Alex Christy
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Friday, CNN Newsroom claimed to discover the real villain of Attorney General Merrick Garland's memo on "harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence" against local school boards: Fox News for pointing out the absurdity of it all and for defending those "angry parents."
Host Victor Blackwell declared that "This week we know that Attorney General Merrick…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Thursday's CNN Newsroom host Victor Blackwell welcomed Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson onto the show to talk about the state of "the war" for abortion access. In her response, Johnson would reference Martin Luther King Jr. to justify the morality of abortion.
Blackwell led Johnson by reading from Judge Robert Pitman's Wednesday ruling that halted…
[See NewsBusters for more.] While he was guest hosting Andrea Mitchell Reports on Wednesday during the 12:00 Eastern hour there was still a lot of information Garrett Haake did not have about the school shooting in Arlington, Texas, but that did not stop him from wondering if the state's "permissive gun laws" might have anything to do with it. Later, MSNBC contributor and former FBI Assistant…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On his Monday show on MSNBC, Jose Diaz-Balart welcomed Prof. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto to discuss the Supreme Court's upcoming term. DeFrancesco warned the Court that 80% of Americans support abortion, so if they want to avoid a public trust crisis, they better not overturn Roe v. Wade. Not only is playing to public opinion not the Court's job, the 80% figure is wildly…
[See NewsBusters for more.] While guest hosting Inside Politics on Friday, CNN's Dana Bash took a break from the busy news cycle to look back at the Trump era with the Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin and to explore how women fought back against sexism and saved democracy.
Rubin was on to promote her new book Resistance: How Women Saved Democracy from Donald Trump, which Bash began by reading…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Thursday's Stephanie Ruhle Reports, congressional correspondent Ali Vitali joined guest host Chris Jansing to preview a House Oversight Committee hearing where three Democratic congresswomen would share their personal stories in an effort to gin up support for abortion. As part of the preview, the three gave an exclusive interview with MSNBC to help them do just…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Tuesday's installment of NBC's Late Night, host Seth Meyers, who is allegedly a comedian, welcomed hard left journalist Spencer Ackerman onto the program to ponder how 9/11 led to Donald Trump getting elected president.
Meyers asked Ackerman, who was on to promote his book Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America And Produced Trump, "You talk about…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Tuesday's MTP Daily on MSNBC, host Chuck Todd battled Indiana Sen. Mike Braun over the GOP's refusal to assist the Democrats in passing their agenda by raising the debt ceiling. According to Todd, the GOP is trying to "punish the American economy" with an "absurd" "game of chicken."
First, however, Todd tried the hypocrisy angle, "So the president -- President …
[See NewsBusters for more.] Responding to an FBI report on Monday that shows homicides have increased an unprecedented 30% over the past year, CNN Newsroom host Erica Hill sought to figure out why. Ultimately she concluded that it was the police themselves and guns.
In a segment with professor and criminologist Richard Rosenfeld, Hill inquired about the police themselves, "You noted in some of…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On her Friday show on MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell welcomed California Rep. Jackie Speier to discuss the House passing a bill that would prohibit any restrictions on abortion. Speaking in a solemn tone Mitchell declared that pro-lifers, especially men, just don't get it when it comes to the issue.
After lamenting that the bill will not pass the Senate, Mitchell observed how…