Arsalan Iftikhar, founder of TheMuslimGuy.com, a member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and an Obama donor, won’t be invited back to MSNBC after his racist comments Monday about Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Iftikhar accused the Republican Jindal of “trying to scrub some of the brown off his skin.” Iftikhar’s comments occurred on the MSNBC show “Now with Alex Wagner.” Host Wagner did not challenge the racist comments.
by John Nolte20 Jan 2015, 10:39 AM PST0
Monday on MSNBC’s “NOW with Alex Wagner,” senior editor at The Islamic Monthly, Arsalan Iftikhar, attacked the race of Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) because he discussed the controversy over Fox News Channel’s reports on “no-go zones.” Iftikhar said, “I think
by Pam Key19 Jan 2015, 3:05 PM PST0
Caroline Fourest, a former writer for French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, declared American refusal to show the magazine’s cartoons “crazy” and “the saddest news I’ve heard in all of this” as MSNBC blurred one of Charlie Hebdo’s covers in an interview broadcast
by Ian Hanchett13 Jan 2015, 12:15 PM PST0
The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has published a new Mohammed cartoon, a week after two gunmen slaughtered twelve people in cold blood at their headquarters in Paris, France. The image depicts a crying Mohammed holding a sign that says “Je Suis Charlie.” While arguably not being nearly as provocative as previous covers, a number of American outlets refused to publish the cartoon.
by Mary Chastain13 Jan 2015, 9:57 AM PST0
Congressman John Yarmuth (D-KY) claimed two Texas Republican lawmakers said, “we would not know where to put more border guards right now.” He was referring to Representatives John Carter (R-TX) and Sam Johnson (R-TX). PunditFact has called Yarmuth’s remarks, “Mostly False.”
by Bob Price10 Jan 2015, 12:22 PM PST0
Washington Post columnist and MSNBC analyst Eugene Robinson argued that if attacks like the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France happened in the US “we would expect to have a lot more of that sort of carnage” because “weapons are universally available”
by Ian Hanchett9 Jan 2015, 12:15 PM PST0
“Dish Has Lost 90,000 Subs from Fox News Blackout”—that’s the January 7 headline from Multichannel News, a cable trade magazine. As reported here at Breitbart News last month, the fight between Fox News and the Dish Network—Dish dropped Fox in a contract dispute—has escalated into a war. And Dish is losing.
by Breitbart News8 Jan 2015, 6:54 PM PST0
On Thursday, MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell asked what France had to do given its “anti-immigrant stance in some quarters” in the wake of the deadly terrorist attacks on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. During an interview with New York Times columnist Nicholas
by Ian Hanchett8 Jan 2015, 11:13 AM PST0
On Thursday, MSNBC’s Luke Russert teed up some questions for House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), allowing him to spew talking points defending his so-called conservatism. At least Boehner didn’t claim he was “severely conservative” like Mitt Romney did. Russert, an
by Tony Lee8 Jan 2015, 10:30 AM PST0
Former US Ambassador to Russia and NBC News Contributor Michael McFaul argued that President Obama would have a higher approval rating “if MSNBC worked for him” on Friday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on MSNBC. McFaul disputed that Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s
by Ian Hanchett2 Jan 2015, 10:56 AM PST0
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – In a generally overall down year for the cable news genre, Fox News remained the dominant ratings force in 2014, while CNN made some meaningful demo strides relative to a sagging MSNBC.
by Breitbart News31 Dec 2014, 9:28 AM PST0
While guest-hosting on MSNBC’s “Ronan Farrow Daily” on Tuesday, NBC News Foreign Correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin dubbed President Obama “golfer-in-chief” with a graphic reading “wedding crasher-in-chief” behind him during a story on President Obama’s golf game forcing the relocation two soldiers’
by Ian Hanchett30 Dec 2014, 11:12 AM PST0
Another year, another blow-out. For the 13th consecutive year Fox News didn’t just beat its left-wing counterparts at CNN and MSNBC, Fox News actually grew its primetime news demo (viewers aged 25-54) by 3%. Meanwhile, CNN lost 1% of that
by John Nolte30 Dec 2014, 7:27 AM PST0
Playing “Twilight Zone” with a missing airliner and spreading lies to gin up riots in the predominantly black, working class city of Ferguson did absolutely nothing to stop CNN’s freefall in the ratings. Under Jeff Zucker, 2014 was nothing short
by John Nolte30 Dec 2014, 6:02 AM PST0
While there are plenty of concerns to go around within the media industry as a whole, MSNBC President Phil Griffin and his network seem to have earned a prominent position in this New York Times look at those in the “hot seat.”
by Dan Riehl29 Dec 2014, 6:24 PM PST0
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Reid Report,” in part two of series, Attorney General Eric Holder showed no remorse for being a polarizing figure while in office when asked by host Joy Reid. Reid was referring specifically to a
by Jeff Poor22 Dec 2014, 1:21 PM PST0
Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” guest host Luke Russert said former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) will have to deal with the “toxicity” of the Bush family brand during his potential 2016 presidential bid. “One thing that I find fascinating
by Pam Key22 Dec 2014, 10:44 AM PST0
Mediaite, the cable watchdog whose motto is “We watch cable news so you don’t haveto,” has released a list of its Top 9 Rising Stars of Cable News. Citing the desperate need for “fresh facesand new ideas,” Mediaite looked to
by Jon David Kahn17 Dec 2014, 1:52 PM PST0
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Cycle,” Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) got out in front of his Democratic colleagues and said he would support former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president, assuming she runs for the 2016 Democratic Party
by Breitbart TV16 Dec 2014, 10:09 PM PST0
After failing at the ratings game on cable, left-wing cable news network MSNBC plans to take its “progressive sensibilities” to a series of some 14 new Internet-based shows on topics ranging from the gay lifestyle, to politics, to journalist navel
by Warner Todd Huston16 Dec 2014, 8:50 PM PST0
Tuesday, MSNBC’s Ed Schultz and his staff dug up a year-old year-old picture of Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and RNC Chair Reince Priebus from September 2013 and claimed it was from this Sunday’s game against
by Breitbart TV16 Dec 2014, 6:44 PM PST0
Radar Online reports that “CNN chief Jeff Zucker wants to add game shows to his channel’s programming, according to a new leaked Sony email.” Zucker, who headed NBC before joining CNN, approached Sony television executives in late October to propose
by John Nolte16 Dec 2014, 12:30 PM PST0
On Tuesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, Associated Press correspondent Julie Pace commented on a potential Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential candidacy. However according to Pace, it’s not clear to her why Clinton would be running. “[Elizabeth Warren] is saying something, at
by Breitbart TV16 Dec 2014, 8:13 AM PST0
On Tuesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, former Obama adviser David Axelrod offered his thoughts on a potential 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential candidacy. For Axelrod, the entire “Ready for Hillary” movement lacks any substance behind it. “What happened in 2008 was
by Breitbart TV16 Dec 2014, 7:57 AM PST0
Newtown father Mark Barden, whose son Daniel was killed on December 14, 2012, says he “will dedicate the rest of his life” to pursuing gun control. He is joined by Nicole Hockley, whose son Dylan died in the heinous attack,
by AWR Hawkins15 Dec 2014, 6:29 AM PST0
