director for the White House Office of Health Reform. Douglass appeared on MSNBC's Aug. 12 "Dr. Nancy," with host Nancy Snyderman. Snyderman pointed out that some of the discussion…
MSNBC's Snyderman, WaPo's Connolly Declare It Their Duty to 'Raise' Ba
August 10th, 2009 7:12 PM
Who says a little engineering mixed in with your journalism is a bad thing? At least one MSNBC host and Washington Post reporter said it's a journalist's job to focus on "real issues" in the hotly debated issue of health care reform. This was the topic of discussion in a panel featuring John Rother, executive vice president of Policy and Strategy for AARP, Ceci Connolly of The Washington Post,…
MSNBC Frets About ‘Unhinged’ Conservatives Who Are ‘Scaring’ S
August 10th, 2009 3:04 PM
MSNBC’s graphics department on Monday provided some visually obnoxious examples of media bias, fretting about "unhinged" conservatives and "health care hysteria." Throughout the morning, the left-leaning cable network featured on-screen texts promoting the Democratic agenda. At 11:35am, MSNBC News Live host Carlos Watson anchored a piece urging liberals to get tough in supporting universal health…
Exposed: Network TV Docs Give Cash to Dems, Promote ObamaCare on Air
August 5th, 2009 10:31 AM
ABC was embarrassed last week by NewsBusters’ exposure of how their new senior medical editor, Dr. Richard Besser of the federal Centers for Disease Control, donated $400 to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008, presumably an indication of his political sympathies. An ABC News spokeswoman, Cathie Levin, defended Besser to the Associated Press, arguing that he’s a doctor “whose job it is…
Snyderman Not the Doctor to Trust With Your Daughter’s Health
July 31st, 2009 3:52 PM
The mainstream media dropped the ball in the past when it came to Gardasil, and they haven’t improved with time. The “Today” Show featured Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC’s chief medical editor and a longtime advocate for the vaccine, and Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, somewhat of a skeptic. But the report was by no means balanced. Dr. Snyderman began promoting the vaccine right out of the gate, saying:
Dr. Nancy 'Big Fan' Of Sebelius; Andrea Applauds Harkin for ADA
July 28th, 2009 5:27 PM
Did someone make this "Declare Your Devotion To a Dem Day" at MSNBC? You have to wonder. During the network's noon hour, Dr. Nancy Snyderman declared herself a "big fan" of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.Not to be outdone, during the following hour Andrea Mitchell ended her interview with Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Ia.) by thanking him profusely—and I mean at length—for having pushed through passage…
Obama's Health Care Plan Stalled, But Not Because Media Haven't Been P
July 28th, 2009 2:07 PM
Liberal hopes for a quick health care bill are in collapse, as Senate Democrats push any floor action off until the fall, a move House Democrats may match this week. But if the Obama White House is upset that their plans for a huge expansion of government health care have been delayed, they surely cannot complain about the media coverage.Last week, a new study by the Media Research Center’s…
NBC's Snyderman: 'I Was Rooting for the President to Hit a Home Run
July 23rd, 2009 2:55 AM
NBC's medical correspondent, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, was “rooting” for President Barack Obama to do well in selling his health care takeover during his Wednesday night press conference: “As a physician, you know, I felt like I understood the complexity of the problem. As an American citizen, I was rooting for the President to hit a home run.” On the 10 PM EDT Hardball an hour after Obama wrapped up…
CBS and NBC Push Obama's Health Agenda, Empathize with His Challenge
July 16th, 2009 2:05 AM
The White House's decision to offer interviews with the President to the medical doctors who are correspondents for ABC, CBS and NBC paid off Wednesday night with stories that embraced the assumption health care must be reformed; and interviews on CBS and NBC which put Obama's efforts in the best light. Ironically, ABC's Dr. Tim Johnson, a long-time advocate for government-directed universal…