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MSNBC Map of Ukraine Features 'Czechoslovakia'

MSNBC helped its readers understand the complex geography of the Ukraine by broadcasting a map Friday that included Czechoslovakia–a country that ceased to exist as a single unit more than twenty years ago.  It is not the first time that

MSNBC Map of Ukraine Features 'Czechoslovakia'

Rachel Maddow's Alternative Bridgegate Theory

Rachel Maddow hasn’t let embarrassment regarding a bogus story about the Koch brothers dissuade her from taking more risks on her show. Thursday she devoted a segment to presenting an alternative theory for the closing of lanes on the George

Rachel Maddow's Alternative Bridgegate Theory

MSNBC Supports Mandatory Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients

According to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s journalistic *ahem* standards, her own left-wing network, MSNBC, supports mandatory drug testing for Florida welfare recipients. Of course this is no truer than making the claim that the Koch brothers support this legislation. But that

MSNBC Supports Mandatory Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients

NY Times Publishes Surprising Take on Media Bias

Last weekend the NY Times published a “Sunday dialogue” which included a letter to the editor by a Connecticut bookseller and some responses. The topic was media bias. Both the letter–and some of the responses to it–present a perspective on

MSNBC's Maddow to Pen Washington Post Column

Fishbowl DC: In something of a backwards move in this day and age, a TV personality is taking on a print gig. Rachel Maddow of MSNBC fame will be writing a monthly column for The Washington Post, according to a

MSNBC's Maddow to Pen Washington Post Column

Women of MSNBC Silent on Martin Bashir's Palin Comments

It has been a week since MSNBC’s Martin Bashir took the network’s hatred of Sarah Palin one step further with a sexist rant suggesting someone defecate and urinate into the former Alaska governor’s mouth. Having apologized but received no discipline, his

Women of MSNBC Silent on Martin Bashir's Palin Comments

Maddow Refers to Redskins as 'R-Word'

Last Friday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow referred to the Washington Redskins as the “R-word” in a segment on her show about a delegate from American Samoa who is relentlessly advocating for a name change.  Breitbart Sports has reported extensively on the

Maddow Refers to Redskins as 'R-Word'

MSNBC Host Slimes Leathers: 'This Chick Is so Bats**t'

MSNBC host Thomas Roberts referred to Anthony Weiner’s sexting partner as a “chick” who is “so bats**t.” Opening a discussion for his panel to discuss Sydney Leathers’ recent interview with Howard Stern wherein she revealed that she is leaving open

MSNBC Host Slimes Leathers: 'This Chick Is so Bats**t'

MSNBC Collapses to Fourth Place: Loses 12% of Viewers

This year’s bad news for MSNBC has only gotten worse. The “Lean Forward” network has struggled in the ratings since the Boston Marathon bombings exposed the network’s glaring weakness when it comes to news gathering. MSNBC had hoped to turn

MSNBC Collapses to Fourth Place: Loses 12% of Viewers

Maddow: Weiner Lied To, Used Media

Rachel Maddow has had enough with Anthony Weiner. She opened Tuesday’s “Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC with a rant against the oft-disgraced New York politician and rightly accused him of manipulating the press for his craven political purposes. What Maddow

Maddow: Weiner Lied To, Used Media

David Shuster: MSNBC 'A Mouthpiece For the Administration'

Ex-MSNBC employee David Shuster described his former network as a “mouthpiece for the [Obama] administration” in a National Journal article looking at the cable network’s very real ratings crisis. The left-wing Schuster says, “When you’re too predictably a mouthpiece for

David Shuster: MSNBC  'A Mouthpiece For the Administration'

Olbermann Twitter-Spanks Maddow

Keith Olbermann is being accused of hammering his former protegé Rachel Maddow on Twitter after responding to a tweet about the cable network’s ratings slump. Olbermann responded with “This is sarcasm, to the following tweet:   Very, Very impressive #ratings

Olbermann Twitter-Spanks Maddow

Anti-Gun Colorado Sen. Close to Recall

In the aftermath of the crime at a Colorado movie theater where 12 people were murdered, the Colorado State legislature quickly moved to adopt stricter gun laws and Senate President John Morse led that effort. But now, after his anti-gun

Anti-Gun Colorado Sen. Close to Recall

MSNBC's Very Bad May Ratings

Progressive propaganda doesn’t seem to be doing well in the ratings since President Obama’s reelection. MSNBC dropped to fourth place behind the HLN network in May. The Hollywood Reporter notes it was a really bad month for the progressive network.

Maddow Warns Tea Party Is Coming Back

RACHEL MADDOW, MSNBC HOST: Congresswoman Michele Bachmann still exists … After dissolving into the things like the Michele Bachmann for President campaign and other things that didn’t really turn out to much. The Tea Party movement now wants to be

Maddow Warns Tea Party Is Coming Back

Maddow Mad At Politifact Over Gay Issue

Rachel Maddow attacked “fact-checker” Politifact Tuesday night over a story related to NBA player Jason Collins coming out as a gay man.   The controversy revolves around a statement made by tennis legend Martina Navratilova on CBS News’ “Face the

Maddow Mad At Politifact Over Gay Issue

Maddow, Gibbs Discuss Obama's 'Secret Law' On Drones

Robert Gibbs tried to answer all of Rachel Maddow’s concerns about the Obama administration’s drone program Monday night on MSNBC. Maddow said that she understood the need for secrecy in drone missions but not in the law the governs those

Maddow, Gibbs Discuss Obama's 'Secret Law' On Drones