Alex Christy
Alex Christy | March 15, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.]  Seth Meyers called BS on Fox’s Maria Bartiromo on Monday’s installment of Late Night on NBC for pointing out that despite all the rhetoric coming from President Biden, he is still partnering with Vladimir Putin on significant issues. Of course, Meyers never refuted the claim. Teeing up a clip of Bartiromo’s Saturday show, Meyers declared that during the war in…
Alex Christy | March 12, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] As ordinary Ukrainians flee in order to flee from the Russian invaders, CBS Saturday Morning declared that that, unlike other refugees, they benefit from their race. As part of a video report, anchor Jericka Duncan interviewed historian Kimberly St. Julian Varnon on the racial aspect of the evacuations. St. Julian Varnon declared, “You know, it's—it’s-- one of those …
Alex Christy | March 12, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart joined PBS NewsHour host Judy Woodruff on Friday to launch all sorts of strawman attacks against the “hideous” and “horrendous” agenda coming from Republican governors and state legislators across the country. Woodruff asked Capehart about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and “what they call the Don't Say Gay Act, the Stop Woke Act…
Alex Christy | March 11, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] Former Attorney General Bill Barr took his book tour to The Lead with Jake Tapper on CNN on Friday where Tapper, despite acknowledging that Barr’s assessment of the Russian collusion narrative is correct, wondered if Barr was still helping Vladimir Putin. Tapper began by conceding that Special Counsel Robert Mueller did not bring any collusion-related charges against…
Alex Christy | March 10, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] Towards the end of Thursday’s Inside Politics on CNN, host John King and chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju lamented that Republicans are not lining up to vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson amid her “historic nomination” to the Supreme Court. King got the ball rolling, suggesting that if a handful of Republicans were willing to vote for her to be on the D.C.…
Alex Christy | March 9, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] After hosting her own show on Wednesday, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell ventured over to MTP Daily to continue in the media’s newest tradition of acting like historically high gas prices are solely due to Vladimir Putin’s decision to wage war on Ukraine. Not only did Mitchell defend that talking point, she hailed it as “a great way to message it.” Host Chuck Todd had just…
Alex Christy | March 9, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] According to MSNBC’s The 11th Hour host Stephanie Ruhle and Washington correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, President Biden took a huge risk on Tuesday when he announced that the U.S. would ban the importation of Russian oil. The risk being that Republicans will say they support the move while also blaming him for high gas prices. Ruhle explained, “Yamiche, Biden is taking…
Alex Christy | March 8, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Tuesday’s edition of CNN Newsroom, Florida-based reporter Steve Contorno described the idea that 8-year olds should not be learning about left-wing gender theory or sexual identity politics as “stunning.” At the same time, host Victor Blackwell warned that Florida schools will no longer be safe spaces for LGBTQ youth. The genesis for such sentiments was the Florida…
Alex Christy | March 8, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] Before President Biden gave a speech on Tuesday announcing the ban of Russian oil imports, the cast of At This Hour on CNN warned that gas prices will go up and that Biden has no good options to fix that problem as if his own policies have no impact on the situation. Host Kate Bolduan asked White House correspondent John Harwood about one potential solution the…
Alex Christy | March 5, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] Tiffany Cross, the namesake host of The Cross Connection, became the latest MSNBC personality to compare Ukraine’s literal war of survival to the alleged “rampant voter suppression” in America on her Saturday show during an interview with Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal. After Jayapal asserted that the war will not stop progressives from pushing their domestic agenda…