Alex Christy
[See NewsBusters for more.] During a Friday segment of Cuomo Prime Time on vaccine hesitancy and disinformation, namesake host Chris Cuomo spread some disinformation of his own by insinuating Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is encouraging people not to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Speaking of DeSantis, Cuomo alleged, "he's a smart guy. He got vaccinated, he was doing the…
[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN's resident "reality checker" John Avlon joined CNN Newsroom on Wednesday to say that whether or not liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retires is a choice for him to make, but that he is still being reckless for not considering politics in that decision.
Host Poppy Harlow led Avlon by remembering that Breyer gave a speech "…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Host of The Late Show on CBS, Stephen Colbert was joined by non-voting D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton early Wednesday morning to discuss Democratic efforts to fight back against GOP election laws which, according to Colbert, are analogous to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Colbert declared, "In the 1960s, you fought with …
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Tuesday's installment of Deadline: White House, host Nicolle Wallace claimed that her status as a former Republican gives her the ability to say that the GOP knows it needs to suppress the vote in order to win, thus proving President Biden correct when he said earlier in the day that Republicans pose the greatest threat to democracy since the Civil…
[See NewsBusters for more.] It is an unfortunate fact of life that social media allows people to say all sorts of horrible things that they would never say to a person's face. This is what happened after three black English soccer players missed their penalty kicks in England's EURO championship loss to Italy on Sunday, but for Monday's CNN Newsroom, the fact that people are racist…
[See NewsBusters for more.] According to The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross's namesake host, Critical Race Theory is just the latest culture war boogeyman conservatives are using in their attempt to "whitewash" America. Yet, she also maintained on her Saturday show that CRT is necessary in order to explain why 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones was initially denied…
[See NewsBusters for more.] According to Andrea Mitchell Reports guest host Kasie Hunt, President Biden's agenda is so popular that Republicans are trying to take credit for it, even though they vote against it. There was just one problem with the Thursday segment: in order to provide evidence for their claim, MSNBC had to deceptively edit Senate Minority Leader Mitch…
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC's contempt for conspiracy theories about rigged elections only goes one way, as Deadline: White House host Nicolle Wallace proved on Wednesday as she implored Democrats to do more to stand up to GOP efforts of "rigging the electorate."
As part of a larger segment on alleged GOP voter suppression schemes Wallace sang the praises liberal…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Pinch-hitting for Chuck Todd, MSNBC's Garrett Haake spent Tuesday's MTP Daily with Prof. Leah Stokes warning that the Democrats' forthcoming climate bill represents a "do or die moment" for the climate.
Haake noted that since the infrastructure deal stays away from climate-related issues, "That leaves Democrats doing this alone…
[See NewsBusters for more.] For MSNBC's Ali Velshi the sky might as well be falling, because on his Saturday he agreed with Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey that the country is at the point of no return on voting rights now that the Supreme Court has ruled that bans on ballot harvesting and out-of-precinct voting do not violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Velshi blasted Justice…
