Alex Christy
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell and the Washington Post's Philip Rucker decided on Monday to place the blame for the current pandemic on President Trump and red states by conveniently ignoring all contrary evidence that would suggest that partisan affiliation has nothing to do with the current health crisis.
Mitchell began by hyping a lengthy Post article…
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC host Ali Velshi once again used the current pandemic to urge the U.S. to adopt single payer health care on Saturday. Unfortunately, for Velshi and his guests, their critiques of the current system and their praises of single payer turned out to be less than accurate.
Talking to The Intercept columnist Mehdi Hasan, Velshi tried to use personal…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Author Katherine Stewart joined MSNBC Live host Ayman Mohyeldin on Friday to reprise an argument she made last week in the New York Times that the real bad guys of the coronavirus pandemic currently that is impacting the entire world are members of "the religious right."
Also using the scary sounding, but ill-defined phrase "…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Carl Bernstein was the latest member of the media on Wednesday to condemn President Trump for not taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously as quickly as he should have. Appearing on CNN Newsroom with Anderson Cooper, he described how his insider sources were appalled at Trump's slowness, but on the record statements tell a different story.
Cooper…
[See NewsBusters for more.] If President Trump's reaction to the coronavirus pandemic to proves anything, according to MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell and the Washington Post's Philip Rucker, it is that Trump is incapable of being surrounded by strong, competent female leaders.
Mitchell made the accusation on her Tuesday show, by giving Rucker examples that purportedly prove her…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Arguing that the current health care system is failing at a time of great importance, MSNBC Live guest host Yasmin Vossoughian tried to use the worsening coronavirus pandemic to push likely Democratic nominee Joe Biden further to the left on the issue and get him to support a single payer system.
Most of the interview pursued the theme of…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Dr. Deborah Birx is a retired U.S. Army colonel who prior to the coronavirus outbreak was appointed to her current job at the State Department by former President Obama, but that didn't stop Ali Velshi from attempting to do some petty fact checking Birx's positive assessment of President Trump when he substitute hosted The Last Word on…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Thursday's CNN Right Now host Brianna Keilar illustrated why the news media has the lowest approval rating of various institutions' coronavirus responses. In a lengthy and contentious interview with White House trade advisor Peter Navarro that was full of constant interruptions, Keilar would accuse the Trump Administration of being ill-…
[See NewsBusters for more.] As the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit the country hard, President Trump is working with Congress to try to limit the economic damage that is resulting from government mandated shutdowns. This is not surprising as it is what elected leaders are supposed to do, unless you are MSNBC Live host Stephanie Ruhle who, on Wednesday, seemed surprised…
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC Live guest host Ayman Mohyeldin welcomed New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich onto his Tuesday show to discuss the latest developments on COVID-19 relief measures. After days of Democrats holding the process up by insisting that unrelated things be included in any bill, Mohyeldin had an opportunity to question one as to why, but…
