MediaWatch

The MRC published MediaWatch as a monthly newsletter from 1988 through March, 1998, when it switched to bi-weekly production. The MRC ceased publication of MediaWatch in May of 1999 in order to concentrate resources on more timely analysis on our Web site. MediaWatch was dedicated to documenting liberal bias in reporting by reviewing news coverage of political and current events by the television networks, newspapers and weekly news magazines. Features included a monthly Study or Review, brief NewsBites, the Janet Cooke Award dissecting the most biased story of the month, the Revolving Door which tracked those moving between media and politics and On the Bright Side, a look at an unusually balanced story presenting facts ignored by the rest of the media.

MediaWatch: June 1996

6/1/1996 12:57 PM ET

The Dick Morris Echo Chamber; NewsBites: Dole's Code; Defining Fear and Extremism: Israel's Gingrich?; Stand for More Money; Liberal Bias Admitted; "Moderates" Vote Left; Janet Cooke Award: The ...

MediaWatch: May 1996

5/1/1996 1:57 PM ET

Trial? What Whitewater Trial?; NewsBites: TIME and TIME; Revolving Door: Snow on Sunday; Media Clique Clap for Clinton; CNN vs the GOP; NBC: Tough on Criminals?; Hugh Downs' Hate Radio; Janet ...

MediaWatch: April 1996

4/1/1996 2:50 PM ET

Social Liberalism Rears Its Head on TV; Newsbites: First Pitch Glitch; Revolving Door: Oklahoma Bill's Hate Radio; The Unabomber's On His Own; Rotten in Denmark?; Detecting Deception; Bryant ...

MediaWatch: March 1996

3/1/1996 2:28 PM ET

Clinton Thought He Had It Tough; NewsBites: Jack White, Smear Artist; Revolving Door: Coming Aboard Bill's Team; Reserving Rebukes for Buchanan; Poor, Poor, OSHA; Tendentious Tenure; CBS Spikes ...

MediaWatch: February 1996

2/1/1996 2:19 PM ET

A Social Problem Blamed on Reaganomics Fades Away in Clinton-Era Media Coverage; NewsBites: Tricky Dick's Tax Break; CBS Reporter Bernard Goldberg Charges Colleague; Networks Scared of Flat Tax; ...

MediaWatch: January 1996

1/1/1996 1:50 PM ET

Same Liberal Song, Second Verse; NewsBites: The Silent Veto; Revolving Door: If You Cant Boost 'Em; The Shutdown Soap Opera; Today Gushes Over Hillary; Nightline's True Story; Brinkley Agrees ...

MediaWatch: December 1995

12/1/1995 2:41 PM ET

Budget News Without Basic Numbers; NewsBites: A Wee Bit Off; Revolving Door: Crossing Into Crossfire; Deck the Cuts with Gusts of Folly; TV Ignores Travelgate Acquittal; "Al Capone of Apple ...

MediaWatch: November 1995

11/1/1995 2:38 PM ET

Chopping at the Competition; NewsBites: Festering Foster; Revolving Door: Gergen: Still a Clintonite; Media vs. a Balanced Budget; Gramm Should Die?; The 800-Word Antidote; Networks Ignore Foley, ...

MediaWatch: October 1995

10/1/1995 1:33 PM ET

The Media's More-Spending Bias; NewsBites: Defund the Nonpartisans?; Revolving Door: White House Fall; Reporters Love Pontiff's Message for the Poor, Not the Unborn; Watching the Detectives?; ...

Media Watch: September 1995

9/1/1995 1:32 PM ET

So Much for "Corporate Conservatives"; NewsBites: Eleanor's Address; Revolving Door: A Liberal Acquisition; "Moderates" vs. "Flamethrowers"; To CBS: "Republican" Starr...; Free the Cabbies; Who's ...