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"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

MSNBC’s Doomsday Crisis Theme

Today, I watched MSNBC (so you don’t have to), and it is difficult to find the words to describe how bad their coverage is. What is obvious — if you could just stand to watch MSNBC for a few hours, you’d see it — is that they are invested in the idea that the coronavirus […]

A Heart-Warming Story That Every Patriotic American Can Celebrate

  This is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face: Former liberal media darling and frequent CNN guest Michael Avenatti was recently held in a “rat-infested” jail cell for a 10-day stretch and “and was able to shower only twice in about two weeks,” according to The Washington Post. Citing a letter Avenatti’s attorney sent to a judge, the […]

Liberals Cheering for Coronavirus

  On MSNBC, a Friday panel discussion turned into a pep rally for a deadly disease, as Nicolle Wallace and her guests speculated that coronavirus could inflict political damage on President Trump: Wallace, who worked in the Bush administration during the deadly storm, sees an opportunity for the media to blame President Trump for the […]

#MeToo Takes Out Chris Matthews

  As a journalist, Chris Matthews has always been a joke. His only qualification is that he’s a Democrat who used to work for Tip O’Neill. That partisan credential was not enough to save him: Longtime “Hardball” host Chris Matthews resigned from his post at MSNBC on Monday night. Matthews’s sudden exit was reported by […]

Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada Caucus; MSNBC, #NeverTrump Hardest Hit

  First of all, the Nevada caucus still had only half their precincts reporting as of 8 o’clock Sunday morning, so it’s another Iowa-style clusterfark. The party that can’t even count caucus votes wants to run your healthcare. The numbers with 60% reporting: Bernie Sanders ………… 46.0% Joe Biden ……………….. 19.6% Pete Buttigieg ………….. 15.3% […]

Democrats Begin 2020 Panic; Biden May Finish Fifth in New Hampshire

  After a week of disasters, with the New Hampshire primaries looming on Tuesday, Democrats have begun to read the writing on the wall: This was the worst week for Democrats since Donald Trump’s election-night shocker of 2016. . . . In less than 200 hours, Democrats botched Iowa, watched Trump hit an all-time popularity […]

The 2019 Media Credibility Bonfire

  Erik Wemple of the Washington Post published a devastating timeline of Rachel Maddow’s embrace of the phony Steele dossier: When small bits of news arose in favor of the dossier, the franchise MSNBC host pumped air into them. At least some of her many fans surely came away from her broadcasts thinking the dossier […]

NY Times Prints Fawning Profile of MSNBC Host Rachel Maddow

  For two years, Rachel Maddow’s show was about one thing: “Russia! Russia! Russia!” She hyped Robert Mueller’s investigation as the silver bullet that would slay the Trump werewolf, and when Mueller failed, Maddow’s ratings slumped and have never recovered. Well, she’s got out a new book — Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and […]

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