MSNBC's Selectively Edited Romney Video, Andrea Mitchell's Non-Apology

June 19th, 2012 1:41 PM
Barack Obama’s adoring cheerleaders at NBC are back in the editing room distorting the truth, and, not surprisingly, Andrea Mitchell has the gall to make no apologies for it. First it was their vile attempt to make George Zimmerman sound like a racist to gin up racial conflict, and now they’ve set their sights on Mitt Romney who they’re desperately trying to paint as an out-of-touch, silver…

MSNBC Hypes Minor Romney Gaffe, Edits Video to Remove Substance of Arg

June 18th, 2012 5:28 PM
The next time a liberal friend of yours -- with a straight face -- tells you that MSNBC is concerned with substantive campaign reporting, you can throw this back at them. The Right Scoop blog has an excellent post today -- be sure to also check out Soopermexican's original post -- about how the network's latest fixation: Mitt Romney mistakenly calling the Wawa convenience store chain "Wawa's…

MSNBC Gives Soap Box to Left-Wing Nun Warning of 'Nation's Soul' Being

June 14th, 2012 5:28 PM
Interviewing Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of the liberal Catholic group NETWORK, on her Thursday MSNBC show host Andrea Mitchell touted the organization's effort "to rally opposition to Paul Ryan's proposed health care cuts" with a nationwide "Nuns on the Bus" tour. In part, Campbell ranted that they wanted to make sure "our nation's soul is not corrupted further by the House Ryan…

NBC's Mitchell: Does Middle Class Wealth Loss 'Justify' More Stimulus

June 13th, 2012 10:36 AM
In an interview with Republican Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey on her Tuesday MSNBC show, host Andrea Mitchell attempted to use a new Federal Reserve report showing massive wealth loss for the American middle class to promote President Obama's agenda: "Does that, in fact, justify what the President has been saying...about the need for more help and the need for more stimulus?" Toomey…

Andrea Mitchell: Citizens United Could Be Final 'Nail in the Coffin' f

June 12th, 2012 11:36 AM
To commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the infamous 1972 break-in at the Watergate, Andrea Mitchell on Monday hosted John Dean, President Nixon’s former legal counsel. The MSNBC anchor and the conservative critic actually connected the scandal to the 2010 Citizen United Supreme Court case.  During the interview, Dean complained that the “financial reform that came with Watergate is gone…

Actress Eva Longoria Says She'll Be 'Very Busy' Campaigning For Obama

May 19th, 2012 12:00 PM
Talking to NBC Today co-host Ann Curry at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Friday, lefty actress Eva Longoria described her busy schedule: "I have a couple movies I'm filming, I have a couple movies coming out. And then I'm campaigning for Obama, so I'll be very busy with that." Curry replied: "Alright, sounds like you'll be very busy....it's pleasure to sit with you....You are just a…

MSNBC's Toure Labels Disco Critics 'Homophobic' and 'Racist

May 17th, 2012 6:01 PM
Appearing on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports on Thursday to discuss the passing of disco singer Donna Summer, contributor Toure unleashed a viscous rant against those who didn't care for the music genre: "...there was a homophobic, and to a certain extent racist, response against disco....from large group of fans who wanted to proclaim the resurgence of white male power, of rock 'n roll and…

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Attacks RNC Chief's Conservatism Over Issue of

May 7th, 2012 4:23 PM
Perhaps inspired by comments made by Vice President Joe Biden on Meet the Press a day earlier, Andrea Mitchell continued MSNBC's drumbeat of activism on gay marriage on her May 7 program. Mitchell seized on Biden's categorical support for same-sex marriage as an opportunity to litigate the issue with Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Reince Priebus. During her interview with the…

Ex-CIAer Jose Rodriguez Schools Andrea Mitchell: Enhanced Interrogatio

May 2nd, 2012 9:27 PM
Andrea Mitchell on the MSNBC program bearing her name Tuesday twice referred to "enhanced interrogation techniques" as "torture." The second time, Jose Rodriguez, the former director of the CIA's National Clandestine Services, set the record straight (video follows with transcript and commentary):

It Begins: MSNBC Investigates Mitt Romney's Mormonism and How It Deals

April 10th, 2012 5:54 PM
Although many members of the media downplayed the controversial aspects of Barack Obama's connection to the radical Jeremiah Wright, MSNBC on Tuesday began to investigate the Mormon faith of Mitt Romney and "its particular attitudes towards race." Host Andrea Mitchell highlighted McKay Coppins of the liberal Buzz Feed. She quizzed her guest: "What challenges do you see for Mitt Romney as…

NBC's Andrea Mitchell Praises 'Highly Regarded' Cuban Health Care Syst

March 28th, 2012 5:40 PM
In a piece of propaganda that would make Cuba's Castro regime proud, on her Tuesday MSNBC program, NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell cheered the communist state's "highly regarded" health care system, "and especially one of Fidel Castro's signature projects, which is training doctors, doctors who then provide free medical care throughout Latin America." Mitchell…

NBC's Mitchell Bashes GOP 'Idiots' Opposing Government Bank That Subsi

March 22nd, 2012 4:23 PM
On her eponymous MSNBC program on Wednesday, host Andrea Mitchell slammed congressional Republicans for voting down reauthorization and funding of the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank: "If I'm sitting out there and watching this program, I would, you know, likely say right now these people in Congress are idiots." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Mitchell interviewed…

Andrea Mitchell to Obama Interior Secretary: 'I Appreciate' You 'Corre

March 21st, 2012 5:13 PM
"I appreciate that you are correctly fact-checking the Republican claims." MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell actually said this to Obama Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wednesday in a discussion about oil and gas prices (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Selling Socialism: The Media's Campaign for ObamaCare

March 21st, 2012 10:00 AM
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of ObamaCare, but if the media were the judges, the Court would rule 9-0 in favor of it. During its coverage of the health care debate, the liberal press never permitted questions about ObamaCare’s legality to interfere with their dream of a government takeover of the health care sector. Starting even before Barack…