Accuracy in Media

Former Democratic presidential candidate and Hillary Clinton supporter Howard Dean said on Wednesday that the press is not “legitimate,” and therefore their questions aren’t either. Dean appeared on MSNBC Live with Chris Jansing to defend Clinton for not having held a press conference since December 5, 2015—a period of 263 days. Jansing asked Dean what […]

MSNBC’s Joy Reid may regret having colleague Chris Jansing on her program Tuesday after Jansing, who was reporting on the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit that is taking place in Washington, D.C. this week, told her that African leaders had great expectations for Obama since “he’s from Kenya.” Jansing was responding to a question from Reid about […]

During an appearance on MSNBC’s Jansing and Co. on Monday, DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz defended President Obama’s pledge that “if you like your plan you can keep it,” by telling host Chris Jansing that Americans were not “myzeld” by Obama and blamed insurance companies for canceling grandfathered policies: At the end of the day, Americans […]

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President Obama’s latest talking points calling for full bore investment in public sector jobs, such as teachers, first responders and infrastructure construction workers, as a way to improve the economy, are finding an approving audience not only on MSNBC’s evening lineup of admittedly progressive hosts who make no effort to be objective, but also on […]

In an interview with Mediabistro’s executive director Chris Ariens, MSNBC anchor Chris Jansing defended the network’s left turn while stating that her program plays it straight down the middle. Ariens: We’re back with Chris Jansing here on Media Beat. And it’s no secret that MSNBC has moved left in primetime. But the perception from the […]