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24 Hours Later, Thomas Roberts Apologizes for His 'Appalling' KKK Smear of Romney

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:57:00 +0000

Scott Whitlock

Twenty four hours after linking Mitt Romney to the Ku Klux Klan, MSNBC's Thomas Roberts apologized for his "appalling" smear. The News Live host on Thursday waited until the show was 50 minutes over and then conceded, "During yesterday's 11am, we reported on a blog item that compared a phrase used by the Romney campaign to one used by the KKK in the 1920s." [MP3 audio here.]

MSNBC's Thomas Roberts: A GOP President Would 'Extinguish' Gays

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:19:00 +0000

Eric Ames

Following the media's relentless coverage of the Bachmann clinic and their semi-humorous insinuations that Marcus Bachmann might be gay, MSNBC's Thomas Roberts, who is himself openly gay, told viewers today the Republican presidential contender would try to wipe out gays and lesbians.

MSNBC's 'News' Anchors Launch Left-Wing Broadsides After Obama Presser

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:00:00 +0000

Rich Noyes

Here are a couple of examples, caught by the eagle-eyed Brent Baker, of MSNBC's supposedly more-restrained "news" anchors mouthing the kind of left-wing rhetoric that's a staple of their prime time hosts.

Shortly after President Obama's press conference on Friday, 11am ET anchor Thomas Roberts framed a question about tax policy thusly: "Why do you think the top 2 percent of America has a chokehold on the other 98 percent?"

Thomas Roberts Mocked Palin's Revere 'Flub,' But Thinks LBJ Was Never Elected President

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:39:00 +0000

Scott Whitlock

According to MSNBC's Thomas Roberts, who last week seemed to enjoy correcting Sarah Palin for her historical "flub," President Lyndon Johnson "was never actually elected Commander in Chief." The cable anchor relayed that piece of false information on Monday in a segment downplaying the chances of another Texan, potenti

MSNBC: Indiana Cutting Planned Parenthood Funding = 'Politics' Interfering in 'Women's Health'

Tue, 03 May 2011 20:47:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

During the 11AM ET hour on MSNBC on Tuesday, anchor Thomas Roberts decried Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels voicing support for legislation to de-fund the state chapter of Planned Parenthood as "a move that has many questioning if politics is playing too much of a role in women's health."

CBS, NBC Highlight List That Advocates Ban of Two Terms Coined by Sarah Palin

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:15:00 +0000

Brad Wilmouth

The Early Show on CBS and NBC's Today show on Friday both gave attention to Lake Superior State University's "list of words that should be banned in 2011 because of overuse or general uselessness," and both shows mentioned one or two words made famous by Sarah Palin as each show listed four or five out of the 14 words tallied.

MSNBC Disguises Left-Wing Organization as a 'Human Rights Group,' Touts Study on Tea Party Bigotry

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:37:00 +0000

Scott Whitlock

MSNBC's Thomas Roberts on Wednesday hyped an attack on the "racist" Tea Party by the left-wing Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR). Roberts never once mentioned the liberal slant of the group, instead passing it off as a "human rights group."

MSNBC's Thomas Roberts Hypes Pro-gay Rights Lady Gaga as the 'Joan Baez of Her Time'

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:56:00 +0000

Scott Whitlock

MSNBC News Live host Thomas Roberts on Monday pleaded with his Twitter followers to help get Lady G