Of late, NBC political director Chuck Todd has been launching rants both on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and his own “Daily Rundown.” Welcome to the cynical state of media today. It’s called branding – creating viral YouTube moments. It has nothing to
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Cycle,” Sen Rand Paul (R-KY) criticized MSNBC to host Ari Melber in bringing up his wildly misreported 2010 discussion about the way the Civil Rights Act should apply for private business with Rachel Maddow. “People need
Sen. Rand Paul took a shot at MSNBC Wednesday afternoon during an appearance on The Cycle. During a discussion with Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), the host brought up controversial comments Paul made in 2010 during an interview with MSNBC host Rachel
A new survey of cable news transcripts by Five Thirty Eight finds that MSNBC mentions impeachment more than four times as often as Fox News. Nate Silver compiled data via a Lexis-Nexis search of the two networks’ use of the
At the Politico-owned Capital New York, Alex Weprin published a syrupy puff-profile of CNN’s Erin Burnett. Out of options and ideas, CNN chief Jeff Zucker just renewed Burnett’s contract. Naturally, the Politico piece goes to extreme lengths not to point
Late last week Daily Beast columnist Dean Obeidallah tweeted out his belief that conservatives “love seeing Arabs get killed.” Just hours after Breitbart News reported the tweet Tuesday afternoon, Obeidallah deleted the tweet in question and apologized: — I want
As July closes out, MSNBC has posted some of its worst ratings in eight years. The network came in third in total viewers and fourth in the key 25 to 54 age bracket for the month. In prime time, the
Don’t buy the headlines and hype about CNN reclaiming second place. It was a pyrrhic victory. CNN’s July was abysmal. MSNBC’s was worse. Both networks hemorrhaged massive numbers of viewers. CNN lost -23% of total viewers and -32% of 25-54
It couldn’t be more obvious that the White House is using the threat of impeachment as a way to galvanize the Obama faithful to come out to the polls in November. With nothing positive to run on, Democrats have to
NBC News Foreign Correspondent Martin Fletcher said that he cannot recall any time where the “personal antipathy” between the United States and Israel has been worse. “In my decades of reporting from here, I don’t think I can remember anytime
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “NewsNation with Tamron Hall,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) said President Barack Obama should go ahead with his reported plans to give amnesty to 5 to 6 million illegal immigrants because the House Republicans won’t pass the
On his Monday broadcast of “Morning Joe,” MSNBC host Joe Scarborough railed against House Majority Whip-elect Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and other Republicans that have been gun-shy in speaking out against the impeachment of President Barack Obama. “What is wrong
On her Saturday MSNBC program, Melissa Harris-Perry railed against those protesting the flow of unaccompanied illegal immigration children across the southern U.S. border. She particularly took aim at Gov. Rick Perry’s use of his state’s National Guard at the border
Saturday on MSNBC’s “Up w/Steve Kornacki,” Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) claimed not only will House Democrats “survive” the 2014 midterm elections, but they will “take back the House.” The Democratic Whip said “We’re going to survive.” He added Democrats will
White House officials said on Friday that President Barack Obama will enact “very significant” executive actions on immigration at the end of summer. Obama had previously announced that he had asked Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Homeland Security
On July 24, MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow and Jonathan Alter discussed the NRA’s “Trigger the Vote” campaign for the upcoming November elections, and the overall success NRA voters have over Democrats in midterm elections. Farrow said the NRA’s current campaign “is
President Barack Obama may have been too busy to visit the U.S. southern border to witness the humanitarian crisis during his recent Texas trip, but he found time to hold a town hall meeting at the Walker Jones Education Center
During a “Hardball” segment on MSNBC comparing former Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) said the freshman senator “looks like a jerk.” TIME political columnist Joe Klein said Cruz is a
Sen Jim Inhofe (R-OK) said that the influx of unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors is disrupting the military’s operations. In an interview on MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown on Thursday, he reported that the surge of illegal immigrants and attempts to house
In response to Obama claims he doesn’t watch the news: I imagine the news gets especially “depressing” for Obama when he’s getting hammered by loyal partisans who are usually on his side – which is happening a lot, lately. His
Tuesday on MSNBC “Morning Joe,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) discussed the humanitarian crisis of tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors illegally flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border. The congressional leader dismissed the strain on our nations financial resources to
Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst (R) reported that the vast majority of illegal immigrants coming over the southern border are not unaccompanied minors in an appearance on Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Daily Rundown.” “Our effort in Texas is not
Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said President Barack Obama needs to “increase” the attention” he is giving world affairs. The California Democrat said, “I think the world would very much respect his increased attention
By nearly 3-to-1 margins, Fox News crushed CNN on Thursday, one of the biggest breaking news days of the year that saw a passenger plane shot down over Ukraine and Israeli troops move into Gaza. The Ukraine news broke a
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Robert Reich, President Bill Clinton’s former Secretary of Labor, said American drug users are responsible for the “drug war” policy which is causing the violent chaos in the illegal immigrant children’s home countries of El
