Apple Partly to Blame for Murdered Young Woman Whose iPhone Was Stolen

Ken Shepherd
May 12th, 2014 2:36 PM
Smartphone makers like Apple are partially to blame for violent muggings and the murder of at least one teenage girl young woman. While not explicitly stated on air, that was the logical implication of a segment of today's NewsNation program on MSNBC, guest-anchored by Craig Melvin and featuring Daily Beast special correspondent Michael Daly. "If you're walking around with a smartphone in…
 

MSNBC Plays Race Card with Story on New Army Hairstyle Regs

Paul Bremmer
April 2nd, 2014 3:52 PM
MSNBC loves to find a racial controversy in the most unexpected of places and on Wednesday’s NewsNation, anchor Tamron Hall seized a golden opportunity to do just that. Hall brought on Sgt. Jasmine Jacobs, a soldier who started a White House petition asking the president to force the U.S. Army to reconsider its updated appearance and grooming regulations. [Video below. MP3 audio here.] Hall…
 

Happy St. Patrick's Day From MSNBC: 'Tradition of Irish Catholicism Wa

Kyle Drennen
March 18th, 2014 3:54 PM
On Monday's MSNBC News Nation, host Tamron Hall teed up Michael O'Loughlin from The Advocate to promote his screed against the St. Patrick's Day parade organizers in New York and Boston for not allowing gay demonstrations at the respective events. Hall wondered: "What do you believe is the hold up at this point?...you see polls across the country where people, in their views of same-sex…
 

MSNBC Promotes Sandra Fluke’s State Senate Run with Softball Intervi

Paul Bremmer
February 11th, 2014 5:03 PM
You had hoped it was just a fluke when she received so much national attention back in 2012, but sadly, no: Sandra Fluke has crystallized into a national icon, not just for birth control advocates, but for liberals in general. On Tuesday’s NewsNation on MSNBC, host Craig Melvin put Fluke in front of the cameras and helped to boost her fledgling campaign for the California Senate. [Video below…
 

MSNBC’s Richard Lui Hypes GOP’s Supposed ‘Empathy Gap

Jeffrey Meyer
January 7th, 2014 5:28 PM
It should come as no surprise that when Republicans don’t support liberal polices such as raising the minimum wage, expanding Medicaid or extending food stamp benefits that MSNBC will slander them as heartless and compassionless. That was the basic message during a segment on January 8 between fill-in host Richard Lui and NBC News Senior Political Editor Mark Murray. The segment began with…
 

MSNBC’s 'NewsNation' Uses Chicago Gang Violence To Again Push For Gu

Paul Bremmer
September 20th, 2013 5:45 PM
There was another horrific gang-related shooting last night in Chicago, the gun control capital of the United States. Despite that city’s already-strict limits on firearms, MSNBC’s News Nation used the tragedy to push yet again for gun control. It’s not as if they didn’t understand the nature of the shooting. Anchor Tamron Hall played a clip in which Chicago Police Superintendent Gary…