mhadro | January 21, 2011
ABC's Christiane Amanpour attempted to draw a comparison between the violent political atmosphere of the Kennedy assassinations of the 1960's, and the current political atmosphere in the wake of the Giffords shooting.
mhadro | January 19, 2011
Tamron Hall remarked on her Wednesday afternoon MSNBC show "News Nation" that "some say" Wednesday night's state dinner with Chinese President Hu Jintao is partly about President Obama reaching out to businesses heavily invested in China -- particularly those businesses that have "demonized" his administration as "anti-business."
mhadro | January 17, 2011
Former dean of the White House press corps Helen Thomas appeared on CNN's "Situation Room" Monday for a candid interview. Thomas lamented that she cannot criticize Israel without reprimand, and firmly believes she should not have been fired for her remarks.
mhadro | January 14, 2011
MSNBC hosted ex-Catholic priest Fr. Cutie on its 3 p.m. EST Friday news hour. Cutie left the Catholic priesthood in May of 2009 after his secret love affair was discovered. He is now a married Episcopalian clergyman and has since ripped the Catholic Church for its adherence to teachings on priestly celibacy.
mhadro | January 12, 2011
Time magazine's Mark Halperin, on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Jan. 12, scolds right-wing media pundits for hoping President Obama's Tucson speech fails. However, he provides no documented evidence of any such instances.
mhadro | January 12, 2011
The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart said Sarah Palin should have shown more caution in using the "incredibly anti-Semitic" phrase "blood libel" in her response to recent media criticism.
mhadro | January 12, 2011
If the absurd premise that right-wing talk radio inspired the Tuscon shooting was correct, said the Media Research Center's Brent Bozell on CBN News Tuesday, then the Discovery Channel shooting of last year was inspired by Al Gore, and the assassination of President Kennedy was inspired by Marxist thought.
mhadro | January 11, 2011
MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell hosted the CEO of Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., which publishes Ebony Magazine, to discuss racist political rhetoric. Mitchell called the magazine's articles investigating the levels of racist speech in the Tea Party "provocative" and "recommended" reading.
mhadro | January 11, 2011
During live coverage following Saturday's shooting in Tuscon, Ariz., MSNBC correspondent Luke Russert theorized that "fringe" groups upset over ObamaCare passage were probably behind the violence.
mhadro | January 10, 2011
Former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw lauded the Pima County sheriff who condemned inflammatory political rhetoric in the wake of the Arizona shootings Saturday. Sheriff Dupnik said violent rhetoric was among the causes of the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)