Alex Christy
Alex Christy | June 22, 2021
[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN's Inside Politics host John King appeared to realize on Tuesday that the Democrats' "voting rights" bill that Republicans oppose is actually just a way for them to blunt current Republican advantages such as state legislatures being able to draw congressional boundaries. Unfortunately, King did not take this to its logical conclusion as he continued to portray the…
Alex Christy | June 19, 2021
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Friday, The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops took a steps that may culminate with pro-choice politicians, like President Joe Biden, being denied communion. On his CNN show that night, liberal Anderson Cooper welcomed liberal Jesuit priest James Martin and former liberal congressman and current CNN commentator Joe Kennedy III to accuse the bishops of…
Alex Christy | June 18, 2021
[See NewsBusters for more.] The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart joined MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports on Friday to discuss Juneteenth being made the newest national holiday where he ignored that all but 14 House Republicans voted in favor and used the opportunity to falsely accuse the move to proponents of banning Critical Race Theory of not wanting to teach "the fullness of our history."…
Alex Christy | June 15, 2021
[See NewsBusters for more.] MTP Daily host Chuck Todd and reporter Ben Collins asserted, but didn't prove, on Tuesday that state legislatures and school boards seeking to ban Critical Race Theory are really interested in teaching an incorrect version of U.S. history at the behest of right-wing propagandists.  Todd welcomed Collins by stating that CRT is a pseudo-controversy drummed up by right-…
Alex Christy | June 12, 2021
[See NewsBusters for more.] When he's not guest hosting MSNBC's The Cross Connection, Jason Johnson is a politics and journalism professor at Morgan State University, which does not inspire confidence in the next generation of journalists as he warned on Saturday of "catastrophic implications" of the Supreme Court's 6-3 conservative balance and condemned Sen. Mitch McConnell for not allowing…
Alex Christy | June 10, 2021
[See NewsBusters for more.] The Inside Politics panel discussion led by host John King on Thursday about Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar comparing the U.S. and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban was less interested in Omar's actual comments, than how the "Democratic family" will learn how to live with its differing opinions. Addressing the Wall Street Journal's Vivian Salama, King noted that members of…
Alex Christy | June 8, 2021
[See NewsBusters for more.] Yahoo News national correspondent Brittany Shepherd joined Tuesday's CNN Newsroom to discuss what Democrats plan to do to save democracy. She noted that Republicans are too scared to do anything on the matter, "so now it is squarely on Democrats."   Host Jim Sciutto, citing the portion of former President Obama's interview Anderson Cooper where the two discussed how…
Alex Christy | June 5, 2021
[See NewsBusters for more.] With Donald Trump out of office, Chris Cuomo needs a new villain to blame everything on. On Friday's Cuomo Prime Time, he settled on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, blaming him for a series of recent cyberattacks. He would later add that viewers should be grateful for our news media. For Cuomo, Congress is to blame for the recent attacks, "All the same message…
Alex Christy | June 3, 2021
[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN Newsroom's Victor Blackwell welcomed Paxton Smith, the Texas high schooler who, according to CNN's chyron, went "off script, on a mission" during her valedictorian address to blast Texas' heartbeat bill. Blackwell had nothing but praise for the allegedly non-political Smith and tried to turn her into the latest high school political celebrity. Echoing Hillary…
Alex Christy | June 2, 2021
[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN's John Harwood joined At This Hour host Kate Bolduan to allege that Republicans are suppressing the vote because that is the only way they believe they can win elections. Not only did he not provide evidence for his claim, he also admitted that allegations of voter suppression are really just GOTV measures. Bolduan wasted no time in declaring that the sky is…