MarkF | November 26, 2013 On Morning Joe, Tina Brown says the problems with Obamacare are "transient," but that President Obama's legacy will be his "smart" and "nuanced" handling of Syria and Iran.
MarkF | November 25, 2013 On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough describes the nuclear deal with Iran as "bad" and "horrible" and suggests that President Obama agreed to it because he was "desperate" in the light of his poor popularity ratings.
MarkF | November 22, 2013 On Morning Joe, Zbigniew Brzezinski says he believes that Iran is, very reluctantly, willing to abandon its ambitions to acquire nuclear weapons. He says the current negotiations have been "serious" and "substantive" and that the Iranians have been "very accomodating."
MarkF | November 21, 2013 On Morning Joe, Nicolle Wallace praises Republican governors as the party's "stars" who "can speak English." In contrast, claims Wallace "you go to Washington and somehow Republicans are speaking another language."
MarkF | November 20, 2013 On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz claims there's "no doubt" that an African-American who committed the same misdemeanor drug possession crime as Republican congressman Trey Radel "would be facing jail time."
MarkF | November 20, 2013 After running two segments totalling over 2.5 minutes about him on Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski complains "
MarkF | November 19, 2013 When Luke Russert, subbing for Andrea Mitchell on her MSNBC show, asks Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz a tendentious question referring to the "Ted Cruz, Mike Lee rabbit hole," Chaffetz calls him on it, saying "that's a loaded question, Luke."
MarkF | November 19, 2013 On Morning Joe, Donny Deutsch says that the Obamacare failure could set back progressive government "for a generation." Appearing later on the program, Howard Fineman says he "sort of agrees with Donny" and that Obamacare could be "a huge disaster for Democrats."
MarkF | November 18, 2013 In a conference call with supporters that was billed as "exclusive" but in fact was open to all a subdued President Obama expresses surprise that for many people, "purchasing insurance is complicated."
MarkF | November 18, 2013 The Morning Joe panel does not challenge Saudi Prince Alwaleed for his hypocrisy when he challenges the lack of democracy in Egypt under the Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi.