Alex Christy
Alex Christy | February 7, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] At the end of her Monday show on MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell condemned Republicans for daring to criticize Dr. Fauci ahead of the 2022 midterms and Dr. Peter Hotez claimed the existence of criticism towards him and Fauci provide evidence that it is "a tough time to be a scientist." Mitchell could not understand why anyone would be critical of Fauci, the only possible…
Alex Christy | February 7, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] According to a Monday New Day panel on CNN consisting of Margaret Hoover and Bakari Sellers, Stacey Abrams posing for a photo without a mask surrounded by masked children was not hypocritical, but rather just an honest mistake. Hoover began by claiming Abrams' biggest issue was not the actual hypocrisy, but just being political absent-mindedness, "Because…
Alex Christy | February 4, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] Former Trump Administration Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir joined CNN Newsroom's Ana Cabrera on Friday where he called out the constantly-interrupting host for politicizing the COVID vaccine by falsely accusing the Trump Administration of peddling misinformation about it. Cabrera cited a poll that says that 26% of Republicans refuse to get vaccinated and…
Alex Christy | February 3, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] As President Biden went to New York to tout his crime fighting plan, MSNBC's Katy Tur and Jake Ward used the occasion to hype San Jose's scheme to require gun owners to pay an annual fee and purchase liability insurance all in the name of fighting gun violence. After Tur summarized the law, she introduced Ward who tried to claim that what San Jose is doing is no…
Alex Christy | February 3, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Thursday's At This Hour, CNN's John Avlon defended Whoopi Goldberg from charges of anti-Semitism, claiming as part of one of his "reality checks" that she was simply wrong, unlike other GOP-inspired maliciousness.  Avlon got going by citing, "The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. has spiked since 2017, which happens to be the first year of the Trump …
Alex Christy | February 2, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] On his Tuesday show on CNN, Don Lemon wondered what is really behind Republican criticism of President Biden's pledge to only consider black women for his upcoming Supreme Court appointee and according to Kirsten Powers, the answer is that Republicans are of the attitude that the Supreme Court exists for white men. After running through the criticisms offered up by…
Alex Christy | February 1, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Tuesday's At This Hour, CNN senior political correspondent Abby Phillip told host Kate Bolduan on Tuesday that the reason some Republicans "are willing to villainize" the idea of a black woman Supreme Court justice is because that is what fires up the party's base. Phillip proclaimed that, "Race is an incredibly powerful motivator for the Republican Party base…
Alex Christy | February 1, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] The Daily Show host Trevor Noah is not who most people would have predicted would be the one most likely to defend Canadian truckers protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates, but on Monday's show on Comedy Central, Noah did just that. Not only did Noah see why mandates for truckers are silly, but he also defended the protestors against the few bad actors that have showed…
Alex Christy | January 31, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Monday's installment of At This Hour, CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter joined host Kate Bolduan to assert that people can trust CNN to be truthful and accurate because, unlike Joe Rogan, it is a real news operation that cares about facts and information. Responding to Bolduan wondering if Neil Young has anything to do with Spotify's decision to put…
Alex Christy | January 28, 2022
[See NewsBusters for more.] While hosting the scary sounding Democracy in Peril on CNN on Thursday, Jim Acosta blasted the "hard-right" Supreme Court for possibly overturning Roe v. Wade, which would increase democracy in the country, lamented that Democrats won't get rid of the filibuster in response to this, and decried their "life's a Mitch" attitude towards the situation. Acosta began by…