Alex Christy
[See NewsBusters for more.] Americans of all races and political persuasions want those who rioted and fomented insurrection at the Capitol on Wednesday to be brought to justice, so it was disheartening, but not necessarily surprising when former Republican senator from Maine and Clinton Secretary of Defense William Cohen poured gasoline on the fire on Monday's Andrea Mitchell Reports by blaming…
[See NewsBusters for more.] In the aftermath of Wednesday's fracas at the Capitol, Anderson Cooper and John Harwood reported on Thursday's CNN Newsroom that several White House staffers' resignations to which they surmised that some of those resignations were insincere in their beliefs and just merely trying to salvage their reputations which includes being serial liars.
Cooper noted that deputy…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Wednesday's MSNBC Live, Errin Haines, editor-at-large of The 19th, a self-described "nonpartisan newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics and policy," theorized with host Stephanie Ruhle that Democrats did not just defeat Republicans in Tuesday's Senate runoffs, but also voter suppression.
After former RNC chair Michael Steele theorized that…
[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN's Jim Sciutto and Poppy Harlow took a break from their Tuesday morning Georgia special election coverage to talk with Rosa Flores about her Monday battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over vaccine distribution and who is to blame for senior citizens not getting vaccinated. According to Sciutto, DeSantis' performance, was embarrassing as man.
After playing a video…
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell theorized on her Wednesday show that the reason that the number of vaccines given out is well below the goal of 20 million by the end of December is because of federalism and the lack of a singe payer-type system akin to the British or Canadian system.
Mitchell inquired of MSNBC medial correspondent Dr. Jonathan Torres, "The issue is, is the…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Over the past week, CNN has played several year-in-review montages, on Monday's CNN Newsroom it was time to review the year in media. According to Brian Stelter, if 2020 proved anything, it is was that the country is split into those who get accurate information from news sources like CNN and those who get disinformation from places like Fox.
During the pandemic…
[See NewsBusters for more.] New York Magazine writer Sarah Jones joined Andrea Mitchell Reports guest host Chris Jansing and MSNBC medical contributor Dr. Lipi Roy on Tuesday to discuss weddings and other large social gatherings in the age of COVID. According to MSNBC, nothing symbolizes America, even in non-pandemic times, more than large parties that kill people.
The genesis for the segment…
[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN Newsroom host Brooke Baldwin and alleged Republican strategist Ana Navarro were outraged on Monday that Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was vaccinated against COVID-19. They argued that it was immoral that such a Trump-supporting science denier received the vaccine before those who are more at risk.
Coming out of commercial, Baldwin led off by explaining, "The list of…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Saturday's edition of The Cross Connection on MSNBC, host Tiffany Cross welcomed Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza on to talk about President-elect Joe Biden's prospective cabinet and whether is diverse enough. Garza would say that diversity is important, but so are the ideas, because black people have held high positions before, but some have been…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On the one year anniversary of the House of Representatives impeaching President Trump, CNN Newsroom host Brianna Keilar and presidential historian Douglas Brinkley reminisced on what would could have been if the Senate had only convicted the Russian "tool."
Early on the Friday show, Keilar went to commercial with the question, "One year ago, the House impeached…