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Dylan Ratigan Will 'Dismount' From His MSNBC Show

Brian Stelter at The New York Times reports MSNBC's 4 pm host, Dylan Ratigan, is quitting as of June 22, and his hour will be taken over by Martin Bashir. Staff on the Bashir show will try to create a new 3 pm template. "The channelShow More Summary

MSNBC’s Ratigan Scolds Colleague Martin Bashir for Partisan Hackery

At the end of Martin Bashir’s show Friday, Dylan Ratigan called Martin out for his failure to call Democrats charlatans and hypocrites. During what is normally a cheerful banter between the two colleagues, Ratigan said Bashir loves to...Show More Summary

MSNBC Misspells 'Tuition' TWICE in Segment About a College's 'Free Tuition Competition'

If you needed any more evidence of what a joke MSNBC is as a so-called "news" network, consider what happened on Wednesday's Dylan Ratigan Show during a lengthy segment about a "free tuition competition" being held at the UniversityShow More Summary

NBC: How Much Will Romney's Business Experience 'Hurt' Him in 'Anti-Wall Street Occupy Climate'?

Talking to MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry portrayed one of Mitt Romney's strength's as a weakness: "How vulnerable do you think Mitt Romney could be in highlighting his business background, given this...Show More Summary

MSNBC's Ratigan -- Who Constantly Blasts Crony Capitalism -- Ignores Solyndra Story

MSNBC ranter extraordinaire Dylan Ratigan is no fan of "crony capitalism" -- when businessmen get government to help them socialize the risk of their ventures through government subsidies or bailouts, leaving taxpayers on the hook for...Show More Summary

MSNBC's Truther Touré Mocks Islam-'Hating' U.S. and Its '9/11 Nostalgia Mill'

MSNBC analyst-- and 9/11 truther-- Touré appeared on Friday's Dylan Ratigan Show to complain about the September 11th "nostalgia mill" promoted by the media. He also smeared the entire country as bigoted against Muslims. In his commentary,...Show More Summary

MSNBC Features 9/11 Truther to Blame Hurricane on Global Warming

On Friday's Dylan Ratigan Show, MSNBC contributor Touré, who is also a 9/11 truther, wondered if Hurricane Irene is an example of global warming. He speculated, "When you talk about an unusual weather event happening in New York andShow More Summary

Dylan Ratigan vs Tim Carney: How Much Does Big Labor Spend on Political Campaigns?

On the August 15 "Dylan Ratigan Show," MSNBC anchor Dylan Ratigan and the Washington Examiner's Tim Carney sparred over the extent to which Big Labor impacts the political process relative to other industries. Ratigan, who has made a...Show More Summary

MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan: Obama 'Rather Screwed Up' for Writing Memoir Before Age 50

Dylan Ratigan joined Andrea Mitchell Monday on the list of MSNBC anchors who appear to be losing faith in President Barack Obama's leadership. Discussing the type of president required to lead the country in times of crisis, RatiganShow More Summary

NYT's Bittman Finds Enthusiastic Comrade for Junk Food-Tax Crusade in MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan

New York Times food writer and junk food sin-tax advocate Mark Bittman took to the August 2 edition of MSNBC’s “Dylan Ratigan” show as part of his promotional tour for “Bad Food? Tax It.” He found a receptive, uncritical audience inShow More Summary

MSNBC's Ratigan Claims National Debt Mostly Run Up Prior to Obama, by Republicans

During a roundtable discussion on the debt ceiling deadlock on his July 26 program, MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan, egged on by a former Durbin and Biden staffer-turned-lobbyist, argued that the bulk of the national debt was run up prior to...Show More Summary

Dylan Ratigan Protests 'Since When Is It My Job to Be a Democrat or a Republican?'

In a discussion with The Atlantic last week about "What I Read," Dylan Ratigan claimed he's unfairly typecast as a lefty just because he's on MSNBC: One of my great frustrations with working in cable news is that the entire cable news...Show More Summary

MSNBC's Ratigan: California's 'Amazon Tax' Kills Jobs, Let's Have Nationwide Internet Tax Instead

Unfortunately for Dylan Ratigan, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. The MSNBC anchor nearly stumbled onto a valid point on Thursday's "Dylan Ratigan Show" – reporting that California's new Internet sales tax could cost...Show More Summary

Dylan Ratigan: 'Republican Rhetoric Based in Abandonment of Arithmetic and Fact'

If you had any questions as to why Dylan Ratigan belongs on MSNBC rather than CNBC they were all answered Friday night. Appearing on HBO's "Real Time," Ratigan presented himself as a far-left commentator telling the audience of devout...Show More Summary

Reuters' Freeland: US Prisons An 'American Gulag Archipelago'

Chrystia Freeland has called the US prison system an "American Gulag Archipelago." The Global Editor-at-Large of Reuters made her comment during today's Dylan Ratigan show on MSNBC. The context was a discussion of the recent WikiLeaks...Show More Summary

WaPo Columnist on MSNBC: 'Chris Christie Is Terrific...The One Actually Having Adult Conversation'

Something rather shocking happened on MSNBC Wednesday. Not only was a compliment given to a Republican, but on the "Dylan Ratigan Show," it was said by a Washington Post columnist about a GOPer that is actually admired by conservatives (video follows with transcript and commentary): DYLAN RATIGAN, HOST: Go ahead, Jonathan. Show More Summary

Ratigan Unhinged: GOP's 'Moronically Small' Cuts 'Truly a Flea on a Dog's Ass'

Civility was in short supply yesterday on "The Dylan Ratigan Show," as the MSNBC anchor after which the show is named used words and phrases such as "moronic" and "dog's ass" to demagogue the GOP's proposal to trim the federal budget. "How...Show More Summary

MSNBC's Ratigan Decries Budget for 'Clinton-Lewinsky Blowjob Investigation'

On his Wednesday 4PM ET show on MSNBC, host Dylan Ratigan denounced the fact that the recent Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC), convened to detail the causes of the 2008 economic collapse, only had a budget of $8 million, while back in 1998, the "Clinton-Lewinsky blowjob investigation" had a $40 million budget. Show More Summary

Ranting Ratigan Disparages US Justice System as More Abusive Than Chinese

Every so often, MSNBC anchor Dylan Ratigan goes on a rhetorical bender that stupefies his guests and defies logic. On his eponymous program today, Ratigan latched onto conflicting reports concerning the treatment of Pfc. Bradley Manning,...Show More Summary

MSNBC's Tamron Hall: Part of Business Community Has 'In Some Ways Demonized' Obama Administration

With colleague Dylan Ratigan as a guest on the January 19 edition of her MSNBC show "News Nation," host Tameron Hall set about discussing U.S. commerce with China, what with Chinese President Hu Jintao being honored with a state dinner...Show More Summary

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