MSNBC’s Deadline: White House slams parental rights groups as hate groups, presenting a Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) report as fact. Host Nicolle Wallace and her guests agreed, with one comparing these groups to the KKK. The show offered no counterpoint and took great efforts vilifying concerned parents and painting their concerns as driven by hate.
MSNBC’s top-rated show, Deadline: White House, eagerly embraced a controversial report by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that accused conservative parental rights groups of being hate groups. Host Nicolle Wallace fully endorsed the view that these concerned parents were akin to January 6 rioters and suggested that such groups and women opposing biological men in sports are “targeting,” “maligning” and “threatening kids.”
Joining Wallace on her show was SPLC president and CEO Margret Huang, a vocal critic of parental rights groups such as Moms for Liberty and Parents Defending Education. Huang demonized these organizations, claiming their efforts were “terrifying” to children and “detrimental to their well-being.” To further support this narrative, MSNBC even ran a headline branding schools as primary targets for extremist mobilization.
The TV network did not offer any counterarguments or alternative perspectives on the matter, preferring to accuse conservative parental groups of disrupting racial and LGBTQ communities’ ability to participate in an inclusive democracy. Former FBI official and MSNBC contributor Frank Figliuzzi went as far as comparing these concerned parents to the KKK, stating they had adopted the infamous group’s tactics to infiltrate schools and promote hate-filled agendas.
Sadly, MSNBC seems more than willing to cast these parents in a negative light. Its heavily biased coverage relied exclusively
