connor.williams | July 10, 2014
In his defense of President Obama last night, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes made the bizarre case that too much security is the real problem at the border. The All In host used his opening segment on the July 9 edition of the program to hammer Republicans for their critique of the president surrounding the border crisis. Hayes first cited a few liberal talking points arguing that Obama really is tough on…
connor.williams | July 9, 2014
The folks on MSNBC The Cycle have gone on the offensive regarding immigration, moving from defending President Obama to bashing the supposed bigotry that exists on the right, naturally. On the July 9 edition of program, the panel and guest Eric Schneiderman of Salon were virtually unanimous in their criticism of the Republican Party on immigration. Toure pointed to what he believed is a…
connor.williams | July 9, 2014
Discussing the growing immigration crisis on the July 9 edition of At This Hour with Berman and Michaela, CNN commentator Sally Kohn and host Michaela Pereira both jumped to defend President Obama from attacks from both Republicans and Democrats on his response to the flood of children arriving at the southern border.Pereira wondered how people would dare to label the crisis as Obama’s Katrina…
connor.williams | July 9, 2014
Leave it to MSNBC to twist the rhetoric of the Tea Party following Thad Cochran’s upset of Chris McDaniel in the June 24 Mississippi runoff. On Tuesday's Now, host Alex Wagner and David Corn of Mother Jones both strongly suggested that racism is the reason why the Tea Party objected to thousands of Democrats pushing Cochran to victory. Wagner sneered, “This is particularly pointed for the…
connor.williams | July 8, 2014
On Tuesday, continuing MSNBC’s obsession with Chris Christie,  Rachel Maddow attacked the Republican New Jersey governor for his position on guns. Christie recently vetoed a bill that would have reduced the number of bullets in a gun magazine from 15 to 10, much to the chagrin of The Rachel Maddow Show host. Maddow rejected Christie’s argument that the measure could ultimately lead to a ban on…
connor.williams | July 7, 2014
After introducing his political panel on the July 7 edition of MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown, host Chuck Todd chose to mock Brent Bozell, Media Research Center President and NewsBusters publisher, after realizing he had three titans of the mainstream media on his program.Todd described the panel, consisting of The New York Times’ Carolyn Ryan, Dal Balz of The Washington Post, and Susan Page of USA…
connor.williams | July 2, 2014
The July 1 edition of Hannity featured a rare occurrence for television: A liberal, pro-abortion activist had to listen to the conservative cause being articulated. Guest Dana Loesch of The Blaze slammed  former Now President Patricia Ireland's "horrible misunderstanding" of the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling. When Ireland attempted to make the argument that the Hobby Lobby ruling could open…
connor.williams | July 1, 2014
In reaction to Georgia’s new gun law that expands legal carry to some schools, churches, government buildings, and bars, MSNBC waxed hysterical about the potential consequences of expanding the freedoms of gun-owners. On the July 1 edition of The Reid Report, host Joy-Ann Reid and her two guests were skeptical that the law would be effective and were confident that it would increase violent crime…
connor.williams | July 1, 2014
Continuing the liberal media narrative that the Republican Party is doomed without passing comprehensive immigration reform, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd on Tuesday insisted that the party is in a virtual political trap that it will not find its way out of any time soon.The Daily Rundown host stated that the Republicans are “in the worst political box I've ever seen. If they pass immigration reform they…
connor.williams | June 30, 2014
MSNBC and the liberal networks have been constantly fearmongering about the implications and supposed disastrous of the Hobby Lobby ruling. However, seemingly by accident, Joy-Ann Reid brought on a liberal guest who was surprisingly defensive of the Court’s decision. The Reid Report host welcomed Laurence Tribe, a constitutional lawyer, to the June 30 edition of the program, and he was not…