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Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 02:01 PM ET




Daily Bias Alerts

Sunday, November 22, 2009 @ 08:42 PM ET
MSM polls may say a majority don't consider Sarah Palin qualified to be President (60 percent), but just as many people recognize the media's unfair hostility toward her. "About six in 10 Americans (61 percent) think Palin has been treated unfairly by the press," a Fox News-Opinion Dynamics survey released on Friday discovered.
Saturday, November 21, 2009 @ 04:29 PM ET
In contending America already has health care rationing, ABC's Dr. Tim Johnson, a universal coverage advocate, on Friday night's World News asserted "a recent Harvard study estimated that 45,000 people died each year in this country because of lack of health insurance. If that's not rationing, I don't know what is."
Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 06:19 PM ET
MSNBC publicized Ebony magazine's "Power 150" picks by bringing aboard two left-wing honorees during Friday's 11 AM EST hour. Mchael Eric Dyson rejoiced: "We have a man in the White House who has made, you know, thinking sexy, who's brought sexy brilliance back to the White House."
Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 05:32 PM ET
At the top of Friday's Hardball on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews discovered the reason for President Obama's political difficulties in recent months: “President Obama has his chin out on just about every hot issue out there....He's exposed and vulnerable. His poll numbers are dropping. Is he just too darned intellectual? Too much the egg head?”
Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 02:35 PM ET
Talk show host Dick Cavett, whose TV show went off the air in 1982, appeared on MSNBC, Friday, to trash Sarah Palin as a "know nothing" and someone who has "no first language." Mostly, however, he seemed interested only in talking about himself, prompting News Live host Norah O'Donnell to chide, "Dick, this segment is about Sarah Palin, not about you, Dick."
Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 02:28 PM ET
Citing a Democratic congressman who recently proposed a no whining day, on Friday's Morning Meeting on MSNBC, host Dylan Ratigan asked: “...unemployment, health care, a couple of wars, Americans got plenty to be frustrated about these days...But some people say stop the whining....Is 'shut up and deal' the new American mantra?”



Commentary

Words for Potent Jerks

Bloggers and Internet gossips complained when the New York Times lowered itself to question a nasty new word emerging in prime-time television: "douche."

Ready to Pay Your $6 Trillion 'Climate Justice' Bill?

The $1,000 bill has President Grover Cleveland's face on it. The $100,000 bill has the dour image of President Woodrow Wilson. We've already seen President Barack Obama attach his name and face to the $787 billion stimulus bill. And if the left has its way, the face on the $6 trillion “climate justice” bill will also be Obama's. Or maybe it will belong to Al Gore.

Trying KSM in Civilian Court: Inconsistent, Indefensible, Inexplicable

Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a federal civilian court is inconsistent, indefensible and inexplicable.








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Special Report

Special Report: Better Off Red?

MRC Special Report

Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall fell, tearing down the Iron Curtain that had sliced Europe in half since the end of World War II. Yet before, during and after those momentous events two decades ago, many in the liberal media continuously whitewashed the true nature of communism, or suggested free-market capitalism was somehow worse. The record compiled over 22 years by the Media Research Center demonstrates how some liberal journalists utterly failed to accurately depict communism as one of the worst evils of the 20th century, and often aimed their fire at those who were fighting communism rather than those who were perpetuating it.


Previous Special Report: Rush to Ruin


Profile in Bias

New World News Anchor Diane Sawyer: A Profile in Bias

Profile in Bias

Diane Sawyer will take the helm of ABC's World News in January, but as the long-time co-host of ABC’s Good Morning America, she has a track record of liberal spin. Sawyer has lauded high-profile liberals like Nancy Pelosi (“galvanized steel with a smile”) and Hillary Clinton (“political mastery,” “dazzling”), while in her infamous 20/20 interview, she targeted Ken Starr’s report on Bill Clinton as “demented pornography, pornography for Puritans.”


Previous Profile in Bias:

A Smattering of Harry Smith’s Liberal Smugness

Notable Quotables

Ft. Hood: A Tragedy for Politically Correct Journalists

Notable Quotbles

Newsweek's Evan Thomas said he "cringed" when he heard that the Ft. Hood shooter was Muslim: "It will get the right wing going....These things are tragic, but that makes it much worse." Over on ABC, reporter Bill Weir argued that "Muslims in uniform today face a challenge not seen since Japanese-Americans fought in World War II," while CBS's Bob Schieffer felt the need to point out that "the Christian religion has its full helping of nuts, too." These, plus 21 more quotes in this edition of Notable Quotables.


Previous NQ:

As Voters Move Right, Media Tell GOP to Move Left



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Media Reality Check

Media Coverage of the 9/12 Protests: A Report Card

Reality Check

Big liberal protests, such as the Million Mom March (for gun control), the 2006 demonstrations in favor of illegal immigrants’ “rights,” and numerous anti-war marches all garnered heavy play and adoring coverage from the broadcast networks, cable news outlets, and big papers like the New York Times. So how did those news outlets react to the big Washington D.C. protest with conservative themes? MRC’s analysts scrutinized the coverage; here’s their report card.



Review

Poll: Public Trust in Media Accuracy and Fairness Plunges, Liberal v Conservative Bias Gap at 28 Points

Revolving Door from Journalism to Team Obama at a Dozen




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