{"id":124916,"date":"2021-02-11T17:09:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T22:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124916"},"modified":"2021-02-11T17:12:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T22:12:17","slug":"msnbc-host-admits-defeat-in-shakespeare-spat-with-ted-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-host-admits-defeat-in-shakespeare-spat-with-ted-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC Host Admits Defeat in Shakespeare Spat with Ted Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmsnbc-host-admits-defeat-in-shakespeare-spat-with-ted-cruz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124916&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-862876100.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After botching a fact check of a Shakespeare reference made by Sen. Ted Cruz, MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell apologized Wednesday to the Texas Republican.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I clearly studied too much American literature and not enough <em>Macbeth<\/em>,&#8221; tweeted Mitchell, who hosts <em>Andrea Mitchell Reports<\/em> on the cable channel. &#8220;My apologies to Sen. Cruz.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Media<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/msnbc-host-admits-defeat-in-shakespeare-spat-with-ted-cruz\/\"><strong>MSNBC Host Admits Defeat in Shakespeare Spat with Ted Cruz<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/beijing-bans-bbc-broadcasts\/\"><strong>Beijing Bans BBC Broadcasts<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/intent-matters-nyts-baquet-walks-back-policy-on-racial-slurs\/\"><strong>\u2018Intent Matters&#8217;: NYT\u2019s Baquet Walks Back Policy on Racial Slurs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I clearly studied too much American literature and not enough Macbeth. My apologies to Sen. Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mitchellreports\/status\/1359672279379116035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In an earlier tweet Wednesday, Mitchell said that Cruz incorrectly cited a famous literary quote during a Fox News interview.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;@SenTedCruz says #ImpeachmentTrial is like Shakespeare full of sound and fury signifying nothing. No, that&#8217;s Faulkner,&#8221; Mitchell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mitchellreports\/status\/1359650012125421572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The line &#8220;full of sound and fury, signifying nothing,&#8221; however, comes from William Shakespeare&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>Macbeth<\/em>. Mitchell, who studied English literature at the University of Pennsylvania, believed that Cruz was quoting William Faulkner&#8217;s 1929 novel,&nbsp;<em>The Sound and the Fury<\/em>, whose title is based on the Shakespeare quote.<\/p>\n<p>In a response Wednesday, Cruz said, &#8220;One would think NBC would know the Bard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Methinks she doth protest too much.<\/p>\n<p>One would think NBC would know the Bard. Andrea, take a look at Macbeth act 5, scene 5:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Life] struts &amp; frets his hour upon the stage,<br \/>\nAnd then is heard no more. It is a tale<br \/>\nTold by an idiot, full of sound &amp; fury,<br \/>\nSignifying nothing.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3GbvoLSJTh\">pic.twitter.com\/3GbvoLSJTh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1359671845214187520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After botching a fact check of a Shakespeare reference made by Sen. 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