Rachel Maddow
Maddow Lashes Out at WV Gov for Taking on Leftist Public Broadcasting
On Monday’s edition of MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, the eponymous host lashed out at West Virginia Governor Jim Justice for daring to use his power as Governor to reform the corrupt leftist public broadcasting system in his state. While many conservatives would prefer it be defunded entirely and be forced to compete in the free market like every other news outlet, Justice…
MRC’s Bozell Mocks Media Praise of SOTU: ‘Oratorical Catastrophe’
Media Research Center Founder and President Brent Bozell joined the Wednesday edition of the Fox Business Network’s Varney & Co. to analyze the media’s over-the-top praise of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address.
NewsBusters Podcast: The January 6 Hearing & Fundraising Gimmick
The final pre-election hearing of the Pelosi-picked January 6 Committee was overtly designed as midterm messaging for the Democrats -- including in fundraising emails. The media coverage suggests one party is in favor of democracy, and the other one is a mortal threat to democracy. We discuss the patterns with NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck.
Wallace Falsely Claims Saving Democracy is Voters' Top Campaign Issue
On Thursday during MSNBC's special coverage of the House select committee's hearing on the riots at the United States Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, Nicolle Wallace the host of the network's Deadline: White House, made the fact-free claim that the so-called "threat to democracy" is a top three issue for voters in the looming 2022 midterm elections. This is despite there being…
Maddow Gushes Over Fauci: There's Never Been Anyone Like Him!
On the heels of disgraced Doctor Anthony Fauci’s announcement that he will be leaving his job as a government bureaucrat after forty years on the government dole, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow rewarded him with a fawning interview on her primetime show.
Maddow's Stand-In Hopes to 'Dismantle' or 'Undercut' Right-Wing Lies
In an interview with Deadline.com, MSNBC host Alex Wagner -- now filling in four of the five nightly shows in the Rachel Maddow hour -- said "the urgency of the hour is figuring out how to dismantle, or at least undercut a system that has effectively spun a web of lies for the American public." That's a not-so-veiled attack on Fox News.
The Worst of Alex Wagner: Meet Rachel Maddow’s Part-Time Replacement
The following are the worst outbursts from Alex Wagner via the MRC’s archive.
Maddow Never Asked Josh Shapiro Why He Promoted 'Dangerous' GOP Foe
On Monday night, Rachel Maddow fulsomely interviewed Josh Shapiro, the Democrat nominee in the governor's race in Pennsylvania, about how his opponent Doug Mastriano is a dangerous, anti-democratic extremist, and never asked Shapiro why -- if he was such a danger -- Shapiro spent almost a million dollars trying to help him win the Republican nomination. Nicolle Wallace did this, too.
NewsBusters Podcast: Passing Maddow's 'High-Powered' Torch
MSNBC named Alex Wagner to host the Maddow hour from Tuesday to Friday. We discuss why MSNBC thinks she's somehow their Cronkite. She's been boosted as a "high-powered intellect" whose show is more facts than opinions.
Editor’s Pick: RedState on MSNBC Ratings Plummet, Maddow Absence
On Monday, RedState’s Bob Hoge reported: “MSNBC ratings continue to crater as its most popular host, Rachel Maddow, now only appears on Mondays, despite reportedly signing a massive $30 million a year contract.” He noted that while the mostly-absent left-wing host “presumably relaxes at home, MSNBC still calls the 9 pm time slot ‘The Rachel Maddow Show,’ but it’s fill-in hosts such as Ali…
Hayes & Maddow Melt Down When News Breaks SCOTUS Might Overturn Roe
Following the bombshell report from Politico that according to a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision which was written in February, the Supreme Court appears poised to strike down Roe vs Wade, MSNBC hosts Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow were on the verge of a complete meltdown over the possibility that the states would have the ability to decide whether abortion is legal or not.
LOL: MSNBC Wanted Keith Olbermann to Replace Rachel Maddow
According to a report by the Daily Beast, MSNBC was looking to replace Rachel Maddow with former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann until Maddow voiced opposition to the move. "NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde were in talks with Olbermann about returning to the network, Olbermann told Source Material, a newsletter for the Daily Beast. But those…
Maddow, O'Donnell Mock GOP Gov Reynolds's SOTU Response
The Democrat Party often wonders why it can’t compete with Republicans in rural midwestern states. If they look at their favorite cable network's rhetoric they will know why that is. Moments after Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds finished her response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell mocked her.
MSNBC Bemoans Biden Not Attacking GOP on Support of Putin, Jan 6
Moments after President Joe Biden finished his divisive State of the Union address and walked away from the podium on the House floor Tuesday night, MSNBC’s initial reaction was to whine that the speech didn’t attack Republicans enough.