Over there at the Media Research Centerâs NewsBusters, managing editor Curtis Houck has published the oh-so-typical latest from the leftist swamp that is MSNBC.
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Media and Left-Wing Activists Ignore Claudine Gay’s Plagiarism of Carol Swain, Say Harvard President’s Ousting Is About Racism
In the wake of Harvard University’s firing of former President Claudine Gay, the mainstream news media and far-left online activists reacted by accusing their political opponents of racism, despite the fact that Gay’s ouster was preceded by public anti-semitism and plagiarism of political scientist Dr. Carol Swain.
“Harvard president’s resignation highlights new conservative weapon against colleges: plagiarism,” said a headline from Associated Press.Â
Read MoreCommentary: Ken Buck Is Wrong About the J6 Defendants
U.S. Representative Ken Buckâs big wet sloppy kiss to Attorney General Merrick Garland last week could not have come at worse time for the Colorado Republican.
Judge Timothy J. Kelly of the federal court in Washington, D.C. was in the process of ordering prison time typically applied to murderers, drug traffickers, and serial child pornographers for five members of the Proud Boys convicted of no serious crime related to January 6. A well-known gun storage company faced backlash for assisting the FBI in yet another armed raid against a January 6 trespasser. And a young man from Utah took his own life just weeks after his arrest on four misdemeanors for his participation in January 6, at least the fourth known suicide of a Capitol protester.
Read MoreCommentary: Fox News’ ‘Conservative Stance’ Belies Hidden Liberal Agenda
The longshoreman turned homespun philosopher Eric Hoffer is semi-forgotten today. But his book The True Believer (1951) is full of pertinent aperçus. One that has recurred to me often of late is the observation that âEvery great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.â
Read MoreFrom MSNBC to ‘The Guardian:’: Media’s Sympathetic Coverage of Climate Activists’ Vandalism of Priceless Art
This week, the world witnessed yet another act of vandalism in the name of climate change when two Swedish nurses tried to glue themselves to a Monet art piece in Stockholmâs National Museum, then smear it with red paint.
Read MorePlanned Parenthood CEO Calls for Supreme Court Reform: ‘The Court Now Has Been Fully Captured’ on Abortion Rights
The CEO of Planned Parenthood said on Motherâs Day on MSNBC that the Supreme Court has now âbeen fully capturedâ by a âconservative supermajorityâ that has attacked abortion rights and, therefore, must be reformed, along with the lower courts as well.
Led by former Biden White House Press Secretary-turned MSNBC opinion host Jen Psaki, Alexis McGill Johnson said âthe reality is the Court now has been fully captured in so many areas.â
Read MoreCommentary: The Legacy Media Is Ossified by Their Corruption and Blinded by Their Progressive Agenda
by Victor Davis Hanson The current âmediaâ – loosely defined as the old major newspapers like the New York Times and Washington Post, the network news channels, MSNBC and CNN, PBS and NPR, the online news aggregators like Google, Apple, and Yahoo, and the social media giants like the old Twitter and…
Read MoreâCanât Be Bought, Bribed or Coercedâ: Kari Lake Explains Why Liberals âAre Afraidâ of Her
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake of Arizona claimed liberals fear her because she âcanât be bought, bribed or coercedâ during a Saturday night Fox News appearance.
âI never wanted to get into politics. I left my career and walked away from my paycheck because I was disgusted with where journalism was going, the propaganda. The people of Arizona recruited me, they asked me to run. Iâm a citizen politician,â Lake told host Dan Bongino. âIâm not in this because I want to climb the rungs of the political ladder into a different position.â
Read MoreReport: Vanderbilt University Professor Jon Meacham Helped Write Biden’s Anti-MAGA Speech
According to a weekend story in German-owned Politico, one of the men behind President Joe Biden’s divisive Thursday night speech is a Vanderbilt professor who has long been mired in controversy for his far-left political leanings.
“The actual writing of the speech started about three weeks ago, with Jon Meacham, the historian who has had a hand in a number of Bidenâs most sweeping speeches, helping the framing,” according to Politico.
Read MoreMSNBC Contributor, Ex-Spy Chief Hint Trump Deserves Execution over Classified Records Dispute
Amid published reports that former President Trump is improperly holding classified papers, including nuclear documents, at his Florida compound, MSNBC contributor Michael Beschloss and former CIA Director Michael Hayden are intimating via social media that Trump should be executed.
The Washington Post has reported that the FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago compound on Monday in order to retrieve “nuclear documents” they believed were improperly stored there.
Read MoreMSNBC: Homeschooling a Racist ‘Evangelical War’ to Undermine Integration Policies
An opinion author at MSNBC has condemned homeschooling as a racist tool of evangelical Christians seeking to undermine public schools and policies that promote integration.
âIt should come as no surprise that evangelicals, fundamentalists and other religious conservatives have fought against public education since the U.S. Supreme Courtâs 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education,â Anthea Butler wrote at MSNBC in a column published Thursday.
Read MoreCNN and MSNBC See Ratings Continue to Drop
As of Friday, the cable news networks CNN and MSNBC saw significantly lower ratings than their competitors, including the dominant cable news channel, Fox.
According to the Daily Caller, CNN scored the lowest overall, with roughly 511,000 daytime viewers on average, and 545,000 primetime viewers. MSNBC saw about 753,000 daytime viewers and 1 million primetime viewers. Fox, by comparison, had over 1.72 million total viewers.
Read MoreJen Psaki Will Leave White House Podium for MSNBC: Report
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki will reportedly depart her official administration job this spring and join MSNBC, according to a report from Axios.
Psaki has been rumored to be in discussions with corporate media outlets for months. Her White House departure is also no surprise; the mother of two always expressed a desire to stick with her current role for about a year before pursuing other options.
Axios reports that Psaki has been in close contact with the White House counsel’s office about her imminent departure and has not signed any contracts that would put her in messy ethics territory. Though, sources say that Psaki has shared her plans to join MSNBC with some senior White House officials â the deal is reportedly close to being finalized.
Read MoreMSNBC Article Suggests Republicans Are Worse Than Nazis
A Tuesday article in MSNBC suggested that Republicansâ use of the phrase âLetâs go Brandonâ is worse than the Nazi âSieg Heilâ salute.
The author noted a recent comparison of âLetâs go Brandonâ to the Nazi salute. âTo this I say: Calm the hell down; thatâs an insult to Nazis. And furthermore, Biden doesnât have the gall to steamroll these would-be Nazis like Joseph Stalinâs army did in Berlin.â
The article also called âLetâs go Brandonâ a âsignificant downgrade from the glory days of the far right,â and said the phrase is âinoffensive and very vanillaâ when compared to âLock her upâ and âBuild the wall.â
Read MoreCommentary: Distrust in Television Ratings
While they may not agree on nearly anything else, one issue manages to unite Fox News Channel, MSNBC and CNN: an archaic television ratings system that is known to wildly misrepresent viewership.
At a time when cord-cutting has brought about many new ways to consume television news and entertainment, the industryâs primary measurement tool, Nielsen Ratings, seems stuck in another era. Those chosen as âNielsen familiesâ have complained for years about the cumbersome, almost primitive methods used to track their viewership.
Read MoreCommentary: ‘The Truth’ vs. Objectivity in American Journalism Today
Lately, the local ABC News affiliate in Washington, D.C., has been running promotional spots with the well-worn tagline âspeaking truth to power.â That is an odd slogan for a media outlet that can certainly be counted among the powerful in the region. It also raises a question as to whether this local news department has truly discovered âthe truthâ and is devoting its broadcasts to sharing it with its viewers. Â
At least implicit in the use of the slogan is a recognition by the station that truth does indeed exist. Sadly, many in American journalism are increasingly denying the existence of objective truth and calling for an end of objectivity in journalism. As Stanford University communications professor emeritus Ted Glasser said recently, âJournalists need to be overt and candid advocates for social justice, and itâs hard to do that under the constraints of objectivity.” In other words, the task of a journalist is to push the progressive narrative forward, truth and objectivity be damned.Â
Glasser isnât alone. Recently, in a speech at Washington State University, âNBC Nightly Newsâ anchor Lester Holt also questioned the value of objectivity. âI think itâs become clearer that fairness is overrated,â he said. âThe idea that we should always give two sides equal weight and merit does not reflect the world we find ourselves in.â Â
Read MoreMichigan Secretary of State Claims Election Integrity Measures are ‘War on Democracy’
In an interview with Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC, Michigan’s Secretary of State expressed her displeasure with ongoing efforts nationwide to audit the 2020 election, and with the implementation of various voter integrity measures.Â
“I think we’re seeing an escalation in the war on democracy on three fronts,” Jocelyn Benson (D) said. “One, this continued spreading of the ‘Big Lie.’ It is growing, it is not ceding, and it’s been fed by instances like what’s happening in Arizona. And then secondly, we have this lie being codified in nearly every state in this country – as you mentioned – Georgia, Texas, Florida, even here in Michigan – we’ve got 39 bills that ultimately try to undo the policies that led to such high turnout and such a secure election in 2020.”Â
Read MoreMSNBCâs Nicolle Wallace Paints Trump Supporters as Domestic Terrorists; Points Out That Americans Were Droned During GWOT
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace on Friday likened President Trump and millions of his supporters to domestic terrorists while fondly reminiscing about the days when American citizens overseas were killed by drone strikes during the global war on terror.
Wallace, who served the Bush White House as Communications Director in 2005 and 2006, made the comments during an MSNBC panel discussion about the impeachment trial of former President Trump.
Read MoreRep. Ayanna Pressley Calls Loeffler, Perdue and McConnell âthe Bonnie and Clyde of Corruptionâ
Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Friday compared Republican Georgia Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to âthe Bonnie and Clyde of corruption.â
Pressley criticized âthis GOP-led Senateâ on MSNBC host Joy Reidâs âThe ReidOutâ for sticking with the Trump administrationâs policies and criticized them for being distant from challenges Americans face due to COVID-19. Pressley criticized President Donald Trump and said he permitted the economic challenges.
Read MoreTelevision Viewership Down for Democrats’ Unconventional Convention
Preliminary estimates show that viewership for the first night of the Democrats’ virtual convention was down compared with the opening of Hillary Clinton’s nominating party four years ago.
An estimated 18.7 million people watched coverage between 10 and 11 p.m. on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC, the Nielsen company said. Four years ago, opening night drew just under 26 million viewers.
Read MoreMyPillow Refuses to Join Advertising Boycott of Tucker Carlson
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said he wonât join other major companies in boycotting Tucker Carlsonâs prime-time show on Fox News.
âMyPillow is not changing its advertising. I make all my advertising decisions based on what is best for my customers and my employees,â Lindell said in a statement provided to Newsweek. âMyPillow believes all lives matter and values all our employees and customers, treating them like family.â
Read MoreCNN and MSNBC Analysts Sign Petition Urging William Barr to Resign
Eight legal analysts who work for CNN and MSNBC or appear frequently on the networks signed a petition Sunday calling on Attorney General William Barr to resign over his handling of Roger Stoneâs case.
Read MoreBoth CNN and MSNBC Refuse to Air Senator Grahamâs Full Opening Statement
Senator Lindsey Graham gave a powerful opening statement to kick off Wednesdayâs Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, but if you were watching CNN or MSNBC, you wouldnât know it.
Read MoreMSNBC’s Joy Reid Apologizes After Network Confused the Fired Navy Secretary with White Supremacist Richard Spencer
MSNBC host Joy Reid issued a correction Sunday morning after her showâs producers apparently confused white supremacist leader Richard Spencer for a fired Trump administration official.
Read MoreJustin Amash Says Trump Treating Troops Like ‘Paid Mercenaries,’ Won’t Rule Out Libertarian Presidential Run
Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI-03) slammed President Donald Trump for treating U.S. troops like âpaid mercenariesâ in a Sunday interview while stoking rumors that he may launch a presidential run as a Libertarian candidate.
Read MoreOne America News Network Files $10 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow
One America News Network (OANN) filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit Monday against MSNBCâs Rachel Maddow, alleging that the host âmaliciously and recklesslyâ suggested on the air that the conservative news channel is a paid Russian state propaganda outlet.
Read MoreOne America News Network Demands Retraction from MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and The Daily Beast
One America News Network (OANN) demanded retractions from MSNBCâs Rachel Maddow and The Daily Beast, threatening a lawsuit, after both suggested links to the network and Russian propaganda.
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