Posted on 07/11/2018 10:58:55 AM PDT by Morgana
On Monday night, MSNBC prime-time shows spent the vast majority of their time discussing President Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court. Of the 27 guests which appeared over the four-hour block from 8:00 p.m. to midnight ET, not a single conservative was given time to speak about the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.
Among the guests were progressive activists brought on to discuss the significance of the nomination. Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, Cecile Richards, former CEO of Planned Parenthood, and Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, all got screen time.
Each expressed deep concern about Kavanaugh, and Northup in particular argued that “this nomination really is a threat to all of our rights.” Conservative activists, such as representatives from the Heritage Foundation or Federalist Society who helped pick Kavanaugh and could offer a more positive evaluation, were conspicuously absent.
Moreover, three elected officials were interviewed: Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal from Connecticut, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and, appearing across two different shows, Democratic Senator and likely presidential candidate Cory Booker from New Jersey.
Booker described himself as “sort of stunned at the way this has all played out,” and would later appear along with Warren at a protest against Kavanaugh on the steps of the Supreme Court. Not a single Republican lawmaker appeared during the four different segments.
Rounding out the cast of progressive speakers were a slate of former Democratic staffers and journalists. Former Democrat aides Adam Jentleson (for Harry Reid) and Ron Klain (for Barack Obama) were present. Jonathan Alter from the Daily Beast, Dahlia Lithwick from Slate, and Jess McIntosh from progressive Shareblue Media likewise spoke. And while there were also a number of journalists from center-Left publications, such as David Maraniss from The Washington Post, there was not a single writer from a conservative publication.
For those watching MSNBC on Monday night, instead of the news viewers saw a carefully curated exhibition of the Left and their criticisms of an otherwise qualified nominee.
MSNBC reports, you decide.
Wait, maybe that was the other network.
How about
“Conservative panel guests-—who needs ‘em?”
More like it.
If MSNBC invited Kasich or Jeb Bush would they count? Not to us.
This is not a surprise. MSNBC panders to they 3 loyal liberal viewers 24/7/365.
The hack comment that pissed me off the most was from some airhead who declared that a president “who is under investigation for colluding with Russia to tip an election” cannot be making these appointments.
So let me get this straight. You leftist criminals with your FBI lackeys framed the Trump campaign with some hooey about colluding with Russia and now are using that to justify denying the president his Constitutional duties???
Without even that sop, the hours of broadcasting is totally a political commercial and should be balanced out by giving the Trump campaign five hours of free time.
The only times I ever watch MSNBC are either to watch YouTube videos of the election, or to laugh at the snippets on Fox News. They have such a fair balance of Trump-hating “republicans”, Trump-hating democrats, and off-the-rails America-hating leftists. Truly pathetic.
[Cecile Richards]
Cecile Richards, daughter of the Democrat Texas governor in charge when the 1993 Waco disaster occurred - Ann Richards.
THAT’S show biz!
I wonder how many of them denounced XX.
It's easy - put a blue line under the person talking if they're liberal - and a red line if they're conservative. Anyone who says they're 'right in the middle' needs to be shown the door for lying.
My favorite and funniest viewing experience was once watching CNN when they had two discussion tables set up - with five or six people in each group and ONLY ONE CONSERVATIVE ... It was suppose to look like two groups debating - but it was a 9 to 1 mob... So many ways that CNN sucks...
How many liberals did Fox or Newsmax have?
Ironically that exactly matches their viewers of the coverage.
The only time I watch MSNBC is late on election night—and only after the Democrats have been crushed.
I like my lefties weeping and moaning after they lose!
Much more balanced than Fox, right?
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