One of the great untold stories in cable news these days is the ratings free fall over at MSNBC. The Lean Forward network seems to only exist in order to make CNN’s abysmal ratings look like something less than catastrophic.
Friday after the British parliament voted to join the United States in the fight against ISIS, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd criticized President Barack Obama for not leading by bringing back the Congress for a vote on a war
In the second and final part of our interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd (Part One is here), we talk at length about the media’s indifference to the IRS scandal, touch on the ongoing Fareed Zakaria plagiarism scandal,
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist led a discussion about ESPN podcaster Bill Simmons recent suspension over comments he made regarding NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, calling him a liar for suggestion he was
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show,” Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) criticized her congressional colleagues for wanting to make the focus all about the constitutional requirement Congress votes the Untied States into a war. Instead, Boxer mocked her fellow lawmakers for
Wednesday, on MSNBC’s “Ronan Farrow Live,” former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration, Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM), said President Barack Obama has “got to find a way to engage personally.” The two-term Governor
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ED Show,” on the heels of President Barack Obama’s climate change speech in New York City earlier in the day, Dr. Reese Halter, conservation biologist for the MUSE School in Calabasas CA, offered a
Former President Bill Clinton offered a defense of corporate inversions today during an event at the Clinton Global Initiative. The NY Times reports that Clinton defended the practice saying, “Like it or not, this inversion, this is their money.” Clinton
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Ronan Farrow Live,” long-time “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw criticized President Barack Obama’s ISIS strategy saying an air war campaign as the main role for U.S. troops will be a huge recruiting tool for ISIS who
Last week a report surfaced that in the late 1990s, Kansas Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Paul Davis was discovered by police in a strip club “in a somewhat compromising position.” Davis was not charged with any crime, but had been alone
Friday on MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Live,” Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) said she voted against President Barack Obama’s plan to train and arm 3,000 to 5,000 Syrians in the Free Syrian Army because it is “lame.” Speier said, “It wasn’t a plan to
A new report by a New York NBC affiliate claims federal investigators have found no evidence that Gov. Chris Christie ordered or knew about the closure of lanes on the George Washington Bridge last year. The NBC report notes that
On September 17, Americans for Responsible Solutions–the gun control group founded by Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly–launched two ads targeting pro-gun GOP candidates in New Hampshire. One of the ads accuses Representative Frank Guinta (R-NH-1st Dist.) of “following the gun
During his Wednesday broadcast, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh explained to his listeners how liberalism when overt is a failure in the media and offered various examples of where so-called liberal brands have struggled to achieve success. However, as is the
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) declared that he would vote against any continuing resolution to fund the government past the end of the month that contained funding to train Syrian forces in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on MSNBC.
Even MSNBC now finds itself forced to acknowledge the major shift in the race between Scott Brown and Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire, “Scott Brown is looking increasingly competitive against Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, raising hopes among national Republicans that
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show,” Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) attacked her Republican colleagues, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), for being wrong on the amount of time it would take U.S. forces to win the war in
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-host Mika Brzezinski decried the violent nature of football and its effects on people. However, in making her case, she offered that domestic violence increases on Super Bowl to bolster her argument, which
Amnesty activists reportedly crashed and were kicked out of Hillary Clinton’s New York speech on Tuesday, just days after vowing to ramp up pressure on the likely 2016 presidential candidate. According to Business Insider, “at least six” DREAMers from the
The DREAMer who pestered Hillary Clinton about amnesty in Iowa on Sunday was not happy with Clinton’s dodge. Clinton ducked questions from DREAMers at Sen. Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) Steak Fry, even giving two thumbs up and saying “yay” to DREAMers who
Monday on MSNBC’s “Ronan Farrow Daily,” host Ronan Farrow asked House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) if the Democrats have any culpability in Washington D.C. gridlock, and she replied, “No … we never treated President Bush the way they treat
On Monday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, network political correspondent Kasie Hunt reported from early 2016 battleground state Iowa on the heels of the Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, IA, which featured both former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former
Young Iowa Democrats still associate Hillary Clinton with crony capitalism nearly seven years after progressive Iowans rejected her for Barack Obama. Before Clinton returned to the state on Sunday for the first time since 2008, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviewed young Iowa Democrats
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell and NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd argued that America’s Arab allies don’t trust the president on Friday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” “The Arab allies aren’t flocking to the United States. There isn’t this sense of rallying
AUSTIN, Texas — Thursday, Wayne Hamilton, the campaign manager for Republican gubernatorial nominee, Greg Abbott, filed a complaint with the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) accusing State Senator Wendy Davis, Abbott’s Democratic opponent, of violating Texas election law for activities related
