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Is Time Up for “Real Time”?

by D.R. Tucker August 11, 2018January 9, 2022

How HBO’s Bill Maher lost his way.

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Reversal of Fortune: Progressive Media in a Democratic White House

by D.R. Tucker April 8, 2018January 9, 2022

Turnabout is fair play, no? CNN’s Brian Stelter apparently shares my concern about the excessive influence of the Fox News Channel on this administration, noting this morning that Rupert Murdoch’s creation is directly responsible for Donald Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to Mexico: Yes, the nexus between Fox and the Trump administration is […]

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Matthews’s Sexism Needs to Be Canceled

by D.R. Tucker January 14, 2018January 9, 2022

What the hell was he thinking? MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews joked about drugging then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton before sitting down with her for an interview in early 2016, according to exclusive outtake footage published by New York magazine’s The Cut Friday. “Where’s that Bill Cosby pill I brought with me?” he asked. The joke […]

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The Joan Walsh Fiasco Proves It: MSNBC Must Seriously Now Be Crazy

by D.R. Tucker December 30, 2017January 9, 2022

Serves ‘em right. The MSNBC executives who made the logic-free decision to get rid of progressive contributor Joan Walsh right before Christmas deserve the embarrassment they presumably feel after CNN immediately offered Walsh a position. Those now residing in the house Ted Turner built recognized that Walsh’s vision had value—something MSNBC officials apparently lost sight […]

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What Really Happened at the White House Yesterday

by Martin Longman September 6, 2017January 9, 2022

Did the Republican really get rolled, or was it all for show?

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Megyn Kelly: Nothing But Contemptible

by D.R. Tucker June 17, 2017January 9, 2022

What’s next–interviewing Holocaust deniers? Slavery defenders? Defrocked priests who abused minors? People who torture animals for fun? It’s hard to imagine NBC sinking any lower than its decision to air Megyn Kelly’s interview tomorrow night with a conspiracy theorist so vile his name does not merit being mentioned here. Whether motivated by greed or a […]

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Spread the Word: The Survival of Lawrence O’Donnell

by D.R. Tucker June 4, 2017January 9, 2022

And you thought “It’s hard to keep a good man down” was just a cliche. The news that MSNBC has decided to change its mind about axing Lawrence O’Donnell is a relief for those of us who feared that yet another voice for justice and integrity would be chased off the airwaves. NBC News President […]

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Why MSNBC “Lacks” Confidence in Lawrence O’Donnell

by D.R. Tucker May 20, 2017January 9, 2022

Looks like NBC News President Andrew Lack is getting his purge on. Lawrence O’Donnell, the host of MSNBC’s The Last Word, will likely be ousted in early-June. O’Donnell has done an exemplary job over the years of exposing the full extent of Donald Trump’s political depravity; it appears that he was too good at what […]

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The Fourth Estate Has an Obligation to Question Trump’s Motives in Syria

by D.R. Tucker April 10, 2017January 9, 2022

Last week, after the Washington Post published a bizarre story suggesting that the Trump administration had come around to supporting both a federal value-added tax and a carbon tax, Kevin Drum labeled the story bullpucky: Sure they are. This sounds more like a strategic leak to demonstrate “seriousness” on Trump’s part than anything that’s really […]