Jeffrey Meyer | November 8, 2015
During a special edition of Hardball on Friday night, host Chris Matthews attacked MSNBC's Steve Kornacki for his refusal to condemn Ben Carson over questions about the retired neurosurgeon's personal biography. 
Jeffrey Meyer | November 8, 2015
Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters. On Sunday’s Today, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd did his best to play up the alleged damage Ben Carson has done to his presidential ambitions after questions arose regarding his personal biography. The NBC News Political Director stressed that because “we're conditioned to assume regular politicians embellish things” questions over Carson’s biography…
Jeffrey Meyer | November 8, 2015
Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters. Last night, Saturday Night Live used its cold opening to mock MSNBC’s Democratic presidential forum with cast member Cecily Strong portraying moderator Rachel Maddow who described the forum as a “debate that no one watches.” After SNL’s Maddow briefly introduced Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, portrayed by Taran Killam, Kate McKinnon appeared on set as…
Jeffrey Meyer | November 5, 2015
Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters. On Wednesday night’s Last Word, MSNBC’s Alex Wagner introduced the broadcast by complaining that despite President Obama “riding the political wave of political success” “the Democratic Party just got a brutal reality check” in the 2015 elections. The MSNBC host and liberal Washington Post columnist EJ Dionne repeatedly tried to downplay the bad night for…
Jeffrey Meyer | November 4, 2015
Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters. On Monday night, Minority Report almost made it an entire episode without inserting any global warming fear-mongering. But, they just couldn’t help themselves. In an episode titled “Honor Among Thieves,” pre-cog Arthur (Nick Zano) is sitting with a gangster whom he is about to turn over to the Chinese because he stole their money. However, the gangster…
Jeffrey Meyer | November 4, 2015
Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters. On Tuesday, Kentucky voters elected Matt Bevin to be its next governor, only the second time a Republican has served this position in the last 44 years yet NBC’s Today ignored the story during its Wednesday morning broadcast. ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS This Morning both offered news briefs highlighting the Tea Party candidate’s anti-ObamaCare…
Jeffrey Meyer | November 2, 2015
Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters. On Sunday, veteran investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson’s new show Full Measure examined the growing number of ObamaCare co-ops that are “falling like dominoes” despite substantial financial support from the government. A Nexis search revealed that in the past year the “Big Three” (ABC, CBS, and NBC) have yet to run a single story on the ObamaCare…
Jeffrey Meyer | November 2, 2015
Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters. On Monday, CBS This Morning was the only network morning show to cover the latest problem for ObamaCare and the program’s sagging enrollment numbers caused by increased premiums. Co-host Charlie Rose noted that there are “potential strains with the Affordable Care Act open enrollment for 2016...The administration needs more people to sign up but premiums…
Jeffrey Meyer | November 1, 2015
Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters. During an appearance on CNN’s Reliable Sources Sunday, disgraced CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather did his best to excuse the criticism of CNBC’s Republican presidential debate and instead chose to blame Republicans for fueling such hatred towards the press. While Rather briefly admitted that CNBC “didn’t do it perfectly” the liberal journalist quickly…
Jeffrey Meyer | November 1, 2015
Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters. During a panel discussion on NBC’s Meet the Press about the state of Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign, liberal New York Times columnist David Brooks used a crude analogy to explain how Bush should turn around his campaign. The liberal Republican proclaimed Bush should “lead with his strength, and just say ‘I'm boring. I’m boring. Is our problem that we don'…