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[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN didn’t waste any time heaping praise on President Biden for his State of the Union address on Tuesday night with Jake Tapper proclaiming his performance was “quintessential Biden” and Van Jones declaring that “Uncle Joe is back”
Jones's comments came after Scott Jennings criticized Biden for not cutting off Russian oil and gas imports, “I thought totally …
[See NewsBusters for more.] Presidential historian, sometimes Biden speechwriter, and frequent MSNBC Jon Meacham joined The 11th Hour on Friday to recap what turned out to be a very eventful week. For Meacham, the week both the defense of Ukraine and the nomination of Ketanji Brow Jackson to the Supreme Court are critically important for democracy, just like winning World War II.
Responding to…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On the Saturday edition of Today on NBC, political contributor and PBS Washington Week host Yamiche Alcindor reacted to the news of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court with excitement that Democratic activists will have another voice on the Court, but lamented that her ability to actually bring change is limited.
Alcindor was asked by host and…
[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates joined CNN Newsroom on Friday to react to the official announcement of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court. According to Coates, Jackson is almost a goddess-type figure who has descended from Mount Olympus and that she only hopes she will be afforded due process before the Senate.
While others in the media have…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Friday’s CNN Newsroom, White House correspondent John Harwood said that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s opposition to President Biden’s nomination of Ketanji Brown to the Supreme Court Jackson on the grounds she is going to be a reliable liberal is not a substantive criticism.
Host Bianna Golodryga asked Harwood to comment on how the GOP will approach the…
[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN senior political correspondent Abby Phillip could hardly contain her excitement on New Day on Friday when the news broke that President Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Phillip hailed the nomination as one that could help address “the unfairness in the system” that exists for minority defendants.
Host Brianna Keilar actually wondered…
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC’s John Heilemann traveled over to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS on Wednesday night say that Republicans and the 2016 election are to blame for Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and that Vladimir Putin is using the moment to weaken President Biden because he wants to see Donald Trump to win in 2024.
Despite acknowledging Putin’s history of…
[See NewsBusters for more.] In an attempt to help himself get elected, President Biden engaged in identity politics by promising to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court. For CNN senior political correspondent Abby Phillip and New Day host Brianna Keilar, it is actually Republicans who are engaging in identity politics for pointing it out.
Keilar portrayed Biden’s pledge as a matter of…
[See NewsBusters for more.] After Russia moved to recognize the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk, MSNBC’s Morning Joe pointed the finger at former President Trump on Tuesday, claiming Vladimir Putin didn’t further dismember Ukraine during his presidency because he already gave Putin everything he wanted.
Host Mika Brzezinski asked political analyst Elise Jordan about the idea that, “Elise…
[See NewsBusters for more.] NBC Late Night host Seth Meyers returned from his Olympics-induced hiatus Monday night to talk about Special Counsel John Durham’s latest filing that showed Hillary Clinton campaign associates sought to access web data in order to spin a Trump-Russia collusion narrative. However, for Meyers, that was not the real story. The real story has been the reaction of Fox News…