MarkF | December 23, 2015 There was surprising consensus on today's Morning Joe concerning the Washington Post cartoon that depicted Ted Cruz as an organ grinder and his youngs girls as monkeys. From Mika Brzezinski to Joe Scarborough to Harold Ford, Jr., there was universal condemnation of Ann Telnaes' foul image. But Willie Geist said it best.
MarkF | December 22, 2015
MarkF | December 21, 2015 Spine of Steele! Where has this feisty Michael Steele been? In this NewsBuster's view, the former RNC chairman has too often been the voice of the mushy Republican middle. But on MSNBC's All In this evening, Steele forcefully advanced the GOP position. For starters, Steele shocked guest host Alex Wagner when he said Donald Trump would beat Hillary Clinton in a debate.Steele then took on Howard…
MarkF | December 21, 2015 It's rare when a politician says something surprising, or doesn't succumb to a feel-good suggestion. Which made Rick Santorum's response to Joe Scarborough this morning so doubly remarkable.Scarborough had teed Santorum up to agree with his suggestion that we need to "reach out aggressively to let Muslim Americans know that they are every bit a part of the American dream as you or me." But…
MarkF | December 18, 2015
MarkF | December 17, 2015 In a modern-day variation on "better red than dead," Joe Scarborough claims that Haley Barbour and many Republican leaders would "much rather" have Hillary be president than to let Trump win and represent the GOP.If it looks like Trump will win the nomination, which Scarborough sees as very plausible, he envisions Mitt Romney or Michael Bloomberg jumping into the race as a third-candidate. Not…
MarkF | December 16, 2015 When tagging items at NewsBusters, one of our Media Bias sub-categories is "Sudden Respect." The notion is that to win the affection of the MSM, all a Republican or conservative has to do is to turn on members or positions of his party. There was a great illustration of the phenomenon on today's Morning Joe. During last night's undercard debate, Lindsay Graham repeatedly ripped fellow Republicans…
MarkF | December 15, 2015
MarkF | December 15, 2015 Ted Cruz: MSNBC's modern-day version of Nikolai Yezhov! Yezhov was the head of Stalin's secret police who fell into disfavor and was executed during a purge. A photo of him standing next to Stalin was famously airbrushed to remove his image.And so we come to today's Morning Joe, which displayed an image of tonight's Vegas debate stage. Photos of all the candidates appear at their assigned slots…
MarkF | December 14, 2015 Let's oblige Joe Scarborough. He prefaced his remarks this morning by saying "this is the sort of thing that right-wing bloggers get very angry about."
On Morning Joe, Scarborough said "I am shocked by how many Republicans, that have always voted Republican, that have said they're going to vote for Hillary if it's Cruz or Trump running against Hillary. I'm talking Deep South, Southern Baptist.…
