Alex Christy
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC's contempt for conspiracy theories about rigged elections only goes one way, as Deadline: White House host Nicolle Wallace proved on Wednesday as she implored Democrats to do more to stand up to GOP efforts of "rigging the electorate."
As part of a larger segment on alleged GOP voter suppression schemes Wallace sang the praises liberal lawyer Mark Elias, who is…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Pinch-hitting for Chuck Todd, MSNBC's Garrett Haake spent Tuesday's MTP Daily with Prof. Leah Stokes warning that the Democrats' forthcoming climate bill represents a "do or die moment" for the climate.
Haake noted that since the infrastructure deal stays away from climate-related issues, "That leaves Democrats doing this alone on the reconciliation bill. I want to…
[See NewsBusters for more.] For MSNBC's Ali Velshi the sky might as well be falling, because on his Saturday he agreed with Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey that the country is at the point of no return on voting rights now that the Supreme Court has ruled that bans on ballot harvesting and out-of-precinct voting do not violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Velshi blasted Justice Alito's…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld an Arizona law that states that votes cast in the wrong precinct must be thrown out and prohibitions on who is and is not allowed to deliver a third person's ballot to the polling place. For CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, this was just the latest part of Chief Justice John Roberts' legacy of destroying "the most important civil…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Former two-time Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld died on Wednesday at the age of 88. Given his role in the Iraq War, both in its conception and in how it was fought, it was inevitable that media reaction would be at least somewhat critical. On his MSNBC show, Ayman Mohyeldin, however, went much further, blaming him and the U.S. for the misery that exists in Iraq…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Media correspondent Brian Stelter joined CNN Newsroom host Alisyn Camerota on Tuesday for segment that was so lacking of self-awareness it was almost comical. The subject matter was former President Obama saying the raise of misinformation "worries me," which led Stelter and Camerota to lament the lack of solutions of raising echo chambers and sensationalist media…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Friday's edition of The 11th Hour on MSNBC, host Brian Williams seemed to suggest that Fox News be banned from military bases because Tucker Carlson responded to Gen. Mark Milley's recent defense of Critical Race Theory by declaring "He’s not just a pig. He’s stupid." Later, Williams tried to tie concerns about CRT in the military to Vladimir Putin.
Addressing the…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Dismissing conservative concerns about wokeness is nothing new for NBC "comedian" Seth Meyers, but in his attempt to dismiss criticism of Critical Race Theory on Friday's edition of Late Night, Meyers crossed the line from ridicule to spreading verifiably false information. He also, while attempting to defend CRT, ironically showed why it is such a destructive "theory…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Thursday's installment of CNN Newsroom, host Jim Sciutto welcomed retired Lt. Gen. and military analyst Mark Hertling onto the program to discuss and defend CJCS Gen. Mark Milley's defense of Critical Race Theory being taught at West Point.
Sciutto led Hertling by playing a clip of Milley's remarks where, referencing the January 6 Riot, he declared, "I do think it’…
[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…