Alex Christy
[See NewsBusters for more.] After ABC's Brian Ross tried to tie the Aurora mass shooter to the Tea Party in 2012, you would have thought the media learned their lesson about tying politics to mass shootings without any evidence. Unfortunately, the cast of Wednesday's Morning Joe on MSNBC failed to learn this lesson as they blamed the Republican Party for the murder of eight people, including six…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Don Lemon joined CNN Newsroom hosts Jim Sciutto and Poppy Harlow on Tuesday to promote his newly released book This is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism. When asked if he is optimistic about the state of race relations in America, Lemon said that he was, because Joe Biden won in November.
Harlow led Lemon by reading from the book, "here's the first line…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On her Monday show, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell joined with Garrett Haake to accuse Republicans of scandal mongering when it comes to the migrant surge at the border. Making their comments even more interesting was that Haake all but admitted Republicans are correct to blame President Biden's policies, but still accused them of trying to score political points instead of…
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC's Friday night edition of The 11th Hour marked the passing of President Biden's COVID package by hailing it as a "Rooseveltian" and "Johnsonian" achievement. Which, from the perspective of historian Michael Beschloss, was not just a good thing on a practical level, but necessary on a larger level because if Biden fails, then democracy itself is danger of falling…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Friday's CNN Newsroom host Jim Sciutto and senior political analyst David Gergen hailed President Biden's supposed FDR-esque Thursday night address for breaking with the Reagan-era's distrust of government solutions to problems.
Sciutto began, "You know, the central part of that point, from President Biden last night, about trust in government. It goes further than…
[See NewsBusters for more.] After years of alleging that former-President Trump and, by extension, the Republican Party where doing Vladimir Putin's bidding, Thursday's edition of CNN Newsroom found time for Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the leader the group currently fomenting civil war in Yemen commonly known as the Houthis, to express why he and his group, like their Iranian patrons, believe in "…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Since leaving the White House, former First Lady Melania Trump has opened The Office of Melania Trump which, according to CNN, serves to continue her "Be Best", "three-pillared initiative, consisting of children's health and well-being, safety online and prevention of social media bullying and the impact of the opioid crisis on children."
For NBC's Late Night host…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Reacting to the Sunday interview Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did with Oprah, Don Lemon joined CNN Newsroom Monday afternoon to declare the entire British monarchy is self-evidently racist and that Markle is just latest black person to be unfairly condemned by white people who are "not relevant anymore."
The context for Lemon's rantings was the part of the interview…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Former RNC chairman Michael Steele joined The 11th Hour host Brian Williams on MSNBC's Friday night coverage of the Senate's COVID relief bill vote-a-roma. Sounding more like a progressive activist than a former Republican chairman, Steele condemned Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema for her "childish" and "insulting" vote against raising the minimum wage.
Williams…
[See NewsBusters for more.] One of the most basic rules of health care is that it is immoral to discriminate against someone for their political beliefs, but that didn't stop MSNBC Live host Stephanie Ruhle from entertaining the idea on her Thursday program that Texas and Mississippi could be punished for lifting their mask mandates.
Alluding to President Biden's "Neanderthal thinking" comments…