Alex Fitzsimmons

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Time vs Politico: Halperin Rebukes VandeHei for Characterizing GOP Group as 'Shadowy'

On the June 21 "Morning Joe," Time magazine's Mark Halperin challenged VandeHei's characterization of American Crossroads GPS, a Republican political organization that finances issue ads designed ...

Bashing Breitbart: CNN's Anderson Cooper Admonishes Conservative 'Weasel' and 'Bully'

An indignant Anderson Cooper railed against Andrew Breitbart with an uncharacteristic angry commentary at the top of his eponymous CNN program yesterday, calling the conservative activist a ...

Dylan Ratigan Shouts Down Conservative Guest for Objecting to Liberal Dogma

On his July 20 afternoon program, Dylan Ratigan shouted down the Washington Examiner's J.P. Freire for challenging the MSNBC host's liberal orthodoxy and accusing him of giving more air time to ...

MSNBC's Donny Deutsch Disparages Sarah Palin's 'Mama Grizzlies' Video as 'Insulting' to Women

Donny Deutsch was a lonely man on Thursday's "Morning Joe." The only panelist to decry Sarah Palin's new video designed to galvanize conservative women for the midterm elections, the MSNBC ...

State Lawmaker Discredits Campbell Brown's 'Misinformation' About Arizona's Immigration Law

Debating the fallout of the Obama administration's attempt to squelch Arizona's popular immigration law before it goes into effect later this month, CNN's Campbell Brown on July 6 challenged a ...

CNN and MSNBC Applaud Elena Kagan's Capitol Hill Comedy Hour

In covering Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings, CNN and MSNBC have repeatedly lauded the Supreme Court nominee for her "flashes of humor" and "disarming ease."

MSNBC Panel Invokes Anita Hill, Injects Sexism in Kagan Hearing

A liberal panel led by MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews injected sexism into the Kagan confirmation hearings on Tuesday morning, suggesting that Republican senators should curtail the tenacity of their ...

MSNBC's Scarborough Insults GOP as 'Genuinely Stupid' for Criticizing Obama's Oil Spill Response

Ad hominem attacks supplanted thoughtful discussion yet again on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." On Monday, co-host Joe Scarborough chastised Republicans as "genuinely stupid" for criticizing President ...

MSNBC Anchors in 'Anguish' Over Helen Thomas Retirement

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd, and Savannah Guthrie were in "anguish" on the June 8 "The Daily Rundown" program over the forced retirement of Helen Thomas, yet showed little sympathy for the ...

MSNBC's Schultz Draws Bizarre Connection Between Oil Spill and Campaign Finance Reform

Not letting a good crisis go to waste, MSNBC's left-wing rabble-rouser Ed Schultz insisted on the June 1 edition of Morning Joe that the BP oil spill reinforces the need for new legislation to ...

MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell Plays Race Card on Gingrich, Colleagues Laugh At Her

MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell on Friday went too far for even her colleagues at the liberal cable channel, receiving mockery for claiming Newt Gingrich made racially charged remarks about Barack Obama ...

Behar Claims Liberals More Intelligent and Open-Minded Than Conservatives

The latest edition of CBS's "Sunday Morning" featured a glowing profile of "The View" co-host Joy Behar in which the stand-up comic implied that conservatives are not intelligent and insisted that ...

CBS's Bob Schieffer: White House May Have to Waterboard Dems to Pass Health Care

The White House may have to waterboard its congressional allies to compel enough Democrats to support the health care bill and Congress will definitely have to raise taxes if the bill passes, ...