Journalist and publicist Karen Hunter belittled Pastor Stephen Broden on MSNBC Thursday over a pro-life billboard in New York City that reads "The Safest Place for an African-American Is In the Womb." MSNBC's Chris Jansing didn't do much moderating, as she barely questioned Hunter but pressed Broden on the issue.
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, who is not Catholic and has before said that he was raised a Baptist, lashed out at Vatican canon law adviser Dr. Edward Peters for calling to deny New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Communion.
MSNBC's Chris Jansing asked if the rise of radical right-wing "hate groups" were behind the motives of Jared Loughner's assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)
MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski pressed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) Tuesday on why he's not forcing the rich as well as the union workers to "sacrifice" to cover the state's budget shortfall. "Morning Joe" regular John Heilemann followed up by further pressuring Walker on the issue.
On MSNBC Tuesday, former Watergate journalistic "legend" Carl Bernstein railed against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's stand against the right of public sector unions to collectively bargain. Bernstein claimed Walker was taking the matter beyond his own prudential judgment and making it political and partisan.
On the Feb. 18 "Hardball," lampooning comments made by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) on President Obama, MSNBC's Chris Matthews tried to stretch the comments and suggest DeMint was pandering to the birther crowd.
MSNBC's Chris Matthews fawningly previewed his hour-long documentary on "The President of the World" Bill Clinton on Monday's "Morning Joe."
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell questioned the entire spending debate going on now in Washington, on "Morning Joe" Wednesday. He asked instead why we are even considering spending cuts in the first place.
MSNBC's Chris Matthews took another cheap shot at Tea Party members Thursday as he condescendingly explained the crisis in Egypt.
Hosting the wife of Imam Rauf, Daisy Khan, MSNBC's "Morning Joe" brought up this past summer's Ground Zero mosque debates. Casting the Imam and his wife as "moderates," the panel questioned the "open-mindedness" of the mosque's opponents.