On the eve of the Wisconsin recall election Ed Schultz invited on the Reverend Jesse Jackson to compare Republican Governor Scott Walker to the segregationist George Wallace and call him “a threat to democracy.” Schultz, on Monday’s edition of The Ed Show , prompted Jackson to explain the comparison, to which the founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition responded that the former Alabama governor “tried to block the vote and lost and Walker is trying to stop the vote and will lose.” Jackson joined Schultz as part of a typically slanted line-up of liberal guests. Out of a total of... continue reading
As part of NBC's wall-to-wall Today show coverage of Britain's Queen Eliz abeth II celebrating her Diamond Jubilee on Tuesday, chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell listed ways in which the United States has supposedly slighted the monarch over the years: "...she's put up with a lot from her forme r subjects. The indignity of going to where the revolution started, to celebrate the bicentennial of our independenc e fro m the monarchy." How rude of us to do such a thing. Mitchell proceeded to detail further American "indignities" the Queen had to suffer through: "And then there was the... continue reading
Appearing as a guest on Monday's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC, actor and comedian Martin Short lambasted several of the GOP presidential candidates, as he called Rick Santorum a "crazy Catholic," compared Michele Bachmann to the Taliban while questioning her intelligence, and suggested that Mitt Romney has sent jobs to other countries. He also referred back to the 2008 presidential election and labeled Sarah Palin as a running mate "who had never met a black man." Martin Short, from the Monday, June 4, The Tonight Show on NBC: > I mean, 2008 was the most exciting. I... continue reading
On Sunday's CBS Evening News , John Dickerson candidly admitted that a failed recall attempt of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker " would be a big blow " to the unions, and that it "would be a sign to any Republican contemplating similar action to limit unions that you could survive, and Walker will become the poster child and hero of that effort ." Poster child? Dickerson predicted that there "would be a lot of infighting in Democratic circles , with unions saying the national Democratic parties and their president didn't do enough" if Walker won. But he immediately added a... continue reading
As Republican strategist Alex Castellanos described the split in the De mocratic Party over Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press , host David Gregory defensively attempted to focus on Romney's difficulties: "...here's the problem for Governor Romney. He does have to create distance fro m a Republican Party that is in trouble." Gregory failed to give much evidence for that declaration other than pointing to a potential demographic edge for Democrats: "[Romney] has to create new opportunities for the fact that there is a coalition of the young, Hispanics and women who he has... continue reading
The next time CNN denies having any liberal bias, it will have to explain having liberal Obama donor Bill Maher guest-hosting on Friday night during prime-time. Not only is Maher an avowed Obama-supporter, but he has made headlines spewing vitriol against conservative women – and still CNN has made him a welcome guest on multiple occasions. On Friday's Piers Morgan Tonight , Maher hosted Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane for a liberal chat where both praised Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and lauded "great guy" Jimmy Carter, along with slamming the "culture wars" and the "outrage industry" on the right. Maher... continue reading
At the top of Monday's NBC Today , co-host Matt Lauer warned Mitt Romney against going after President Obama too hard on the stagnant economy: "Romney's campaign using the rise in unemployment to target President Obama's record on the economy, but can he make his point without sounding like he wants the recovery to fail?" [ Listen to the audio ] Later, fill-in co-host Savannah Guthrie talked to left-wing MSNBC host Chris Matthews about the GOP's economic message and teed him up to slam Republicans: "I mean obviously they see that the bad economy will ultimately be good for his... continue reading
On Friday's CBS This Morning , Gayle King sided with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg over his controversial proposed ban of soft drinks over 16 ounces in size: " I'm all for anything that's going to make us healthy ." Guest Jonathan Waxman, a chef in the Big Apple, also endorsed the Bloomberg plan: " I'm kind of happy that someone's making a stand here, because I think that it's empty calories ." [audio available here ] Guest anchor Mo Rocca raised the Bloomberg controversy near the end of the segment, which aired during the 8:30 am Eastern half... continue reading
Elitist film critics at several big city papers, Friday, mocked the Christian-themed movie For Greater Glory as " catnip for crusaders ," a movie that exploits the struggle for religious freedom with "maximum teary-eyed outrage." The movie, directed by Dean Wright, tells the story of a Catholic uprising against religious persecution in 1920s Mexico. However, Los Angeles Times film critic Robert Abele sneered, "'For Greater Glory' is mostly single-minded, dying-for-the-cause fodder, catnip for crusaders but not so interesting to those looking for a deeper view into how politics and religion can tragically clash." Abele huffed, "...The film is ultimately a... continue reading
In a challenging interview with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer questioned whether a plan to ban large sodas in the city was hypocritical: "You announced this on a Thursday. Today is Friday and it's....National Donut Day – and your administration has come out in support of National Donut Day....It sounds ridiculous." [ Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump ] Bloomberg strained to justify the obvious contradiction: "It doesn't sound ridiculous. One donut's not going to hurt you, it's in moderation anything – most things are okay." Lauer... continue reading