Alex Christy
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell just can’t quit pandemic restrictions. On her Friday show on MSNBC, Mitchell declared that airplane mask mandates should remain, not because of any scientific reason, but because they make her feel more comfortable.
As part of a conversation with Dr. Vin Gupta, Mitchell expressed wonder and the idea that people with COVID might be able to get…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On CNN’s Friday installment of New Day, John Avlon reacted to the news that the RNC has withdrawn from the Commission on Presidential Debates with one of his “reality checks” that characteristically featured plenty of pretentiousness, but not a lot of reality.
For Avlon, the decision is another Trumpian threat to democracy, “This is a big deal. Another blow to our…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Republicans are busy acting like Republicans and Andrea Mitchell and her Thursday panel of guests on MSNBC are beside themselves. From abortion, not giving minors puberty blockers, not teaching elementary students about sexual orientation, guns, the Commission of Presidential Debates, to redistricting, she warned about the GOP’s “hard right turn.”
On abortion,…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Republicans are busy acting like Republicans and Andrea Mitchell and her Thursday panel of guests on MSNBC are beside themselves. From abortion, not giving minors puberty blockers, not teaching elementary students about sexual orientation, guns, the Commission of Presidential Debates, to redistricting, she warned about the GOP’s “hard right turn.”
On abortion,…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On his Wednesday show on ABC, Jimmy Kimmel declared that if you support Florida’s new law that prohibits K-3 discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity, it is because you are dumb. He also rolled out show writer Louis Virtel to call Gov. Ron DeSantis and others everything from “dumb” to “homophobic.”
Kimmel based his name-calling on the idea that legislation…
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC’s Jose Diaz-Balart and Yamiche Alcindor took aim at an Alabama law on Wednesday that would prohibit giving hormone treatment and puberty blockers to those under the age of 19, portraying such things as simple medical care.
Diaz-Balart came out of commercial break swinging, “The ACLU and other groups are suing Alabama on behalf of two families who say a new law…
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle spent Tuesday’s edition of The 11th Hour lamenting that voters aren’t buying the White House’s spin on the economy from blaming Vladimir Putin for inflation to arguing that things actually aren’t all that bad.
Ruhle told former advisor to John McCain and George W. Bush and current HBO producer Mark McKinnon that, “President Biden is blaming…
[See NewsBusters for more.] CNBC senior analyst and commentator Ron Insana travelled over to MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson Reports on Tuesday to discuss the day’s inflation figures, which are the worst in over 40 years, and to affirm the White House’s talking points that Vladimir Putin is largely to blame.
[See NewsBusters for more.] While covering the breaking news of the Brooklyn subway shooting on Tuesday’s CNN Newsroom, host Jim Sciutto tied the shooting and violent crime generally to gun laws in southern states.
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Monday’s installment of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, host Trevor Noah declared that Republican senators who did not stay and applaud Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court were “assholes” who wanted to get their “free N-word passes.”