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Bill Maher is known for his pathological, frothing attacks on all things
conservative. However, on the August 1 edition of Real Time With Bill
Maher, the HBO host took a controversial stance for a liberal: he
defended Israel. When his Iranian-American guest Reza Aslan argued that
“Amnesty International...have found no evidence whatsoever of any kind
of human shield being used,” Maher…
In response to the media backlash following Joe Scarborough’s harsh remarks about Israel on yesterday’s Morning Joe broadcast, the former Republican congressman spent almost four minutes of air-time on the August 1 edition insulting “the usual suspects” that lacked “the intellectual capacity to actually grasp” his earlier “statement.” He stated that he would use “simple talk that simple minded…
Although Alex Wagner has donned new glasses for her news show Now,
the liberal journalist seems unable to look beyond MSNBC’s favorite
response to any Republican: bringing up race. On the July 31 edition,
Wagner played a clip of Ari Melber’s July 30 interview with Senators
Rand Paul and Cory Booker on their new drug law reform initiative the
REDEEM Act – the Record Expungement Designed to…
On a truly idiotic segment of the July 29 edition of Ronan Farrow Daily, the host of the Lean Forward network’s “next-generation news show” discussed the current state of emojis with linguist John McWhorter, CNet’s Maggie Reardon, and journalist Dave Cullen. Farrow commented how the popular emoticons are “becoming more and more the fabric of the kind of communication you see,” and truly out-…
While Chris Matthews avoided the National Review coverage of Democratic Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn’s leaked campaign strategy, the panel of Morning Joe gave the story a brief three minutes during the three-hour morning news show. MSNBC contributor Willie Geist appealed to Daily Rundown’s Chuck Todd to brush the controversy aside, stating “these plans exist on every campaign” and “it’s just that…
According to MSNBC, Republicans are always making things worse. On the July 25 edition of Ronan Farrow Daily, the cable host began a segment entitled “Kinder, Gentler GOP?” after playing a clip of Rand Paul at the National Urban League annual conference speaking of the “poverty problem.” Farrow asked his guests a stream of leading questions insinuating that Republicans are “catering to a…