Alex Christy
[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN Tonight host Alisyn Camerota accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of “cancel culture” on Monday thus demonstrating she has no idea what cancel culture actually is. Elsewhere on the panel, network anchor John Berman would suggest that the government telling government-run schools what to teach is an example of “big government.”
[See NewsBusters for more.] CBS The Late Show host Stephen Colbert admitted on Monday that he doesn’t know if deregulation is to blame for the East Palestine train derailment, but that did not stop him from encouraging Sen. Bernie Sanders to use the situation to hype his book It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism.
[See NewsBusters for more.] The cast of CBS Saturday Morning spread some misinformation about the state of education in Florida when correspondent Cristian Benavides claimed that “classrooms and school libraries look like this” while showing a photo from a substitute teacher that was fired on Wednesday for spreading misinformation.
[See NewsBusters for more.] HBO Real Time host Bill Maher was discussing Fox News and its lawsuit with Dominion on Friday with MSNBC’s The Beat host Ari Melber when he asked if MSNBC also simply tells its viewers what it wants to hear, “Can you honestly say MSNBC doesn't do some of that?”
[See NewsBusters for more.] Friday’s edition of CNN Tonight was experiencing a rare moment of appreciation that the left’s DEI initiatives have gone too far when Los Angeles Times columnist LZ Granderson ruined it by claiming that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis does not mind using “a dog whistle.”
[See NewsBusters for more.] For the third time in less than a month, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell used her Friday show to spread wild fake news about conservatives. This latest installment of partisan falsehoods came during an interview with Vice President Harris where she asked why Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis seeks to ban the teaching of slavery.
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC PoliticsNation host Al Sharpton must be really proud of himself for nicknaming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “Baby Trump” during a Wednesday protest, he traveled over to The Late Show on CBS on Thursday to tell host Stephen Colbert that DeSantis is “trying to use the race wedge” to become president and that his education policies are no different than birtherism.
[See NewsBusters for more.] Temp host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, Sarah Silverman claimed on Wednesday that conservatives use “woke” as an “umbrella term” because it is a simpler way of saying “they're pieces of shit.” Ironically, Silverman used the word as her own umbrella term for “basic kindness”
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC PoliticsNation host Al Sharpton joined Morning Joe on Thursday to recap his Wednesday vanity protest against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s education policies where he showed his usual lack of nuance and good faith, by comparing DeSantis to those who perpetuated slavery and segregation.
[See NewsBusters for more.] NBC Late Night host Seth Meyers has a theory on Wednesday as to why the train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, derailed: Donald Trump. This theory was basically a retelling of the talking points being spouted off by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.