Brad Wilmouth
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog
On Sunday, MSNBC hosts Ali Velshi and Alex Witt both did their part to spread misinformation to their viewers about illegal immigration and border security, with Velshi wrongly claiming that it is not illegal for asylum seekers to cross the border illegally, and Witt letting her guest understate the amount of new border wall built by the Donald Trump…
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On Friday's Amanpour & Co. on PBS and CNN International, host Christiane Amanpour provided an unchallenged forum to former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd to complain about Rupert Murdoch's influence on issues like global warming, and to talk up an effort he is pushing to regulate Murdoch's right-leaning media in Australia.
She went on to…
On Thursday's The 11th Hour, MSNBC host Brian Williams showed his contempt for Republicans by giving free air time to an ad by the Lincoln Project attacking several Republicans who are expected to run for President in 2024.
Introducing the ad, Williams declared that those Republicans had "sold their souls" in supporting President Donald Trump, and the ad derided them as "traitors" to the country…
On Friday's New Day show on CNN, political analyst John Avlon tried to provide comfort food for liberal audience members as he devoted his "Reality Check" segment to portraying liberal policies as being popular in spite of the close elections results.
Avlon picked up on questionable polling on issues like illegal immigration, gun control and environmental regulations to portray liberalism as…
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On Wednesday's The 11th Hour show, MSNBC host Brian Williams put a negative spin on the recent appointment of five young conservative justices to the federal courts, making "elections have consequences" the theme of his closing commentary.
He began by lamenting that, instead of passing a COVID relief plan, Senate Republicans had been working hard to…
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