[credit provider=”MSNBC”] Former White House and Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod challenged Bob Woodward over the recent flap between him and White House adviser Gene Sperling, repeatedly questioning Woodward on whether he really felt “threatened.”Over the past 15 hours, Woodward has backed off his claim that the White House threatened […]

[credit provider=”Comedy Central”] CNN viewers on Thursday might not have been aware of much else happening in the news besides the long-awaited docking of the Carnival Triumph Cruise ship, which had lost power while life on the ship deteriorated into generally disgusting conditions.CNN devoted round-the-clock coverage to the ship’s docking, something […]

[credit provider=”MSNBC”] “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough slammed Republicans for blocking Chuck Hagel’s confirmation as Secretary of defence on Thursday, taking particular exception to some of their reasoning behind it.Scarborough chided Sen. John McCain, who said on Fox News Thursday that “people don’t forget” some of Hagel’s past comments that […]

[credit provider=”MSNBC”] “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough hammered NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre on Thursday and wondered why more Republicans wouldn’t follow suit, calling LaPierre extreme and his views steaming with “racial undertones.”Scarborough’s target was an op-ed LaPierre wrote in The Daily Caller on Wednesday, which is being blasted for its […]

[credit provider=”MSNBC”] The “Morning Joe” panel slammed Sen. Marco Rubio’s Republican response to the State of the Union this morning, saying Rubio had “performance issues” and saying he “looked like he was running to be the head of a fraternity in college.””I think there were performance issues,” liberal host Mika […]

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[credit provider=”MSNBC”] Joe Scarborough and other “Morning Joe” panelists ripped into President Barack Obama for the administration’s drone program on Wednesday, comparing him to a king who can decide the fate of American citizens without oversight.Like he had on Tuesday, Scarborough called a recent leaked memo of the administration’s rationalization […]

[credit provider=”MSNBC”] The morning after NBC’s Michael Isikoff scooped the memo on the U.S. government’s rationalization for legally killing American citizens, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough tore into the program as “terrifying.””It’s hard to say how many stop signs were blown through here,” Scarborough said of the white paper, a 16-page […]

[credit provider=”MSNBC”] “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough heaped heavy praise this morning on Fox News’ Chris Wallace for a contentious interview with NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre on “Fox News Sunday.”In the interview, Wallace challenged LaPierre on a controversial ad that involved President Barack Obama’s daughters.

[credit provider=”MSNBC”] “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough on Friday slammed Republican Sens. John McCain and Ted Cruz, two of the Senators who had contentious exchanges with Secretary of defence nominee Chuck Hagel during his confirmation hearing Thursday.Scarborough called McCain and Cruz’s handling of their time questioning Hagel “embarrassing” and suggested […]

[credit provider=”MSNBC”] “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough had harsh criticism for pro-gun advocates and defenders of “assault” weapons on Thursday, calling them “fools” and “jackasses” after Senate testimony on the subject Wednesday.”Morning Joe” played clips of Sen. Lindsey Graham defending assault weapons and high-capacity magazines because a mother should not […]

Republican House Budget Chair Paul Ryan has predicted a grim outcome for the next fiscal cliff battle. 

In the opening segment of his Wednesday broadcast, “Hardball” host Chris Matthews effusively praised Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimony before the House and Senate earlier in the day.

[credit provider=”Comedy Central”] The second day of Daily Show host’s Jon Stewart’s inauguration coverage took a brutal look at how MSNBC, Fox News and CNN covered Monday’s events.How did MSNBC cover the event? By remarking about its “massive crowd.” Fox, on the other hand, noted a “much smaller crowd than four […]

[credit provider=”MSNBC”] “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough — who has been on quite a tear against the NRA lately — was completely dumbfounded by a new NRA ad that paints President Barack Obama as an “elitist hypocrite” for sending his children to a school where they have armed protection.”What’s wrong […]

“Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough went on a substantial rant on the NRA and other gun-rights groups and retailers the day after many met with Vice President Joe Biden at the White House. 

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[credit provider=”MSNBC”] MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough opened “Morning Joe” today with a moving, 10-minute monologue in which he urged lawmakers to push for stricter measures on gun control, saying they can “no longer be allowed to defend the status quo.”His soliloquy came in response to the massacre at an elementary […]

[credit provider=”Official White House Photo by Pete Souza” url=”http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/february-2011-photo-day?category=29″] Last week, the Huffington Post’s media reporter, Michael Calderone, wrote a long article on the widespread perception that MSNBC isn’t so much a progressive network as it is “simply pro-Obama”.Citing a new Pew study that found that MSNBC was actually more […]

Tom Ricks, the defence reporter who called Fox News “a wing of the Republican Party” on air, had some choice words for MSNBC as well.

No one really expects MSNBC’s coverage to put a positive spin on Republicans — but in the final week of the 2012 presidential campaign, the network’s coverage toward presidential nominee Mitt Romney skewed entirely negative.

Joe Scarborough slammed the Romney campaign and supporting super PACs on “Morning Joe” today for “lying to” Republican donors about Romney’s standing in the campaign. 

Buried in the third-to-last paragraph of Brian Stelter’s New York Times story about MSNBC coming to relish its role as the “anti-Fox” is this nugget:

Over the last two months of the campaign, both MSNBC and Fox News have hammered the presidential candidate their networks are generally thought of opposing — to rather absurd levels.

[credit provider=”(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)”] MSNBC’s Chris Hayes reported Sunday that Arthur Allen, the founder, president, and CEO of ASG Software Solutions, recently emailed his employees asking them to vote for Mitt Romney for the sake of the company– and their jobs. The subject line for the September 30 email was, “Will […]

Add MSNBC host Chris Matthews to the list of liberals not fond of President Barack Obama’s debate performance against Mitt Romney tonight. 

Mitt Romney’s rally this morning in Ohio left MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough with his hands over his face. 

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell had spent about three minutes interviewing former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday night after her excellent speech at the Republican National Convention. 

After paying Ann Romney a compliment on her widely praised speech Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention, liberal MSNBC host Chris Matthews went berserk about Mitt Romney’s appearance at the end of Ann’s speech.

Al Sharpton had a lot to say today about Mitt Romney’s horse Rafalca and the Olympic sport of dressage, also known as horse ballet. 

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker didn’t hold back criticism of his party’s presidential candidate today, knocking Mitt Romney’s campaign for assuming the 2012 election “can just be a referendum on the President.”

[credit provider=”NBCNews.com” url=”http://www.nbcnews.com/”] Msnbc.com renamed itself NBCNews.com after Comcast bought out Microsoft’s share of it for a reported $300 million.The sale, which had been expected for weeks, ends the partnership of the internet giant and NBC, which stretches back to the mid 1990s. The sale price was not disclosed, but The […]

Rush Limbaugh praised CNN host Wolf Blitzer for scolding President Obama for his decision to miss the NAACP conference Thursday, speculating during his radio show on Friday that Blitzer was “auditioning for Fox News, maybe MSNBC.”

Democratic strategist James Carville, the architect behind Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, thinks that his former client is still up for another round. 

Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu scorched President Obama’s tax plan on MSNBC this afternoon, telling host Andrea Mitchell that Obama’s tax proposal shows he “only cares about himself,” and not for his supporters, particularly those Democrats who are not in line with the President’s position on extending the Bush tax […]

In a surreal segment on MSNBC last night, host Al Sharpton staged a dramatic reading of “The Great Mittsby,” an theatrical interpretation of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Hamptons fundraisers. 

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Chris Matthews repeatedly attacked Congresswoman Michele Bachmann over her recent declaration that the founding fathers were the ones who got rid of slavery.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough gave an impassioned defence of Jeb Bush on Morning Joe today, praising the Florida Governor for his recent comments criticising the Republican Party’s hard tack to the right. 

I left a 15 year career in financial journalism amid the crisis of 2008. I did this to join the traditional cable news ranks with a clear goal of revealing the ruthless truth about our biggest problems and telling the inspiring stories of those who are resolving them despite all […]

Jon Stewart lambasted MSNBC over its coverage of the Wisconsin recall election last night, declaring that the network “passed through all the stages of grief” over Gov. Scott Walker’s victory Tuesday. 

Unabashedly liberal MSNBC host Ed Schultz appeared to be on the verge of tears last night, as it became clear that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker had survived his recall challenge.

[credit provider=”Courtesy of MSNBC”] Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared on MSNBC this afternoon to talk about his ban on sales of large sodas and other sugary drinks. The first-in-nation plan would prohibit vendors – including restaurants, movie theatres, and street carts — from selling any bottle or cup of sweetened beverage that […]

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If MSNBC was looking to spice up its afternoon lineup, it may have found its answer in former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Chris Matthews did not feel the same “thrill up his leg” after hearing Cory Booker’s comments on “Meet the Press” Sunday. Via Mediaite, here’s Matthews completely flipping out at Booker, calling his comments an “act of sabotage” and a “betrayal.”

[credit provider=”The U.S. Army” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/4416517391/”] Senator Barbara Boxer was just on The Daily Rundown on MSNBC, and leveled an explosive charge.She came out and said Rep. John Boehner and Republicans were stalling on negotiations to raise the  debt ceiling in order to create a an economic crisis that would hurt […]

Tamron Hall, the host of News Nation, invited on conservative reporter Timothy Carney from the Washington examiner to discuss the Bully-Romney story. 

In an extremely ridiculous campaign cycle lately, it’s pretty hard these days to win the hyperbole of the day. MSNBC analyst Karen Finney may have done that today with this:

[credit provider=”Flickr via cuppini” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuppini/510047239/sizes/m/in/photostream/”] MSNBC contributor Art Caplan lashed out today at people who back implementing a special “Fat Tax” for consumers.Instead, he argues we should tax the people who really threaten the health of others: cat owners.

Byron York of The Washington Examiner highlighted an odd segment last week on Martin Bashir’s MSNBC show. Bashir was saying that Mitt Romney was deliberately telling a lie when he claims that President Obama promised to keep unemployment rates below 8 per cent. 

[credit provider=”Alicia Gbur/ Stage 6 Films, Inc.” url=”http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1956294912/tt1876451″] ‘The Today Show’ released a quick sneak peek this morning of Whitney Houston‘s final film before her untimely death. The movie, “Sparkle,” is a remake of the 1976 film of the same name.

George Zimmerman’s lawyer, Craig Sonner was supposed to appear on MSNBC’s The Last Word tonight. But he cancelled the interview at the very last minute, and Lawrence O’Donnell was clearly ticked off when the cameras began rolling.

Pat Buchanan has finally been canned at MSNBC.

Foster Friess, the billionaire businessman funding Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign, weighed in on the contraception debate today with some very bizarre comments. 

Arianna Huffington is ready to take on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News.

This morning on “Today,” Giuliana Rancic shared that she’s going to be having a double mastectomy, after already having had a double lumpectomy to treat her breast cancer.

[credit provider=”Wikimedia Commons”] Reality host and businessman Donald Trump is tearing into Daily Rundown host and NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd in a telephone interview.Trump took issue with Todd’s introduction that Trump wanted to respond to a poll:

[credit provider=”www.flickr.com” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/cibomahto/”] Hewlett-Packard is blasting reports that its printers can be breached by hackers savvy enough to make the things actually catch fire.Researchers from Columbia University shared the results of a study they say proves there’s a flaw in HP’s line of LaserJet printers that could potentially allow hackers to […]

Al Sharpton now has his own ‘Lean Forward’ ad. 

Liberal MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews is known to throw some jabs at Republicans during his daily show. But the commentator has become increasingly critical of Democratic President Barack Obama, the same man whose words used to give him a “Thrill up my leg.” Matthews has an upcoming book on President John F. […]

You know things are bad when your employees start turning against you—and flaunting the evidence of why you suck on national TV.

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell repeatedly hectored presidential candidate Herman Cain, who is black, in an interview Thursday night, asking Cain to explain why he didn’t play an active role in the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

[credit provider=”Courtesy of MSNBC”] MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell thought that Obama-is-the-Antichrist heckler incident earlier this week presented a good opportunity to revisit a favourite topic — The Rapture. On yesterday’s The Last Word, O’Donnell spent an entire segment explaining who the Antichrist is and why people might think Obama might be […]

For all their ‘leaning forward’ MSNBC ratings are slowly falling behind.

MSNBC host and former GOP congressman Joe Scarborough is sick of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he’s decided to express his frustration by singing about it.

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell returned to her afternoon show today and a summer break and ended her program with a startling announcement:

[credit provider=”The Daily Beast” url=”http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/25/al-sharpton-s-controversial-msnbc-gig-blasted-by-critics-black-journalists.html”] What a long, strange trip it’s been for the Rev. Al Sharpton. He’s gone from rabble-rousing street preacher and civil rights impresario—ringmaster of the racially divisive Tawana Brawley and Crown Heights circuses of two decades ago—to respected politico, friend of the president, occasional collaborator with […]

MSNYT: Innovations in bias technology are coming at an increasingly rapid pace in the New York Times — it’s a regular Singularity of self-reinforcement over there. In June the paper deployed its powerful “Draws Attention To” template, the formula for which is

If you happened to watch the election returns from Wisconsin on MSNBC Tuesday night, and if you’re honest, you know it was a rough night for progressives. It started to be noticeable on Monday when Ed Schultz (or “Big Eddy” as he likes to call himself), started to have a […]

Gawker may have put it best: “As you’ll see, his hips most definitely don’t lie.”

“Once America, which is a very Christian nation, finds that out… they will not be very fond of Mitt Romney.”

“No matter how much former Baptist pastor Mike Huckabee abjectly debases himself… he can only become a 9/11 profiteer if the DVDs actually make a profit.”

“When we’re digging into those tax expenditures and Grover and his happy warriors are trying to call that a tax increase, that’s a damn lie and he knows it.”

“You do not get concessions from Republicans by giving them what they want. They do not operate on a give and take basis.”

“The worst teacher in America could never do as much damage as the worst police officer in America.”

“Is there any doubt that he, the mugger, will try it again? Not a whit.”

“I’m a socialist, but I hate bad socialism and there is plenty of bad socialism out there.”

At least now you know someone read this bill.

“Your base is still carrying placards, and you’re still standing outside the capitol yelling, but you’re not willing to come inside the building and help run the government.”

Basically, he had no way to bribe his Tea Party members.

“I can only hope that a ban on deadbeat dad politicians who lie about their family values will extend to all political television programs on all networks.”

“Unless there is a compromise, or they accept my bill, we’re headed for economic disaster.”

[credit provider=”Wikipedia” url=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Sharpton_by_David_Shankbone.jpg”] Al Sharpton wasn’t just pleasing prospective employer MSNBC when he became the first major black leader to endorse the controversial Comcast/NBC merger.It turns out he was also enriching his current employer, Radio One, the largest black-owned radio company in the country, which has paid him more money […]

No, we’re not going to default on our debt–at least not immediately.

“They certainly weren’t going to take their lesson from Washington… they were going to take their lessons from Sarah Palin.”

“It’s not what they want… it’s the weapon they used to get it.”

“When we talk about the hollow prize, we’re often referring to African-American mayors, the ones who finally come into power when a city has tipped into semi-permanent decline.”

This might prove to be Bachmann’s real headache.

MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor just made a very questionable word choice.

“$30 million a day, $200 million for one week in lost revenue, all because Republicans in the House refuse to extend the FAA’s legislative authority.”

“How do you win if they get everything they want and then you sign it?”

The talking points sound eerily similar.

Did President Obama‘s address to the nation last night strike you as strange?

“Can’t we do this every night?”

“There’s no stalemate in Congress.”

“Both parties have a responsibility to solve it.”

“We’re not suggesting you implement it tomorrow. We were never suggesting that.”