Nicholas Fondacaro
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Nicholas Fondacaro | April 15, 2016
Chris Matthews couldn’t help himself from stoking the flames of fear against firearms Thursday night after the contentious Democrat debate. “Everybody walks the streets afraid of getting knocked off. Let’s face it, there's still a lot of violence on the streets even in New York, which is pretty safe,” he exclaimed.   The Hardball host brought a conversation about Hillary Clinton’s paid speeches…
Nicholas Fondacaro | April 14, 2016
“You're not driving me into some ditch here, Chris,” stated John Kasich to Chris Matthews on Thursday evening, after being badgered with repeated questions about his position on gay marriage. Matthews started his interrogation by asking Kasich what he thought about the topic since, according to Matthews, there were a lot of Republicans in New York who are not socially conservative. Kasich…
Nicholas Fondacaro | April 13, 2016
Nothing can be more embarrassing for a reporter from upstate New York than not understanding the issue of hydraulic fracturing or fracking, one Albany reporter demonstrated that Wednesday on MSNBC. With New York State’s presidential primaries finally having significance the national news outlets have descended onto the state in mass. To get a local’s perspective, MSNBC host Kate Snow sat down…
Nicholas Fondacaro | April 12, 2016
Did you know that Tuesday was “Equal Pay Day,” the day that a woman’s pay supposedly catches up to a man’s from the previous year? Well don’t worry, Andrea Mitchell has got you covered. Mitchell brought on Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and Hollywood star Patricia Arquette to bemoan the plight of the oppressed and push their new congressional study. To kick off the segment Mitchell rattled off a…
Nicholas Fondacaro | April 11, 2016
Joe Scarborough spent Monday morning fanning the flames of fear that all the political mechanisms in America are "rigged." Some of Joe’s rants were dedicated to the Hillary e-mail probe and "super-delegates" on the Democratic side, as my colleague Mark Finkelstein wrote about. But when Joe set his sights on the Republican nomination process it was to boost the guy he has been “campaigning” for,…
Nicholas Fondacaro | April 8, 2016
With only a few months left in the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama is rushing to cement her legacy of “healthy living.” To aide in this endeavor NBC’s Al Roker joined her to help promote her nationwide garden tour. If his report Roker presented all of the good looking fluff and none of the ugly controversies on Friday’s Today. “In 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama planted a vegetable garden…
Nicholas Fondacaro | April 7, 2016
That’s it! Joe Scarborough has had it with the reporting coming from the media this election cycle. “All I’m asking for, and all I’ve been asking for, is just some straight reporting,” Scarborough pleaded with reporters across the country Thursday. “Don't let your hatred get in the way.” Say what? Let’s get this straight. The man, who has spent the last 10 months on a personal crusade against…
Nicholas Fondacaro | April 6, 2016
It’s official, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski finally stopped pretending they don’t support their buddy Donald Trump and are now opening campaigning for him. Following Trump stunning two digit trouncing in Wisconsin co-host Brzezinski whined Wednesday, “I think the establishment and the Stop Trump forces are shooting themselves in the foot because they're so blindly focused their hatred on…
Nicholas Fondacaro | April 5, 2016
The anti-Ted Cruz bias was as sharp as a cheddar-cheesehead on Morning Joe Tuesday. The pundits on MSNBC’s morning show hit a new low buy criticizing how he speaks and insinuating it’s scaring his two little girls. “I mean, we’ve heard him read a child’s fairy tale. I mean my god. I don't know how those kids sleep,” slammed panelist Nicolle Wallace. The new round of hits were triggered by how…
Nicholas Fondacaro | April 4, 2016
Monday morning was met with news that two GOP Senators, Jerry Moran of Kansas and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who originally said they would support holding hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland had changed their minds over the weekend. The panelist on Morning Joe were not too happy about this development especially co-host Mika Brzezinski. “They just vomited all over themselves…