mfinkelstein | June 3, 2011
So what if the economy tanks?  Pushing the "progressive" agenda is the paramount goal.  That was the advice Cenk Uygur and his left-wing guest David Sirota have for President Obama.On a day when anemic job growth numbers hinted at a double-dip recession, Uygur and Sirota still scolded Obama for suggesting that he had to be cautious in his public statements because of the possible impact on…
mfinkelstein | June 2, 2011
Famed media man Donny Deutsch has come up with a brilliant plan for what Anthony Weiner should have done when caught with his pants down.  Weiner should have been "very honest" and claimed that he had sent the picture to his wife.And of course, by "very honest," Deutsch means "very dishonest" since no one, starting with Weiner himself suggests that the congressman meant to send the shot to his…
mfinkelstein | May 5, 2011
On his MSNBC show, Chris Matthews criticizes Hillary's lack of "humanity" for denying that, in the photo of her in the Situation Room during the attack on Bin Laden, she was having an emotional reaction.
mfinkelstein | April 27, 2011
On Morning Joe, MSNBC's Martin Bashir calls Britain's National Health Service "a wonderful idea."  He also claims that "over 40%" of the UK's workforce is in the public sector.  The actual number appears to be about half that.
mfinkelstein | April 16, 2011
Good Morning America's graphics for its segment on Pres. Obama's supposedly "hot mic" comments on his budget negotiations with Republicans refers to "tough talk."   John Avlon of the lefty Daily Beast declares that the president's supposedly candid performance "heightens his reputation for leadership." 
mfinkelstein | April 15, 2011
On Cenk Uygur's MSNBC show, Jonathan Alter claims that in proposing to issue Medicare vouchers, Republicans want "to throw granny into the snow."
mfinkelstein | April 14, 2011
On his MSNBC show, Cenk Uygur wonders why Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of leaking hundred so thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, isn't being accorded the "hero" treatment that Daniel Ellsberg received from some for his leak of the Pentagon Papers back in the Vietnam day.
mfinkelstein | April 14, 2011
On Morning Joe, MSNBC analyst Mark Halperin says the MSM would be "up in arms" if a Republican president had called a Democratic budget proposal un-American in the same way President Obama characterized the Republican budget proposal in his speech of yesterday.
mfinkelstein | April 11, 2011
On Cenk Uygur's MSNBC show, Robert Reich argues that the rich who resent higher taxes are unpatriotic.  And show host Uygur implies he's not rich.
mfinkelstein | April 11, 2011
On Morning Joe, New York Times columnist Charles Blow decries media who allow Donald Trump to air birther views.