http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/archive.aspx America's Media Watchdog http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 20120203065912.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120203065912.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-03-CNN-Banfield-Romney2 dos.jpg While Mitt Romney is polling strong in Nevada – as her own network had reported – CNN's Ashleigh Banfield still questioned how anyone in the state could "connect" with him over his laissez-faire approach to the foreclosure crisis. Banfield's question came at the bottom of the 1 p.m. hour of Friday's Newsroom. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:56:00 GMT 20120203061936.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120203061936.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-03-ABC-GMA-Tebow.jpg The journalists at Good Morning America on Friday altered a quote from an ESPN reporter, turning a question about Tim Tebow into a declaration that the faith of the quarterback is why he's such an "astonishingly polarizing," "divisive figure." Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:08:00 GMT 20120203045750.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120203045750.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-02-NBC-NN-Williams.jpg Following Democratic National Committee talking points to the letter at the top of Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams saw Donald Trump's endorsement of Mitt Romney as an excuse to bash the Republican frontrunner: "New fallout from Mitt Romney's choice of words about the very poor, and tonight a new endorsement from a man who's catchphrase is 'You're fired.'" Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:53:00 GMT 20120203124131.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120203124131.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-03ABC-GMA-PP.jpg Good Morning America reporter Claire Shipman on Friday offered a one-sided, misleading segment on Susan G. Komen's "political" decision to defund Planned Parenthood. Shipman inaccurately described a women who got a breast screening "through a Planned Parenthood screening." The organization doesn't do such procedures. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:30:00 GMT 20120203084310.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120203084310.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-02-CC-TCR-Amanpour2.jpg On Thursday's The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, ABC's Christiane Amanpour characterized conservatives as several years ago "frog-marching" the U.S. to war in Iraq as she discussed the likelihood that Israel will soon attack Iran. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:33:00 GMT 20120202064339.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120202064339.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-01-ABC-WN-Sawyer.jpg The Big Three networks continued their blackout on covering the controversy involving the Obama administration trying to force Catholic institutions to include coverage of abortifacients and contraception in their health plans without a co-pay. Instead, Diane Sawyer on Wednesday's ABC World News highlighted Pfizer's recall of birth control pills that could "raise the risk of accidental pregnancy." Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:35:00 GMT 20120202050847.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120202050847.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-01-NBC-NN-WilliamsKomen.jpg Since announcing that it would no longer provide funding to Planned Parenthood on Wednesday, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has been subject to a vicious smear campaign by the abortion provider, a campaign which NBC News has worked to advance over the past 48 hours. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:04:00 GMT 20120202125626.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120202125626.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-02-ABC-GMA-Romney.jpg The journalists at Good Morning America on Thursday gave an assist to the Obama administration, helpfully creating an anti-Romney highlight reel. The David Muir segment repeated Romney's "poor" comment three times in less than three minutes. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:50:00 -0400 20120202122130.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120202122130.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-01-CNN-SitRoom-PP4 dos.jpg Normally when a charitable foundation cuts funding to a non-profit, the story will not be widely circulated in the media. But CNN made sure to fan the flames of controversy when Planned Parenthood complained of right-wing bullying after the Susan G. Komen Foundation cut ties with them. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:10:00 GMT 20120202114419.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120202114419.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-02-NBC-TDAY-Alexander.jpg Sounding like an Obama campaign spokesman on Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander touted how a recent gaffe by Mitt Romney was "not the first time...Remember that he said corporations are people, or there was the $10,000 bet during the debate." Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:39:00 GMT 20120202092353.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120202092353.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-31-NBC-NN-Williams.jpg On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams fretted over winter doing a "disappearing act" and proclaimed: "It was so warm today across much of the country, as you know, they're calling it June-uary. It's got a lot of people wondering whatever happened to winter?" The headline on screen pondered: "Where's Winter?" Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:12:00 GMT 20120202081314.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120202081314.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-01-CBS-EN-Cordes1.jpg The absurd media double standard in labeling Republicans as conservative while omitting the liberal label for Democrats was on display again Wednesday on the CBS Evening News. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:04:00 GMT 20120201101912.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120201101912.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-01-CBS-CTM-Panel.jpg On their Wednesday morning shows, the Big Three networks continued their trend of all but ignoring the Obama administration trying to force religious institutions to include coverage of sterilization, abortion-inducing drugs, and contraceptives in their health care policies without a co-pay. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:12:00 GMT 20120201070235.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120201070235.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-31-CNN-Baldwin-Dream2 dos.jpg Once again, CNN sympathized with an illegal immigrant supporting the largely Democratic-sponsored DREAM Act. On Tuesday, anchor Brooke Baldwin gave a soft interview to "typical college kid" Mayra Hidalgo who blistered Republicans for their rigidity on immigration. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:57:00 GMT 20120201011038.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120201011038.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-01-NBC-Tday-NewYorker.jpg As an image of the two Republicans playing football appeared on-screen, Lauer pushed, "But if this goes on much longer and Newt Gingrich has said he'll go 46 more states with this, how can it not damage you?" Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:02:00 GMT 20120201124540.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120201124540.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-02-01-NBC-TDAY-CurryPeterson.jpg Discussing the recall of two Pfizer brands of birth control pills on Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry pressed Dr. Keri Peterson on an "option" for women who "may be now vulnerable to being pregnant." Peterson offered this tip: "There are options....You're going to want to use condoms immediately...there are also over-the-counter termination kits available that you can take right away." Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:40:00 GMT 20120131072201.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120131072201.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-31-CNN-StartingPoint-FoodStamps3.jpg On Tuesday, for the second time in two weeks, CNN's Soledad O'Brien insisted that President Bush, not President Obama, is the "food stamp president," even though data show her argument is ridiculous. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:35:00 GMT 20120131060419.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120131060419.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-31-MSNBC-Martin.jpg Politico reporter Jonathan Martin on Tuesday mocked the "cracker counties" of Florida's conservative Panhandle. Talking to Daily Rundown host Chuck Todd, he derided, "Chuck, a lot of the counties in the Panhandle, in north Florida, the cracker counties, if you will...more resemble Georgia and Alabama than they do Florida." Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:54:00 GMT 20120131043653.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120131043653.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/hardballstillshot0130.JPG "There's a real level of national hatred of the president that I hadn't seen before. Certainly not under Clinton or under Dubya," MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews insisted on WMAL radio's Morning Majority program Tuesday morning. "Hatred, the Hitler mustaches, all that stuff, I haven't seen that before," Matthews added, prompting co-hosts Mary Katharine Ham and Bryan Nehman to incredulously retort that, no, in fact, the Left used Hitler comparisons against the former president. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:35:00 GMT 20120131040113.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120131040113.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-31-NBC-TDAY-ObamaGaffe.jpg While NBC correspondent Peter Alexander noted on Tuesday's Today how "Republicans are jumping on the president's choice of words" in telling a woman her husband's long-term unemployment was "interesting" to him, neither ABC's Good Morning America nor CBS's This Morning bothered to highlight Obama's aloof flub. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:48:00 GMT 20120131010346.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120131010346.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Friedman_Rose_12_16_11 - Copy.jpg New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman forwards Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's insulting the "idiocy and ignorance" of Republican candidates, adding "When Marxists are complaining that your party's candidates are disconnected from today's global realities, it's generally not a good sign." But isn't it good when dictators disagree with you? Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:03:00 GMT 20120131010106.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120131010106.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-31-NBC-TDAY-ObamaDog.jpg At the top of his Tuesday report for NBC's Today, correspondent Peter Alexander warned viewers about the state of the Republican primary race in Florida: "This campaign has just gotten so nasty lately. By some accounts, more than 90% of the ads that have run in this state have been negative." Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:55:00 GMT 20120130063646.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120130063646.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-30-CNN-EarlyStart-Vitter dos.jpg On Monday's Early Start, CNN co-host Ashleigh Banfield insisted to Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) "I got to" bring up his 2007 prostitution scandal, so she could ask how Newt Gingrich could "manage the baggage" of his personal sex life. In contrast, former President Bill Clinton has rarely been pressed by the media over his past sex scandals in office. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:24:00 GMT 20120130054604.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120130054604.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-26-ABC-NL-Sawyer.jpg According to Nightline co-anchor Juju Chang, Diane Sawyer's interview with the President on Thursday was "exclusive and candid." Although Sawyer didn't find time for questions about scandals such as Solyndra or Fast and Furious, she did manage to squeeze in queries about the Super Bowl and the President's singing. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:37:00 GMT 20120130040715.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120130040715.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/FingerPointingThen.jpg After cameras caught Arizona Governor Jan Brewer pointing her finger at President Obama during a discussion on an airport tarmac, NBC's Brian Williams acted appalled. "Who have you ever seen talking to the President like this?" But, as NewsBusters blogger Noel Shepherd discovered over the weekend, Brian Williams himself jabbed a finger towards then-President George W. Bush in an August 29, 2006 interview, as evidenced in footage shown on NBC's Today show the following morning. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:53:00 GMT 20120130031612.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120130031612.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-30-CBS-RoseCap.jpg On Monday's CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose hammered Newt Gingrich on the issue of the opposition his presidential campaign was receiving from some prominent conservatives: "Why are so many conservatives, including...Drudge and Ann Coulter, attacking you?" Rose also spotlighted how apparently "there are those who say that you [Gingrich] are angry and you want to get even with Romney." Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:03:00 GMT 20120130122811.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120130122811.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-30-NBC-TDAY-Brokaw.jpg On Monday, Today co-host Matt Lauer pushed Mitt Romney to stop running an ad that features a clip of former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw reporting Newt Gingrich being charged with ethics violations in 1997. However, it has now been 4,742 days without an NBC story on Gingrich subsequently being cleared on those charges. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:24:00 GMT 20120130071355.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120130071355.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/AlecBaldwin-PMT-videostill-240.jpg Actor/left-wing activist Alec Baldwin, who on Sunday night won a Screen Actors Guild Award (best actor in a comedy series) for his role on NBC’s 30 Rock, last week identified the “greatest single moment” of his life as when he received a call from Senator Ted Kennedy thanking him for his campaign work. That occurred in 1994 when Kennedy was running for re-election against some guy named Mitt Romney. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:07:00 GMT 20120128082625.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120128082625.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-27-HBO-RTBM-Maher1.jpg On Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, host Maher repeatedly made jokes about conservatives being racists, and defended liberal hatred for President Bush. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:21:00 GMT 20120127073355.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120127073355.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-27-CBS-RoseCap.jpg Charlie Rose boosted a jaw-dropping line from Politico's Roger Simon on Friday's CBS This Morning, which concluded that the Republican presidential debates were hurting the party's chances at defeating President Obama: "It is said that in Chicago, where they are running the Obama campaign, that they're so giddy that they want to run naked in Millennium Park." Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:46:00 GMT 20120127063014.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120127063014.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-27-CNN-StartingPoint-Kelly2 dos.jpg On Friday's Starting Point, host Soledad O'Brien urged former Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, to run for her seat in Congress. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:26:00 GMT 20120127045955.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120127045955.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-26-NBC-NN-BrokawBrown.jpg In what amounted to a love letter to California's Democratic Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday's NBC Nightly News, special correspondent Tom Brokaw gushed: "It's not sunshine every day for the California economy, but Jerry Brown has not given up on big dreams. His new big dream, a high-speed rail line from the north to the south..." Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:53:00 GMT 20120127030133.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120127030133.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-27-CNN-GOP-Costello-Reagan3 dos.jpg CNN's Suzanne Malveaux and Carol Costello teamed up to throw water on what they saw to be a mythical legacy of President Reagan. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:50:00 GMT 20120127024951.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120127024951.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-26-NBC-NN-Poll.jpg On Thursday, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was eager to share new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll numbers with viewers as he touted this headline from the results: "Our poll is also showing evidence this race is hurting the GOP, and we could see more of that tonight at the next debate..." Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:45:00 GMT 20120127121512.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120127121512.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-26-NBC-NN-WilliamsVid.jpg By daring to stand up for herself in recent exchange with President Obama, the media quickly labeled Arizona Governor Jan Brewer a villain. On Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams was aghast: "Who have you ever seen talking to the president like this?....The governor of Arizona with her finger in the face of the President of the United States. You don't see that often or maybe ever." Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:10:00 GMT 20120127010805.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120127010805.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/CBSEN-PelleySchieffer-2012-01-26-240.jpg A question we’ve never posed and likely no one outside of CBS News has ever considered: “We wondered what Bob Schieffer thinks of all of this?” Yet that’s how CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley on Thursday night cued up Schieffer to take up CBS air time to convey his personal disgust with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer for supposedly failing to show the proper respect to President Barack Obama on the tarmac near Phoenix. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:31:00 GMT 20120126052411.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120126052411.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-26-CBS-RoseCap.jpg On Thursday's CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose took issue with Senator Marco Rubio recently attacking President Barack Obama for being 'divisive.' When Rubio tried to point to the President's State of the Union address as an example, Rose interrupted and replied, "I saw him honoring the military of America and a lot other things where we should be coming together. That doesn't seem to be divisive." Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:26:00 GMT 20120126051726.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120126051726.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Castro.jpg Who cares what an unelected dictator thinks of the Republican primary field? The New York Times does: "'The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is - and I mean this seriously - the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been,' [Fidel Castro] wrote in an opinion piece in state-owned news media." Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:17:00 GMT 20120126051024.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120126051024.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-26-MSNBC-Castro.jpg A disgusted Andrea Mitchell on Thursday decried the "anti-Castro vitriol" coming from Republican presidential candidates in Florida, sneering that they are "pander bears" to the Cuban community. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:03:00 GMT 20120126034237.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120126034237.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-25-NBC-NN-Todd.jpg In a vain attempt to justify President Obama's claim that "America is back," on Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd excitedly announced to viewers: "In our new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, improvement in three key categories seems to indicate the statistical green shoots about the economy is now actually penetrating the American psyche." Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:38:00 GMT 20120126010338.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120126010338.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-26-ABC-GMA-Obama.jpg Reporter Norah O'Donnell chided the governor of Arizona on Thursday, insisting, "...It's [Jan] Brewer's finger that has tongues wagging." All three networks highlighted a confrontation between the Republican and Barack Obama at a Phoenix tarmac. However, CBS, NBC and ABC ignored the context of the conflict, the Justice Department's lawsuit against the state's illegal immigration law. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:58:00 GMT 20120126124722.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120126124722.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-25-CNN-Morgan-Baldwin2 dos.jpg Alec Baldwin is part of the Hollywood liberal elite, but that didn't stop CNN's Piers Morgan – whose job is to be an objective and fair interviewer – from pressing him to run for office. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:37:00 GMT 20120126114155.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120126114155.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-26-NBC-TDAY-LauerBrokaw.jpg Despite the fact that Nancy Pelosi has failed to produce any evidence to back up her claim that she "knows something" about Newt Gingrich that would end his candidacy, on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer still touted her unfounded remarks: "...she makes this comment saying, 'Newt Gingrich will not be president, there's something I know.' Now that in itself sounds pretty alarming." Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:38:00 GMT 20120126095500.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120126095500.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWorldNews-teaseBuffettsec-2012-01-25-240.jpg “The secretary speaks,” ABC fill-in anchor David Muir excitedly teased at the top of Wednesday’s World News, “billionaire investor Warren Buffett and his secretary, who pays a much-higher tax rate than him. He says not fair. She’s now at the center of a huge debate. What does she think? An ABC News exclusive.” Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:46:00 GMT 20120125091920.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120125091920.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-25-MSNBC-WagnerCap.jpg Alex Wagner made an eye-popping remark on her MSNBC program on Wednesday, as she hinted that she agreed with former Obama spokesman Bill Burton's assertion that Ronald Reagan would feel out of place in today's GOP. When Burton claimed that "Reagan wouldn't have a chance in this Republican primary right now," Wagner stunningly replied, "I think he'd be a Democrat probably." Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:18:00 GMT 20120125064157.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120125064157.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-25-CNN-Baldwin-Stein2 dos.jpg President Obama has called for the "Buffett Rule" -- higher taxes on millionaires -- and CNN helped him make his case Wednesday afternoon by airing his spin and interviewing a guest who agreed with him. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:28:00 GMT 20120125055804.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120125055804.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-24-ABC-NL-Obama.jpg On Tuesday night, ABC's George Stephanopoulos informed, "...Vice President Biden just before the speech gave a call to Democrats. And he summed up the speech with this phrase, Bin Laden is dead, General Motors is alive." On the same day's Nightline, with no explanation that he was stealing Biden's line, co-anchor Terry Moran parroted, "Osama bin Laden is dead. General Motors is alive." Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:48:00 GMT 20120125044800.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120125044800.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-24-NBC-SOTU-WilliamsRomney.jpg In an interview with Mitt Romney following the State of the Union Tuesday night, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams used the tax returns of the former Massachusetts governor as a weapon: "And it's fair to ask tonight, will you be explaining further the story of them, the back story....the amounts we've learned about today equaling unfathomable wealth for most Americans..." Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:43:00 GMT 20120125031751.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120125031751.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-25-ABC-Behar240.jpg Joy Behar, on Wednesday's edition of The View, delivered a rave review for Barack Obama's State of the Union of Speech as she gushed that it was "equivalent to Ronald Reagan's 'Morning in America' speech" and added "Republicans can embrace him" now. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:14:00 GMT 20120125125300.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120125125300.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-25-abc-gma-STEPH.jpg Ex-Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos continued to nakedly promote the Democratic agenda, prompting Joe Biden on Wednesday to agree that Newt Gingrich is "playing racial politics" with his attacks on Barack Obama. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:43:00 GMT 20120125112527.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120125112527.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-24-NBC-SOTU-WilliamsVid.jpg Moments after President Obama concluded his State of the Union address on Tuesday, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams could barely contain his glee over the speech: "A rousing recitation, a reminder of why the nation is great from President Obama." Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:18:00 GMT 20120125100712.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120125100712.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-24-CNN-Phillips-Romney2 dos.jpg CNN cast an unfavorable image of Mitt Romney's just-released tax forms on Tuesday, warning that his overseas wealth and low tax rate might drive away voters. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:52:00 GMT 20120125085149.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120125085149.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/NBCStateoftheUnion-Capitol-2012-01-24-240.jpg After President Barack Obama finished his State of the Union address, on NBC Andrea Mitchell set to work to convince viewers of how he had discredited Mitt Romney’s campaign trail criticisms of him. As to how “this President apologizes for America,” she countered: “Any viewer watching this...would look at this speech and it would be very hard to say that he is apologizing for America." Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:43:00 GMT 20120125084013.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120125084013.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWorldNews-Romneytaxes-2012-01-24-240.jpg Hours before President Barack Obama’s third State of the Union address in which he will push higher tax rates on the wealthiest under the guise of “fairness,” pivoting off the poster woman for higher rates, Warren Buffett’s secretary who supposedly pays a higher income tax rate than her boss, ABC and NBC advanced the narrative which confuses tax brackets with effective tax rates. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:30:00 GMT 20120124083249.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120124083249.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-24-CBS-HillCap.jpg On Tuesday's CBS This Morning, Erica Hill played up the "overwhelming majority" that apparently support raising taxes on the rich, and urged Rep. Paul Ryan to consider supporting such a tax hike: "68% of people support raising...taxes on incomes of $250,000 and higher. Is that something that you could, perhaps, at least have a conversation about?" Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:25:00 GMT 20120124051438.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120124051438.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-23-CNN-StartingPoint-Alinsky2.jpg CNN's Soledad O'Brien would not brand Saul Alinsky as a leftist radical, and neither would she say President Obama was influenced by his writings – but she had no problem tying Alinsky's controversial beliefs to the Tea Party movement on Monday's Starting Line. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:03:00 GMT 20120124051117.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120124051117.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-24-ABC-GMA-Romney.jpg ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who makes $8 million a year, pounced on the release of Mitt Romney's tax returns, sneering on Tuesday, "So, just how rich is Mitt Romney and is he paying his fair share of taxes?" Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:03:00 GMT 20120124034937.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120124034937.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-24-NBC-TDAY-CurryPlouffe.jpg In an uncharacteristically challenging interview with Obama advisor David Plouffe on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry actually defended Mitt Romney's wealth and questioned why Democrats would criticize his success: "Now, what's wrong with that?...is that not the American dream?" Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:42:00 GMT 20120124124918.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120124124918.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-24-ABC-GMA-Steph.jpg Former Democratic operative George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday recited an e-mail from the Democratic National Committee to an adviser for a Democratic president. He began, "I got this e-mail from the Democratic National Committee." Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:34:00 GMT 20120124120529.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120124120529.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-24-NBC-TDAY-Todd.jpg After eagerly awaiting the release of Mitt Romney's tax returns, on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer immediately wondered how the new information could hurt the Republican presidential candidate, asking chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd: "Do you see any surprises in here, anything that will give his rivals more ammunition?" Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:00 GMT 20120123055300.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120123055300.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-23-Networks tres.jpg On their weekend evening news shows, the three major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) all ignored a Friday mandate from the Obama administration forcing non-profit religious employers to provide for contraception in their health insurance for employees. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:50:00 GMT 20120123044708.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120123044708.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-23-MSNBC-Kirk.jpg In an article on the sudden stroke suffered by Senator Mark Kirk, the Associated Press on Monday gratuitously piled on the Republican, currently in intensive care, making sure to note that in the last campaign, questions were raised "about his own honesty." Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:39:00 GMT 20120123042341.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120123042341.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Charles_Blow.jpg How dare Republicans think the media is liberal: "[Newt's] the street fighter with a history of poisonous politics who not only goes there but dwells there...Take the issue of media bias for instance: according to a September Pew Research Center poll, more than three-quarters of Republicans said that news organizations are politically biased." Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:23:00 GMT 20120123041527.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120123041527.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-22-NBC-MTP-Gregory.jpg Worried that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was being too critical of President Obama on Sunday's Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory attempted to steer the discussion toward bashing Republicans: "Where have Republicans been culpable for the paralysis in Washington? You've spoken about the President....what role do Republicans play?" Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:09:00 GMT 20120123023407.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120123023407.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-23-NBC-TDAY-ToddGregory.jpg When did NBC News suddenly become concerned with the welfare of the Republican Party? On Monday's NBC Today, former Democratic staffer and current chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd hyped Republican fears of Newt Gingrich: "...look what Gingrich did when he was essentially on the ballot, if you will, in '96 and '98, he helped re-elect a Democratic president..." Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:28:00 GMT 20120123125155.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120123125155.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-23-ABC-GMA-steph.jpg Former Clinton operative George Stephanopoulos on Monday questioned Newt Gingrich's "character and temperament." The Good Morning America co-anchor interviewed the Republican presidential candidate and unselfconsciously scolded, "I know you've faced these kinds of questions before. Is there any way for you to put this issue of temperament to rest?" Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:43:00 GMT 20120123054512.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120123054512.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-21-MSNBC-Sharpton1.jpg During MSNBC's coverage of the Republican primary in South Carolina Saturday night, Al Sharpton incorrectly claimed that only 14.2 million people currently receive food stamps, and that more receive assistance under President than President Obama. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:37:00 GMT 20120123042151.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120123042151.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-20-B-PC-Hunt1.jpg Last Friday saw two high-profile liberal pundits repeating the story that Newt Gingrich divorced his first Wife while she was being treated for cancer without noting that one of Gingrich's daughter's last May specifically disputed the account. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:09:00 GMT 20120123120137.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120123120137.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/MeetthePress-Newtunfav-2012-01-22-240.jpg Given his high unfavorable rating, Newt Gingrich “cannot win a national election,” MSNBC’s very liberal host Lawrence O’Donnell insisted, “it’s impossible.” O’Donnell’s assessment, however, is held beyond left-wingers animating MSNBC shows. Saturday night, Fox News veteran Brit Hume asserted: “Republicans in Congress will be terrified to run with this man for fear they will lose the House and the Senate.” Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:55:00 GMT 20120122105918.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120122105918.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Moyers-RTBM-videostill-240.jpg To Bill Maher’s delight, Bill Moyers charged “the delusional fringe has come in from the margin and runs” the Republican Party before he alleged Newt Gingrich is “playing the race card” and so, he maintained, in some sort of attempt at humor: “I would have been very glad that I saved my Confederate money because if he is elected in November, I’ve got enough to get access to the White House, you know – of Confederate money.” Very funny. With video Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:49:00 GMT 20120120062040.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120120062040.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Kathleen_Sebelius.jpg John H. Cushman, Jr. of the New York Times almost completely slanted to the left in his Friday article about the Obama administration's decision to force religious organizations to include free contraception in their employee insurance plans. Cushman quoted from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, liberal Senator Barbara Boxer and the president of notorious pro-abortion "Catholics for Choice," but only included a six-word quote from the other side of the debate. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:56:00 GMT 20120120061034.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120120061034.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-20-CNN-Lyon-Anonymous2 dos.jpg The internet group "Anonymous" claimed to have shut down the websites of the Justice Department and FBI, but CNN's Amber Lyon aired another soft report on the group's escapades without any voices from the opposing side. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:01:00 GMT 20120120042141.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120120042141.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-20-NBC-TDAY-CurryTodd.jpg In an attempt to make the Republican presidential race appear chaotic, on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry turned to White House correspondent Chuck Todd and declared: "Even the word 'tumultuous' seems inadequate to describe what has happened to the GOP race in the last 24 hours." The on-screen headline screamed: "Campaign Craziness." Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:18:00 GMT 20120120040140.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120120040140.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-19-ABC-NL-Ross.jpg ABC trotted out the "best of" Newt Gingrich slams on Thursday, finally revealing the results of an exhaustive Brian Ross interview with Marianne Gingrich, the former Speaker's ex-wife. Ross boasted that his scoop could be seen as a "January surprise" to harm Gingrich. Recycling old attacks, Ross eagerly prompted the ex-Mrs. Gingrich: "You know his secrets. You know his skeletons." Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:52:00 GMT 20120120105633.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120120105633.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-20-NBC-TDAY-ObamaSings.jpg Having apparently run out of actual news to cover on Friday, the cast of NBC's Today gushed over President Obama singing a line from the song "Let's Stay Together" during a fundraiser at the Apollo Theater. After a clip played of the musical moment, weatherman Al Roker proclaimed: "He could be on The Voice." News anchor Natalie Morales excitedly added: "Sign him up." Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:51:00 GMT 20120119111305.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120119111305.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-19-CNN-StartingPoint-Gingrich dos(2).jpg On Thursday’s Starting Point, CNN's Soledad O'Brien insinuated that candidate Newt Gingrich speaks with a "racial coding" on the campaign trail. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:06:00 GMT 20120119063522.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120119063522.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-19-CBS-CTM-Rose.jpg Charlie Rose ripped a new liberal line of attack on Mitt Romney right out of the New York Times on Thursday's CBS This Morning, as he interviewed top Romney backer Chris Christie. Rose played up that Romney "seems to be dancing around the idea of what his wealth is. This is the New York Times today: 'Romney riches are being seen as new hurdle; complex web of assets is difficult to assess.'" Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:24:00 GMT 20120119051154.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120119051154.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-18-ABC-GMA-Romney2.jpg All three networks, the New York Times and NPR obsessed over the revelation that Mitt Romney's tax bracket is in the 15 percent range. ABC's Jon Karl wondered, "How did Romney get away with paying so little?" Karl made no mention of the fact that, according to the Internal Revenue Service, 97 percent of filers paid less than 15 percent. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:59:00 GMT 20120119044442.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120119044442.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-18-NBC-TDAY-LauerChristie.jpg On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer pushed New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to agree that President Obama's effort to pit economic classes against one another is just a matter of fairness: "Talk to me about that word 'envy.' Because I asked Governor Romney about this last week as well....why is it envy as opposed to unfairness?" Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:41:00 GMT 20120119125604.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120119125604.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-18-CNN-PiersMorgan-Carter2 dos.jpg In a Wednesday night interview, CNN's Piers Morgan affirmed former President Jimmy Carter's criticism of many Americans for "self-indulgence and consumption" in his infamous 1979 "Malaise Speech." Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:49:00 GMT 20120119125439.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120119125439.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-19-ABC-GMA-Obama.jpg Over the two hours of Thursday's Good Morning America, there was not one mention of the Obama administration's decision to reject the Keystone oil pipeline, costing at least 20,000 jobs. Yet, Jake Tapper and ABC found time to promote both the administration's plan to create a "small world full of tourists who want to spend their money" and Disney World, parent company of ABC. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:41:00 GMT 20120119124702.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120119124702.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-19-NBC-TDAY-CurryGingrichVid.jpg On Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry accused Newt Gingrich of playing up racial tensions to get votes in the South Carolina GOP primary: "...you've been increasingly stepping up your characterization of President Obama as a "food stamp president," interestingly, in the lead-up now to South Carolina....Are you intentionally playing the race card to win votes?" Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:39:00 GMT 20120118064632.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120118064632.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-17-CNN-PiersMorgan-O'Donnell2 dos.jpg Both CNN's Piers Morgan and guest Rosie O'Donnell slammed Republican candidates for their "anti-homosexuals" stances on Tuesday night's Piers Morgan Tonight. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:40:00 GMT 20120118043937.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120118043937.aspx http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/main_photos/2011/December/NPR-HQ-BA.jpg NPR harped on Mitt Romney's "provocative tax detail" on Wednesday's Morning Edition, highlighting that the GOP presidential candidate "disclosed he's in the same low tax bracket as the billionaire [Warren] Buffett." Correspondent Scott Horsley later used clips from President Obama to accent liberals' class warfare spin about the rich paying a lower tax rate than "millionaires and billionaires." Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:31:00 GMT 20120118010233.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120118010233.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-18-ABC-GMA-Romney2.jpg Good Morning America's Jon Karl on Wednesday parroted DNC and White House talking points about Mitt Romney. Karl demanded to know just how Romney "get[s] away with paying so little" capital gains taxes. The segment was punctuated by dollar sign and coin audio clips. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:55:00 GMT 20120118113317.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120118113317.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-16-CBS-LateShow-GOP tres.jpg During the first half of his Monday night CBS show, comedian David Letterman joked at the expense of Newt Gingrich's first marriage and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's weight, while comparing former First Lady Pat Nixon to a reptile from Star Trek. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:16:00 GMT 20120118103035.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120118103035.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-16-NBC-RC-Koppel.jpg At the top of Monday's Rock Center on NBC, host Brian Williams lamented the "avalanche of attack ads this political season" and warned: "...it's only just starting thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, a boatload of money, and those lethal weapons known as super-PACs." Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:17:00 GMT 20120118081645.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120118081645.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-16-CBS-EN-Cordes3.jpg Monday's CBS Evening News ran a report bolstering complaints by Democrats that the new voter ID law in South Carolina would make it more difficult for minorities to vote. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:43:00 GMT 20120118081523.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120118081523.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWorldNews-igloo-2012-01-17-240.jpg Diane Sawyer remains enthralled with the far-left “Occupy” protesters. Last October she championed “the Occupy Wall Street movement” by ludicrously claiming “it has spread to more than 250 American cities, more than a thousand countries -- every continent but Antarctica.” On Tuesday night, she trumpeted “Occupy igloos” at “Camp Igloo” – in Switzerland, not Antarctica. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:10:00 GMT 20120117062102.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120117062102.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-01-17-MSNBC-HB-Simon2.jpg Roger Simon, Politico's top columnist, smeared the audience of Monday night's GOP debate, warning of a "kind of blood lust in the air" after the crowd booed a question of Juan Williams, an African American. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:16:00 GMT 20120117060830.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120117060830.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-17-CNN-Cafferty-GOP2 dos.jpg On Tuesday's The Situation Room, CNN commentator Jack Cafferty pulled from a Daily Beast column to suggest that GOP candidate Newt Gingrich is "clueless" about African-Americans. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:58:00 GMT 20120117060412.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120117060412.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-17-CBS-Reynolds.jpg Dean Reynolds filed a glowing report on Tuesday's CBS This Morning promoting comedian Stephen Colbert's mock campaign against super PACs. Reynolds led the segment by stating, "Before we say that a comedian could have no serious impact on a presidential campaign, let us remember that six days after a poll came out here showing Stephen Colbert slightly ahead of Jon Huntsman, Jon Huntsman quit the race." Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:34:00 GMT 20120117051401.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120117051401.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/raceprominentissue_biasalert.jpg Appearing on colleague Andrea Mitchell's eponymous 1 p.m. Eastern program today, MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews to viewers that last night's South Carolina GOP presidential debate was chock full of "dog whistles" and racially-tinged "code words" meant to appeal to racial prejudices in the conservative audience. What's more, according to Matthews, there's no point trying to argue with him on this because "you either see it or you don't." Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:11:00 GMT 20120117032356.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120117032356.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-17-CBS-CTM-Rose.jpg On Tuesday's CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose hinted Newt Gingrich should apologize for a supposedly racially-tinged comment he recently made: "I want to give you an opportunity, because the point was made...about it's better for black Americans to seek a job than it is to seek food stamps, and many people stepped forward to say, isn't that simply true for all Americans who are desperately looking for jobs?" Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:18:00 GMT 20120117011944.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120117011944.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-17-ABC-GMA-Romney.jpg Ignoring the facts, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday insisted that it would be "impossible" for a non-Mitt Romney candidate to capture the nomination if the former Massachusetts governor wins the South Carolina primary on Saturday. However, even if Romney won all 25 of the state's delegates, he would still be 1099 shy of the amount needed to clinch a final victory. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:14:00 GMT 20120116111236.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120116111236.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWN-Huntsmantweet-2012-01-16-240.jpg “With Huntsman gone,” ABC’s Jonathan Karl despaired Monday night, “the field of Republican candidates has lost the only candidate who favored civil unions for gay couples and said he was concerned about climate change.” In his World News report, Karl recalled how Hunstman once “tweeted: ‘To be clear, I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.’” Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:08:00 GMT 20120116053828.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120116053828.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-15-NBC-CMS-Matthews.jpg In the days leading up to the GOP primary in South Carolina, all three networks have aggressively attacked the state and its supposedly "dirty," "nasty," "notorious" politics. Echoing many other journalists, CBS's Jan Crawford warned on January 12: "Down here in South Carolina, the weather is warm, that tea is cold, and the politics can get down right dirty." Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:27:00 GMT 20120116112306.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120116112306.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-16-NBC-TDAY-MittTheRipperVid.jpg At the top of the 8 a.m. ET hour of NBC's Today on Monday, fill-in news anchor Tamron Hall promoted a fake campaign attack ad created by comedian Stephen Colbert which argues that if Mitt Romney believes corporations are people, "Then Mitt Romney is a serial killer. He's Mitt the Ripper." The ad follows with a woman screaming. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:17:00 GMT 20120116092140.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120116092140.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/FacetheNation-Schieffer-2012-01-15-240.jpg CBS’s Bob Schieffer decided his viewers needed a special warning about how far out of the mainstream an upcoming guest dwells, plugging at the top of Sunday’s Face the Nation how he’d have as guests Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich – and then: “for context on how it’s going, we’ll bring in South Carolina’s very conservative Senator, Jim DeMint.” Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:17:00 GMT 20120115103947.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120115103947.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-13-CNN-Mattingly-Bain2.jpg A report by CNN's David Mattingly that aired on Friday's The Situation Room emphasized the "bitter Bain memories" left in South Carolina from Bain Capital, the private equity firm that candidate Mitt Romney founded. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:35:00 GMT 20120115103238.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120115103238.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-13-CNN-StartingPoint-Kantor2 dos.jpg In a testy interview Friday morning on CNN's Starting Point, host Soledad O'Brien gave New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor the third degree over the credibility of her new book "The Obamas." O'Brien repeatedly hit Kantor for not having interviewed First Lady Michelle Obama since 2009, despite Kantor having used Obama's own aides as sources for her material. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:27:00 GMT 20120115061119.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120115061119.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-13-FNC-TOF-Rivera.jpg As he appeared on Friday's The O'Reilly Factor, FNC's Geraldo Rivera called Mitt Romney a "hypocrite" for not mentioning his family connections to Mexico while campaigning against illegal immigration. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:03:00 GMT 20120113051836.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120113051836.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-13-NBC-TDAY-LauerGregory.jpg On Friday's NBC Today, after touting an ad from the Democratic National Committee attacking Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital by using sound bites from his Republican opponents, co-host Matt Lauer asked Meet the Press host David Gregory: "David, is it too early to tell how big a gift these Republican candidates have given to Barack Obama and his campaign?" Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:15:00 GMT 20120113041744.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120113041744.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-13-CBS-TM-Solyndra.jpg According to a CBS News investigation, the controversial government loan to now-bankrupt Solyndra wasn't an isolated incident. CBS This Morning reporter Sharyl Attkisson explained, "We identified 11 green energy companies beside Solyndra that, together, got billions of tax dollars then declared bankruptcy or are suffering other serious financial issues." Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:13:00 GMT 20120113010150.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120113010150.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-13-NBC-TDAY-ObamasVid.jpg Amid the 60th Anniversary celebrations on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer declared: "Remember the ad campaign over the years that called us, 'America's First Family'? Well, we are honored this morning to have a message of congratulations from America's real First Family." A clip played of Barack and Michelle Obama praising the morning show as "part of American culture." Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:57:00 GMT 20120113123011.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120113123011.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Kelley-inwhite.jpg Another bit of evidence emerged Thursday about how deeply ingrained anti-conservative hatred is inside America’s newspapers, even amongst those who don’t cover politics. John Kelly, a Washington Post lifestyle columnist inside the “Metro” section, used the passing of a local radio legend to disparage syndicated radio hosts as “right-wing nutjobs unspooling their wacky conspiracy theories.” Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:22:00 GMT 20120113100328.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120113100328.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-11-NBC-TDAY-Williams.jpg On Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams proclaimed to viewers: "A new book you may have heard about written by a reporter for the New York Times about life in the Obama White House paints what is at times a not-so-flattering picture of First Lady Michelle Obama and today she chose to fight back." Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:54:00 GMT 20120112070713.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120112070713.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/Matthews-videostill-240.jpg On Thursday's Hardball, Chris Matthews preposterously insisted that Barack Obama added "only 13" people to the federal workforce in 2009 and that the total number of individuals working for the U.S. government (as of 2010) was 4,443. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:56:00 GMT 20120112070441.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120112070441.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-12-CBS-CTM-King.jpg Gayle King made it clear that she is in the tank for the Obama campaign on Thursday's CBS This Morning, specifically vouching that Michelle Obama apparently is "passionate," and that the First Lady is "looking forward to returning for another four years. They're going to work very hard to make that happen." Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:29:00 GMT 20120112055054.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120112055054.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-12-MSNBC-MJ-Smiley dos.jpg PBS host and leftist activist Tavis Smiley called out Republican candidates for their hostility to the poor in America, on Thursday morning on MSNBC. Appearing during the 7 a.m. hour of Morning Joe, he singled out four candidates by name and warned that "we're in a world of trouble" due to their campaign trail rhetoric. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:47:00 GMT 20120112054542.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120112054542.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-12-CNN-Lyon-Anonymous2.jpg The group "Anonymous" claims to be an arm of the Occupy movement and has made headlines for stealing credit card numbers and publishing personal information of police officers. A report by CNN's Amber Lyon might have made audiences think twice about their dubious reputation with her sneak-peek of an upcoming CNN Presents story "Anonymous" that airs Saturday night at 8 p.m. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:42:00 GMT 20120112035206.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120112035206.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-12-NBC-TDAY-Gekko.jpg In a report for Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander promoted attacks on Mitt Romney: "There's been no let-up in the barrage of criticism over Romney's record as the former head of Bain Capital." Alexander pointed out: "This Gordon Gekko impersonator greeted Romney's arrival in South Carolina." Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:43:00 GMT 20120112032830.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120112032830.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-12-ABC-GMA-berman.jpg Good Morning America reporter John Berman on Thursday hyperbolically warned that Mitt Romney is taking his "ever more scathing, anti-Obama message" to South Carolina. The correspondent then proceeded to play up every new attack on the Republican front-runner. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:19:00 GMT 20120112010300.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120112010300.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-12-NBC-TDAY-BrokawVid.jpg Appearing on Thursday's NBC Today, special correspondent Tom Brokaw touted GOP presidential candidates attacking Mitt Romney's business experience at Bain Capital: "It's the Republican Party equivalent of a jihad....the real danger for the Republicans is that it will deeply divide the party at a time when they want it to be united." Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:59:00 GMT 20120112023714.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120112023714.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-11-CC-TCR-Steph.jpg On Wednesday's The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, ABC's George Stephanopoulos defended the question about contraception that he asked Mitt Romney at Saturday's GOP presidential debate hosted by ABC. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:29:00 GMT 20120111075138.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120111075138.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-11-CBS-CTM-King.jpg New anchor Gayle King tossed softballs at admitted friend Michelle Obama on Wednesday's CBS This Morning. King sympathized with the First Lady over how many supposedly see her. When her guest dropped a racially-tinged charge, that "that's been an image that people have tried to paint of me since...the day Barack announced, that I'm some angry black woman," she replied, "How do you deal with that image?" Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:16:00 GMT 20120111070004.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120111070004.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-11-CNN-SP-Romney 2.jpg When DNC chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz claimed that Mitt Romney suffered a "setback" in New Hampshire, CNN Soledad O'Brien challenged her outlandish assumption – but then used the talking point to grill Romney in a later interview with the candidate. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:55:00 -0400 20120111065207.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120111065207.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-11-CNN-Malveaux-SmileyWest2.jpg Hosting two far-left activists, CNN's Suzanne Malveaux teed them up with "controversial" quotes from Republican presidential hopefuls that she said "people found quite offensive and strange." Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:48:00 GMT 20120111041109.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120111041109.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-11-FNC-Foxandfriends.jpg Mitt Romney appeared on all six network and cable morning shows on Wednesday and endured repeated liberal attacks about whether he'll be able to "defend" his business background, and even an assertion that a 16 point New Hampshire win was "not a victory." Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:03:00 GMT 20120111084434.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120111084434.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-10-MSNBC-Matthews2.jpg During Tuesday's live coverage of the New Hampshire Primary on MSNBC, Chris Matthews asked guest Tom Ridge why it is that "crazy neocons" and Republican "chickenhawks" always want to "go to war with other people's children." Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:40:00 GMT 20120110085350.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120110085350.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/FireBaby-videostill-240.jpg ABC on Tuesday night decided to showcase one guy yelling at Mitt Romney, as if it proved how media-liberal distortions of Mitt Romney’s “I like to fire people” remark will surely hurt him and follow him to South Carolina. "But if you rewind the tape and play up the sound,” Muir explained. Viewers then heard the voice of one man shouting: “Are you going to fire the baby? Are you going to fire the baby?” Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:48:00 GMT 20120110071414.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120110071414.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-10-CNN-Phillips-Granderson2.jpg Hours before New Hampshire voters would choose a Republican candidate to oppose President Obama, CNN host Kyra Phillips brought on liberal columnist L.Z. Granderson to tout his latest op-ed which blames social conservative Rick Santorum in part for triggering violence against gays and transgender people. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:08:00 GMT 20120110050252.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120110050252.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-09-NBC-RC-MilesRomney.jpg In a report on Monday's Rock Center on NBC, correspondent Mike Taibbi described how Mitt Romney's ancestors settled in Mexico during the late 1800's: "Mitt has said and written almost nothing about them over the years. One of his rare quotes, that they left the U.S. to escape persecution for their religious beliefs." Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:58:00 GMT 20120110045514.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120110045514.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/2012-01-10-CNN-SP-Gingrich.jpg On Tuesday morning's Starting Point, CNN political analyst Ron Brownstein ripped candidate Newt Gingrich's campaign strategy as "murder-suicide." The harsh rhetoric was reflective of the network's attitude towards the candidate on Tuesday morning. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:50:00 GMT 20120110024352.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120110024352.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-10-CBS-Schieffer.jpg Bob Schieffer slammed Mitt Romney on Tuesday's CBS This Morning for his recent "I like to fire people" line, stating that he was "looking for every way he can try to lose and drive down his percentage of victory." He added, "I guess the only thing worse you could say...when people are out of work is that Herbert Hoover is my hero or something like that. It just boggles the mind." Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:41:00 GMT 20120110010956.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120110010956.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-10-ABC-GMA-Romney.jpg George Stephanopoulos, the former Democratic operative who worked for Bill Clinton and Michael Dukakis, confidently asserted on Tuesday that Democrats are "licking their chops" over Mitt Romney's comment that he likes to "fire" health insurers who don't provide adequate coverage. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT 20120110125731.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120110125731.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-09-NBC-TDAY-CurryRatigan.jpg 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 sort of anti-Wall Street Occupy climate we're in?" Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:53:00 GMT 20120110125039.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120110125039.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-09-NBC-RC-WilliamsTaibbiVid.jpg On NBC's Rock Center on Monday, correspondent Mike Taibbi led the broadcast with a report on Mitt Romney's family roots in Mexico: "It's a little known fact that there's a whole branch of Mitt's family living right here in Mexico, including his second cousin, Layton Romney." Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:44:00 GMT 20120110115621.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120110115621.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/PoliticsNation-Franken-2012-01-06-240.jpg On NSNBC Friday night, former CNN reporter Bob Franken shoved both candidates into the mud for their talk of blacks and government dependency: "I think this is very intentional. I think it is part of a hateful campaign that is being very methodically run in the hope it`s going to appeal to voters who would love to see us return to the good old days of Jim Crow." Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:52:00 GMT 20120110120428.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120110120428.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-08-CNN-ReliableSources-Milbank2.jpg The media has an "antipathy" toward Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, asserted Dana Milbank of the Washington Post on CNN's Reliable Sources on Sunday. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:58:00 GMT 20120109115807.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120109115807.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-09-CNN-StartingPoint-Kantor2.jpg Attempting to dismsiss negative reports about Obama's White House, CNN's Soledad O'Brien completely mangled and fumbled key facts on Monday's Starting Point. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:51:00 GMT 20120109115031.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120109115031.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-09-CNN-StartingPoint-Frum2 dos.jpg On the day before the New Hampshire primary, CNN had some choice words for one candidate in particular – Newt Gingrich. CNN contributor and faux-conservative David Frum slammed Gingrich's attacks on fellow candidate Mitt Romney as a "suicide destructive mission of revenge." Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:42:00 GMT 20120109104008.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120109104008.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Jackie_Calmes.JPG New York Times reporter Jackie Calmes claims Mitt Romney was false to say repealing the Obama-care would save money, citing "nonpartisan fact checkers and analyses like those of the Congressional Budget Office." Has she heard of Medicare, or actually counted up the accounting gimmicks the CBO had to employ to get to its findings? Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:39:00 GMT 20120109040815.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120109040815.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-09-NBC-TDY-Lauer.jpg On Monday's Today, NBC's Matt Lauer dwelt on an "extremely negative" attack on frontrunner Mitt Romney from a super PAC that supports Newt Gingrich and asked the former Speaker, "Can't you already hear the ads from President Obama's team saying this is a guy whose own party members called him...a predator and ruthless?" Back on January 4, CBS similarly played up Gingrich calling Romney a "liar." Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:32:00 GMT 20120109034931.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120109034931.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-07-ABC-debate.jpg ABC's GOP presidential debate on Saturday overflowed with liberal questions. Of the 48 queries by George Stephanopoulos, Diane Sawyer and others, 20 came from the left, three were from the right and 25 were neutral or horse race questions. A whopping 25 percent (12 questions) revolved around contraception-related subjects or gay rights. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:40:00 GMT 20120109112138.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120109112138.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-08-NBC-MTP-DebateLogo.jpg Out the 41 questions directed to the six Republican presidential candidates during Sunday's NBC News/Facebook debate on Meet the Press, 25 of them were from the left, 13 questions were neutral, mainly about the campaign horse race and electability, and only three questions pressed the candidates from the right. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:16:00 GMT 20120109091152.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120109091152.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/TonyBlankley-videostill-240.jpg Sad news came Sunday that Tony Blankley, the long-time leading conservative thinker, author and columnist, who served House Speaker Newt Gingrich and later ran the editorial pages for the Washington Times, passed away at age 63. Back in 2003, Blankley pitched in at the last-minute to help us when a planned speaker was unable to attend. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:06:00 -0400 20120109082157.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120109082157.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ThisWeek-Tapper-2012-01-08-240.jpg In pointing out how Barack Obama only won in 2008 by a slim margin, so this year’s Republican nominee doesn’t have to win over all that many Americans, ABC’s Jake Tapper on Sunday morning listed the media amongst the factors “going” for Obama four years ago: “You had the media, perhaps, tilting on the scales a little bit.” Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:17:00 GMT 20120109031045.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120109031045.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-06-CBS-EN-Pelley1.jpg On Friday's CBS Evening News, anchor Scott Pelley tagged Rick Santorum as the "very conservative Pennsylvania Senator" as he introduced a full report on the GOP presidential candidate's views on social issues. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:04:00 GMT 20120108080952.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120108080952.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-07-ABC-debate-steph1.jpg During Saturday's Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire host by ABC, co-moderator George Stephanopoulos bizarrely pressed candidate Mitt Romney on whether states should have the constitutional power to ban contraception. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:02:00 GMT 20120108073921.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120108073921.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-07-ABC-debate-Sawyer1.jpg During Saturday's GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire hosted by ABC, co-moderators Diane Sawyer of World News and local ABC affiliate anchor Josh McElveen posed questions from the left about gay rights issues. Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:31:00 GMT 20120108060717.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120108060717.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-06-PBS-IW-Thomas1.jpg Appearing as a panel member on Friday's Inside Washington on PBS, Politico's Evan Thomas - formerly of Newsweek - made claims about the existence of "angry, white, middle class" men in the Republican Party who are "seething." Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:58:00 GMT 20120106073427.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120106073427.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/AndrewRosenthal.jpg NYT Editorial Page Editor Andrew Rosenthal, prodded by criticism from The O'Reilly Factor, posted an update to his post offensively accusing House Speaker John Boehner of racism for asking Obama to delay an address to Congress. Rosenthal brought up his old favorite, the Willie Horton ad, and made a fresh and dubious claim of racism against Rick Santorum. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:34:00 GMT 20120106064902.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120106064902.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-06-CBS-Early-Gingrich dos.jpg CBS's Early Show repeatedly hit GOP candidate Newt Gingrich on Friday over his comments on African-Americans and food stamps. The network played the quote for African-American Congressman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and engaged Gingrich over the context, even accusing him of trying to start a class war. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:44:00 GMT 20120106064208.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120106064208.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-06-CNN-AC360-Santorum2.jpg On the campaign trail, Republican candidate Rick Santorum blurted out a word that sounded like "black" and was widely-criticized for making a generalization that black citizens rely on welfare. Though the transcript of the remark is not entirely certain, CNN's Anderson Cooper emphasized the comment anyway with a "Keeping Them Honest" report on his Thursday show. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:36:00 GMT 20120106052605.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120106052605.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-06-MSNBC-Bashir.jpg MSNBC's Martin Bashir on Friday offered an offensive, bewildering comparison, linking the murder of a black British teenager in 1993 to supposedly offensive comments by Republican presidential candidates in 2012. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:18:00 GMT 20120106024614.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120106024614.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-06-NBC-TDAY-Lauer.jpg On Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer highlighted The Boston Globe endorsement of Jon Huntsman, and noted how, "Joe Klein in Time magazine wrote this about him...'He has proposed the most thoughtful roster of policy initiatives of any candidate in the race.'" Lauer then wondered: "People say this guy is a great candidate. Why hasn't he broken through?...why aren't more people talking about him?" Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:41:00 GMT 20120106124916.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120106124916.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/CBSEN-Whitaker-2012-01-05-240.jpg An hour before CNN screamed “Breaking News” Thursday night over the Boston Globe’s endorsement of Jon Huntsman (basically for not being “pushed” to the right like Mitt Romney), the CBS Evening News trumpeted the presidential bid by Huntsman who “has flown under the radar, despite his impressive resume. He's the chopper-riding popular two-term Governor of Utah with a picture-perfect family...” Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:42:00 GMT 20120106101058.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120106101058.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-04-CNN-JK-Santorum2.jpg In a Wednesday interview with up-and-coming GOP candidate Rick Santorum, CNN's John King dug up a "controversial" 2003 interview Santorum had with the AP and then proceeded to misquote him on the matter of homosexuality. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:07:00 GMT 20120106124020.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120106124020.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/AC360-Santorum2.htm Determined to vet up-and-coming GOP candidate Rick Santorum, CNN's Gary Tuchmann chose Wednesday to pull a number of liberal attacks on the candidate's social beliefs and call it a report. Apparently for CNN, "scrutiny" entails digging up liberal talking points instead of studying a candidate's voting record and economic and foreign policy plans. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:32:00 GMT 20120105064226.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120105064226.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-05-MSNBC-HB-Matthews.jpg An angry Chris Matthews on Thursday denounced Rick Santorum, smearing the Republican as wanting a "theocracy" to "trump" the Constitution. The MSNBC anchor ranted about birth control after playing a clip of Santorum on Bill O'Reilly. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:35:00 GMT 20120105043358.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120105043358.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Jim_Rutenberg.jpg The New York Times used the word "conservative" 12 times in a campaign story from New Hampshire, but in 2008 reporter Michael Powell called Michael Dukakis a "pragmatist" and ultra-liberal politicians John Edwards, Ted Kennedy, and Jesse Jackson "populists." Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:33:00 GMT 20120105025753.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120105025753.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-05-NBC-TDAY-Curry.jpg On Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry predicted that following his strong finish in Iowa, Rick Santorum was "about to face the meat grinder of tough scrutiny for the first time." Turning to Meet the Press host David Gregory, she wondered: "So is he going to have to change his conservative message as he's looking...into New Hampshire, which is a much less conservative state, David?" Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:52:00 GMT 20120105024951.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120105024951.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-04-WN-champion.jpg World News' Diane Sawyer on Wednesday hailed a questionably legal recess appointment by Barack Obama, praising the incoming arrival of a "consumer champion" who will "help" Americans with their financial problems. The program offered no skepticism as to whether a new, unrestrained bureau could harm businesses in America. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:39:00 GMT 20120105084112.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120105084112.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-04-Heilemann1.jpg Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, New York magazine's John Heilemann - formerly of The New Yorker - made a gay joke about GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:36:00 GMT 20120105124721.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120105124721.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWorldNews-Kardashian-2012-01-04-240.jpg Showing how no left-wing effort to raise taxes is too silly or embarrassing for ABC News to embrace, World News on Wednesday night jumped to promote a Web video, created by a group founded by a former Howard Dean operative and “featured contributor” to the Huffington Post (Rick Jacobs), to impose a higher state income tax rate on Californians earning over $1 million. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:41:00 GMT 20120104061913.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120104061913.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-04-CNN-O'Brien-Romney2.jpg CNN's Soledad O'Brien tried to make race an issue on Tuesday where there was no conflict to begin with, and she continued thumping Republicans over immigration on Wednesday. O'Brien asked candidate Mitt Romney if he was simply driving Latino voters to Obama with his immigration stance, and brought up the issue again in a later interview. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:15:00 GMT 20120104043249.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120104043249.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Andrew_Rosenthal.jpg A new low for Times editor Andrew Rosenthal: "There has been a racist undertone to many of the Republican attacks leveled against President Obama for the last three years, and in this dawning presidential campaign...Some earlier examples include...House Speaker John Boehner rejecting Mr. Obama's request to speak to a joint session of Congress – the first such denial in the history of our republic." Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:32:00 GMT 20120104041608.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120104041608.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-04-CBS-TES-Romney.jpg CBS revealed its double standard in its treatment of Republican presidential candidates versus Democratic ones on Wednesday's Early Show, as Jim Axelrod and Nancy Cordes pressed Mitt Romney about the challenges ahead in the race the day after he won in Iowa. By contrast, then-anchor Katie Couric gushed over a "humanized" and "emotional" Hillary Clinton the day after the 2008 New Hampshire primary. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:09:00 GMT 20120104124746.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120104124746.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-03-NBC-NN-Brokaw.jpg On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Tom Brokaw asked Perry, Iowa resident Eddie Diaz: "Were you accepted right away by the community?" Brokaw explained: "Diaz is a Perry high school teacher, part of a growing Hispanic population....Eddie could go elsewhere, but he likes Perry, which he says is more moderate, politically and culturally, than the candidates realize." Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:42:00 GMT 20120104120627.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120104120627.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-04-ABC-GMA-Steph.jpg Former top Democratic operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday wondered if Mitt Romney's attempt to "reassure" conservative voters would end up "turning off" moderates and independent voters in a general election. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:55:00 GMT 20120104082422.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120104082422.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-03-MSNBC-Matthews1.jpg Tuesday night, MSNBC's Chris Matthews lumped "neocons" and the Moral Majority movement in with segregationist Dixiecrats, and called them the "droppings" and the "effluent" of the Democratic Party. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:19:00 GMT 20120103064823.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120103064823.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-03-CBS-Schieffer.jpg CBS's Bob Schieffer led his interview of Herman Cain on Tuesday's Early Show by asking, "Why did you accept the invitation?" Cain must have been wondering that himself by the end of the segment, as Schieffer and Norah O'Donnell conducted a hostile interrogation of the entrepreneur, pressing him about his qualifications to be secretary of defense, and even asked about the state of his marriage. Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:41:00 GMT 20120103063047.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120103063047.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-03-CNN-StartingPoint-O'Brien2.jpg In a provocative segment on Tuesday's Starting Point, CNN's Soledad O'Brien hit Republican candidates for not campaigning in Iowa's first majority Hispanic town. O'Brien failed to report that the town voted for Obama by a wide margin in 2008 and is one of 25 precincts in a county that produced only 1,226 GOP caucus goers in 2008. Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:25:00 GMT 20120103062201.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120103062201.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-03-CNN-StartingPoint-Bachmann2dos.jpg CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien has had a history of liberal bias – to a scale approaching activism – and she showed where her newest CNN show might be headed on Tuesday with a completely liberal double-standard in her interviews. Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:17:00 GMT 20120103051833.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120103051833.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/matthewssmile240.jpg At this time four years ago the liberal media was just starting its flirtation with Barack Obama in Iowa, while others still carried the torch for Hillary Clinton. On the eve before the Iowa caucus Chris Matthews, on Hardball, hoped that an Obama win in Iowa would send the message to the world that a "despised" America was truly ready to "change." Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:15:00 GMT 20120103050543.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120103050543.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-03-ABC-NL-Colmes.jpg Nightline co-host Terry Moran on Monday condemned the "cruel" and "inaccurate" attacks liberal Fox News anchor Alan Colmes made about Rick Santorum and the "crazy" way he handled the death of his newborn son. Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:58:00 GMT 20120103033750.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120103033750.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-01-NBC-MTP-Gregory.jpg On Sunday's Meet the Press, host David Gregory urged Rick Santorum to blame congressional Republicans for Washington gridlock: "...approval of Republicans in Congress, stands at 26%. That's far less than the President's approval rating....Do you fault Republican leaders in Congress for not doing more to make government work better, through more compromise with the President?" Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:32:00 GMT 20120103122435.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120103122435.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-03-ABC-GMA-Steph.jpg An indignant George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday demanded that Rick Santorum explain his harsh attacks on Barack Obama. After reading off a quote from the Republican presidential candidate and then listing the President's foreign policy accomplishments, Stephanopoulos defended, "How can you say he sided with our enemies on almost every foreign conflict?" Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:16:00 GMT 20120103113219.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120103113219.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2012-01-02-NBC-RC-GeistBloom.jpg Following correspondent Andrea Mitchell referring to Iowa as "Too white, too evangelical, too rural" on Sunday's NBC Nightly News, on Monday's Rock Center, correspondent Willie Geist spoke to University of Iowa Professor Stephen Bloom, who similarly fretted: "It's basically a white, very, very Christian state." Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:27:00 GMT 20120103090452.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120103090452.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/BestNQ-2011-fromPDFcover-260.jpg The fourth runners-up quotes in the MRC's “Best Notable Quotables of 2011: The Twenty-Fourth Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting.” In addition to discussions on numerous talk radio shows where hosts cited quotes or interviewed MRC representatives, the Best of NQ Awards issue has been highlighted by these outlets: Subject of 12/22 Hannity “Media Mash” with MRC President Brent Bozell, Steve Malzberg on Washington, DC’s WMAL devoted... Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:54:00 GMT 20120103083225.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120103083225.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/CBSEN-Reynolds-2012-01-02-240.jpg In a series of reports Monday night on how Republican presidential contenders plan to reduce the deficit, Dean Reynolds pleaded to Newt Gingrich: “Absolutely no tax increases?” He noted “critics are doubtful” about the impact of Gingrich’s plans to reduce regulations and cut federal spending: “They also say that to really reduce the deficit you would have to include some combination of spending cuts and tax increases.” Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:26:00 GMT 20120102034014.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2012/20120102034014.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/StahlCantor-storyboard-video240.jpg Three weeks after CBS’s 60 Minutes delivered a friendly sit-down with President Barack Obama, the show didn’t even attempt a matching approach to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Instead, Lesley Stahl relayed a portrait painted by liberals as she blamed him for “gridlock” and offered a caricature of Cantor as an “inflexible” ideologue putting Tea Party politics ahead of passing Obama’s beneficial policies. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:45:00 GMT 20111231102913.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111231102913.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-28-ABC-GMA-Harris1.jpg On Wednesday's Good Morning America, ABC staff could be heard laughing in the background when substitute news reader Dan Harris read part of HBO comedian Bill Maher's infamous tweet mocking Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow's religious beliefs. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:15:00 GMT 20111231085801.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111231085801.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-29-CBS-TES-Sanjayan1.jpg On Thursday's The Early Show, CBS hosted a guest who implicated climate change as one of the factors contributing to weather disasters in 2011, and he ended up warning of more droughts in the future. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:53:00 GMT 20111230111157.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111230111157.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/BestNQ-2011-fromPDFcover-260.jpg The third runners-up quotes in the MRC's “Best Notable Quotables of 2011: The Twenty-Fourth Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting.” Some categories: "Hopeless Dopes Award for Discrediting Obama’s Opponents," "Damn Those Conservatives Award," "The Grim Reaper Award for Saying Conservatives Want You to Die," "The Ku Klux Con Job Award for Smearing Conservatives with Phony Racism Charges," and "The Barbra Streisand Political IQ Award for Celebrity Vapidity." Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:53:00 GMT 20111230100553.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111230100553.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-30-NBC-T-Alexander1.jpg On Friday's Today show on NBC, correspondent Peter Alexander oddly referred to Gingrich's wife as his "third wife" in a story that otherwise had nothing to do with his marital history. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT 20111230091402.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111230091402.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-29-CNN-Keilar-ssm2.jpg In lieu of President Obama's Hawaiian vacation, CNN highlighted the plight of a Hawaiian same-sex couple that will legally celebrate a civil union come January 1st, but desires federal marriage benefits that do not apply to same-sex couples. In a one-sided and sympathetic report, White House correspondent Brianna Keilar painted the picture of a President who could make a gain at the voting booth if he legalizes same-sex marriage. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:10:00 GMT 20111230090857.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111230090857.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-29-ABC-Tapper-GOP2.jpg ABC News White House correspondent Jake Tapper apparently thinks the race is just about over for many campaigns before the Iowa caucus has even begun. On Thursday's Good Morning America, Tapper credited Mitt Romney's recent success in the polls with other campaigns "exploding" on the campaign trail. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:06:00 GMT 20111229092849.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111229092849.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-29-ABC-WN-poll1.jpg On Thursday's World News on ABC, substitute anchor David Muir brought up the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll numbers from Monday which at that time showed President Obama with a 47 percent approval rating and a 45 percent disapproval rating. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:20:00 GMT 20111229092601.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111229092601.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-29-NBC-T-Guthrie1.jpg As GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum appeared as a guest on Thursday's Today show on NBC, substitute co-host Savannah Guthrie focused on the former Pennsylvania Senator's views on abortion and contraception, and whether he would be able acceptable to "middle of the road voters." Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:22:00 GMT 20111229022410.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111229022410.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/BestNQ-2011-fromPDFcover-260.jpg The second runners-up quotes in the MRC's “Best Notable Quotables of 2011: The Twenty-Fourth Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting.” Some categories: "Tying Granny to the Train Tracks Award for Condemning Budget Cuts," "The Media Millionaires for Higher Taxes Award," "Occupy My Heart and Soul Award for Left-Wing Protest Promotion" and "MSNBC = Mean-Spirited, Nasty, Belligerent Chris Award." Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:10:00 GMT 20111228083301.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111228083301.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-28-CBS-EN-Glor1.jpg Wednesday's CBS Evening News featured a report by correspondent Mark Strassmann playing up the reservations that some are having about the new law to strictly enforce immigration laws in Alabama. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:30:00 GMT 20111228071301.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111228071301.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-27-ABC-GMA-Vargas1.jpg On Tuesday's Good Morning America on ABC, during an interview with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, substitute host Elizabeth Vargas singled out GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich as she asked if the former House Speaker is "fit to be President." Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:09:00 GMT 20111228070545.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111228070545.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-27-NBC-NN-Welker1.jpg The NBC Nightly News on Tuesday hyped recent Gallup Daily Tracking Poll numbers from Monday showing a slight improvement in President Obama's approval/disapproval numbers after House Republicans agreed to the payroll tax cut extension compromise. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:01:00 GMT 20111228065844.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111228065844.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-26-NBC-T-Fineman1.jpg Appearing as a guest on Monday's Today show on NBC, the Huffington Post's Howard Fineman - also of MSNBC and formerly of Newsweek - hyperbolically referred to "megalomania" in GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich in response to Gingrich's over the top comparison of Virginia's restrictive ballot access laws being like a Pearl Harbor attack on his campaign. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:54:00 GMT 20111228054732.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111228054732.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/BestNQ-2011-fromPDFcover-260.jpg The first runners-up quotes in the MRC's “Best Notable Quotables of 2011: The Twenty-Fourth Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting.” To determine this year’s winners, a panel of 48 radio talk show hosts, magazine editors, columnists, editorial writers, and expert media observers each selected their choices for the first, second and third best quote from a slate of five to eight quotes in each category. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:52:00 GMT 20111227044308.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111227044308.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Timeswatch_thumb_for_NB.jpg An environmental scientist eviscerates Justin Gillis's front-page article in the New York Times on extreme weather events and global warming as "perhaps the worst piece of reporting I've ever seen in the Times on climate change." Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:43:00 GMT 20111227041727.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111227041727.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/David_Barstow.jpg New York Times reporter David Barstow won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2008 investigation alleging the Pentagon breached ethics in its briefings of TV and radio military analysts. But a Pentagon report showing no wrongdoing by the program was buried on Page A20 Christmas Day, three weeks after being reported by the Washington Times. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:17:00 GMT 20111227122714.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111227122714.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/BestNQ-2011-fromPDFcover-260.jpg The winning quotes in the MRC's “Best Notable Quotables of 2011: The Twenty-Fourth Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting.” The awards issue was posted, with videos, on Monday, December 19. Today, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday -- the last weekdays of the year -- MRC.org’s BiasAlert will run the winning quotes followed on succeeding days by the runners-up. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:31:00 GMT 20111225021807.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111225021807.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-25-CBS-FTN-Cordes1.jpg On Sunday's Face the Nation on CBS, after asserting that in past years divided government "produced some really remarkable pieces of legislation," correspondent Nancy Cordes blamed Tea Party Republicans for less congressional success in enacting legislation this year. Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:05:00 GMT 20111225025950.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111225025950.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-24-NBC-NN-Holt1.jpg On Saturday's NBC Nightly News, as he recounted Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, correspondent Martin Fletcher relayed Palestinian complaints about Israel. Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:47:00 GMT 20111224044218.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111224044218.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-23-ABC-2020-Walters1.jpg During her interview with President and Mrs. Obama on Friday's 20/20, ABC's Barbara Walters made a point of contrasting GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's history of marital problems with the successful marriage of the First Family. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:37:00 GMT 20111224010850.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111224010850.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-25-NBC-T-Robach1.jpg As NBC co-anchor Amy Robach teased Saturday's Today show, she described the Republican House's passage of the Senate compromise to extend the payroll tax cut as President Obama scoring "a win for some 160 million workers." Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:03:00 GMT 20111224010231.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111224010231.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-25-PBS-IW-Thomas1.jpg On Friday's Inside Washington on PBS, Politico's Evan Thomas took a jab at Senate Republican Leader Mitch Mcconnell, suggesting that he is normally not "the good guy." Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:56:00 GMT 20111224120655.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111224120655.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-25-CBS-EN-Attkisson1.jpg On Friday's CBS Evening News, correspondent Sharyl Attkisson included a clip of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid directing a "lecture" at and blaming House Republicans for delaying the payroll tax cut deal, as she passed on his hope that they had "learned a lesson." Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:57:00 GMT 20111223010119.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111223010119.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-23-CBS-TES-Axelrod1.jpg As the broadcast network morning newscasts on Friday all reported on House Republicans backing down on a temporary extension of the payroll tax cut, the CBS team on The Early Show saw humor in the House GOP move as substitute co-anchor Jim Axelrod quipped that "the word of the day in Washington will be 'cave,'" evoking laughter. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:55:00 GMT 20111223124100.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111223124100.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-23-ABC-GMA-WaltersObama.jpg Barbara Walters, who famously asked Katherine Hepburn what type of tree she was, may have outdone herself in a slobbering interview with Michelle and Barack Obama. In previews of Friday's 20/20 segment, Walters asked the President, "If you were a superhero and you could have one super power, what would it be?" Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:34:00 GMT 20111222062748.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111222062748.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-22-CNN-AM-McCain2.jpg When Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) blamed not only President Obama but also members of his own party for the payroll tax standoff, CNN's Ali Velshi interjected that perhaps the senator was being too hard on the President. McCain had insisted earlier that previous presidents would have done more to get a deal through a divided Congress. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:23:00 GMT 20111222062127.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111222062127.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-22-CBS-TES-McCain dos.jpg In Thursday's interview with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Early Show co-host Chris Wragge asked if Republicans in Congress are basically helping President Obama get re-elected with their ongoing opposition to the Senate's two-month payroll tax cut extension plan. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:17:00 GMT 20111222085516.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111222085516.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-21-ABC-WN-Steph1.jpg Both ABC's World News and the NBC Nightly News on Wednesday took the time to celebrate the first time that a same-sex couple won the U.S. Navy's lottery that allows their welcome home kiss to be featured as the first photographed kiss. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:51:00 GMT 20111221045456.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111221045456.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-20-abc-nl-moran.jpg Nightline co-anchor Terry Moran on Tuesday huffed that Rick Perry's "controversial" ad, combined with a presidential campaign that could be seen as "denigrat[ing]" "non-Christians" and "gay veterans," might spell doom for the Republican candidate. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:46:00 GMT 20111221011243.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111221011243.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-21-CBS-Bachmann.jpg CBS's Erica Hill invoked an infamous Christmas season villain on Wednesday's Early Show, stating that "[House] Republicans...risk looking like the Grinch here four days before Christmas" for their refusal to sign onto the Senate's proposed two-month extension of the payroll tax holiday. Hill made that claim during an interview of Rep. Michele Bachmann, and pressed her about the payroll tax issue. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:44:00 GMT 20111221110620.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111221110620.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-21-NBC-TDAY-CurryBachmannVid.jpg On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry led off an interview with Congresswoman Michele Bachmann by wondering if House Speaker John Boehner was a liar or just incompetent: "Did House Speaker John Boehner mislead the Senate into thinking this payroll tax extension was a done deal? Or has he lost all control of Republican Tea Party members of the House?" Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:58:00 GMT 20111220055105.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111220055105.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-20-ABC-TheView.jpg According to The View's Whoopi Goldberg, communism is a "great concept" that "makes perfect sense" on paper. The comedienne and co-host made the rather astounding comment on Tuesday while discussing the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:45:00 GMT 20111220040904.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111220040904.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-20-CBS-TES-Adair.jpg Tuesday's Early Show on CBS brought on PolitiFact's Bill Adair to reveal what he labeled as the "biggest lie of the year" inside politics, which was "the claim by many Democrats that the Republicans voted to end Medicare." But CBS let Democratic operatives spout that falsehood several times without scrutiny earlier in 2011. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:52:00 GMT 20111220034721.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111220034721.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-19-NBC-RC-SmithVid.jpg On Monday's NBC Rock Center, correspondent Harry Smith began a story on an American-Muslim comedy troupe touring the American south by asserting to comedian Dean Obeidallah that, "A lot of Americans hate you." Obeidallah was slightly taken aback and replied: "I'm not sure how many actually hate me, but I know what you're getting at." Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:41:00 GMT 20111220011215.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111220011215.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-20-ABC-WN-payroll.jpg NBC and ABC on Monday and Tuesday knocked House Republicans for potentially "messing up" an extension of the payroll tax cut. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell derided this as "holiday cheer gone sour." Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:05:00 GMT 20111220104802.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111220104802.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-20-NBC-TDAY-Curry.jpg During a fawning interview with Bill Clinton on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry asked for the former President's thoughts on Newt Gingrich running for president: "You also, having worked with him, I'm wanting to know, putting aside politics, do you see Newt Gingrich as a man who has the temperament, the leadership qualities, to be President of the United States?" Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:41:00 GMT 20111220064153.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111220064153.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-25-MSNBC-TES-Schultz1.jpg On Monday's The Ed Show, MSNBC host Ed Schultz accused Republican presidential candidates of "fearmongering" on the issue of the danger posed by a nuclear Iran. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:37:00 GMT 20111219055556.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111219055556.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-18-CBS-Schieffer.jpg CBS's Bob Schieffer displayed his liberal leanings on Sunday's Face the Nation when he raised the issue of illegal immigration. Schieffer claimed during an interview of Newt Gingrich that "Mitt Romney has taken such a hard line, it seems to me, on immigration that some within the Republican Party are saying he is simply running off Hispanic voters." Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:31:00 -0400 20111219045514.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111219045514.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-19-ABC-GMA-Kimjongun.jpg Will the death of despotic dictator Kim Jong Il lead to less pandering and naive reporting on North Korea? Not if the past is any indicator. On September 19, 2005, CNN founder Ted Turner appeared on his own network to credulously insist that Kim "didn't look" evil. Turner proclaimed, "...He didn’t look too much different than most other people." Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:42:00 GMT 20111219042751.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111219042751.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-18-NBC-MTP-GregoryB.jpg In an interview with House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday's Meet the Press, host David Gregory blamed Republicans for blocking an extension of payroll tax cuts by supporting a new oil pipeline: "You want to say, 'Look, we'll extend it for a year if the President makes a quicker decision on this pipeline.' White House officials I've talked to say you are guaranteeing that he'll say no..." Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:22:00 GMT 20111219010326.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111219010326.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-19-ABC-GMA-Kimjongil.jpg A newly posted Time Life magazine photo montage showcased pictures of North Korea and touted photographer Christopher Morris comparing brutal dictator Kim Jong Il to the "very controlled environment" of George W. Bush's White House. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:56:00 GMT 20111219104636.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111219104636.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-18-NBC-MTP-GregoryBachmann.jpg As Congresswoman Michele Bachmann made the point on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday that the national debt has increased dramatically under President Obama compared to under President Bush, host David Gregory interrupted and attempted to dismiss that fact: "Congresswoman, that just misstates the record....For accuracy, the debt exploded under the Bush administration." Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:40:00 GMT 20111219083603.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111219083603.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-01-ABC-WN-Kerley1.jpg On Sunday, both morning and evening newscasts on ABC and NBC touted the Des Moines Register's endorsement of Mitt Romney as a boost for his campaign for President, in spite of the paper's left-wing tilt in a state where the Republican Party is predominantly conservative. While they did at least note the paper's liberal slant, both networks still played up the liberal endorsement. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:28:00 GMT 20111219065057.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111219065057.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ThisWeek-debatestage-2011-12-18-240.jpg In her next to last week hosting This Week, ABC’s Christiane Amanpour moderated a show-long debate, touted as “The Great American Debates,” devoted to the proposition: “There’s Too Much Government.” George Will and Congressman Paul Ryan took up the affirmative case, squaring off against Robert Reich and Congressman Barney Frank. But Amanpour was hardly neutral. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:46:00 GMT 20111219064157.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111219064157.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/girlinFrance=Sciutto-videostill-240.jpg “After 13 years with ABC News, correspondent Jim Sciutto is leaving the network and TV news. He’s moving to China where he’ll be Chief of Staff to U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke,” TVNewser’s Chris Ariens reported Thursday in noting the latest journalist to join the Obama administration, this time working for Locke, the former Democratic Governor of Washington. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:28:00 GMT 20111218100136.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111218100136.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-14-CNN-PMT-Brokaw1.jpg Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, as he discussed the Occupy Wall Street protests, former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw warned that a "class war" could develop unless "income inequality" is addressed. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:56:00 GMT 20111216120651.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111216120651.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-15-ABC-WN-Sawyer.jpg Both NBC and ABC's newscasts on Thursday highlighted outrage at the "accusations of abuse and bigotry" from "bully" sheriff Joe Arpaio. Faced with new claims from Barack Obama's Justice Department, the two networks played up dramatic attacks from critics. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:53:00 GMT 20111216114055.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111216114055.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-15-NBC-NN-Williams.jpg At the top of Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams sadly declared: "At a ceremony in Baghdad today, the Americans lowered the flag and it was a quiet ending to a war that went bad not long after its spectacular start." While Williams stressed the "high cost" of the war, citing figures of dead and wounded, the report that followed ignored accomplishments in the conflict. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:37:00 GMT 20111216065231.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111216065231.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-15-MSNBC-LW-Odo1.jpg On Thursday's Last Word, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell seemed to attack the U.S. military as he not only absurdly suggested that it was the military, rather than the President, that "chose" to stay in Iraq, and even recounted the number of Iraqi civilians killed by both the U.S. military and Iraqi insurgents combined. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:47:00 GMT 20111215062627.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111215062627.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-15-MSNBC-HB-Matthews.jpg MSNBC's Chris Matthews ran into trouble on Thursday when a local Iowa radio host mocked the TV personality: "I just want to make sure we're starting with some honesty. You're clearly working for the re-election of Barack Obama." WHO-AM's Simon Conway appeared on the December 15 Hardball and promptly started sparring with the liberal anchor. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:22:00 GMT 20111215053549.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111215053549.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-14-CBS-EN-Andrews.jpg CBS Evening News on Wednesday hyped the "early success" of a provision of ObamaCare which allows young adults under the age of 26 to stay on their parents' health care. Correspondent Wyatt Andrews spotlighted a young woman afflicted with Crohn's disease as an example of this apparent success, all the while failing to mention the liberal agenda of a "patient rights advocate" featured in his report. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:03:00 -0400 20111215050229.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111215050229.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-15-MSNBC-NL-Obama.jpg MSNBC's Thomas Roberts, who on Wednesday linked Mitt Romney to the Ku Klux Klan, on Thursday wondered if Barack Obama is headed for a "landslide" reelection. Teasing an interview, Roberts hyped, "I'm going to talk with a columnist who says the President could be headed for a landslide." Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:57:00 GMT 20111215010402.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111215010402.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-15-MSNBC-NL-Roberts.jpg Twenty four hours after linking Mitt Romney to the Ku Klux Klan, MSNBC's Thomas Roberts apologized for his "appalling" smear. The News Live host on Thursday waited until the show was 50 minutes over and then conceded, "During yesterday's 11am, we reported on a blog item that compared a phrase used by the Romney campaign to one used by the KKK in the 1920s." Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:57:00 GMT 20111215010207.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111215010207.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-14-NBC-NN-Williams.jpg Opening NBC's Nightly News on Wednesday, anchor Brian Williams touted the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq as an Obama administration accomplishment while slamming the war effort itself: "The President promised they'd be out by New Year's Eve and here they come....The war started with the event somebody called 'shock and awe' and it became a tragic and prolonged slog." Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:58:00 GMT 20111215074030.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111215074030.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-14-CNN-PMT-Brokaw1.jpg Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw recounted some of the rationale behind why the Bush administration believed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction before the invasion of Iraq, even noting that President Clinton had also believed in the presense of WMD. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:36:00 GMT 20111214061714.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111214061714.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-14-MSNBC-Hardball-KKK2.jpg MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Wednesday apologized for his network's "appalling lack of judgment" in comparing a Mitt Romney campaign slogan to the Ku Klux Klan. The Hardball host conceded, "It was irresponsible and incendiary of us to do this, and it showed an appalling lack of judgment. We apologize, we really do, to the Romney campaign." Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:09:00 GMT 20111214051417.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111214051417.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-14-CBS-TES-Reid.jpg On Wednesday's Early Show, CBS somehow thought a Democratic super PAC's cynical ad aimed at discouraging Republican primary voters from voting for Mitt Romney was newsworthy. Correspondent Chip Reid outlined that Romney's French-speaking ability might be "political poison," and cited how French fries were renamed "freedom fries" in 2003 and how John Kerry was accused of looking French in 2004. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:44:00 GMT 20111214105636.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111214105636.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-14-NBC-TDAY-CurryVid.jpg Following Time managing editor Rick Stengel revealing the magazine's "Person of the Year" to be "The Protester" on Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry attempted to compared the Arab Spring democracy movement in the Middle East to Occupy Wall Street: "Are there links between what had happened in the Arab Spring...and also what's happening now on Wall Street and all across this country?" Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:52:00 GMT 20111214061635.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111214061635.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-13-HLN-JBS-Goldberg1.jpg Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's Joy Behar Show on HLN, after complaining about Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's proposal to provide school children with work experience and the chance to earn money in their schools, Whoopi Goldberg joined host Behar in asserting that it was "racist" for Gingrich to speak of preventing children from becoming "pimps and prostitutes and drug dealers." Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:13:00 GMT 20111213070855.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111213070855.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-12-CNN-PiersMorgan-Obama2.jpg CNN's Piers Morgan easily could have been mistaken for Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod on his Monday night show. In two separate interviews -- with RNC chairman Reince Priebus and Hollywood Obama supporter Harvey Weinstein -- Morgan kept chipping in on behalf of the President's re-election in 2012. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:01:00 GMT 20111213070030.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111213070030.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-13-CNN-SitRoom-Harlow2.jpg CNN touted a study from the liberal Tax Policy Center claiming that Newt Gingrich's tax plan would increase the deficit. On Tuesday afternoon's The Situation Room, business correspondent Poppy Harlow simply labeled the Tax Policy Center "non-partisan" even though it is a joint venture of two liberal think tanks, the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institute. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:42:00 GMT 20111213055449.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111213055449.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-12-ABC-NL-Tebow.jpg Nightline co-anchor Terry Moran delivered a surprisingly positive assessment of Tim Tebow on Monday night, lauding the Christian quarterback as "inspired," "lifted up" and "strengthened" by "a power beyond his understanding." Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:34:00 GMT 20111213124955.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111213124955.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-13-ABC-GMA-romneynewt.jpg All three morning shows on Tuesday hyped the fight between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, but it was snarky John Berman who offered the most hyperbolic take, exclaiming on "Good Morning America," "Boom! Boom!" He added that the debate included, "political shivs and sharp elbows." Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:42:00 GMT 20111213115117.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111213115117.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-13-NBC-TDAY-Snyderman.jpg During a panel discussion on Tuesday's NBC Today, NBC chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman decried Mitt Romney proposing a $10,000 bet in the latest Republican debate: "I watched it live, and it was one of those moments where I immediately went [gasp] and you could just – even in your own living room, everything came to a halt. It was a disastrous move." Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:44:00 GMT 20111212065918.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111212065918.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-12-MSNBC-HB-Matthew.jpg Hardball's Chris Matthews on Monday spewed hatred for Newt Gingrich, excoriating him as voicing "deadly" contempt for Barack Obama. Matthews trashed, "He's a political killer, a gun for hire." Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:55:00 GMT 20111212055714.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111212055714.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Ging.jpg The New York Times devoted its front page to nullifying Newt Gingrich's “far-fetched” alarm over a nuclear threat - yet never questioned the most apocalyptic doomsday scenarios put forth by left-wing environmental activists. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:56:00 GMT 20111212053434.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111212053434.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-12-CBS-TES-Brown.jpg ABC, CBS, and NBC's morning shows on Monday all used news briefs to highlight how home improvement giant Lowe's is "facing a backlash" after it pulled its ads from TLC's All-American Muslim reality TV series. All three noted that the company reacted to a complaint from a "conservative" or "Christian" group who threatened a boycott. CBS's Early Show played up how Lowe's "critics call that bigotry." Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:56:00 GMT 20111212042359.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111212042359.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-11-CNN-ReliableSources-Frum2.jpg Faux-Republican David Frum took a shot at Fox News viewers on Sunday when he told CNN's Howard Kurtz that "people who watch a lot of Fox come away knowing a lot less about important world events." Frum's interview aired during the bottom half of the 11 a.m. hour of Reliable Sources. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:13:00 GMT 20111212024337.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111212024337.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-12-ABC-GMA-Romney.jpg All three morning shows on Monday hyped Mitt Romney's $10,000 wager from Saturday's Republican debate. Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos wondered just how "damaging" Romney's "bad bet" would be. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:35:00 GMT 20111212123426.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111212123426.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-12-NBC-TDAY-Koppel.jpg On Monday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer asked new NBC special correspondent Ted Koppel about the success of Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign: "He has said some very controversial things over the last month....Is being outspoken – and some would even say a little bit reckless – necessarily a bad thing in this election cycle?" Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:30:00 GMT 20111212085737.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111212085737.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/60Minutes-KroftObama-side-2011-12-11-240.jpg CBS’s Steve Kroft challenged President Barack Obama a few times during the two-part 60 Minutes interview aired Sunday night, but managed to ignore the scandals (Solyndra, Fast & Furious and collapse of MF Global run by ally Jon Corzine) while mostly cuing up Obama to knock down criticism of him or pressing him with complaints from the left that he hasn’t done or gone far enough: “They thought that you were gonna be bolder.” Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:53:00 GMT 20111212073704.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111212073704.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ThisWeek-Amanpourfists-2011-12-11-240.jpg ABC’s Christiane Amanpour just can’t comprehend why Jon Huntsman, with his “eminently sensible” anti-conservative positions, could be losing to Newt Gingrich who is full of “bombast” and “does say some pretty alarming things, some might say outrageous things.” More upsetting, Hunstman is supposedly “reversing” himself on those “eminently sensible positions.” Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:30:00 GMT 20111212065210.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111212065210.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-01-ABC-WN-Kerley1.jpg On Sunday's World News on ABC, correspondent David Kerley filed a report highlighting anti-Newt Gingrich comments from a number of Republicans who used to serve in the House of Representatives with the former Speaker. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:47:00 GMT 20111211012331.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111211012331.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-10-ABC-Debate-Muir1.jpg After ABC's Republican presidential debate on Saturday night, several members of the ABC team spoke of Mitt Romney's attempt to make a bet with Rick Perry about whether Perry was correct in asserting that Romney had advocated Massachusetts-style Romneycare as a model for the nation, with predictions that the $10,000 bet comment would hurt Romney with voters. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:20:00 GMT 20111210063055.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111210063055.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-10-CBS-TES-Mitch1.jpg ABC's Good Morning America and CBS's the The Early Show on Saturday, as well as Friday's World News on ABC, seized on GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry forgetting the name of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as the Texas governor criticized President Obama's tendency to appoint activist judges. As he teased Saturday's The Early Show, CBS anchor Russ Mitchell even asked, "How long can his presidential candidacy survive?" Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:25:00 GMT 20111210113503.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111210113503.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-08-NBC-NN-Kelly1.jpg Friday's NBC Nightly News ran a report touting the prospect that President Obama could portray the current Congress as a "Do-Nothing Congress," based primarily on the number of bills passed rather than delving into the issues addressed. Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:31:00 GMT 20111209052556.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111209052556.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-09-ABC-NL-RATS.jpg ABC's John Berman on Thursday continued his habit of trying to force stale, anti-conservative jokes into his reporting, mocking the pronunciation habits of former President George W. Bush. In a segment on subliminal ads that "mess with your brain," the correspondent rehashed Bush's 2000 "rats" ad. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:19:00 GMT 20111209045024.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111209045024.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/NPR-HQ-BA.jpg NPR's Yuki Noguchi and Lynn Neary completely omitted Jon Corzine's Democratic affiliation on Thursday's All Things Considered, while mentioning practically every other prominent occupation he has held- Goldman Sachs CEO, senator, governor, even 'multimillionaire.' On the other hand, Noguchi gave the Republican party ID of two representatives who questioned Corzine at a recent hearing. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:14:00 GMT 20111209031041.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111209031041.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-09-MSNBC-DR-Todd.jpg On Friday's The Daily Rundown on MSNBC, host Chuck Todd posed this question to guests Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post and Jonathan Martin of Politico: "Is this the single best week in the Obama re-election effort?" Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:07:00 GMT 20111209010058.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111209010058.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-09-ABC-GMA-Tapper.jpg According to Good Morning America's Jake Tapper on Friday, Mitt Romney is "Elmer Fudd" to Newt Gingrich's "Bugs Bunny." This remark came one day after the reporter made a vulgar joke that "Mitt happens." Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:55:00 GMT 20111209110558.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111209110558.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-09-NBC-TDAY-Todd.jpg On Friday's NBC Today, following a sound bite of President Obama attacking Republicans for using the word "appeasement" to describe his foreign policy, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd proclaimed: "I think [Obama] would love to have a foreign policy conversation. That's why you're not going to hear this much." Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:01:00 GMT 20111209091330.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111209091330.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWorldNews-Muir-2011-12-08-240.jpg “In the presidential campaign,” CBS anchor Scott Pelley announced Thursday night, “President Obama fired back today at Republican opponents who criticized his foreign policy using words like ‘timid,’ ‘weak’ and ‘appeasement.’” Over on ABC, fill-in anchor David Muir trumpeted “a very pointed response from President Obama.” Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:07:00 GMT 20111209082044.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111209082044.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-08-NBC-NN-Kelly1.jpg As the three broadcast network evening newscasts on Thursday reported former New Jersey Democratic Senator Jon Corzine's testimony before Congress on the billion dollars in investor money that went missing from the financial firm he once headed, only the NBC Nightly News took the time to label him as a Democrat. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:17:00 GMT 20111208113426.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111208113426.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-08-CBS-ES-Glor.jpg ABC, NBC, and CBS all reported on former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich receiving a 14-year prison sentence for corruption on their evening news programs on Wednesday and their morning shows on Thursday, but only CBS's Early Show gave his Democratic affiliation. ABC devoted only 3 news briefs total to the conviction, while NBC Nightly News and The Early Show aired full reports. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:35:00 GMT 20111208050041.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111208050041.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-07-NBC-NN-Williams.jpg At the top of Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams fretted: "The Obama administration blocks a plan to make the 'morning-after' pill more easily available to young girls. Is this about medicine, politics or something else?" Moments later, he proclaimed: "We begin tonight with this surprise decision that takes us right to the intersection of medicine, science and politics." Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:55:00 GMT 20111208112000.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111208112000.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-08-NBC-TDAY-Lauer.jpg In an interview with former Vice President Dan Quayle on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer pushed Quayle to admit that Mitt Romney was wrong to oppose Obama's auto bailout: "[He] said, 'You know what? Let Chrysler fail.'...There would have been thousands of jobs lost. Did he get it wrong? Did President Obama get it right by bailing out the auto industry?" Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:16:00 GMT 20111207060533.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111207060533.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-07-MSNBC-HB-Fineman.jpg Former Newsweek editor Howard Fineman on Wednesday trashed Newt Gingrich as a mad bomber, smearing, "...Newt's main appeal and his main skill is as a guy who knows exactly where to put the explosive device to blow up the bridge." Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:01:00 GMT 20111207050554.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111207050554.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/s-RON-FOURNIER-large1.jpg Former Associated Press writer Ron Fournier on Tuesday praised Barack Obama's call for higher taxes as "one of his best, a searing and historically poignant account of the greatest challenge of the American experiment: How do we give every citizen, rich or poor, a path to the good life?" Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:55:00 -0400 20111207045142.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111207045142.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-07-CBS-TES-Blago.jpg The Big Three network morning shows on Wednesday highlighted the upcoming sentencing of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, but only CBS's Early Show identified the disgraced politician as a Democrat and devoted a full segment to him. ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today omitted his party ID, and just gave news briefs on the convict's possible sentence. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:59:00 GMT 20111207041542.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111207041542.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-06-NBC-NN-Todd.jpg On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd promoted the President's speech in Osawatomie, Kansas calling for an extension of payroll tax cuts as "the Obama version of prairie populism" and touted how the commander in chief, "cast himself and the Democratic Party as the protectors of a middle class under Republican assault." Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:12:00 GMT 20111207122949.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111207122949.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-07-NBC-TDAY-CurryGibbsVid.jpg In an interview with Obama campaign advisor Robert Gibbs on Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry teed up the President's former press secretary with this softball: "In 2008, the President campaigned on this idea of hope and change....Can you give us one example of what the President has done that has inspired hope or created change in this country?" Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:24:00 GMT 20111207090837.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111207090837.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/NBCNightlyNews-crybaby-2011-12-06-240.jpg NBC anchor Brian Williams on Tuesday evening promised a look “back at some of the hits, runs and errors” of Newt Gingrich’s years as Speaker of the House, but other than a sentence from Lisa Myers about how “working with President Clinton, Gingrich piled up real achievements: a balanced budget, an historic welfare reform,” she focused her entire piece on how “his speakership also was marked by chaos, polarization, and incendiary remarks.” Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:15:00 GMT 20111207084044.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111207084044.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-05-NBC-RC-Smith.jpg On NBC's Rock Center on Monday, correspondent Harry Smith did a glowing profile of New York City Traffic Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, praising her as a "bold bureaucrat....on a mission to tame New York's mean streets. Her goal, untangle the gridlock and make it safer, greener and cleaner." Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:35:00 GMT 20111206061021.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111206061021.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Oakland_Burning.jpg The left-wing slogan from Occupy Wall Street has settled into the collective consciousness of the New York Times, infecting stories from food to travel to Coco Chanel. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:10:00 GMT 20111206061012.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111206061012.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-05-Morgan-Axelrod2.jpg Obama's re-election campaign received a huge boost Monday night from CNN's Piers Morgan. The host groveled before Obama's campaign strategist David Axelrod, gushing that "a lot of things are just perfect about Barack Obama." Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:06:00 GMT 20111206054020.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111206054020.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-06-CBS-TES-Bowers.jpg On Tuesday's Early Show, CBS's Cynthia Bowers let abortion advocates decry new pro-life legislation at the state level, barely letting supporters speak in her report. Bowers slanted by a three to one margin in the number of soundbites that she played from "abortion rights" supporters versus those from pro-lifers. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:08:00 GMT 20111206123615.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111206123615.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-06-CBS-TES-PlanteVid.jpg On Tuesday's CBS Early Show, White House correspondent Bill Plante hyped an upcoming speech by President Obama: "The President is going to Osawatomie, Kansas....where former President Teddy Roosevelt made a famous speech more than a century ago...it was a call for economic fairness, not unlike the President's own argument for taxing millionaires to extend the payroll tax cuts." Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:30:00 GMT 20111206094340.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111206094340.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-05-CNN-Borger-GOP2.jpg In its Monday afternoon coverage of the Congressional battle over extending the payroll tax cut, CNN repeatedly emphasized a Democratic advantage and claimed that the Democrats are acting like "conservative Republicans." Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:37:00 GMT 20111206093621.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111206093621.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-05-CNN-Lemon-Media2.jpg CNN's Don Lemon attacked the "classic GOP move" of claiming liberal media bias, on Sunday's 10 p.m. edition of Newsroom. The liberal CNN host lampooned Sarah Palin's "lamestream" media line and – rather sloppily – faulted the GOP candidates for their own travails. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:33:00 GMT 20111206090351.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111206090351.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-04-NBC-MTP-Gregory.jpg As NBC's Meet the Press panel ripped into Newt Gingrich on Sunday for his comments on poor children in inner cities lacking working role models, Manchester Union Leader publisher Joe McQuaid was the lone voice of dissent: "I think he gets a bum rap on the child labor thing." Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:58:00 GMT 20111206083842.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111206083842.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2010-10-04-CNN-PS-Sorkin.jpg A not so creative liberal fantasy. Dan Rather “got it right” in his 2004 story about President George W. Bush’s avoidance of National Guard duty, a hit piece discredited because of Rather’s reliance on forged documents, the President of the imaginary “UBS News”cable channel will declare in an upcoming HBO drama helmed by left-wing writer Aaron Sorkin. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:42:00 GMT 20111205064023.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111205064023.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-05-MSNBC-HB-Matthew.jpg According to Chris Matthews on Monday, the Republican presidential candidates are engaging in a "reign of terror" and "don't like democratic government." In a possible (though confusing) allusion to the toppling of Saddam Hussein, the Hardball anchor mocked, "These are guys who tear down statues. They don't put them up." Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:34:00 GMT 20111205051306.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111205051306.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-05-CBS-Dickerson.jpg On Monday's Early Show, CBS's John Dickerson and Time's Joe Klein harped on Newt Gingrich's overwhelming "liabilities." Klein hinted that the former House Speaker's ego would get the better of him: "This is a guy who cannot stand prosperity....[He] cannot control his ego when he is riding high." Dickerson played up how Gingrich's "negatives were very, very high when he left Washington in the mid-'90s." Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:27:00 GMT 20111205050334.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111205050334.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Jordan2.jpg A former top CNN executive who accused U.S. troops in Iraq of attempting to murder reporters will produce a Republican debate to be hosted by Donald Trump. As Michelle Malkin noted, a press release touted the "prestigious" and "top notch" job Eason Jordan will do. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:53:00 GMT 20111205042941.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111205042941.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-05-ABC-GMA-OWS.jpg According to Good Morning America's Josh Elliott on Monday, the Occupy "protests within sight of the White House turned violent over the weekend." Actually, the protests occurred at McPherson Square, two blocks from the White House and not in "sight" of it. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:23:00 GMT 20111205120235.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111205120235.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-05-NBC-TDAY-LauerTrump.jpg In an interview with Donald Trump on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer hit Newt Gingrich for pointing out that poor inner city children lack role models: "He made some controversial comments recently about the poor and jobs....Maureen Dowd in the Times on Sunday said, 'Has he not heard of the working poor?'" Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:00:00 GMT 20111202065321.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111202065321.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-02-CNN-Holmes-Newt2.jpg Apparently, Newt Gingrich wanting to employ students from poor neighborhoods and teach them job skills means that he believes they possess "no work ethic." CNN obliged to put words in the candidate's mouth during Friday's 1 p.m. news hour as its headlines slammed Gingrich's "controversial" statements. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:49:00 GMT 20111202064035.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111202064035.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-02-Media-Frank2.jpg Some members of the liberal media commemorated Rep. Barney Frank's (D-Mass.) retirement announcement by replaying his testy response to a CNSNews.com reporter about homosexuals showering with straight men in the military. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:36:00 GMT 20111202063531.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111202063531.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/2011-12-01-CNN-Avlon-Newt2.jpg During Thursday's Erin Burnett OutFront, CNN contributor John Avlon flagged candidate Newt Gingrich for an "excessive celebration" penalty. Gingrich, he claimed, was letting his recent success in the polls get to his head. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:30:00 GMT 20111202055701.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111202055701.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-02-MSNBC-Bashir-Rangel.jpg MSNBC's Martin Bashir on Friday offered tax evader Charlie Rangel the opportunity to deride Newt Gingrich for being insufficiently concerned about the poor. Talking to Rangel, who was censured on the floor of the House in 2010, Bashir implored, "As someone who represents a district in New York that includes some extremely poor neighborhoods, what's your reaction to Mr. Gingrich?" Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:46:00 GMT 20111202054951.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111202054951.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-02-CBS-Crawford.jpg CBS's Jan Crawford played up Newt Gingrich's "baggage" on Friday's Early Show, underlining how the Republican presidential candidate is "going to be hit hard for his ties to corporate interests, the ethics allegations...even his personal relationships- his adulterous affairs." Crawford also spotlighted the claim that only Herman Cain's "die-hard supporters...think that he can stay in this race." Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:29:00 GMT 20111202045631.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111202045631.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-01-NBC-NN-Williams.jpg On Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams fretted over comments made by Newt Gingrich about providing school jobs for inner-city students: "The Newt Gingrich that a lot of folks will remember from his speakership days back in the '90s was back on display making statements about controversial issues that left some of his critics slack-jawed." Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:53:00 GMT 20111202045405.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111202045405.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Brian_Stelter_2011.JPG Times media reporter Brian Stelter embraces the OWS and its ubiquitous slogan, making audacious historical comparisons: "Slogans have emerged from American protest movements, successful and otherwise, throughout history. The American Revolution furnished the world with 'Give me liberty or give me death'....The civil rights movement embraced the song 'We Shall Overcome' as a slogan." Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:46:00 GMT 20111202124523.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111202124523.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-02-MSNBC-MJ-MitchellVid.jpg On Friday's Morning Joe on MSNBC, Zbigniew Brzezinski, former Carter national security advisor and father of show co-host Mika Brzezinski, ranted: "The United States is becoming rapidly one of the most socially unjust societies in the world." Panelist NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell declared: "I agree with just about everything that Dr. Brzezinski has said..." Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:36:00 GMT 20111202122840.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111202122840.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-02-ABC-GMA-steph.jpg George Stephanopoulos, who did his best in the '90s to extract Bill Clinton from charges of infidelity, on Friday continued his attacks on Herman Cain. Stephanopoulos appeared to convict the Republican presidential candidate, referring to the latest accuser as Cain's "girlfriend." Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:20:00 GMT 20111202120340.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111202120340.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-02-NBC-TDAY-Jay-Z.jpg On Friday's NBC Today, MSNBC anchor Craig Melvin gushed over a new class at Georgetown University taught by liberal professor Michael Eric Dyson: "Race, class, gender, culture, all things that would be covered in most sociology classes and they're covered in Michael Eric Dyson's as well, but the issues are examined in a way that uniquely appeals to college students." Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:57:00 GMT 20111202090643.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111202090643.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-01-NBC-TDAY-CurryVid.jpg In an interview with Vice President Joe Biden in Iraq aired on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry depicted the war effort there as a failure: "In a war that was started to protect the world from weapons of mass destruction that were never found, can the United States claim victory?" Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:59:00 GMT 20111201023907.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111201023907.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-01-NBC-TDAY-LauerVid.jpg Introducing an interview with CEO Richard Branson about his new book, "Screw Business As Usual," on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer proclaimed: "...Sir Richard Branson argues the driving force behind capitalism should not be about making a profit, it's about caring for people, communities, and the planet." Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:27:00 GMT 20111201123853.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111201123853.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-12-01-ABC-GMA-Cain.jpg Good Morning America's reporters and hosts on Thursday continued to hype their own impact in the Herman Cain scandal. Co-anchor Robin Roberts gloated that Cain is "under a lot of pressure right now, facing so many questions after George [Stephanopoulos'] interview, Wednesday, with a woman who says she was his mistress for more than a decade." Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:28:00 -0400 20111130094712.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111130094712.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Sulzberger.jpg More hypocrisy at the Times, as the paper attacks wealthy heir Ronald Lauder for using tax avoidance strategies like trust funds, limited liability companies, and charitable giving, while the Sulzberger family that owns the NYT Co. does the exact same thing. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:45:00 GMT 20111130093139.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111130093139.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/KateZernike_CSPAN.jpg New York Times reporter Kate Zernike devotes a story to a poll showing cooling Tea Party support, suggesting the group's "hard-line" and "extreme" stance was "dragging down" the GOP. Meanwhile, the paper has completely ignored two polls showing a sharp downturn in the appeal of Occupy Wall Street. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:29:00 GMT 20111130062838.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111130062838.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-30-CNN-Holmes-OLA2.jpg CNN's T.J. Holmes, reporting Tuesday on the eviction of "Occupy Los Angeles" and the subsequent arrests of 200 protesters, simply numbered the arrests as totaling in the "dozens." Apparently for CNN, over 16 dozen arrests still merits the count of "dozens" rather than "scores" or even "hundreds" or simply "200." Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:23:00 GMT 20111130062216.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111130062216.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-30-CNN-Romo-DreamAct2.jpg After an illegal immigrant teenager killed himself allegedly because his lack of citizenship would derail his college dreams, CNN ran a segment on the "'Dream Act' Suicide" and asked his family about the importance of the liberal "Dream Act" to other illegal immigrant students. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:18:00 GMT 20111130054530.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111130054530.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-29-ABC-WN-Steph.jpg Former top Clinton aide turned journalist George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday derided Herman Cain for his lapses in "honesty" and "judgment." Asked by World News anchor Diane Sawyer if Cain can rebound from accusations of infidelity, Stephanopoulos declared, "No. I think this is it." Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:36:00 GMT 20111130040042.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111130040042.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-28-NBC-RC-ObamaFamily.jpg In an interview with President Obama's outgoing assistant Reggie Love on NBC's Rock Center Monday night, host Brian Williams fawned over the First Family: "...like a retro almost 1950s American family, that there's a – kind of a wholesomeness about them. They play board games, they play on the floor of the living room with the dog, they're not – the girls aren't allowed a lot of TV and social media." Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:56:00 GMT 20111130034829.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111130034829.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-30-NBC-TDAY-LauerPlouffe.jpg On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer interviewed Obama advisor David Plouffe and promoted liberal concerns that the administration had not pushed enough government economic programs: "Even the Democratic Mayor of Scranton, Christopher Dougherty, says that he'd hoped for more federal help under this Democratic administration, and it hasn't come." Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:41:00 GMT 20111130031318.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111130031318.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/1989-08-26-Oliphant240.jpg Barney Frank's retirement announcement could have come as early as 1989 but back then the liberal Democratic congressman from Massachusetts relied on the liberal attitudes of his constituents and his friends in the media to see him through a prostitution scandal, friends like the Boston Globe’s Tom Oliphant. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:10:00 GMT 20111130011208.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111130011208.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-30-NBC-TDAY-Curry.jpg In a live report from Baghdad on Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry described her arrival to the country with Vice President Biden: "Security is heavy amid an uptick in violence as the U.S. brings its divisive eight-year war in Iraq to an end. The Vice President timed his trip to the last days of America's war in Iraq." Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:08:00 GMT 20111130125509.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111130125509.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-30-ABC-GMA-cain.jpg George Stephanopoulos, who as a Democratic operative in the '90s coordinated with ABC to save Bill Clinton from scandal, on Wednesday teased an exclusive with Herman Cain's accuser, openly gloating, "Will our interview spell the end of the one-time front-runner's presidential bid?" Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:45:00 GMT 20111129033409.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111129033409.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-28-CNN-PiersMorgan-Rich2.jpg Liberal columnist Frank Rich claimed on Monday's Piers Morgan Tonight that the "radical right" which began during the Kennedy administration is now the base of the Republican Party. Both he and CNN's Piers Morgan also drew parallels between the environment which led to Kennedy's assassination and the politically-charged atmosphere now. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:26:00 GMT 20111129023847.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111129023847.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-29-NBC-TDAY-GuthrieFrank.jpg In a testy interview on Tuesday's NBC Today, fill-in co-host Savannah Guthrie avoided asking retiring Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank about his role in the collapse of the housing market and yet the liberal Democrat still complained: "You've managed to ask all sort of negative questions.....you're four for four in managing to find a negative approach." Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:30:00 GMT 20111129115933.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111129115933.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-29-CBS-ES-Cain.jpg All three morning shows on Tuesday trumpeted the latest woman to make accusations against Herman Cain, hyping this as a possible "death blow" and sign of coming "doom" for the "Sixth Sense" campaign. Ginger White insisted that she and Cain had engaged in a 13-year affair. CBS, unlike NBC and ABC, made no mention of the woman's past legal problems, which include claims of stalking. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:44:00 GMT 20111129090023.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111129090023.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWorldNews-Sawyer-2011-11-28-240.jpg “The first line in Barney Frank’s political epitaph,” The Weekly Standard’s Stephen Hayes predicted on Monday’s FNC Special Report upon news the longtime liberal Democratic Congressman won’t seek re-election, will “be the housing crisis.” But that isn’t what those who decide the first draft of history considered relevant. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:56:00 GMT 20111128060345.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111128060345.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-28-NBC-Morales.jpg The Big Three network morning shows on Monday all reported on the possible showdown between Occupy L.A. protesters and the LAPD. NBC's Today and CBS's Early Show highlighted that the left-leaning demonstrators held a "block party" as they defied law enforcement. All three media outlets also played up the supposedly "peaceful" nature of the protest, while ignoring other media reports of violence. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:39:00 GMT 20111128045254.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111128045254.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-28-CNN-Preston-Frank2.jpg Reporting on Monday morning that Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was not seeking re-election, CNN's political team whitewashed his controversial tenure in office with some fond words like "titan," "larger-than-life," and "teacher at heart." Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:48:00 GMT 20111128045204.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111128045204.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/Boyle_KKK.jpg Professor Kevin Boyle in the NYTimes: "Imagine a political movement created in a moment of terrible anxiety, its origins shrouded in a peculiar combination of manipulation and grass-roots mobilization, its ranks dominated by Christian conservatives and self-proclaimed patriots...with more than a whiff of racism wafting through it. No, not that movement." Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:52:00 GMT 20111128040854.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111128040854.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-27-ABC-GMA-Bachmann.jpg Good Morning America's David Kerley on Sunday ran down the attempts of various Republican candidates to become the "anti-Romney" choice, decrying the "disastrous" debate performance of Rick Perry and mocking Michele Bachmann's "historical flubs." Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:03:00 GMT 20111128011934.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111128011934.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-27-NBC-MTP-GregoryNorquist.jpg In an interview with Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, host David Gregory dismissed concerns that raising taxes could harm the economy: "But the notion that tax cuts or tax increases somehow impact economic growth, we know historically that's simply not the case....Isn't that one of the falsehoods that's peddled in Washington?" Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:13:00 GMT 20111127080941.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111127080941.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/MarkShanahan-BostonGlobe-240.jpg “Bring the Family: Looking for Adventure with the Kids” reads the tag line over a weekly series of tips to Boston Globe readers suggesting what to do with them on weekends. The headline announced the “what,” a bizarre recommendation to expose them to a volatile, unsanitary and politically heated situation: “Occupying Boston with the kids.” The who: “Globe reporter Mark Shanahan and his daughter, Julia.” Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:05:00 -0400 20111124045059.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111124045059.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-24-NBC-T-Quint1.jpg As Thursday's Today show on NBC gave attention to GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's support for allowing some illegal immigrants to gain legal residency status rather than face deportation, substitute co-anchor Carl Quintanilla asked correspondent John Harwood if the former House Speaker was "pandering" to gain votes in the general election. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:47:00 GMT 20111124025211.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111124025211.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-23-CBS-EN-Pelley1.jpg On Wednesday's CBS Evening News, correspondent Chip Reid filed a report which took a sympathetic look at a family of illegal immigrants in Alabama who fear enforcement of the state's new law against illegal immigration. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:47:00 GMT 20111123055005.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111123055005.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-23-CBS-Crawford.jpg CBS's Early Show on Wednesday boosted a claim by Democrats that a recent Mitt Romney ad takes a line from a 2008 speech by then-candidate Barack Obama out of context. However, CBS noted at that time that Obama was using that line to counter a McCain campaign ad which played up the Democrat's association with left-wing terrorist Bill Ayers. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:40:00 GMT 20111123013742.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111123013742.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/SmugWilliams.JPG Brian Williams could not suppress his smirk Tuesday night as he took a shot at a guest who had appeared earlier that day on CNBC. Businessman Ken Langone said President Obama's anti-business rhetoric and lack of leadership was preventing a true economic recovery from taking hold, exclaiming that "businessmen and fat cats need to feel like they're doing something good, not that they're villains and not that their criminals." In response, Williams carved out a full minute from from his Nightly News to regale viewers with a sarcastic shot at Langone from the left-wing Gawker.com: "Why should you make fat cats feel badly about getting fat, while the middle class taxpayers who financed that bailout slide into poverty?" Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:31:00 GMT 20111122063315.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111122063315.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-22-CNN-AM-Bachmann2.jpg CNN's Carol Costello asked Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on Tuesday if she "regretted" following God's "edict" to run for President. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:29:00 GMT 20111122062646.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111122062646.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-22-CNN-Baldwin-Huntsman2.jpg Was Brooke Baldwin's kid-glove treatment of candidate Jon Huntsman a harbinger of things to come in CNN's Tuesday night debate? The CNN host tossed the liberal media's favorite GOP candidate softball after softball in a Tuesday afternoon interview – while conservative candidate Michele Bachmann was asked Tuesday morning if she regretted running for president. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:22:00 GMT 20111122020055.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111122020055.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Cordes1121.JPG On Monday's CBS Evening News, correspondent Nancy Cordes listed only one cause of the supercommittee failure, how Republicans pushed "to make the Bush-era tax cuts permanent for everyone." And only one politician, Democratic Senator John Kerry, was permitted to frame the story: "This is not a tax cutting committee. This is a deficit reduction committee." But Republicans had proposed raising tax revenues by $300 billion, not a tax cut by any common-sense definition. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:53:00 GMT 20111122121351.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111122121351.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/Limbaugh-loadedwords-videostill-240.jpg Picking up on a blog post by a far-left group devoted to silencing Rush Limbaugh, ABC on Monday night dedicated an entire story to one word used by the radio host, a comment the other networks failed to find newsworthy. “Loaded words,” fill-in anchor Georgre Stephanopoulos ominously teased, “the First Lady booed at a NASCAR event. Now Rush Limbaugh weighs in, hurling a racially charged word at Michelle Obama.” Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:08:00 GMT 20111121062839.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111121062839.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-21-CNN-AM-Kyl2.jpg When CNN's Carol Costello admitted to Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) her inability to convince him that Republicans on the super committee didn't raise enough tax revenue, he simply responded that "your job is not to convince me." Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:20:00 GMT 20111121061842.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111121061842.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-21-CNN-AM-Norquist2.jpg CNN's Carol Costello borrowed from the Democrats on Monday's American Morning and demanded that conservative Grover Norquist explain why he wasn't "exactly what a lot of voters hate" about America's political system. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:13:00 GMT 20111121061107.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111121061107.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-21-CBS-TES-Hill.jpg CBS's Erica Hill urged "conservative activist" Grover Norquist to influence the members of Congress who have signed his no tax hikes pledge to consider raising taxes during an interview on Monday's Early Show: "There's still not a lot getting done in Washington, even with some of the compromise. So why not push those people to maybe do a little bit more?" Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:33:00 GMT 20111121052120.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111121052120.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-21-ABC-GMA-pepperspray.jpg The three network morning shows, which have been mostly ignoring crimes at the Occupy Wall Street protests, hyped the "ugly" and "disturbing" "outrage" of students at the University of California, Davis campus being sprayed with pepper. Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos interviewed the school's chancellor and repeatedly berated her about resigning. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:17:00 GMT 20111121010408.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111121010408.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-21-ABC-GMA-nascar.jpg Good Morning America's Josh Elliott on Monday repeated White House talking points in regard to the booing of Michelle Obama at a NASCAR event on Sunday. News reader Elliott played a clip of the booing and then parroted, "The White House says it was a chaotic event. It was not clear, perhaps, what the boos were specifically for." Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:58:00 GMT 20111121123232.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111121123232.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-20-NBC-MTP-Gregory.jpg While grilling Arizona Senator Jon Kyl on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, host David Gregory tried to bolster the argument for tax increases: "The Bush tax cuts...real deficit hawks, many of them happening to be Republicans....said let them all expire for everybody. For the rich, for the middle class. If you really want to get serious about the deficit, let the Bush tax cuts expire for everybody." Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:24:00 GMT 20111120043501.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111120043501.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/FaceNation-ToomeySchieffer-2011-11-20-240.jpg Highlighting Grover Norquist’s upcoming appearance on 60 Minutes, CBS’s Bob Schieffer, on Face the Nation, pointed to the anti-tax hike pledge Norquist asks politicians to sign as “one of the problems” undermining the failed “super-committee.” Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:30:00 GMT 20111118045651.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111118045651.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-18-CBS-Attkisson.jpg On Friday, CBS's Early Show was the only Big Three morning show to cover Energy Secretary Steven Chu's testimony before a congressional hearing on the $528 million loan to the bankrupt solar panel company Solyndra. NBC previewed the hearing on Thursday's Today show, but avoided it the following morning. ABC's GMA completely ignored it both days. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:40:00 GMT 20111118032303.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111118032303.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-17-NBC-NN-WilliamsPizza.jpg At the top of Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams scolded Congress for opposing new Obama administration regulations on school lunches: "And out to lunch. Does pizza really look like a vegetable to anybody? The better question may be what does Congress have against healthier lunches for kids?" Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:17:00 GMT 20111118095107.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111118095107.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-18-NBC-TDAY-Todd.jpg In a portion of a softball interview with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aired on Friday's NBC Today, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd invited her to bash the Republican field of 2012 candidates as he skeptically wondered: "Any of these Republican presidential candidates ready to answer the 3:00 a.m. phone call?" Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:45:00 GMT 20111118085144.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111118085144.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWorldNews-massivecrowd-2011-11-17-240.jpg ABC anchor David Muir hyped “masses of people taking to the streets here in New York City,” before Dan Harris referenced “this massive protest march tonight” and “this big protest.” Yet on CBS, Jim Axelrod noted how though “organizers promised tens of thousands demonstrators disrupting business as usual here in New York,” they didn’t show up: “Frankly, we’ve seen a fraction of that number -- closer to a thousand.” Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:45:00 GMT 20111117070907.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111117070907.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-17-MSNBC-HB-Matthews.jpg Chris Matthews, who has repeatedly denounced the "hateful" Tea Partiers and once compared them to the Muslim Brotherhood, admitted on Thursday that the conservative protesters have "a point." The admission came during an attempt to suggest that both the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street have failings. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:06:00 -0400 20111117062825.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111117062825.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-16-CNN-Morgan-Huntsman2 dos.jpg CNN's Piers Morgan provided some honey-tongued flattery for the liberal media's favorite Republican candidate, John Huntsman, on Wednesday. Morgan lauded Huntsman's foreign policy credentials as "very impressive" and blistered the rest of the GOP field as far less competent. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:23:00 GMT 20111117050246.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111117050246.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-16-ODonnell.jpg According to Politico, Barack Obama's "lazy" gaffe is "catching fire," but you wouldn't know that if you got your news from the major networks. The President's remark, made at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in Hawaii on November 12, that "We've been a little bit lazy" in attracting "new business into America" received a grand total of just 36 seconds on the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) morning and evening news shows. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:58:00 GMT 20111117045252.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111117045252.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-17-ABC-GMA-Pope.jpg The network morning shows on Thursday took a mostly light-hearted look at clothing company Benetton's ad campaign featuring the Pope kissing a Muslim cleric. The ads, which have now been pulled under legal pressure, were summarized by Good Morning America's Josh Elliott. He parroted, "It was part of Benetton 's Unhate campaign, challenging people to have the courage not to hate." Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:44:00 GMT 20111117044020.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111117044020.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Michael_Shear.JPG A day after Times Watch noted its omission, Obama's "57 states" flub finally appears in a New York Times news story: "And Democrats have made plenty of gaffes in the past, including President Obama, who once said he had visited 57 states." Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:40:00 GMT 20111117040953.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111117040953.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-17-CBS-TES-Wragge.jpg CBS's Chris Wragge spotlighted a millionaire's bid to raise taxes on the rich on Thursday's Early Show, all the while omitting that his guest is a big money donor to liberal candidates like Al Franken and to Moveon.org. Wragge didn't bring on any opponents of higher taxes, nor did he play sound bites from them. Instead, he played three clips from proponents, including former Clinton aide Robert Reich. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:04:00 GMT 20111117023850.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111117023850.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-6-ABC-WN-Gingrich.jpg ABC's World News on Wednesday and Good Morning America on Thursday both reported on the revelation that Newt Gingrich received almost $2 million while consulting for Freddie Mac over an eight year span. Yet, the network ignored the fact that the company (with a Democratic President) is still giving massive bonuses and will now be asking the federal government for an additional $6 billion. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:28:00 GMT 20111117111432.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111117111432.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-17-NBC-NN-Williams.jpg As reports started coming out on Wednesday on the search for White House shooting suspect Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, one common detail was mentioned, including in The New York Times: "Late on Friday, the police searched the Occupy DC protest camp...after reports that the suspect might have spent time there." NBC, ABC, and CBS left that fact out of their evening and morning coverage of his arrest. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:09:00 GMT 20111116074955.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111116074955.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Zeleny.jpg There they go again. Reporters Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg: "The easy treatment of Mr. Romney has also allowed him to avoid getting mired in promises to the far right wing of his party...." Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:49:00 GMT 20111116072744.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111116072744.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Timeswatch_thumb_for_NB.jpg The New York Times Sunday Review, more left-wing every week. Contributor Harold Bloom: "Our Great Emancipator of Selfishness, President Ronald Reagan...appropriated anyway as the archangel of American spiritualized greed." Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:27:00 GMT 20111116063902.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111116063902.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-16-CNN-Malveaux-VanJones2 dos.jpg By noon on Wednesday, CNN had already hosted a Wall Street protester and a leftist "community organizer" to talk about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Anchor Suzanne Malveaux then interviewed Van Jones, former Obama-appointee and Marxist, and told him he'd make a "good spokesperson" for the Occupy movement. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:32:00 GMT 20111116062923.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111116062923.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-16-CNN-SitRoom-Cain2.jpg Seeking to breathe new life into the political damage of unproven sexual harassment charges against Herman Cain, CNN's Lisa Sylvester presented viewers with a "developing story" in the 4 p.m. hour of The Situation Room entitled "Is Cain the Anti-Women Candidate?" Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:11:00 GMT 20111116034943.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111116034943.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-16-CNN-AM-Kohn2.jpg CNN guest and "community organizer" Sally Kohn compared the Occupy Wall Street movement to the Boston Tea Party on Wednesday's American Morning. When asked about "fair criticisms" of the movement as one possessing criminal elements, Kohn responded that the Boston Tea Party was viewed as a criminal element in its day, but was vindicated by history. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:46:00 GMT 20111116024644.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111116024644.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-16-CBS-Bachmann.jpg On Wednesday's Early Show, CBS's Erica Hill pressed Rep. Michele Bachmann during an interview about her attack on Newt Gingrich for his notorious 2008 commercial with Nancy Pelosi on climate change: "Why is that a bad thing, to try to work across the aisle?" This came just two days after the morning show wondered if Gingrich himself needed to "play a little more dirty...to win the bid." Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:31:00 GMT 20111116012129.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111116012129.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-15-ABC-WN-Harris.jpg Now that Democratic mayors have turned on the Occupy Wall Street crowd, several media outlets have adopted a more critical tone, highlighting crime and squalor at such protests. A front-page Washington Post story on Wednesday wondered, "Is this an occupation or an infestation?" Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:14:00 GMT 20111116115601.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111116115601.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-16-NBC-TDAY-CurryTodd.jpg On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry asked chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd about Herman Cain's long pause when answering a question about Libya: "How much do you think this new video is expected to add to Herman Cain's current slip already in the polls?" Todd proclaimed: "I think it's close to being the disqualifying moment for his campaign." Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:51:00 GMT 20111115074907.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111115074907.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-15-CNN-Lothian-Obama2.jpg CNN's White House correspondent Dan Lothian made headlines with his ridiculous softball question to President Obama on Sunday. However, as NewsBusters has documented, Lothian has posed such a soft question to Obama before, and has shown some liberal bias in his past reporting. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:44:00 GMT 20111115074328.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111115074328.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/2011-11-15-CNN-Baldwin-ODC2 dos.jpg On Tuesday afternoon's Newsroom, CNN ran a positive segment on Occupy D.C. at Freedom Plaza and touted the protest's "rules and regulations." In what could have passed for an advertisement for the protest, anchor Brooke Baldwin held up to the camera the protest's application for prospective occupiers, remarking "how about that?" over its stipulations. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:38:00 GMT 20111115073609.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111115073609.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-15-CNN-Harlow-OWS dos.jpg CNN's Poppy Harlow asked an Occupy Wall Street protester on Tuesday if the movement was "at that scale" of the civil rights movement, and if the cause was "as important" as civil rights. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:30:00 GMT 20111115062406.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111115062406.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-15-MSNBC-HB-Matthews.jpg MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews isn't one for subtlety. On Tuesday's show he summarized the problems with the 2012 GOP presidential field as this: "They hate....They hate so much they are not in the mood to fall in love with a candidate or even fall in behind someone." Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:17:00 GMT 20111115055823.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111115055823.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-15-CBS-Hill.jpg CBS's Erica Hill tossed softballs at a survivor of the Tucson shooting and the executive director of a pro-gun control group on Tuesday's Early Show, just hours before they were due to speak at a congressional hearing to promote tighter gun regulations. Hill played up fellow survivor Rep. Gabrielle Giffords's recent interview and asked, "What does that do to you and to this cause that you have now adopted?" Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:55:00 GMT 20111115042751.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111115042751.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-14-NBC-NN-Williams.jpg While NBC, ABC, and CBS all reported on the Supreme Court's decision Monday to rule on the constitutionality of ObamaCare, none of the coverage made any mention of calls for liberal Justice Elena Kagan to recuse herself from the case due to her advocacy for the legislation as Obama's solicitor general. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:22:00 GMT 20111115034306.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111115034306.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-15-OWSProtestor.jpg Through the month of October, as this MRC study found, the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks completely ignored the numerous charges of sexual assaults at OWS protests on their evening and morning news shows. In fact, it wasn’t until this weekend that one and only one network, ABC reported on the rape of a woman in Philadelphia, and that was only after that city’s Democratic Mayor Michael Nutter expressed concern about safety. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:34:00 GMT 20111115011640.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111115011640.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-14-NBC-RC-SnowVid.jpg On Monday's Rock Center on NBC, correspondent Kate Snow savaged Alabama's new immigration law, touting left-wing historian Wayne Flynt comparing it to the racism of the 1960s: "This is just mean-spirited. This is – this is finding the most vulnerable people within a society....it's like the blacks in 1963 who could not vote in Alabama." Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:11:00 GMT 20111115122423.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111115122423.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-15-ABC-GMA-Cain.jpg All three morning shows on Tuesday and the evening newscasts on Monday pounced on an "awkward" Herman Cain interview that questioned the Republican's "readiness to be commander in chief." Combined, the programs offered 11 segments on the subject. The same networks have yet to investigate Barack Obama's arrogant assertion that America has gotten "lazy" in regard to foreign investments. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:19:00 GMT 20111114071215.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111114071215.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/2011-11-14-CNN-AM-Makana2 dos.jpg Multiple times on Tuesday, CNN touted a musician who quietly played a song about Occupy Wall Street at an APEC dinner attended by President Obama and other world leaders. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:06:00 GMT 20111114070059.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111114070059.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-14-CNN-SitRoom-Pizza dos.jpg On Monday's The Situation Room, CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked a female guest if she had a "problem" with Herman Cain's comment about a "manly" man not eating pizza loaded with vegetables. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:58:00 GMT 20111114054527.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111114054527.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-14-ABC-GMA-Roberts.jpg Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts bashed her own network, Monday, decrying GMA's obsession with tabloid stories. In a Daily Beast article, she lamented, "I’ll be honest, it’s been an adjustment for me, the lighter fare...I want to be No. 1. I don’t want to sell my soul to the devil to be No. 1." Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:37:00 -0400 20111114040708.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111114040708.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-14-CBS-Schieffer.jpg On Monday's Early Show, CBS's Rebecca Jarvis wondered if Newt Gingrich would "have to play a little more dirty...to take on the other GOP contenders to win the bid." Bob Schieffer replied cynically that Gingrich would "save his criticism for attacking the media, which is always the safe thing to do." Chris Wragge prompted the former Speaker to criticize Herman Cain and Rick Perry on Friday, but he didn't bite. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:48:00 GMT 20111114030537.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111114030537.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-13-NBC-PP-GregoryDodd.jpg Interviewing former Democratic Senator Chris Dodd on Sunday for Meet the Press's Press Pass, host David Gregory described Dodd's exit from politics this way: "...you stepped out of politics, and one of the things that you were really disappointed about what – the state of the politics in Washington, the inability to compromise, the venomous relationship in Washington..." Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:59:00 GMT 20111114124406.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111114124406.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-14-ABC-GMA-Maher.jpg Appearing on ABC's Good Morning America, Monday, to shill for his latest book, Bill Maher told George Stephanopoulos he's rooting for Mitt Romney to win the Republican nomination. "At least he eats with a knife and fork. I mean, he is all that stands between us and the rise of the apes." Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:29:00 GMT 20111114120834.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111114120834.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-13-NBC-MTP-GregoryBachmann.jpg On Sunday's Meet the Press, host David Gregory grilled Michele Bachmann about her advocating the reinstatement of waterboarding terror suspects: "...you understand that puts you at odds with most of the generals, okay? The former Republican nominee of your party John McCain, General Colin Powell, you realize you're on the opposite end of what they believe. Do you not trust them and their views?" Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:05:00 GMT 20111113011006.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111113011006.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-13-NBC-T-Gregory1.jpg Appearing on the Sunday, November 13, Today show on NBC to discuss Saturday night's GOP presidential debate that focused on foreign policy, Meet the Press host David Gregory suggested that, because President Obama's foreign policy, "by a lot of accounts," has been "very successful," the Republican candidates may not be so eager to go after Obama in that realm. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:05:00 GMT 20111113125757.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111113125757.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-13-ABC-GMA-Bianna1.jpg On Sunday's Good Morning America, ABC co-host Bianna Golodryga declared that "it seems Americans still can't forget" GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry's "53-second brain freeze" from last week's debate as she and This Week host Christiane Amanpour discussed Saturday night's GOP debate hosted by CBS News. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:51:00 GMT 20111111053253.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111111053253.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-10-CNN-Stengel-Clinton2.jpg In a recent interview, Time magazine's Richard Stengel asked former President Bill Clinton why he was not a Tea Party "hero." Stengel's "criteria" were that Clinton oversaw a balanced budget and cuts to the rate of growth of the federal government. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:23:00 GMT 20111111044058.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111111044058.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-10-CBS-EN-Pelley.jpg ABC and NBC completely ignored a decision by the Obama administration that could kill up to 20,000 jobs. Only CBS's Evening News on Thursday reported that a proposed oil pipeline from Canada to Texas has been delayed until after the presidential election due to environmental concerns. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:35:00 GMT 20111111040209.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111111040209.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-10-NBC-TS-Matthews2.jpg Appearing on Thursday's Tonight Show, MSNBC's Chris Matthews went after the Republican presidential candidates one by one, asserting Herman Cain's "bad, bad behavior" with women, Rick Perry being "not even competent to be in this – on that stage," and a "hypnotized" Michele Bachmann being a "strange person." Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:57:00 GMT 20111111033819.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111111033819.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-10-Stewart240.jpg Jon Stewart, on Thursday's Daily Show, repeatedly mocked Rick Perry for his, as he put it, "brain turd" moment at this week's CNBC debate. Jon Stewart, on Thursday's Daily Show, repeatedly mocked Rick Perry for his, as he put it, "brain turd" moment at this week's CNBC debate. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:32:00 GMT 20111111123320.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111111123320.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-11-ABC-GMA-Perry.jpg Good Morning America's John Berman on Friday made no effort to hide his derision of Rick Perry, noting that former FEMA Director Joe Allbaugh is running his campaign. Berman openly mocked, "...[Allbaugh] ran FEMA. So, he knows how to recover from disasters, Robin." Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:26:00 GMT 20111111114511.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111111114511.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-11-NBC-TDAY-Morales.jpg On Friday, both NBC's Today and CBS's The Early Show offered news briefs on two deadly shooting incidents at two separate Occupy Wall Street protests Thursday night, while ABC's Good Morning America failed to make any mention of the deaths. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:41:00 GMT 20111111082558.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111111082558.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-10-CNN-PMT-Morgan1.jpg As he interviewed former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday's Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN host Piers Morgan seemed to suggest that the war against Muammar Gadhafi's regime in Libya was perhaps better run than the war in Iraq, and went on to ask Powell if he felt "used" when he presented to the United Nations the Bush administration's case for invading Iraq. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:23:00 GMT 20111110054120.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111110054120.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/2011-11-10-CNN-AM-Perry3.jpg The same network that treated then-candidate Obama with kid gloves about Reverend Wright demanded Rick Perry to explain how his campaign wasn't finished, in his interview on CNN's American Morning on Thursday. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:35:00 GMT 20111110053309.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111110053309.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-09-CNN-PiersMorgan-Obama2.jpg In a Wednesday interview with the White House communications director, CNN's Piers Morgan gushed over President Obama's "extraordinary" demeanor and praised Obama as "confident" and "assured." Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:26:00 GMT 20111110050525.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111110050525.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-10-ABC-GMA-Rickperry.jpg After 117 stories over ten days, what would it take for the big three networks to ease up on their unending obsession with the Herman Cain sexual harassment story? The opportunity to go after another Republican, this time Rick Perry. From Wednesday night's evening newscasts through the Thursday morning shows, there were only two Cain stories (bringing the total to 119). Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:57:00 GMT 20111110115645.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111110115645.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-10-NBC-TDAY-CurryPerryVid.jpg Interviewing Texas Governor Rick Perry on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry asked the Republican presidential candidate about a flub in Wednesday's CNBC debate and wondered: "One of your fundraisers told The Wall Street Journal, simply, 'He just ended his campaign.' Have you thought about ending your campaign? Are you staying in this race, sir?" Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:45:00 GMT 20111110114729.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111110114729.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-10-MSNBC-Bartiromo.jpg During Wednesday night's presidential debate, Newt Gingrich could barely restrain his amusement as co-moderator Maria Bartiromo defended the liberal media's reporting of the economy. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:37:00 GMT 20111110094954.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111110094954.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-09-CNN-Montage-Elections2.jpg During Wednesday’s post-election coverage, CNN largely ignored conservative ballot victories in Mississippi and Ohio and Republican gains in Virginia, rather focusing on two conservative ballot measures which were defeated at the polls. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:43:00 GMT 20111109090534.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111109090534.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWorldNews-repealed-2011-11-09-240.jpg Conservatives had some significant victories in Tuesday’s scattered elections across the country, but the broadcast network evening newscasts on Wednesday night – with the exception of one topic on NBC – decided to only highlight, as did the morning shows earlier in the day, setbacks for conservatives. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:02:00 GMT 20111109075858.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111109075858.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-09-CBS-Crosby.jpg Elaine Quijano continued CBS's consistently glowing coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement on Wednesday's Early Show by spotlighting how two-thirds of Crosby, Stills, and Nash gave a concert for the protesters in New York City. Quijano played 12 clips from the concert and from the demonstrators, without once mentioning the growing examples of violence involving the left-leaning movement. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:23:00 GMT 20111109061901.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111109061901.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-09-MSNBC-HB-Matthews.jpg According to Chris Matthews, Tuesday's off-year elections were a big win for liberalism. The MSNBC host proclaimed, "From Ohio to Mississippi, from Arizona to New Jersey to Maine and beyond, most voters went the Democrats' way." In fact, Republicans and conservatism won big victories in several states, including Mississippi, Virginia and Ohio. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:14:00 GMT 20111109045707.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111109045707.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-08-Pelley240.jpg NBC and ABC in their evening and morning newscasts completely ignored the grilling Eric Holder received on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, over his role in the Fast and Furious scandal. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:55:00 GMT 20111109044256.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111109044256.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-09-NBC-TDAY-Gregory.jpg Appearing on Wednesday's NBC Today, Meet the Press host David Gregory discussed the political fallout of sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain and the possibility of the Republican presidential candidate being urged to drop out, declaring: "Well, there is no, you know, grand wizard in the party right now who can really force the issue." Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:38:00 GMT 20111109043123.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111109043123.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/JohnHarwood.jpg Before being tapped to be one of the moderators at CNBC's upcoming Republican presidential debate, John Harwood was ranting against the GOP for causing the summer debt crisis. Appearing on NBC's Today in July, Harwood warned: "...the House Republican caucus...would not accept what President Obama needed to make a deal...It's crazy politics, what they're doing..." Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:28:00 -0400 20111109030333.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111109030333.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-09-NBC-TDAY-Morales.jpg On Wednesday, all three network morning shows found time to tout the defeat of an Ohio law curbing union power in Tuesday's election, while ignoring passage of another ballot initiative that made the ObamaCare heath insurance mandate illegal in the state. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:58:00 GMT 20111109011527.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111109011527.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-09-NBC-TDY-Bialek.jpg Good Morning America's Brian Ross on Wednesday highlighted fears that Herman Cain supporters might physically attack the women who have accused the Republican of sexual harassment. Meanwhile, the total number of Cain harassment stories reached an astonishing 117 in less than 10 days. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:07:00 GMT 20111108053940.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111108053940.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-08-CNN-AM-Costello.jpg The same networks that ignored sexual allegations against Democrats for months all leaped on Tuesday to interview Sharon Bialek and her liberal advocate Gloria Allred on the morning after she came forward. Between them, ABC, CBS, CNN, and NBC devoted over 21 minutes to Bialek, who accused GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain of groping her over a decade ago. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:31:00 GMT 20111108044506.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111108044506.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-07-NBC-RC-Lewis.jpg Talking to liberal author Michael Lewis on Monday's Rock Center on NBC about the Greek financial crisis, anchor Brian Williams wondered: "...what's the one thing you want to shout from the mountaintops, a message that is in all of your books that people aren't hearing, aren't paying attention to?" Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:41:00 GMT 20111108041935.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111108041935.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-08-ABC-GMA-Elliott.jpg The CBS and NBC morning shows on Tuesday both ignored an embarrassing gaffe committed by Barack Obama: Being caught on an open mic, mocking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Only ABC's Good Morning America covered it with a single news brief. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:13:00 GMT 20111108011004.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111108011004.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-07-ABC-WN-Cain.jpg In only eight and a half days, NBC, CBS and ABC have devoted a staggering 99 stories to sexual harassment charges against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain. In comparison, eight days into Bill Clinton's scandal's with Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick, there were a combined eight reports. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:04:00 GMT 20111108124535.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111108124535.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-08-NBC-TDAY-Curry.jpg In a fawning interview with Bill Clinton on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry played an ad from the former president's 1992 campaign and remarked: "First of all, how cute were you and your hair hasn't changed. But number two, but number two, you talk about vision there and leadership. So what is President Obama's vision on the economy?" Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:40:00 GMT 20111108093744.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111108093744.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-07-CNN-Yellin-Obama dos.jpg CNN on Monday provided a rosy look at President Obama's efforts to campaign for re-election, touting that the President is distancing himself from Washington in an "anti-Rose Garden" campaign. Ironically, a few minutes later Obama was scheduled to speak in the Rose Garden itself. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:32:00 GMT 20111107034613.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111107034613.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-07-CBS-Crawford.jpg On Monday's Early Show, CBS's Jan Crawford spotlighted conservative criticism of the broad media coverage of the Herman Cain sexual harassment charges. Crawford stated that Cain's "testy exchange" with reporters "could help...because a lot of conservatives...think there's this huge liberal bias against conservatives. You know, the media didn't cover Bill Clinton...like they're doing Herman Cain." Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:20:00 GMT 20111107030917.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111107030917.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/OWS_Winter.jpg The New York Times today: "Many protesters say the lawless visitors constitute a tiny fringe and are not representative of the movement....the criminal and antisocial elements are a small minority..." Versus a Times reporter's 2010 book on the Tea Party: "It was difficult, if not disingenuous, for the Tea Party groups to try to disown the behavior. They had organized the rally, and under their model of self-policing, they were responsible for the behavior of people who were there. And after saying for months that anybody could be a Tea Party leader, they could not suddenly dismiss as faux Tea Partiers those protesters who made them look bad." Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:09:00 GMT 20111107011321.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111107011321.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-05-ABC-WN-Sawyertease.jpg From Friday night through Sunday morning, the big three networks devoted an additional 21 reports to the Herman Cain sexual harassment story, bringing the networks' grand total to 84 in one week. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:58:00 GMT 20111107104158.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111107104158.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-07-NBC-TDAY-CurryGingrichVid.jpg Appearing on Monday's NBC Today, Newt Gingrich took co-host Ann Curry to task for grilling him on allegations against Herman Cain: "...when the news media goes and finds an anonymous report about an anonymous incident...and you decide that matters more than every other issue in the campaign, that may put your judgment in doubt, as you, being the institutional news media." Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:36:00 GMT 20111107071932.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111107071932.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-06-ABC-WN-Muir1.jpg On Sunday's World News on ABC, correspondent Nick Schifrin filed a report recounting complaints by Pakistanis that CIA drone attacks that have successfully killed high-profile terrorist figures residing in Pakistan have also resulted in civilian deaths and injuries. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:14:00 GMT 20111106072229.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111106072229.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/BoehnerAmanpour-2011-11-06-249-video.jpg ABC’s Christiane Amanpour, on Sunday’s This Week, hit House Speaker John Boehner repeatedly from the left to raise taxes, a hostile, political agenda-driven approach she failed to apply a month earlier to the House’s top Democrat, Nancy Pelosi. Amanpour demanded of Boehner: “Do you not feel that by opposing” a tax hike on millionaires to pay for Obama’s jobs bill “you’re basically out of step with the American people on this issue?” Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:12:00 GMT 20111104095745.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111104095745.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-04-NBC-NN-Williams1.jpg ABC's World News this week failed to mention that former New Jersey Democratic Senator Jon Corzine is mired in a scandal involving $600 million in missing funds from the financial firm MF Global. The CBS Evening News and the NBC Nightly News so far have not mentioned Corzine's Democratic Party affiliation as they reported on the story on Tuesday and Friday. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:51:00 GMT 20111104015841.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111104015841.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-04-ABC-GMA-Cain.jpg The unrelenting network coverage of the Herman Cain sexual harassment story continued on Thursday and Friday with an additional 13 stories. That brings the total number of reports to a staggering 63 stories in just four and a half days. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:42:00 GMT 20111104115849.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111104115849.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-04-NBC-TDAY-LauerBachmann.jpg In an interview with Michele Bachmann on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer's first four questions pushed Bachmann to comment on the Herman Cain controversy: "As the only woman in this race, I just would like your perspective on all this....Do you think you are hearing the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth from Herman Cain?" Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:55:00 GMT 20111104071840.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111104071840.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-03-CBS-EN-Pelley1.jpg Thursday's World News on ABC skipped the congressional decision to subpoena White House emails related to the Solyndra solar energy company that went into bankruptcy after receiving tax dollars. The CBS Evening News gave the story 22 seconds, while the NBC Nightly News gave the story a 31-second news brief. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:14:00 GMT 20111103043511.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111103043511.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-01-NBC-NN-Williams.jpg On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams followed a story on the late October northeast snow storm by ominously proclaiming: "Everybody out east said the same thing about this freak snowstorm, 'This kind of thing didn't used to happen. This never happened before.' And while that is true, it may also be true that we'll all have to start getting used to this kind of thing over the long haul." Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:27:00 GMT 20111103124000.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111103124000.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-02-NBC-NN-Williams.jpg Over a period of just three and a half days, NBC, CBS and ABC have developed an insatiable hunger for the Herman Cain sexual harassment story, devoting an incredible 50 stories to the allegations since Monday morning. In contrast, over a similar period these networks mostly ignored far more substantial and serious scandals relating to Bill Clinton. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:25:00 GMT 20111103113421.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111103113421.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-03-NBC-TDAY-CurryPriebus.jpg At the top of Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry reported on Herman Cain's campaign blaming Rick Perry for dredging up sexual harassment allegations against the Republican front-runner and then wondered: "Will this intra-party fight hurt the Republican Party's chance of taking back the White House?" Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:28:00 GMT 20111103102601.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111103102601.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-02-CNN-Roundup-Cain2 dos.jpg When Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain briefly raised his voice at reporters on Wednesday and his staff moved them aside, CNN reported the incident hour after hour in the afternoon as another addition to the candidate's negative coverage. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:21:00 GMT 20111102061918.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111102061918.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-02-MSNBC-HB-Fineman.jpg Former Newsweek editor Howard Fineman appeared on Wednesday's Hardball to mock Republican presidential candidates as simplistic. He exclaimed, "But, they're advertising their ignorance, is what I'm saying!" Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:10:00 GMT 20111102041502.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111102041502.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-02-NBC-TDAY-BrewerVid.jpg While being grilled by co-host Ann Curry on Wednesday's NBC Today on Arizona's illegal immigration law causing racial discrimination, Governor Jan Brewer hit back and declared: "I believe truly that the media and others have tried to throw out that race card to shut down the debate. It's not about that. It's about illegal immigration." Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:10:00 GMT 20111102124259.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111102124259.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-01-NBC-NN-Cain.jpg The network evening newscasts on Tuesday and the morning shows on Wednesday continued to hype the Herman Cain "firestorm," creating 12 more stories in less than 24 hours. Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos led the show on Wednesday by trumpeting, " Republican front-runner Herman Cain changes his story again as one of his accusers now says she wants to go public on charges of sexual harassment." Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:38:00 GMT 20111102103932.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111102103932.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-02-NBC-TDAY-Matthews.jpg Appearing on Wednesday's NBC Today, MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews urged Herman Cain to admit to sexually harassing women and even predicted what the Republican front-runner might say: "I think even if it's really bad he has to put the context to it. He has to say, 'It was an extraordinary night, I had too many drinks, I normally don't act like that, this is not me.'" Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:34:00 GMT 20111101075542.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111101075542.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-01-CBS-Nguyen.jpg On Tuesday, the morning shows of the Big Three networks omitted the party affiliation of Jon Corzine as they reported on the federal investigation into his brokerage firm, something that even the liberal New York Times gave in their coverage of the story. ABC's Good Morning America also failed to include Corzine's name during their news brief on the investigation. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:48:00 GMT 20111101045456.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111101045456.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Andrew_Rosenthal.jpg Andrew Rosenthal, another Times liberal still whining about the Willie Horton ad: "...it was the Republicans who perfected the art of injecting racial fears into modern-day politics (remember Willie Horton in 1988?)" He even sees racism in a Herman Cain ad calling Obama a (gasp!) "community organizer." Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:54:00 GMT 20111101044814.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111101044814.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Cain.jpg While the Times put 15-year-old anonymous accusations of sexual harassment against GOP candidate Herman Cain on the front page just one full day after they surfaced, it waited 10 months before covering allegations of adultery against Democratic candidate John Edwards - after Edwards was compelled to confess. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:48:00 GMT 20111101044153.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111101044153.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-01-CNN-OWS-Diversity2.jpg CNN used an "In Depth" segment on Tuesday to emphasize the diversity among protesters at Occupy Seattle, featuring a rapper, a group of "Raging Grannies," drummers and more. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:36:00 GMT 20111101113608.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111101113608.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-11-01-NBC-TDAY-CainControversy.jpg All three network morning shows on Tuesday led with Herman Cain's response to allegations of sexual harassment in the 1990s and even speculated the scandal could end his candidacy, with NBC Today co-host Ann Curry proclaiming: "Damage control. Herman Cain changes his story....Will the controversy and his reaction to it derail his presidential campaign?" Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:26:00 GMT 20111031061312.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111031061312.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-30-CNN-Lemon-Davis dos.jpg CNN's Don Lemon hosted radical leftist and former Communist Party member Angela Davis on Sunday night's Newsroom for what he called a "blast from the past." Davis hit President Obama from the left and praised the Wall Street protests as a continuation of the movement that swept "a black president who identified with a black radical tradition" into office. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:07:00 GMT 20111031035333.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111031035333.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-31-CBS-TurnerBell.jpg CBS's Early Show on Monday found yet another excuse to report on Occupy Wall Street, spotlighting the diehard protesters who stayed in Zuccotti Park during a winter storm. While correspondent Debbye Turner Bell noted the $3.4 million spent on police overtime in New York City and the complaints from businesses near the demonstrators' campsite, she didn't play one sound bite from the opposition. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:50:00 GMT 20111031034345.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111031034345.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-28-MSNBC-HB-Matthews.jpg While hyping his new book on John F. Kennedy, Friday, Chris Matthews seemed to connect "vicious" "right-wing" "hate" to the assassination of the nation's 35th president. At no time in his Hardball editorial did Matthews admit that the President's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was a pro-communist leftist, who, at one point in his life, defected to the Soviet Union. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:36:00 GMT 20111031115214.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111031115214.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-31-ABC-GMA-Cain.jpg All three morning shows on Monday hyped a "bombshell blast" against Herman Cain, playing up a story in Politico charging the Republican presidential candidate with sexual harassment back in the 1990s. ABC's Good Morning America led with the allegations. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:47:00 GMT 20111031111007.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111031111007.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-31-NBC-MTP-PP-Gregory.jpg On NBC's Meet the Press: Press Pass, Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings explained Republican support of Herman Cain to host David Gregory this way: "...they've been accused as being racist and I think when they can vote for a Herman Cain....they feel like, 'Well, you know, I support this guy...it shows that I'm not racist, and I'm supporting him.'" Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:04:00 GMT 20111030103815.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111030103815.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/CainSchieffer-video-240.jpg CBS’s Bob Schieffer unintentionally played the foil to Herman Cain on Sunday’s Face the Nation as Schieffer expressed his politically-correct displeasure with Cain’s “downright bizarre” Web video, was flummoxed by Cain’s sense of humor and baffled by Cain’s accurate claim Planned Parenthood was spurred by the eugenics movement’s desire to reduce the black population. (with video) Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:27:00 GMT 20111028061641.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111028061641.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-28-CNN-Blitzer-Cain2.jpg CNN put Republican candidate Herman Cain in the spotlight on Friday for his apparent lack of knowledge, accusing him of "dodging" tough questions. Cain had multiple times answered tough foreign policy questions by saying he would need to consider "all of the facts" before making an well thought-out decision. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:08:00 GMT 20111028043614.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111028043614.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-28-MSNBC-Toure.jpg MSNBC analyst Touré, who is a 9/11 truther, appeared Friday on the News Nation show to denounce Rick Perry as a birther. Speaking of the Republican presidential candidate, he slammed, "...I see Trump and the other birthers, Perry, virtually going to the White House and knocking on the door saying can we see your documentation to make sure you are actually an American?" Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:28:00 GMT 20111028010415.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111028010415.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-27-ABC-WN-Steph.jpg On Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams proclaimed: "Protesters across the country and a lot of Americans who are sympathetic to this Occupy Wall Street protest movement are tonight rallying around a 24-year-old Iraq war veteran who was seriously injured during a violent confrontation with police in Oakland, California on Tuesday." Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:53:00 GMT 20111028013817.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111028013817.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-27-CBS-TES-Cordes.jpg Thursday's Early Show on CBS provided free air time to Rep. Steve Israel of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and three of his top candidates for the 2012 election. Correspondent Nancy Cordes trumpeted how the Democratic Party is "determined to bounce back from their big losses" to Republicans during the 2010 cycle and highlighted that the three were "running against Tea Party members." Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:40:00 GMT 20111027100342.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111027100342.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Abramson_CBS_Sunday_Morning_10_11.JPG New York Times editor Jill Abramson still carries a torch for Anita Hill, in an interview with NPR's Diane Rehm: "...I think that Anita Hill, you used the word catalyst, and I think that's a very, very good word. She was. She saw herself of course as merely a citizen doing her duty....And I'm not sure in real time she realized the impact of her testimony and that many women across the world understood what sexual harassment was. But it seemed a new issue to many other people." Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:03:00 GMT 20111027072155.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111027072155.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/2011-10-27-CNN-AM-Mattera3.jpg CNN's Carol Costello, on Thursday's American Morning, scolded the editor of conservative publication Human Events for not providing the same critical coverage of both Republicans and Democrats. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:11:00 GMT 20111027124558.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111027124558.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-27-NBC-TDAY-Lauer.jpg In an interview with former White House press secretary and Obama campaign advisor Robert Gibbs on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer fretted over a report showing "the rich are getting richer" and pleaded: "So what responsibility does President Obama have in terms of dealing with income distribution in this country?" Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:38:00 GMT 20111027122214.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111027122214.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-27-ABC-GMA-steph.jpg It was Bash Republicans Day on Good Morning America. Reporter Jon Karl highlighted past Mitt Romney statements to spin the candidate as a flip flopper. In a follow up segment, Democrat James Carville appeared to dismiss Herman Cain as a "national distraction" and urge Rick Perry to drop out of the race. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:00:00 GMT 20111026081254.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111026081254.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-26-CBS-Cap.jpg On Wednesday's Early Show, CBS's Erica Hill downplayed the instances of violence and bigotry found at Occupy Wall Street protests as simply "the actions of a few," after GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich denounced the "frightening level of anti-Semitism in some of these gatherings." Hill questioned Gingrich over his supposedly "pretty outspoken words" about the left-leaning movement. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:28:00 GMT 20111026055853.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111026055853.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-25-CNN-Costello-WWJD2.jpg CNN tried to tie Jesus to a liberal movement on Wednesday as correspondent Carol Costello labeled various religious authorities as supporters of the "Occupy Wall Street" protests – even as she reported that protests became violent at "Occupy Oakland." Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:49:00 GMT 20111026054743.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111026054743.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-25-CNN-PiersMorgan-Moore2.jpg Leftist filmmaker Michael Moore dismissed the accusation that some Wall Street protests have grown violent, telling CNN's Piers Morgan on Tuesday that the "Occupy" protesters are, in fact, "a nonviolent peaceful group" and the real rioters are the police. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:39:00 GMT 20111026053827.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111026053827.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-20-26-MSNBC-Bashir.jpg MSNBC's Martin Bashir on Wednesday wondered if Herman Cain, who worked for the Department of the Navy during Vietnam, is a "chicken hawk" because he criticized the President's pull out of Iraq. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:31:00 GMT 20111026035604.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111026035604.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-26-NBC-TDAY-GregoryVid.jpg Appearing on Wednesday's NBC Today, Meet the Press host David Gregory ripped Rick Perry's flat tax proposal: "The problem is, this does help the rich. It hurts a lot of the poor and the middle class. Political professionals I talk to say the problem with the flat tax ideas is that once voters look at it a second or third time they don't like it much." Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:50:00 GMT 20111026122712.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111026122712.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-26-ABC-GMA-OWS.jpg According to the network morning shows, violent Occupy Wall Street protesters are fighting back against government officials who are trying to rein them in. Early Show's Erica Hill highlighted "this growing crackdown on the anti-Wall Street protests around the country." She added, "In Oakland, California, the protesters are pushing back." Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:18:00 GMT 20111026122006.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111026122006.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/RollCallLogo.jpg In an article for Roll Call on Wednesday about Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, David Drucker included a quote from left-wing lobbyist Jimmy Williams, who ranted: "...many in the Democratic caucus see Sen. Lieberman as a mosquito....The bad news is he has sucked enough blood from both sides of the aisle. The good news is winter is coming, meaning his time in the Senate will thankfully come to an end." Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:15:00 GMT 20111026105206.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111026105206.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-26-ABC-GMA-ObamaLeno.jpg All three network morning shows on Wednesday cheered President Obama's Tuesday appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. At the top of ABC's Good Morning America, co-host Robin Roberts declared: "Comedian in chief. The President hits late-night TV talking about all the people taking swings at him right now. And why what he's really worried about is what the First Lady's giving out for Halloween." Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:45:00 GMT 20111025081251.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111025081251.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-25-CBS-TES-OccupyOakland.jpg The morning shows of ABC, CBS, and NBC on Tuesday devoted just 19 seconds to the arrests of 75 people in northern California, after police evicted Occupy Oakland from their encampment in front of city hall there. The Early Show devoted a news brief to the story during its last half hour, noting the violent reaction from some of the protesters. Good Morning America and the Today show both punted. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:21:00 -0400 20111025062656.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111025062656.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/2011-10-24-CNN-PiersMorgan-Connick3.jpg Although interviewee Harry Connick Jr. was unwilling to cast blame towards any specific person or agenda over the failed response to the Hurricane Katrina in 2005, CNN's Piers Morgan thrice tried to bait him into doing so on Monday. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:22:00 GMT 20111025062534.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111025062534.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-25-MSNBC-HB-Matthews.jpg MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Tuesday reiterated his cartoon view of the Republican Party as a political organization that wants to cause "cruel pain on people" and intends to "get rid" of cops and firefighters. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:08:00 GMT 20111025053855.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111025053855.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-25-NBC-TDAY-LauerO'Reilly.jpg During an interview with Fox News's Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer cited recent foreign policy successes for President Obama and wondered: "Republicans have run on a perception that they are tougher on national security, that they're the ones who can keep Americans safe....has Barack Obama done a lot to erase that perception?" Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:35:00 GMT 20111025010506.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111025010506.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-18-MSNBC-Bashirsign.jpg Journalistic outlets, which were all too eager to accuse the Tea Party of bigotry, have been mostly silent in response to examples of anti-Semitism at the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests. Incidents caught on tape and the urging of the Anti-Defamation League to stop anti-Jewish bigotry have yielded very little coverage. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:44:00 GMT 20111025093356.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111025093356.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/OWS_Jews.jpg While the New York Times was hypersensitive to any signs of racial prejudice among the massive, peaceful Tea Party protests, reporter Joseph Berger raised and dismissed the idea of anti-Semitism at Occupy Wall Street, in Saturday’s “Cries of Anti-Semitism, But Not at Zuccotti Park.” Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:30:00 GMT 20111024051434.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111024051434.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-23-NBC-TDAY-GregoryVid.jpg Appearing on Sunday's NBC Today, Meet the Press host David Gregory cheered "a big week for the President's foreign policy" as a "leadership moment" while smearing Republican presidential candidates: "...there has been the betrayal of a lack of understanding in foreign policy in some sections of these debates that is stunning to a lot of people..." Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:09:00 GMT 20111024042134.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111024042134.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-24-MSNBC-Perryputin.jpg Liberal MSNBC anchor Martin Bashir on Monday compared Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry to former KGB agent Vladimir Putin, citing the fact that both supposedly love guns and "shoot to kill." Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:14:00 GMT 20111024115706.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111024115706.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-24-NBC-TDAY-LauerTodd.jpg At the top of Monday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer touted a new plan to address the housing crisis: "After a series of foreign policy victories, President Obama is hitting the road to sell his plan to help turn around the struggling economy and today the focus is on the housing market." Lauer later wondered to chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd if the plan would, "help politically?" Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:53:00 GMT 20111023101042.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111023101042.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ThisWeek-Amanpourback-2011-10-23-240.jpg President Barack Obama’s new infrastructure spending plan “makes all of the sense in the world” and is an “eminently sensible idea,” ABC’s Christiane Amanpour enthused Sunday morning on This Week as if there is no rational reason to oppose the additional federal money and without a look at the impact of the already-spent stimulus spending. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:00:00 GMT 20111022101322.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111022101322.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Gail_Collins.JPG New York Times columnist Gail Collins is still "haunted by Seamus," the story of Mitt Romney's family dog strapped to the car roof in a crate, mentioning the infamous incident 23 times over four years of columns. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:13:00 GMT 20111021061148.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111021061148.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-21-CNN-Lemon-Abortion2.jpg CNN anchor Don Lemon touted a CNN poll where 72 percent of Republican respondents believed abortion should be legal in "certain" or all circumstances. However, he did not report the next poll question, which revealed that most Republicans who answered that abortion should be sometimes legal believed it should only be legal in "a few" cases. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:04:00 GMT 20111021055750.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111021055750.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-21-NBC-TDAY-Panel.jpg During a panel discussion on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer asked of the Occupy Wall Street protests: "What's the civics lesson in this for our kids as they're watching this on TV?" News anchor Natalie Morales argued: "...there's a huge civics lesson....the idea of having that civil discourse is important to teach our kids and it's something in history we've seen." Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:53:00 GMT 20111021032500.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111021032500.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-21-NBC-TDAY-Isikoff.jpg On Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer noted Herman Cain leading the Republican presidential field but wondered: "is he really aiming for the Oval Office or something else?" In the report that followed, correspondent Michael Isikoff proclaimed: "Herman Cain is facing new questions about whether he is profiting from his own campaign." Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:14:00 GMT 20111021120646.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111021120646.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-21-ABC-GMA-biden.jpg ABC's Brian Ross on Friday investigated a $500 million government loan to a car company that is now operating in Finland. Ross highlighted how Vice President Joe Biden in 2009 claimed this would create jobs in America. Yet, the Good Morning America reporter left out a key component: Fisker, the European car company involved, have ties to big Obama campaign bundlers. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:57:00 GMT 20111021115036.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111021115036.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-21-NBC-TDAY-GuthrieMcCainVid.jpg On Friday's NBC Today, fill-in co-host Savannah Guthrie grilled Arizona Senator John McCain on his criticism of Barack Obama's foreign policy positions in the 2008 campaign and urged: "Bin Laden is gone. Anwar al Awlaki, who was the rising star in al Qaeda, is gone. Qadhafi is gone. Drone strikes have intensified greatly....Given the track record now in office, would you change your opinion, sir?" Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:43:00 GMT 20111021041011.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111021041011.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWorldNews-StephTapper-2011-10-20-240.jpg It’s no surprise MSNBC hosts were quick to see “vindication” for President Barack Obama in the death of Moammar Qadhafi, but ABC’s George Stephanopoulos and Jake Tapper were just as eager Thursday night to make sure viewers knew the White House was gloating. Stephanopoulos presumed: “Behind the scenes White House officials have to be feeling some sense of vindication.” Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:02:00 GMT 20111020071709.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111020071709.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Cain.jpg Times reporter Susan Saulny: "And while his casual style of racially inflected humor works to ingratiate him with mostly white audiences at campaign rallies, it has angered some black critics, who believe he uses age-old stereotypes...." Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:17:00 GMT 20111020062502.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111020062502.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-19-CNN-AC360-KTH2.jpg As the Media Research Center has documented, CNN's Anderson Cooper has been targeting Republicans far more than Democrats with critical "Keeping Them Honest" investigative reports – and Cooper continued that trend Wednesday night. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:20:00 GMT 20111020024229.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111020024229.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-20-CBS-Schieffer.jpg CBS's Early Show on Thursday stood out as the only Big Three network program that covered what anchor Jeff Glor labeled as Vice President Biden's "controversial comments linking rape and the jobs bill," where he attacked the GOP for opposing the legislation. ABC and NBC's morning shows on Thursday didn't air anything on the story, and none of the networks' evening news shows on Wednesday reported on it. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:39:00 GMT 20111020123313.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111020123313.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-20-MSNBC-TDR-Todd.jpg Early on Thursday's The Daily Rundown on MSNBC, as news was breaking of the reported death of Libyan dictator Moammar Qadhafi, host Chuck Todd used the opportunity to declare: "...a trillion dollars and thousands of U.S. lives to topple a dictator in Iraq, it's a billion dollars and no U.S. lives to topple a dictator in Libya. That's a – that's a pretty stark contrast." Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:25:00 GMT 20111020082233.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111020082233.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-19-NBC-Mitch1.jpg On Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Andrea Mitchell filed a report in which she gushed over First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign skills, dubbing her as President Obama's "not so secret political weapon." Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:18:00 GMT 20111019064652.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111019064652.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-19-CBS-TES-Glor.jpg CBS's Early Show on Wednesday somehow couldn't find time for any Republicans to comment on the most recent GOP presidential debate, and instead, brought on David Axelrod, the chief strategist for President Obama's reelection campaign, to bash the GOP. Anchors Erica Hill and Jeff Glor gave Axelrod the kid glove treatment, instead of pressing him about the issues that may negatively affect the President. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:40:00 GMT 20111019063434.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111019063434.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-19-MSNBC-HB-Matthews.jpg Chris Matthews despises many conservatives, but saves some of his most vitriolic comments for Newt Gingrich. On Wednesday's Hardball, he slammed the Republican presidential candidate as "demonic." Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:30:00 GMT 20111019053432.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111019053432.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-19-NBC-TDAY-ObamaVid.jpg On Wednesday's NBC Today, fill-in news anchor Savannah Guthrie shared this important presidential news with viewers: "And it's the last day of the President's bus tour through North Carolina and Virginia but it hasn't been all business for the commander in chief. At a Virginia high school he sparked a giggle-fest and even managed to break some hearts." Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:27:00 GMT 20111019051338.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111019051338.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-19-Mitchell240.jpg Andrea Mitchell's attempt, on her Wednesday MSNBC show, to imply Rick Perry was being racially insensitive, for calling fellow GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain "brother," during Tuesday's Republican debate, was so lame even her NBC colleague Chuck Todd wasn't buying it. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:08:00 GMT 20111019013241.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111019013241.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-18-ABC-NL-Tapper.jpg ABC's Jake Tapper on Tuesday pressed Barack Obama on the Fast and Furious gun scandal, but his network didn't allow the question to appear on Nightline, World News or Good Morning America. (All played clips of the interview.) Instead, ABC found time to air Tapper and the President playfully discussing children's books and the greatness of Dr. Seuss. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:20:00 GMT 20111019123958.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111019123958.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-19-NBC-TDAY-LauerVid.jpg In an interview with Donald Trump on Wednesday's NBC Today show, co-host Matt Lauer cautioned Republicans against rejecting the far-left Occupy Wall Street movement: "There are people in the streets here in New York. In other cities around the country and around the world. Does the Republican Party, if they ignore the Occupy Wall Street group, do they do so at their own peril?" Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:34:00 GMT 20111018072759.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111018072759.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-18-CBS-TES-Shaban.jpg On Tuesday's Early Show, CBS's Bigad Shaban, seemingly grasping for straws for any reason to report on "Occupy Wall Street," played up the music performances from protesters down in lower Manhattan. Shaban emphasized how "music has helped spur movements," and gushed that "some believe if history is any indication, they could provide harmony to a movement." Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:57:00 GMT 20111018052945.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111018052945.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-18-MSNBC-Bashirsign.jpg The reliably liberal Martin Bashir on Tuesday questioned anti-Semitism at the Occupy Wall Street protests, pushing artist/activist Russell Simmons to respond to bigoted signs and messages seen in New York. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:21:00 GMT 20111018044638.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111018044638.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-18-CBS-TES-Dickerson.jpg CBS political analyst John Dickerson might have stepped too close to calling GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain a minstrel on Tuesday's Early Show: "Now that he [Cain] is a top-tier candidate...he probably has to moderate the jester act a little bit, and show that he can...be seen by voters as a president." Dickerson was replying to Cain's recent controversial remark about an electrified border fence. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:15:00 GMT 20111018034514.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111018034514.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-15-ClaiborneBA.jpg Add the CLASS Act to the ever growing list of damaging stories (Solyndra, Fast and Furious) to the bungling Obama administration that the media are, for the most part, whistling by. The news last Friday that a key part of Obamacare, the Community Living Assistance Services and Support Act (CLASS), meant to provide long-term care for the elderly – was deemed not sustainable by the Obama administration itself, drew a total of just 40 seconds on the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) broadcast network news shows. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:40:00 GMT 20111018124252.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111018124252.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-18-MSNBC-MJ-Scarborough.jpg According to MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann"don't even understand basic policy, basic economics, basic foreign policy." The Morning Joe anchor on Tuesday expounded on a Politico op-ed in which he denounced a number of the GOP presidential candidates as "clownish characters." Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:35:00 GMT 20111018105642.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111018105642.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-18-NBC-TDAY-CurryGillibrand.jpg In a softball interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Monday's Today, co-host Ann Curry praised the New York Democrat for "galvanizing women to become economially empowered" and "trying to inspire a lot of people." Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:52:00 GMT 20111018103111.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111018103111.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-17-NBC-TDAY-GuthrieClinton.jpg In an interview light on substance and heavy on praise with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aired on Monday's NBC Today, correspondent Savannah Guthrie fawned: "Hillary Clinton of course is known for keeping a tireless pace....[her] approach is a combination of blunt talk, personal charm and above all, frequent-flyer diplomacy." Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:27:00 GMT 20111018122253.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111018122253.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-17-CBS-TES-Cap.jpg On Monday's Early Show, CBS took advantage of Americans' love of coffee to hype climate change, bizarrely claiming that "your morning cup might be heading toward extinction." Contributor Taryn Winter Brill turned to a left-leaning organization to reinforce the claim that climate change "could have a devastating effect on future coffee production." Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:45:00 GMT 20111017044002.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111017044002.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/GOPDebate.jpg The national media have certainly NOT been giving Barack Obama a rougher ride than the GOP candidates, but a new study by the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism is fueling the myth that, as Politico’s Keach Hagey put it Monday, "Obama has received the most unremittingly negative press of any of the presidential candidates." There are at least three major problems with using this study to conclude that the media have an anti-Obama bias. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:33:00 GMT 20111017125401.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111017125401.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-16-NBC-Today-Liu.jpg The network newscasts over the weekend proved that no occasion is too small to fawn over "rock star" Bill Clinton. Over the course of three days, the morning shows and evening newscasts donated six segments to hyping Clinton's birthday celebration and the "sultry" serenade he received from Lady Gaga. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:46:00 GMT 20111017113256.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111017113256.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-16-NBC-TDAY-Gregory.jpg Appearing on Sunday's NBC Today, Meet the Press host David Gregory proclaimed that the Occupy Wall Street protests would "...dovetail nicely into a big message that the President's selling, which is that the wealthy should pay more....that banner of going after Wall Street and the banks, talking about unfairness that a lot of protesters that are complaining about." Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:28:00 GMT 20111016104107.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111016104107.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/CBSEN-three-2011-10-14-240.jpg The broadcast networks continued their enthusiastic coverage Friday night on behalf of the far-left Wall Street protesters, with NBC’s Brian Williams the most excited while CBS anchor Scott Pelley jumped in by promising “a series of reports on the growing protests around the country.” Williams led by touting: “This protest movement is showing strength. It’s still growing, changing and spreading...” Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:33:00 GMT 20111016101459.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111016101459.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/SeanPenn-CNN-video-240.jpg Left-wing actor Sean Penn slimed the Tea Party as motivated by racism, charging on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight on Friday evening that an impediment to Obama’s success is “what I call the ‘Get the N-word out of the White House party,’ the Tea Party.” Penn proceeded to allege “there’s a big bubble coming out of their heads saying, you know, ‘can we just lynch him?’” (with video) Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:08:00 GMT 20111016073728.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111016073728.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-15-NBC-NN-Isikoff1.jpg On Saturday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Michael Isikoff filed a report recounting criticisms of GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan, as Isikoff asserted that "critics see more pain, not gain, for struggling families." Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:30:00 GMT 20111015040526.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111015040526.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-14-PBS-IW-Totenberg1.jpg On Friday's Inside Washington on PBS, NPR's Nina Totenberg incorrectly claimed that the "top tenth of one percent" of income earners in America "controls something like 20 or 30 percent" of the nation's income, and characterized the economic situation as worse than it has been in centuries, as she suggested income gaps were at a level that "people came to this country to avoid." Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:00:00 GMT 20111015050955.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111015050955.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-14-HBO-RTBM-Maher1.jpg During the monologue of Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, host Maher referred to GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain as a "token black guy" as he asserted that establishment Republicans are "freaking out" because they never expected him to be competitive. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:05:00 GMT 20111014042220.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111014042220.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-14-ABC-GMA-Vega.jpg The Big Three networks' seeming desperation to report on "Occupy Wall Street" reached a new level on Friday, after they led their morning shows with New York City's decision to not clear the park where the protesters are camped. NBC touted how the demonstrators were "proclaiming victory" in response to the move. ABC highlighted the "celebratory" atmosphere, while CBS played up the "mood of jubilation" there. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:04:00 GMT 20111014031114.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111014031114.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-14-NBC-TDAY-StephPerry.jpg Texas Governor Rick Perry conducted interviews with all three network morning shows on Friday and all used controversial comments made by Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress as a line of attack. This despite Perry having already distanced himself from the pastor's remarks labeling Mormonism a "cult." Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:59:00 GMT 20111014012043.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111014012043.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/NBCNN-OWSresonatingWilliams-2011-10-13-240.jpg In the face of their removal from a Manhattan park so it can be cleaned up, NBC anchor Brian Williams stepped up his praise Thursday night for the far-left protesters. “They share a heritage with other big protest movements in American history,” he heralded in his lead story, “some of them have changed history.” He trumpeted: “The center of the message is increasingly resonating. The crowds tell us that. Now the polls tell us that.” Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:15:00 GMT 20111013103601.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111013103601.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-13-MSNBC-Bashir.jpg On his Thursday program, MSNBC's Martin Bashir collaborated with pro-abortion Rep. Diana DeGette to bash pro-life conservatives as "misogynists" during a seven and a half minute segment. Bashir claimed that it's "hardly surprising" that the proposed Protect Life Act, which would protect the conscience rights of health care workers, "has earned the moniker the 'let women die act' from its opponents." Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:57:00 GMT 20111013053700.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111013053700.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-13-NBC-TDAY-Curry.jpg At the end of a fawning interview with far left activist and singer Harry Belafonte on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry asked about his litany of controversial comments over the years and if he ever wished he kept his "mouth shut." Belafonte claimed "many Americans shared" his radical views and that: "I handled it with dignity and a certain kind of preciseness that I've not regretted." Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:28:00 GMT 20111013021659.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111013021659.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/CBSEN-9-9-9-2011-10-12-240.jpg “A long list of economists say Cain’s plan would hit the lower middle class hard,” ABC’s Jonathan Karl fretted Wednesday night. On CBS, Wyatt Andrew focused on “a double hit on low-income Americans” while “upper income Americans” would see their “tax rate slashed to nine percent.” Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:12:00 GMT 20111012050753.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111012050753.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-12-MSNBC-Mitchell.jpg According to MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, Clarence Thomas' accuser, Anita Hill, is a "living legacy." The cable anchor on Wednesday fawned over the woman who, 20 years ago, charged the now-Supreme Court justice with sexual harassment. At no point did she offer a tough question or challenge the honesty of Hill. Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:02:00 GMT 20111012115849.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111012115849.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-12-ABC-GMA-steph.jpg Surging Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, identified as "pizza man" by an ABC graphic, finally appeared on Good Morning America, Wednesday, but was grilled by George Stephanopoulos on his 9-9-9 economic plan and a lack of experience. Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:47:00 GMT 20111012105948.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111012105948.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-12-NBC-TDAY-MichelleObamaVid.jpg In an interview with First Lady Michelle Obama that aired on Wednesday's NBC Today, weatherman Al Roker gushed over recent shopping trip to Target and wondered: "...do you sometimes miss the ability to do something like that on a regular basis?...Do you go to Costco? Do you buy a lot of toilet tissue at once?" Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:52:00 GMT 20111011085557.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111011085557.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-11-CBS-TES-OWS.jpg CBS's Bigad Shaban filed a puff piece about the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrators on Tuesday's Early Show, trumpeting their "self-operating mini-community in lower Manhattan" and how they were "hungry for change," all the while ignoring the radical left wing politics of many in attendance. Shaban took more time to note that "this isn't your average protest. Yoga classes are taught in the off-time." Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:33:00 GMT 20111011060926.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111011060926.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-11-MSNBC-HB-Matthews.jpg MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Tuesday worried about the emergence of Mitt Romney as a serious front-runner and a threat to Barack Obama's reelection. Talking to Democratic strategist Mark Penn, the Hardball host spoke the language of the Occupy Wall Street protesters: "Suppose they make him Gordon Gekko? Suppose they say, he's one of the pigs on Wall Street?" Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:03:00 GMT 20111011060526.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111011060526.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-11-CNN-AM-OWS dos.jpg Citing a poll showing that 51 percent of Americans have heard of the Wall Street protests, CNN's American Morning co-hosts lobbed some compliments toward the protesters on Tuesday. Co-host Christine Romans made sure to emphasize that "the movement is really resonating." Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:57:00 GMT 20111011055527.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111011055527.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/2011-10-11-CNN-Burnett-Trump3%20dos.jpg CNN's new prime-time host Erin Burnett pressed Donald Trump about the Republican Party being a "smaller tent party" because of its conservatism on social issues. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:51:00 GMT 20111011052614.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111011052614.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Brian_Stelter_2011.JPG New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter marked the 15th anniversary of Fox News by accusing host Sean Hannity of "instigating" "inflammatory rhetoric," yet was silent on harsh things actually said by PBS leftist hosts Tavis Smiley and Cornel West in a non-critical story about their "poverty tour" across the U.S. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:26:00 GMT 20111011024210.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111011024210.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-11-NBC-TDAY-LauerPlouffe.jpg On Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer interviewed Obama advisor David Plouffe and asked about the frustration of the left-wing Occupy Wall Street protesters: "These people are out there and they're angry at Wall Street, the so-called fat cats....They're also angry at Democrats and the administration for not taking them on and doing anything about it." Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:33:00 GMT 20111011010105.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111011010105.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-11-ABC-GMA-Steph.jpg Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday continued his streak of having a top Obama operative discuss a Republican presidential debate. Rather than talk to any of the contenders, Stephanopoulos turned to top White House strategist David Plouffe. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:52:00 GMT 20111011085815.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111011085815.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Sawyer-1000nations-video-240.jpg So enthused about promoting the far-left protests, ABC anchor Diane Sawyer on Monday night's World News championed “the Occupy Wall Street movement” by ludicrously claiming that “as of tonight, it has spread to more than 250 American cities, more than a thousand countries -- every continent but Antarctica.” There are only 195 nations. (with video.) Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:51:00 GMT 20111011075129.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111011075129.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-10-FNC-SRBB-Cam1.jpg While morning and evening newscasts from all three broadcast networks in the last few days have focused on anti-Mormon sentiment within the Republican Party, FNC's Special Report with Bret Baier on Monday noted that self-identified Republican voters are substantially more willing to accept a Mormon President compared to Democrats. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:41:00 GMT 20111011122820.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111011122820.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-10-CBS-TES-Hill.jpg CBS sided with supporters of the "Occupy Wall Street" protests on Monday's Early Show, bringing on former Democratic Senator Russ Feingold to boost the left-leaning demonstrations, with no Republican and/or conservative critics appearing as guests during the program. Feingold slammed Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain as "un-American" for his critique of the protests. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:27:00 GMT 20111010115242.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111010115242.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-10-CBS-TES-LaGreca.jpg CBS's Bigad Shaban failed to disclose the far-left politics of an "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrator on Monday's Early Show. Jesse LaGreca, a Daily Kos contributor who wrote in August that "Hurricane Irene is like having Christmas early" for Republicans, was identified on-screen as simply a "Wall Street protester." Shaban also barely devoted any time to critics of the nascent movement. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:29:00 GMT 20111010063336.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111010063336.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/OWS_logo.jpg From designing protest logos to filing laudatory editorials and news stories, the New York Times is celebrating the leftist ("populist") protests on Wall Street: "As the Occupy Wall Street protests spread from Lower Manhattan to Washington and other cities, the chattering classes keep complaining that the marchers lack a clear message and specific policy prescriptions. The message - and the solutions - should be obvious to anyone who has been paying attention since the economy went into a recession that continues to sock the middle class while the rich have recovered and prospered." Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:33:00 GMT 20111010061412.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111010061412.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-10-CNN-Malveaux-Cain2.jpg To answer Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's claim that racism is not a big factor in African-American unemployment, CNN brought on radical left-wing activists Professor Cornel West of Princeton and Tavis Smiley of PBS, both of whom co-host a public radio talk show. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:08:00 GMT 20111010022008.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111010022008.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-09-NBC-MTP-Gregory.jpg Interviewing Chicago Mayor and former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel on Sunday's Meet the Press, host David Gregory fretted over the 2009 stimulus not being big enough: "Do you think this president wasted it – the crisis you talked about – to do the big things at that moment, to really be a jobs president to create the demand in the economy that you're talking about through more government spending?" Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:12:00 GMT 20111010120917.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111010120917.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-10-ABC-GMA-Roberts.jpg ABC's Robin Roberts tossed softballs to Anita Hill on Monday, wondering what the "legacy" will be for the "quiet" law professor who accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment 20 years ago. The Good Morning America co-host only once challenged Hill about skepticism of her charges. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:02:00 GMT 20111010120531.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111010120531.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-09-CNN-RS-Wemple2.jpg On Sunday's Reliable Sources, CNN host Howard Kurtz and the Washington Post's Erik Wemple took exception to FNC's Bill O'Reilly calling some of the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters "far-left loons" and "anarchists." Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:51:00 GMT 20111010093457.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111010093457.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWorldNews-Muir-2011-10-09-240.jpg ABC stepped up its promotion Sunday night on behalf of the far-left protesters, which they failed to label, making a special effort to explain and frame their grievances – a service they never provided to the Tea Party. “Tonight, the anger spreads,” anchor David Muir hailed. “Those Wall Street protests now going global. This evening here, we learn about the lives behind the protesters here in this country, showing up in cities coast to coast.” Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:29:00 GMT 20111010124355.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111010124355.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ThisWeek-Amanpour-2011-10-09-240.jpg Offering the kind of respect, admiration and promotion ABC News has yet to offer Tea Party activists, Christiane Amanpour on Sunday asserted the far-left protesters are a “populist movement” representing a “revolution,” cited how it has “finally” been recognized by politicians, characterized it as an answer to the Tea Party and included an “Occupy Wall Street activist” on her roundtable. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:39:00 GMT 20111010123112.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111010123112.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/NBCNightlyNews-weird-2011-10-07-240.jpg Friday’s NBC Nightly News once again promoted the anti-capitalist protests which Brian Williams non-ideologically described as “a protest against economic and social inequality.” Reporter Chris Jansing featured a man whose “frustration brought him to lower Manhattan” and he pronounced: “I think it's our Arab Spring.” Jansing next trumpeted how “‘Occupy Wall Street’ is drawing historical comparisons.” Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:22:00 GMT 20111010121203.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111010121203.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2009-08-27-MSNBC-HB-Hennen.jpg Melinda Henneberger, who in 2009 proclaimed “Ted Kennedy has been a huge inspiration to me” and boasted of a “longtime political crush on the man who either in spite of his flaws and losses or because of them accomplished more than anyone else in my lifetime for causes that liberals (and other Americans) care about,” has joined the Washington Post to cover the campaign. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:07:00 GMT 20111009111233.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111009111233.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-09-Fox-FNS-Wall3.jpg On today's Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace sparred with Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, challenging the former Pennsylvania Senator's opposition to gays serving openly in the military. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:02:00 GMT 20111008104655.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111008104655.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-07-HBO-RTBM-Maher2.jpg During the "New Rules" segment ending Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, host Maher asserted that the painted over "N****head Ranch" rock on Texas Governor Rick Perry's hunting territory is a "metaphor" for the Republican Party, because it is "overtly racist bulls*** thinly painted over." Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:41:00 GMT 20111007111255.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111007111255.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-01-PBS-IW-Thomas1.jpg On PBS's Inside Washington on Friday, the Politico's Evan Thomas - formerly of Newsweek - characterized the United States as a "great giant" that would go on to "stomp on" other countries after the 9/11 attacks. Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:07:00 GMT 20111007054401.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111007054401.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-07-CNN-AC360-Cain2.jpg At the top of Thursday's Anderson Cooper 360, CNN's Cooper ran his first critical "Keeping Them Honest" segment on GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain since he is "no longer a voice on the fringe." Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:37:00 GMT 20111007042153.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111007042153.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-07-NBC-TDAY-Gregory.jpg Appearing on Friday's NBC Today, Meet the Press host David Gregory discussed the political impact of the Wall Street protests and wondered: "How does the President try to harness this anger, this sense of unfairness about the economy, about income inequality in this country, about the middle class stagnating for the past 30 years? That's what the President wants to try to tap into here." Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:15:00 GMT 20111007122543.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111007122543.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-07-NBC-TDAY-Brown.jpg At the top of Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer wondered if a joke by Republican Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown in response to a jab by Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren was a "comeback or insult" and noted that "women's groups are giving him a big dressing down today." Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:20:00 GMT 20111007120046.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111007120046.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-07-ABC-GMA-regross.jpg ABC's Brian Ross on Friday investigated the alleged misdeeds of "billionaire boosters" to the Tea Party and even used a liberal documentary to attack the conservative group. Appearing on Good Morning America, Ross touted a Bloomberg report hitting the "secret sins" of Koch Industries and whether the corporation traded with Iran. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:52:00 GMT 20111007082419.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111007082419.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/NBC Nightly News-protests-2011-10-05-0_20111007083305.jpg The left-wing, anti-capitalist Occupy Wall Street camp-out in Manhattan made the front of Thursday’s New York Times along with a large photo. It’s a far cry from the paper’s coverage of the first major Tea Party rally in Manhattan which cited in a single sentence an Associated Press report on Newt Gingrich speaking at the Manhattan rally. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:18:00 GMT 20111007120840.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111007120840.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/NBCNightlyNews-Williams-2011-10-06-240.jpg Uniquely among the broadcast network evening newscasts, the NBC Nightly News on Thursday took a moment to recount an appearance by Brandeis University Professor Anita Hill commemorating the 20th anniversary of her Senate testimony accusing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her in the 1980s. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:05:00 GMT 20111006055755.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111006055755.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-06-CNN-Velshi-Jobs quattro.jpg CNN's financial guru Ali Velshi admitted that the press didn't really challenge President Obama's proposal for tax hikes after his Thursday press conference on his jobs bill. Velshi, perhaps going soft himself, noted during the 12 p.m. hour that Obama's speech "seemed like a bit of an economics lesson" how the President attacked Republicans and their demands on the count that they don't create jobs. Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:52:00 GMT 20111006055730.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111006055730.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-06-11-MSNBC-bashir.jpg Liberal MSNBC host Martin Bashir used Sarah Palin's announcement that she won't be a candidate for President as another excuse to rash the "vacuous," "crass" and "vindictive" Republican. The anchor even sought to contrast the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs to Palin, who he asserted has "created nothing." Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:34:00 GMT 20111006042104.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111006042104.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-06-CBS-TES-WS.jpg CBS's Erica Hill let DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz bash congressional Republicans unopposed on Thursday's Early Show. Hill also failed to ask the Florida Democrat about her eye-opening claim on Wednesday that "anyone" can see that the economy is improving "and now, we've begun to turn the corner." Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:32:00 GMT 20111006124818.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111006124818.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-05-ABC-GMA-reid.jpg The network newscasts on Wednesday downplayed Democratic obstruction of Barack Obama's jobs bill, offering only minor coverage. Good Morning America and Early Show allowed brief mentions. In an otherwise unrelated segment, GMA's Jon Karl admitted that the President "has a problem with [congressional] Democrats." Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:41:00 GMT 20111006091952.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111006091952.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/NBCNN-Williamsprotests-2011-10-05-240.jpg CBS and NBC led Wednesday night with glowing stories about the growth and diversity of the far-left “Occupy Wall Street” protests, though without any ideological label applied nor any critics allowed, a promotional approach the networks never provided in Tea Party coverage. NBC anchor Brian Williams announced "it has spread steadily and far beyond Wall Street, and it could well turn out to be the protest of this current era.” Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:09:00 GMT 20111005045340.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111005045340.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-05-MSNBC-Bashir.jpg Touting Sesame Street's newest muppet character, a young girl living in poverty, MSNBC host Martin Bashir on Wednesday slammed Republican efforts to curb spending and urged: "...perhaps they do well to change the channel just for a moment from Fox News to PBS.... on Sesame Street they will see the sad face of a hungry doll whose family doesn't have enough money to buy food." Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:47:00 GMT 20111005113625.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111005113625.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-05-NBC-TDAY-CapitalismCrisis.jpg At the top of the 8 a.m. ET hour of Wednesday's NBC Today, fill-in news anchor Tamron Hall proclaimed: "Today could be the biggest day yet for the 'Occupy Wall Street' protests in lower Manhattan." Correspondent Mara Schiavocampo followed by gushing: "Three weeks in, and no signs of slowing. The 'Occupy Wall Street' protest growing in size and scope." Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:28:00 GMT 20111005112724.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111005112724.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-05-ABC-Chart.jpg A new Pew Research Center poll of military veterans found those serving after 9/11 were significantly more supportive of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan than either the general public or veterans from prior eras, but both ABC and NBC on Wednesday used the poll to claim that, as ABC news reader Josh Elliot put it, "one-third of those who've served in Afghanistan and Iraq now say the wars were not worth fighting," while NBC's Tamron Hall told viewers "one-third of U.S. veterans believe the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting." Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:17:00 GMT 20111005015317.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111005015317.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Brooklyn_Bridge_protest.jpg The New York Times treats the leftist "Occupiers" as a genuine popular movement: "A loose-knit populist campaign that started on Wall Street three weeks ago has spread to dozens of cities across the country...the Occupy Wall Street campaign...has clearly tapped into a deep vein of anger, experts in social movements said..." Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:53:00 GMT 20111004070614.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111004070614.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-04-CNN-Cafferty-Fats quattro.jpg Decrying the rise of obesity in America, CNN's Jack Cafferty on Tuesday all but argued for a "Fat Tax" in the U.S., on foods high in saturated fat. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:58:00 GMT 20111004065609.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111004065609.aspx http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/2011-10-04-Steph-Obama tres.jpg For the 33rd consecutive day, ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday omitted any mention of the Obama administration's Solyndra scandal, even though co-host George Stephanopoulos asked the President about it in an interview on Monday and elicited a newsworthy defense of the more than $500 million loan to the now-bankrupt company. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:52:00 GMT 20111004045340.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111004045340.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-04-NBC-TDAY-SnydermanVid.jpg As co-host Matt Lauer reported Denmark implementing a "fat tax" on certain foods during the "Today's Professionals" panel on Tuesday's NBC Today, advertising executive Donny Deutsch and NBC chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman literally applauded the move. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:47:00 GMT 20111004043925.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111004043925.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-03-CBS-EN-Attkisson.jpg CBS Evening News distinguished itself among the Big Three networks on Monday by devoting an entire segment to the ongoing controversy over the "Fast and Furious" program, where the federal government smuggled guns to Mexican drug cartels. NBC hasn't mentioned the story on its news programs since April 17, while the last time ABC covered it was a news brief on June 15. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:22:00 GMT 20111004010053.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111004010053.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-03-CBS-LS-Williams.jpg Appearing on Monday's Late Show with David Letterman on CBS, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams responded to Letterman's assertion that Texas Governor Rick Perry was a "right-wing conservative psych job" by declaring: "In a Republican primary race in this early stage, you run far to the right....You can't say something shocking enough in some of these crowds." Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:55:00 GMT 20111004101439.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111004101439.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWN-Sawyer-2011-10-03-240.jpg Very much unlike how they greeted the Tea Party protests, the networks are embracing the new left-wing/anti-capitalist protests, even failing to condemn their unruly behavior which resulted in 700 arrests over the weekend, conduct for which they would have condemned Tea Party activists. “Is there about to be a nationwide movement building right now to point a finger at Wall Street on greed?” ABC’s Diane Sawyer hopefully cheered. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:06:00 GMT 20111004084958.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111004084958.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-02-ABC-WN-Muir1.jpg The ABC and NBC morning and evening newscasts on Sunday gave attention to President Obama's attack on the Republican presidential candidates for not scolding a couple of audience members who booed a gay solder asking a question at a recent debate. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:46:00 GMT 20111004125310.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111004125310.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-03-FNC-FF-Lopez.jpg On Monday's Fox and Friends, liberal comedian George Lopez all but threw the "Oreo" racial slur at Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain: "The Republicans do know that he's darker than Barack Obama...but whiter on the inside." Lopez also half-jokingly hinted that the Tea Party was racist after host Steve Doocy mentioned Cain had won a Tea Party straw poll: "He wasn't serving the tea, 'cause that's crazy." Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:07:00 GMT 20111003065307.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111003065307.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-010-03-CNN-Kurtz-Burnett dos.jpg CNN's newest addition to its prime-time line-up, former CNBC anchor Erin Burnett, told Reliable Sources host Howard Kurtz on Sunday that yes, she would be "more opinionated" at CNN than in the past. Burnett's show, "Out Front," airs for the first time on Monday Oct 3 at 7 p.m. EDT. Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:45:00 GMT 20111003061150.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111003061150.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-03-CBS-TES-Crawford.jpg CBS's Early Show was the only morning show of the Big Three networks on Monday to cover the controversy over a ranch leased by the family of Texas Governor Rick Perry that formerly used the racist "N" word in its name. Political analyst John Dickerson hinted that the Republican's presidential campaign may not "weather" the controversy, adding that "it's a real problem." Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:07:00 GMT 20111003050521.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111003050521.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-02-NBC-MTP-Gregory.jpg On Sunday's Meet the Press, host David Gregory continually pressed Republican Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell on the GOP being "too extreme" and "diabolically successful" at obstructing President Obama's agenda, while he chatted with Democratic Governor Deval Patrick about Obama finding his "voice" and the Red Sox firing their manager after a poor season. Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:56:00 GMT 20111003013021.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111003013021.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-10-03-NBC-TDAY-WallStreetProtest.jpg On Monday's NBC Today, correspondent Michelle Franzen reported on the left-wing "Occupy Wall Street" protests in New York and proclaimed: "Protesters fed up with the economy and social inequality turned out en masse over the weekend....Voicing their discontent and marching for change." Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:25:00 GMT 20111003114259.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111003114259.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-23-CBS-Solyndra.jpg Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s admission, on Thursday, that he approved more taxpayer money to the financially strapped solar panel company Solyndra, after it defaulted on a $535 million loan from that agency. Big Three network coverage? Zero. Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:34:00 GMT 20111002114222.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20111002114222.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Rooney-video-240.jpg Andy Rooney delivered his final commentary Sunday night at the end of 60 Minutes and while the now 92-year old curmudgeon’s pieces usually dealt with non-serious topics, he should be credited for being able to recognize, unlike many of his prominent peers, that the media are liberal – even conceding his own “liberal bias.” He declared Dan Rather “transparently liberal.” Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:24:00 GMT 20110930050627.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110930050627.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-30-MSNBC-Bashir.jpg In an outrageous rant during his 3 p.m. ET hour show on MSNBC on Friday, host Martin Bashir actually attempted to blame budget cutting by Republican lawmakers for a deadly outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe: "John Boehner and his Republican majority decided to gut the food safety and inspection service....Cut, cut, cut. Now the results are in. 16 people have lost their lives." Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:59:00 GMT 20110930034718.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110930034718.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Timeswatch_thumb_for_NB.jpg The New York Times claims "educated" people are alienated by the Tea Party and break G.O.P. support down by race and education: "With growing cities and suburbs, they are populated by increasing numbers of educated and higher-income independents, young voters, Hispanics and African-Americans, many of them alienated by Republicans' Tea Party agenda." Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:47:00 GMT 20110930032254.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110930032254.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-30-ABC-GMA-awlaki.jpg The three network morning shows on Friday all highlighted the United States' success in killing terrorist Anwar al Awlaki. However, although these same programs were sensitive to the slightest possible civil rights violation by the Bush administration, they did not seemed interested the fact that Al Awlaki was an American citizen. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:17:00 GMT 20110930023907.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110930023907.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-30-NBC-TDAY-MichelleObama.jpg Friday's NBC Today devoted an entire segment to photos of First Lady Michelle Obama stopping by a Target store in Alexandria, Virginia, as Capitol Hill correspondent Kelly O'Donnell – on location at the shopping center – gushed: "Check this out. Behind those dark glasses, tucked under that Nike cap, one of the world's most famous women. Yes, that is the First Lady of the United States at Target." Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:33:00 GMT 20110930100704.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110930100704.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWorldNews-Sawyer-Arizona-2011-09-29-240.jpg Matching the pattern set in coverage of Arizona's immigration enforcement law, the broadcast network evening newscasts on Thursday night all framed their stories on Alabama's "severe" new law around its victims, with ABC anchor Diane Sawyer and NBC anchor Brian Williams both describing it as "Arizona on steroids." They didn't mean it as a compliment. Sawyer mischaracterized it as an "anti-immigration law." Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:58:00 GMT 20110929062719.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110929062719.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-29-MSNBC-HB-Matthews.jpg On Thursday's Hardball, Chris Matthews told top McCain '08 aide Steve Schmidt, "We were all rooting for you, by the way. And a lot of us in this business like John McCain a lot." Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:18:00 GMT 20110929061132.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110929061132.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-28-CNN-PiersMorgan-Black quattro.jpg A well-intentioned President Obama tried to transcend partisanship in Washington, but his efforts were derailed by an "express train of bile" – according to CNN's Piers Morgan, on Wednesday. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:00:00 GMT 20110929050113.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110929050113.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-29-ABC-GMA-dowd.jpg According to ABC analyst Matthew Dowd, the fact that Rick Perry's wife, Anita, has been publicly touting her husband means the candidate is floundering. Making a blanket statement on Thursday's Good Morning America, Dowd declared, "...Anytime you have a wife go out on the trail, you know that you- basically, the campaign's in trouble." Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:56:00 GMT 20110929045053.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110929045053.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-29-CBS-TES-Hill.jpg CBS's Erica Hill channeled the overblown worries of liberals about influence of the Tea Party on Thursday's Early Show, asking Newt Gingrich, "The Tea Party has really made some big inroads...But there's a feeling by some folks that this very small group of people is starting to control the conversation. Do there need to be more voices at the table, in general, at this point?" Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:28:00 GMT 20110929012132.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110929012132.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-29-ABC-GMA-Steph-stevens.jpg Good Morning America's" George Stephanopoulos on Thursday invited retired Supreme Court Judge John Paul Stevens to bash the audience of a GOP presidential debate. The ABC host repeatedly offered up softballs to the liberal Stevens, asking at one point, "I don't know if you saw it, but there was actually a moment in one of the presidential debates where's the number of executions in Texas was cited and the crowd cheered." Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:11:00 GMT 20110929125254.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110929125254.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-29-NBC-TDAY-ChristieWeightVid.jpg On Thursday's NBC "Today," co-host Savannah Guthrie asked a panel of guests about the possibility of New Jersey's governor entering the presidential race and observed: "There's kind of this conventional wisdom among the political chattering class that someone as heavy as Chris Christie-" Dr. Nancy Snyderman interjected: "As fat as he is." Guthrie continued: "...would not be elected." Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:44:00 GMT 20110928073313.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110928073313.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-28-CBS-TES-Cain.jpg On Wednesday's Early Show, CBS's Chris Wragge complimented GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain for his recent win in the Florida straw poll, but then wasted little time in throwing cold water on the future of his campaign. Wragge, along with co-anchor Erica Hill, asked why Cain would "stick with it," and wondered if the Republican could compete if Gov. Chris Christie entered the race. Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:32:00 GMT 20110928062330.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110928062330.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-28-ABC-Kimmel-Longoria.jpg Actress Eva Longoria appeared on Tuesday's Jimmy Kimmel Live to trash the "dangerous" "extremist movement" that opposes Barack Obama. The Desperate Housewives star became just the latest celebrity to smear the Tea Partiers. Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:12:00 GMT 20110928052151.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110928052151.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-27-NBC-NightlyNews-HealthCareCosts.jpg Anchor Brian Williams led Tuesday's NBC Nightly News with a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation about the rising cost of health care, direly proclaiming: "We're going to begin tonight with a crippling trend in America that simply cannot go on without taking entire families with it." Missing from the coverage was any mention of ObamaCare contributing to the increased costs. Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:14:00 GMT 20110928042445.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110928042445.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-27-MSNBC-MJ-regbrown.jpg During an appearance on Morning Joe, Tuesday, Newsweek editor Tina Brown made an off-hand remark about Barack Obama, conceding that the politician "wasn't ready" to be President. Brown has previously attacked Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives for daring to oppose the Obama administration. Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:13:00 -0400 20110928125533.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110928125533.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-28-NBC-TDAY-Brokaw.jpg Discussing the possibility of Chris Christie entering the presidential race on Wednesday's NBC Today, Tom Brokaw praised the New Jersey Governor as a moderate: "He's not an ideologue....he played outside the ideological lines that have been drawn in the Republican primary." Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:51:00 GMT 20110927080700.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110927080700.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-27-ABC-TheView-Biden tres.jpg In an interview with Vice President Joe Biden, ABC's The View co-host Joy Behar brought up rogue crowd members at a recent GOP debate who booed after a gay soldier asked a controversial question of the candidates. After Biden condemned the hecklers, Behar slammed the Republican candidates for not rebuking those audience members, and waited for Biden to respond. Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:01:00 GMT 20110927075902.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110927075902.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-27-CNN-Cafferty-Debates-cinco.jpg CNN's Jack Cafferty smeared entire crowds of people who attended recent GOP debates when he asked on Tuesday if they were "bloodthirsty?" Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:49:00 GMT 20110927060213.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110927060213.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-27-MSNBC-HB-Matthews.jpg While running through his usual litany of attacks on anti-Obama conservatives, MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Tuesday included the National Rifle Association as part of the "crazy far-right" who "hate" Barack Obama. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:57:00 GMT 20110927052251.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110927052251.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Timeswatch_thumb_for_NB.jpg Encountering opposing conservative views in college? Perish the thought! Under the headline, "A 'Diversity Bake Sale' Backfires on Campus," New York Times reporter Malia Wollan suggests an upcoming conservative protest would make students uncomfortable: "Student leaders worried that the bake sale would make students uncomfortable and aggravate tensions on campus." Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:22:00 GMT 20110927044906.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110927044906.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-27-NBC-TDAY-Holt.jpg On Tuesday's NBC "Today," fill-in co-host Lester Holt talked to Republican strategist Nicolle Wallace about the GOP presidential race and worried: "Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates....talked about politicians forced to play to hardcore elements of their base. Is this what we're seeing in the Republican race right now? Is the voice of the independent simply not being heard?" Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:44:00 GMT 20110927012558.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110927012558.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-27-NBC-TDAY-CurryHolt.jpg At the top of Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry feigned shock as she excitedly proclaimed: "Say what?...A retired executive throws President Obama a rather surprising question during a town hall forum..." A clip was played of retired Google executive Doug Edwards teeing up the President by asking: "Would you please raise my taxes?" Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:21:00 GMT 20110927113815.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110927113815.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-27-ABC-Gma-regoreilly.jpg Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday dismissed the pro-Obama talking points repeated by Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos. After quoting the President, Stephanopoulos parroted, "And it's clear that the President and his team, there's a strategy here. They think that the Republican base is way outside of the mainstream right now." Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:30:00 GMT 20110927110051.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110927110051.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-27-NBC-TDAY-Curry.jpg Interviewing the parents of Jamey Rodemeyer, a gay 14-year-old who committed suicide after being bullied, on Tuesday's NBC "Today," co-host Ann Curry used the tragedy to attack social conservatives, as she wondered: "Do you think our churches, our politicians and other adults who adhere to an anti-gay message enable some of this hate?" Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:56:00 GMT 20110926064237.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110926064237.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-26-CNN-Yellin-Taxes quattro.jpg CNN's Jessica Yellin, reporting on President Obama's virtual townhall Monday afternoon, noted two wealthy persons who wish to pay higher taxes – but didn't mention the small businessman who during the townhall complained to the President about regulations and taxes. Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:30:00 GMT 20110926060137.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110926060137.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-26-CBS-TES-Hill.jpg Both CBS's Early Show and CNN's Newsroom sought out Rep. Maxine Waters on Monday for her reaction to President Obama's "stop complaining" rejoinder to the Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday, but neither outlet mentioned the continuing ethics investigation into the ultra-liberal Democrat. CNN anchor Suzanne Malveaux even went so far to flatter Rep. Waters as having her "marching shoes" on. Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:15:00 GMT 20110926045502.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110926045502.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/HillyerBreen240 copy.jpg American Spectator senior editor Quin Hillyer appeared on the Fox News Channel Sunday to highlight the media's continued silence about the Obama administration's use of liberal ideology as a criterion in hiring lawyers for career Justice Department positions, even though the media leaped on similar accusations during the Bush years. Hillyer: "They are doing it far worse than the Bush administration ever did, without any, any attention until now, certainly from the big newspapers." Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:47:00 GMT 20110926010756.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110926010756.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-25-ABC-GMA-regcain.jpg Good Morning America's John Hendren on Sunday dismissed the victory of Herman Cain in the Florida straw poll, condescendingly asserting that the "big winner is nobody." The ABC reporter made sure to repeatedly mention the business of the Republican presidential candidate: "That's right. The man who brought you Godfather's Pizza at 37 percent." Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:01:00 GMT 20110926124519.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110926124519.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-26-NBC-TDAY-Curry.jpg In an interview with Herman Cain on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry declared: "The Washington Post is reporting that many of the delegates voted for you – are saying that they voted for you as a protest vote to express no confidence in the Republican field. Do you want to weigh in on this?" Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:39:00 GMT 20110926010016.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110926010016.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Cumming-video-240.jpg Actor Alan Cumming, who was born in Britain and plays the scheming campaign manager “Eli Gold” on The Good Wife which has its season premiere tonight on CBS, contended on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight that the Tea Party has “some quite sensible notions,” but “that kind of seems to be an umbrella thing that just covers up a lot of real homophobia and racism.” (with video) Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:12:00 GMT 20110926124312.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110926124312.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/CBSEN-Solyndra-2011-09-23-240.jpg Appearing Friday before a House subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, the CEO and CFO of Solyndra both invoked their 5th amendment right against self-incrimination. But instead of highlighting the cover-up in the scandal of the $535 million federal loan trumpeted by Obama to the solar panel manufacturer which went bankrupt, neither ABC nor NBC mentioned the development Friday night and CBS allocated a mere 25 seconds. Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:32:00 GMT 20110923053946.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110923053946.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-23-CBS-TES-Hill.jpg On Friday's Early Show, CBS's Erica Hill advocated for a liberal pet cause, urging Michele Bachmann to allow children of illegal aliens to receive in-state college tuition. Hill also spotlighted Gov. Rick Perry's attack on his competitors in the GOP presidential race on this issue: "Basically, [Perry is] saying to the other eight folks on the stage there, including yourself, that you don't have a heart." Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:05:00 GMT 20110923045537.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110923045537.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/GallupChart.JPG Two polls released Thursday show the public now sees the media as liberal, biased, inaccurate, untrustworthy, harmful to democracy and even immoral. A poll of 1501 adults conducted by the Pew Research Center found a record high 63% said the media were "politically biased in their reporting," and a Gallup poll found the public detected liberal bias by a nearly three-to-one margin, with "47% saying the media are too liberal and 13% saying they are too conservative." Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:49:00 GMT 20110923024419.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110923024419.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-23-ABC-GMA-Clinton dos.jpg ABC's Good Morning America touted Chelsea Clinton's appearance at the Clinton Global Initiative in a fawning segment on Friday. Former Clinton advisor George Stephanopoulos termed it "that rare turn in the spotlight for Chelsea Clinton," and ABC did its level best to get the word out. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:35:00 GMT 20110923121554.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110923121554.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-23-NBC-Today-regsolyndra.jpg ABC and CBS on Friday skipped any coverage of a congressional investigation into Solyndra and the appearance of its two top executives to plead the Fifth. Only NBC's Today show provided an in-depth look at the now bankrupt green company and the loans given to it by the Obama administration. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:10:00 GMT 20110923021835.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110923021835.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/JohnKingUSA-KingCheney-2011-09-22-240.jpg Interviewing former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Reagan library, CNN’s John King recalled how former President George H.W. Bush “made an incredibly tough personal and political choice” to raise taxes. King touted how Bush “had the courage knowing it might cost him re-election.” Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:14:00 GMT 20110922100542.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110922100542.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-22-CBS-TES-Savage.jpg CBS's Erica Hill lauded homosexual activist Dan Savage, the mastermind of an Internet smear campaign against Rick Santorum, as a "tireless advocate" for bullied schoolchildren on Thursday's Early Show. The Big Three networks all turned to Savage as their "expert" for their Wednesday and Thursday coverage of high school freshman Jamey Rodemeyer's suicide, but only "The Early Show" brought him on. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:54:00 GMT 20110922080900.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110922080900.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-22-CNN-AM-Costello quattro.jpg On Thursday's American Morning, CNN regarded Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry's newest web-ad as using "patriotism as a political tool." Co-host Carol Costello lumped his ad in with the 2004 Swift Boat campaign, as an unfair accusation to make of his opponent's patriotism. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT 20110922053002.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110922053002.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-21-CNN-Behar-McGinniss tres.jpg While CNN gave two tough interviews to Palin-bashing author Joe McGinniss, HLN's Joy Behar joked around with him on her Wednesday show. She referenced his newest tome on Sarah Palin and her family, full of nasty gossip and rumors, and jokingly asked "What, do you have a death wish, Joe?" Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:22:00 GMT 20110922044030.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110922044030.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/LindaGreenhousePBS.jpg Former NYT Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse is offended: "...I just don't get the attack on the federal law. I don't understand people who voluntarily, without claiming poverty, let their children go uninsured. I don't understand the moral compass of the owner of the fancy car I saw the other day that sported the bumper sticker: 'Repeal Obamacare.'" Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:40:00 GMT 20110922033903.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110922033903.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-21-CNN-PiersMorgan-Daniels2 tres.jpg On Tuesday, CNN's Piers Morgan claimed that President Obama wanted to work with Republicans when he entered office, but was forced to play hardball because of their intransigence. Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:30:00 GMT 20110922124815.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110922124815.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-22-NBC-TDAY-SharptonVid.jpg Discussing the execution of convicted cop-killer Troy Davis on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer asked left-wing activist and MSNBC host Al Sharpton if he was "surprised" by most Americans supporting the death penalty. Sharpton declared: "When I'm watching Republican debates and see people cheering...that 234 people were killed in Texas under Governor Perry, it doesn't surprise me." Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:41:00 GMT 20110922122520.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110922122520.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-22-abc-GMA-REGPRISO.jpg Good Morning America's Steve Osunsami on Thursday skipped or spun key facts while reporting on the execution of convicted cop killer Troy Davis in Georgia. The ABC reporter also played up the race angle, asserting that "supporters are asking difficult questions about the legal system, whether Davis' case would have gotten a greater re-examination if he were white and not black." However, he ignored the execution of a white man in Texas-- on the same day. Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:21:00 GMT 20110921060625.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110921060625.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-21-MSNBC-HB-reghardball.jpg On Wednesday's Hardball, MSNBC host Chris Matthews trashed Rick Perry, accusing him of calling Barack Obama "pro-Nazi." Matthews attacked the Republican presidential candidate for claiming that the President's policy towards Israel is "appeasement." The anchor shrieked that Perry had pulled "the rug out from under [Obama] and accuse[d] him of, basically, pro-Nazi behavior." Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:01:00 GMT 20110921053754.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110921053754.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-21-CNN-Blitzer-Perry tres.jpg CNN's Wolf Blitzer fretted over Rick Perry blasting Obama's foreign policy soon before the President was to deliver his address to the United Nations. CNN analyst David Gergen agreed with him, painting Perry as a grenade-thrower. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:28:00 GMT 20110921025930.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110921025930.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-21-NBC-TDAY-Mitchell.jpg Reporting on President Obama speaking at the United Nations for Wednesday's NBC Today, chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell sympathetically declared: "Preparing for today's speech, the President was all smiles for the class photo, but while hoping to run a victory lap as the new Libyan government officially joined the United Nations....Everywhere else, trouble loomed." Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:56:00 GMT 20110921025914.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110921025914.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-21-ABC-GMA-regsteph.jpg In stark contrast to NBC, Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday hit Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with tough questions, pressing the Iranian President on whether he was in control of his government and on his rough handling of protesters. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:55:00 -0400 20110921122900.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110921122900.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-21-NBC-TDAY-LauerMaddow.jpg On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer brought on left-wing MSNBC host Rachel Maddow to address concerns of President Obama being "in danger of losing support from his liberal base." The headline on screen throughout the segment read: "Losing the Left; Can President Obama Win Back His Base?" Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:24:00 GMT 20110920063323.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110920063323.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-19-CNN-JoyBehar-Clinton2 tres.jpg HLN's Joy Behar and guest Rachael Ray fawned over former President Bill Clinton on Monday. "They don't just hand out those Rhodes scholarships for presidencies," remarked the Food Network's Ray, who also called Clinton "incredibly charming" and "so honest with people." Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:28:00 GMT 20110920062814.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110920062814.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-19-CNN-PiersMorgan-McGinniss.jpg On Monday's Piers Morgan Tonight, author Joe McGinniss blamed Sarah Palin and her family for inciting the death threats made against him. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:21:00 GMT 20110920033537.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110920033537.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-20-NBC-TDAY-Curry.jpg Working hard to run defense for the Obama administration on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry interrogated journalist Ron Suskind on his new book critical of the White House and announced she wanted to go through unflattering parts of the book "one by one," while using Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney-approved talking points to discredit it. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:24:00 GMT 20110920023758.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110920023758.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2007-11-15-ABC-GMA-Golodryga.jpg President Barack Obama's nicknaming his new tax increases on the wealthy the "Warren Buffett rule" is fitting since the billionaire has spent a decade campaigning for a tax hike, a campaign his friends in the liberal media have been more than willing to join. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:16:00 GMT 20110920010420.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110920010420.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-20-ABC-GMA-regsteph.jpg After the last two Republican presidential debates, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos turned to Democrats for reaction. After President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress, the morning show host again featured a Democrat. On Tuesday, Stephanopoulos brought on Democrat James Carville for reaction to the President's tax plan. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:57:00 GMT 20110920090804.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110920090804.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWorldNews-Buffetttax-2011-09-19-240.jpg “President Obama has declared it is time to take action on taxes because people in the middle class are paying a larger percentage of income tax than the super-rich,” ABC anchor Diane Sawyer announced Monday night without bothering to note, as neither did CBS nor NBC, that the super-rich are already paying a disproportionate share of income taxes. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:02:00 GMT 20110919061354.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110919061354.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Bill_Keller_Kalb.JPG After 32 months in office, who is to blame for President Obama's low poll numbers? The Times' former executive editor knows: "The decline in Obama's political fortunes, the Great Disappointment, can be attributed to four main factors: the intractable legacy bequeathed by George W. Bush; Republican resistance amounting to sabotage..." Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:15:00 GMT 20110919051842.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110919051842.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-18-NBC-TDAY-WolfeGregory.jpg Talking to Meet the Press moderator David Gregory on Sunday's NBC Today, co-host Jenna Wolfe asked about President Obama's proposed "Buffet Rule," designed to increases taxes on the rich, which she assumed "will sit well with the American people overall." Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:15:00 GMT 20110919045708.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110919045708.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-19-CNN-Romans-Taxes quattro.jpg CNN business correspondent Christine Romans claimed Monday that "any serious budget expert's analysis" concludes that taxes must increase. During CNN's coverage of President Obama's address concerning his deficit reduction plan, Romans asked not if, but when Republicans should get on board with his proposals. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:53:00 GMT 20110919023046.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110919023046.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-19-ABC-GMA-regobama.jpg A new book alleging sexism, dissension and incompetence inside the Obama White House has, thus far, only gotten major coverage on one network, ABC. Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Monday proclaimed that the "bombshell book" is sending "shock waves through the White House." Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:26:00 GMT 20110919022607.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110919022607.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-19-NBC-TDAY-LauerClinton.jpg In a softball interview with Bill Clinton on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer gushed over the former president's Global Initiative: "One of the things that's always impressed me....you're really good in a closed room. I mean you get people to commit to things, to invest money....Are you surprised at how good you are at that?" Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:20:00 GMT 20110919112957.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110919112957.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-18-LynchBA.jpg It wouldn't be an awards show in Hollywood if there weren't the typical cheap shots against conservatives and the 63rd Emmy Primetime Awards host Jane Lynch didn't disappoint as she mocked the Tea Party as anti-Latina. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:27:00 GMT 20110919101220.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110919101220.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-16-CBS-TES-Schieffer.jpg On Friday's Early Show, CBS's Bob Schieffer wildly spun Congress's 12% job approval as good news for President Obama, despite his own low poll numbers: "My heavens! He's 20 points ahead of the members of Congress....I mean, I think that probably some car thieves have a higher approval rating." But in 2010, when Democrats led Congress, The Early Show ignored a poll which showed low numbers for Nancy Pelosi. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:27:00 GMT 20110919042509.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110919042509.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-18-CBS-SM-Giles1.jpg During a commentary on CBS Sunday Morning, left-wing CBS commentator Nancy Giles complained about the "bloodlust" of GOP audience members who applauded Texas's use of capital punishment at the recent MSNBC debate and a small number of audience members who applauded at Monday's CNN debate after moderator Wolf Blitzer asked if someone who chose not to purchase insurance should be allowed to die. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:18:00 GMT 20110918115040.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110918115040.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/NBCMTP-GregoryMcConnell-screenforvideo.jpg Meet the Press host David Gregory contented the fact a GOP presidential debate audience applauded Rick Perry for allowing the death penalty, and three in an audience of hundreds shouted “yeah” to the idea a man who decided to not buy health insurance may be allowed to die, are “really a challenge to the notion that the Republican Party is the party of life and supports a culture of life.” (with video) Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:43:00 GMT 20110918105923.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110918105923.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/JohnKingUSA-Tea Party poll-2011-09-15-240.jpg “The Republican Party is split right down the middle between Tea Party movement supporters and those who do not support the two-and-a-half-year-old movement, according to a new national survey,” a Thursday CNN.com “Political Ticker” post asserted in recounting the findings of a CNN/ORC poll which were cited on air by both Wolf Blitzer and John King. Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:50:00 GMT 20110916074348.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110916074348.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-16-CNN-AM-Sachs dos.jpg CNN's American Morning brought on liberal academic Jeffrey Sachs to analyze Speaker Boehner's jobs plan Friday. Instead of hosting a conservative critic of President Obama the morning after he unveiled his jobs plan, the network actually interviewed the President's economic policy assistant. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:37:00 -0400 20110916042620.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110916042620.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-16-CNN-News-Carville tres.jpg In a completely out-of-left-field smear posted on CNN.com, James Carville called the GOP presidential field "mortality-fascinated" and ripped the entire Tea Party as a bunch of bloodthirsty sadists. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:19:00 GMT 20110916035358.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110916035358.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-16-MSNBC-MJ-regjoe.jpg MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on Friday again berated the 2012 Republican field, decrying them for pandering to "the lowest common denominator in a way that doom conservatives to make gains next year in a race for the White House." Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:41:00 GMT 20110916120052.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110916120052.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-16-NBC-TDAY-Costello.jpg On Friday's NBC Today, correspondent Tom Costello described how "Nearly one in six Americans is living in poverty. 16 million are children. That's 3 million more than three years ago." However, nowhere in his report on the growing problem did he mention the Obama administration's failed economic policies as a cause. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:57:00 GMT 20110916095743.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110916095743.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/NBCNN-WestSmiley-2011-09-15-240.jpg Monday’s NBC Nightly News featured Brian Williams’ questions from the left to President Barack Obama about liberal exasperation with the President and on Thursday night Williams re-purposed that interview again, this time as a hook to devote nearly six minutes to how African-Americans are disappointed with Obama as Williams advanced the agenda of two left-wing activists, one of them from PBS. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:53:00 GMT 20110915063520.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110915063520.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-15-MSNBC-HB-regmatthews.jpg Chris Matthews on Thursday delighted in slamming "ignorant" Republicans and their hostility for anyone "who's even slightly an intellectual." Matthews began a segment on the Republican Party's supposed hatred of science by gleefully announcing, "This is going to rip the scab off of with all the conservatives watching." Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:29:00 -0400 20110915052030.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110915052030.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-15-CNN-Acosta-Perry quattro.jpg CNN's Jim Acosta asked Rick Perry Wednesday if he was "a tad overconfident" for stumping in a battleground state like Virginia so early in the campaign season. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:15:00 GMT 20110915045436.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110915045436.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-15-FNC-Oreilly.jpg On Tuesday and Wednesday's World News, reporter Brian Ross exposed e-mails indicating that the Obama administration gave a $535 million loan to the green company Solyndra, despite deep misgivings inside the government about its viability. Yet, Good Morning America has declined to follow-up on the ABC scoop. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:49:00 -0400 20110915025701.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110915025701.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Nagourney2.jpg Disappointing absolutely no one, except maybe New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney: "...there is no plan to mark the 25th anniversary of the Iran-contra scandal, Reagan museum officials said." Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:56:00 GMT 20110915023108.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110915023108.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-15-NBC-TDAY-McGinniss.jpg Touting a taped interview with Sarah Palin stalker and author Joe McGinniss on Thursday's NBC Today, fill-in co-host Savannah Guthrie proclaimed: "Stunning allegations made about Sarah Palin in a bombshell book. Is she really the hockey mom she claims to be? How strong is her marriage to Todd?...Does she use her children as props?" Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:22:00 GMT 20110915123549.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110915123549.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-15-ABC-GMA-regsteph.jpg After a week of seeking out Democrats to respond to Republican debates, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Thursday interviewed Reince Priebus and grilled the Republican National Committee Chairman on the state of the GOP and whether Sarah Palin is "becoming a distraction" in the 2012 race. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:29:00 GMT 20110914061801.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110914061801.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-14-CNN-Holmes-Rosen tres.jpg For analysis of the special election in New York's 9th Congressional District, CNN hosted Hilary Rosen – a former Democratic strategist and former interim head of the Human Rights Campaign, a leading LGBT civil rights organization. Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:11:00 GMT 20110914020245.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110914020245.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-11-WilliamsEngel.jpg Just as they did right after the killing of Osama bin Laden back in May, NBC's Brian Williams and Richard Engel interrupted Sunday morning's ceremonies marking the tenth annivesary of the 9/11 attacks to pontificate against the war in Iraq. At about 9:30am on Sunday, during live coverage of the events at Ground Zero, Williams instructed the audience: "Iraq had nothing do with this." Correspondent Richard Engel quickly echoed: "Iraq had nothing to do with this," before complaining: "And that message is still lost today." Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:54:00 GMT 20110914125447.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110914125447.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-14-ABC-GMA-regobama.jpg The Today show, which is a four hour program, on Wednesday devoted a scant 43 seconds of air time to a surprising loss by Democrats in a New York special congressional election. Both CBS and ABC offered more expansive coverage. Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:46:00 GMT 20110913080621.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110913080621.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-13-CNN-AC360-Gergen tres.jpg CNN's political analyst David Gergen remarked Monday that many Americans were "horrified" at what they heard from the Republican presidential debate, co-sponsored by the Tea Party Express and CNN. "I was getting notes about they ought to keep this people locked up and not let them out. Don't let them do anything to the country," Gergen remarked. Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:03:00 GMT 20110913073448.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110913073448.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-13-CBS-TES-Perry.jpg On Tuesday's Early Show, CBS targeted Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry by using their 'Fast Draw' animators to depict the Texas governor as gun-slinging, right-wing extremist. Cartoonists Josh Landis and Mitch Butler turned to a Texas journalist who claimed that Perry "would turn back the clock. He would take America back to where there was basically no safety net." Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:48:00 GMT 20110913054441.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110913054441.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-13-NBC-TDAY-Lauer.jpg In an interview with Michele Bachmann on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer actually delayed discussion of job creation as he pushed her to attack Texas Governor Rick Perry: "We'll talk about jobs in a second, but I do want to stick on this controversy over...Perry mandating vaccinations for HPV." Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:40:00 GMT 20110913012633.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110913012633.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-13-NBC-TDAY-Moore.jpg Appearing on Tuesday's NBC Today to promote his autobiography, left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore decried "the amount of hatred that was generated on a certain news channel and on AM hate radio" against him, insisting: "They daily encouraged people to essentially commit acts of violence against me." Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:21:00 GMT 20110913011144.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110913011144.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-13-ABC-GMA-Steph.jpg After last Wednesday's Republican debate, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos turned to a top Democrat for reaction. After last Thursday's jobs speech by Barack Obama, Stephanopoulos turned to a top Democrat for reaction. On Tuesday, after the GOP presidential contenders debated in Florida, the ABC host turned to yet another top Democrat for reaction. Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:03:00 GMT 20110913101857.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110913101857.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/NBCNN-WilliamsObama-videostill-240.jpg A few days after he hit Republicans from the left when he moderated a presidential candidates debate on MSNBC, NBC’s Brian Williams pressed President Barack Obama with the concerns of Obama supporters to the President’s left (“Members of your base are asking: ‘When are you going to get your Harry Truman on?’” and “What do you say to those Americans who voted for that man on the poster that said ‘Hope’?”). (with video) Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:07:00 GMT 20110912073118.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110912073118.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-12-CNN-News-Perry tres.jpg The day after the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, CNN asked if Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry was being a "bomb thrower" for vilifying Social Security as a Ponzi scheme. Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:26:00 GMT 20110912072153.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110912072153.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-12-CNN-News-Velshi tres.jpg CNN's business guru Ali Velshi argued that the stimulus did not fail, in a testy exchange Monday with CNN contributor Dana Loesch that followed President Obama's jobs plan speech. Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:17:00 GMT 20110912064835.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110912064835.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Krugman_2010.jpg New York Times columnist Paul Krugman: "What happened after 9/11 - and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not - was deeply shameful. The atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons." Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:48:00 GMT 20110912061626.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110912061626.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-12-MSNBC-HB-Matthews.jpg Salon columnist Joe Conason appeared on Monday's Hardball to excoriate former Vice President Dick Cheney: "...You would almost think that Cheney was actually an agent of the nation's enemies..." Host Chris Matthews did not disagree or contest this charge. Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:13:00 GMT 20110912035205.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110912035205.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-11-Clift.jpg Of all the major regrets she could have about 9/11, Newsweek's Eleanor Clift whined that the attacks on that tragic day sparked this nation's "Obsessive focus on terrorism." As part of a panel retrospective on 9/11, aired on the syndicated McLaughlin Group over the weekend, Clift complained that George W. Bush's war on terrorism was "very costly to this country." Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:47:00 GMT 20110912031243.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110912031243.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-12-NBC-TDAY-Curry.jpg Monday's NBC Today featured co-host Ann Curry live in Tehran doing a fawning "day in the life" profile of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. At one point, Curry noted the dictator's "grueling schedule" and wondered: "What is your primary motivation, as president? Why do you work so hard?" Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:07:00 GMT 20110912023550.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110912023550.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-09-MSNBC-regtoure.jpg 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. Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:29:00 GMT 20110912112458.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110912112458.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-12-NBC-TDAY-WilliamsObama.jpg Appearing on Monday's NBC Today to preview his exclusive interview with President Obama, Nightly News anchor Brian Williams revealed some of his softball questions: "I went on to ask him when he's going to channel his inner Harry Truman, as members of his base have been asking....I also asked him about all the people who voted for the man on the poster that said, 'Hope.' That answer was illuminating." Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:20:00 GMT 20110909054305.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110909054305.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-09-MSNBC-MJ-Mika.jpg On Friday, another Morning Joe host went out on a limb and confidently predicted the political demise of Rick Perry. Discussing the Republican presidential candidate's positions on Social Security, Mika Brzezinski proclaimed, "Then, Mitt Romney has this thing in the bag. I mean, are you kidding me?" Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:39:00 -0400 20110909030516.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110909030516.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-08-CBS-PresidentAddress.jpg Throughout coverage of President Obama's address to Congress Thursday night, anchors and correspondents on both CBS and NBC gave fawning reviews of the new jobs plan, in some cases, even before the speech began. In contrast, ABC took a much more skeptical tone, with a focus on the President's falling poll numbers. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:57:00 GMT 20110909030231.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110909030231.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-09-CBS-ES-Hill.jpg On Thursday, the day after the Republican presidential debate, the network morning shows turned to a high profile Democrat for a response. On Friday, the day after Barack Obama's jobs speech to Congress, the same programs turned to Democratic Vice President Joe Biden. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:44:00 GMT 20110909030212.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110909030212.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ny-times-september-12.jpg After committing heroic journalism in the days and weeks after the attacks on September 11, 2001, New York Times journalists slipped back into partisan liberal patterns, blaming Bush for failing to stop the attacks, comparing the bombing of Baghdad to 9-11, even promoting a "Truther" convention. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:01:00 GMT 20110908061116.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110908061116.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-08-MSNBC-HB-regfineman.jpg Former Newsweek editor Howard Fineman appeared on Hardball, Thursday, to attack Rick Perry's climate change skepticism as a "war of the worlds between science and faith." Dismissing anyone who isn't sold on global warming as not logical, Fineman scoffed, "It's part of their new Ten Commandments." Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:08:00 GMT 20110908030444.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110908030444.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-08-CBS-ES-reghill.jpg The morning after eight Republican presidential candidates debated each other in California, all three morning shows brought on a Democrat, White House chief of staff William Daley. Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:59:00 GMT 20110908022940.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110908022940.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-08-NBC-TDAY-Curry.jpg Talking to MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry fretted over a handful of congressional Republicans declining to attend President Obama's upcoming jobs speech to a joint session of Congress: "At least three Republicans are not going to be in the audience....is this disrespectful to the office of the president, Joe?" Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:18:00 GMT 20110908084209.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110908084209.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/MSNBCdebate-Williams-videostill-240.jpg NBC’s Brian Williams and Politico’s John Harris peppered the NBC News/Politico debate inside the Air Force One pavilion at the Reagan Library with questions from the left, repeatedly pressing the Republican presidential candidates with liberal talking points and Democratic agenda items. (with video) Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:32:00 GMT 20110907061745.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110907061745.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-07-MSNBC-regmatthews.jpg MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Wednesday offered up bizarre, revisionist history, insisting that Ronald Reagan "wasn't a social conservative." In an attempt to denigrate the goals of the Tea Party movement, the Hardball host inaccurately asserted that the 40th president "accepted Roe V. Wade." Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:11:00 GMT 20110907024045.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110907024045.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-07-Brokaw.jpg Tom Brokaw, on Wednesday's Today show, welcomed Rick Perry into the GOP race for president by trying to scare that show's liberal viewers with the Texas governor's views on Social Security and the Supreme Court. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:38:00 GMT 20110907123723.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110907123723.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-07-ABC-GMA-Steph.jpg Despite all the bad news for Barack Obama, George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday eagerly wondered just how the Republican Party can "blow" the 2012 election. The former Democratic operative turned journalist probed front-runner Rick Perry for limitations, wondering if the candidate will have to "disavow" parts of his 2010 book. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:31:00 GMT 20110906050006.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110906050006.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-06-NBC-Todd.jpg On to analyze results from the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, Todd told Today co-anchor Matt Lauer that "Just forty-four percent of the job the President is doing" and added he was at a "record high disapproval number at 51 percent." However, before he let any Republicans in the Today audience get too giddy, Todd warned that for the "first time" the poll "recorded a disapproval rating for Congress over 80 percent." Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:56:00 GMT 20110906044641.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110906044641.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Jackie_Calmes.JPG And Obama is still not to blame for the lousy economy, suggests NYTimes reporter Jackie Calmes: "The president's Labor Day addresses trace the stubbornness of the crisis he inherited....a Democratic-controlled Congress had passed his two-year, $800 billion stimulus program of tax cuts and spending. 'It's working,' Mr. Obama said then. Most economists agreed...." Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:46:00 GMT 20110906011618.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110906011618.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-06-CBS-ES-reghoffa.jpg Good Morning America on Tuesday skipped any mention of James Hoffa's call for war against the Tea Party and the union leader's exhortation to "take these son[s] of bitches out." The ABC program was the only network evening or morning show to ignore the heated rhetoric entirely. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:12:00 GMT 20110906124343.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110906124343.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/FOXNewsSundayTodaysign-2011-09-04-240.jpg Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace displayed to former Vice President Dick Cheney how NBC’s Today show on Tuesday had ended Matt Lauer’s interview with him by pulling back to highlight an Amnesty International protest sign (“TORTURE IS A CRIME: INVESTIGATE CHENEY”) in the crowd on the street. (with video) Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:35:00 GMT 20110905094943.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110905094943.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-05-NBC-NN-Cabrera1.jpg Appearing on Monday's NBC Nightly News, CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera blamed decades of overspending by European governments and borrowing to help provide promised benefits for the continent's current economic problems. Caruso-Cabrera: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:45:00 GMT 20110904113205.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110904113205.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/ABCWorldNews-200binvest-2011-09-02-240.jpg In the midst of the failure of President Obama’s “stimulus spending” program, ABC on Friday night asserted the solution to the devastating report, of zero jobs created in August, is...more stimulus spending. Since “the debt, say most economists, is only a long-term concern and the U.S. can borrow money right now at practically no interest,” reporter Jim Avila contended the federal government “should launch a stimulus program as big as the one that was launched in World War II.” Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:24:00 GMT 20110904011338.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110904011338.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-03-CBS-EN-Mitchell1.jpg On Saturday's CBS Evening News, correspondent Barry Petersen filed a report which highlighted Human Rights Watch's analysis of government records in Libya which document that, during the Bush administration, the CIA sent prisoners to Libya as part of its renditioning program. Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:04:00 GMT 20110903044418.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110903044418.aspx Appearing as a guest on Friday's Last Word to discuss Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman's plan to simplify the income tax code, MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe saw extremism in the Tea Party movement as he asserted that Huntsman's plan was "moderate when you compare it to where the Tea Party extremists want to take this." Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:38:00 -0400 20110902045629.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110902045629.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-02-MSNBC-bashirreg.jpg Republican Congressman Joe Walsh and left-leaning MSNBC anchor Martin Bashir got into a contentious exchange over Barack Obama on Friday. The Congressman bluntly explained to Bashir, "Your profession did not vet [Obama]..." Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:50:00 GMT 20110902125632.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110902125632.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-02-NBC-Today-regtodd.jpg The NBC and ABC morning shows on Friday indicated a growing impatience with not knowing Sarah Palin's presidential plans. NBC's Chuck Todd declared of the Labor Day holiday, "I think one thing about Sarah Palin is that this is her last weekend to cry wolf, essentially." Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:49:00 -0400 20110902100003.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110902100003.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/MSNBCdebatepromo-240.jpg Following Wednesday’s NBC News/Politico Republican presidential debate which will last one hour and forty five minutes, MSNBC will devote more time, two hours and fifteen minutes, to a group of ten left-wing commentators – with a mere two non-liberals mixed in – to analyzing what the Republicans and conservatives said. Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:55:00 GMT 20110901055421.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110901055421.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-31-Wolffe.jpg Appearing on Wednesday's edition of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe pondered that a possible reason for Republican's rejecting Barack Obama's request to have an address to Congress on the same night as a GOP presidential debate could have been due to "the color of his skin." Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:48:00 GMT 20110901050644.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110901050644.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-01-MSNBC-MJ-regscarborough.jpg MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on Thursday pressed Dick Cheney over his new book, wondering "what changed Dick Cheney from the man who was seen by everybody as the moderate voice of Republicanism in Washington D.C. to a man who seemed to morph overnight into Darth Vader?" Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:01:00 GMT 20110901015440.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110901015440.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-01-NBC-Guthrie.jpg On Thursday's Today show NBC's Savannah Guthrie prodded Jon Huntsman to slam his fellow GOP presidential candidates Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann as too conservative, as she pressed the former Governor of Utah: "Are they too far right to win and beat President Obama?" Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:51:00 GMT 20110901123541.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110901123541.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-09-01-ABC-GMA-Steph.jpg Former Democratic operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos on Thursday attempted to spin the botched scheduling of a proposed Barack Obama speech to Congress as, generically, "politicians behaving badly." Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:29:00 GMT 20110831065540.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110831065540.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/msnbc_carson_cbc.jpg Representative Andre Carson's inflammatory attack on the Tea Party has yet to have received any attention from the Big Three networks. As reported by Politico on Wednesday, Rep. Carson accused Tea Party-friendly members of Congress of wanting to bring back Jim Crow and went so far to accuse his colleagues of wanting to bring back lynching: "Some of them...would love to see you and me...hanging on a tree." Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:02:00 GMT 20110831051816.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110831051816.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Timeswatch_thumb_for_NB.jpg Welcome to the club. NYT's Jeremy Peters reports: "Preparing journalists to cover the presidential campaign these days is also an exercise in indiscretion management. In the new dynamic of campaigns, reporters themselves are targets both of political strategists as well as other journalists and bloggers....Some reporters have even found their personal e-mails leaked and used against them." Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:18:00 GMT 20110831125236.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110831125236.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-31-NBC-TDAY-FEMAFund.jpg At the top of Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer warned: "Record flooding in the wake of Irene leading to new evacuations and dramatic rescues across the Northeast....As FEMA's disaster fund runs dangerously low." Moments later he announced the agency was "running into a serious money crunch because of Irene and in-fighting in Washington." Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:46:00 GMT 20110831122714.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110831122714.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-31-MSNBC-MJ-regmorningjoe.jpg MSNBC's Joe Scarborough shifted into psychic mode on Wednesday, flat-out declaring, "Of course, [Rick Perry] can't get elected in the general election. He can't." The Morning Joe host derided the GOP presidential candidate, even predicting what states Perry would lose and by how much. Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:22:00 GMT 20110830080604.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110830080604.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/CheneySign240.jpg On Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer began a hostile interview with Dick Cheney by running through various derisive labels for the former Vice President: "You've been called 'controversial' and 'divisive.' Some people have called you the most divisive political figure in this country in a century." Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:59:00 GMT 20110830061824.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110830061824.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-07-CNN-Lemon-Conservative cinqo.jpg In a Thursday NPR interview, CNN's openly-gay anchor Don Lemon lumped discrimination against gays and lesbians in with atrocities committed in Libya. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:13:00 GMT 20110830061117.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110830061117.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/HurricaneIrenepic tres.jpg In the days leading up to Hurricane Irene's march through the Northeast, journalists repeatedly suggested that the storm was yet more evidence of climate change. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:06:00 GMT 20110830060610.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110830060610.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-29-CNN-Phillips-PaulBachmann tres.jpg CNN anchor Kyra Phillips asked her "Political Buzz" panel Monday if GOP candidates Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann are "ready for the big office" given their unusual views. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:01:00 GMT 20110830074132.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110830074132.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Timeswatch_thumb_for_NB.jpg Of course: "The scale of Hurricane Irene, which could cause more extensive damage along the Eastern Seaboard than any storm in decades, is reviving an old question: are hurricanes getting worse because of human-induced climate change?" Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:41:00 GMT 20110829054514.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110829054514.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-29-CBS-TES-Plante.jpg On Monday's Early Show, CBS's Bill Plante inserted the oft-repeated media spin about the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina. Plante ignored the poor handling of Katrina at the state and local levels, spotlighting instead how "homeless wandered the streets of New Orleans" as Bush flew overhead. Three days earlier, CBS brought on disgraced former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin as an "expert." Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:53:00 GMT 20110829040000.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110829040000.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-29-MSNBC-stonereg.jpg Newsweek journalist Dan Stone appeared on MSNBC's News Live, Monday, to offer a bizarre complaint about Dick Cheney's new memoir. He lamented, "This book is very focused on rehashing. It's very based on the past, from what I can tell." Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:48:00 GMT 20110829023127.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110829023127.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-29-NBC-TDAY-LauerRoker.jpg On Monday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer introduced a panel discussion on whether media coverage of Hurricane Irene was overdone by proclaiming: "Was this storm over-hyped? In some ways, it's a one-sentence argument, this storm killed more than 20 people and 4 million people are without power, and clearly there's misery and destruction. How could it have been over-hyped?" Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:23:00 GMT 20110829102143.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110829102143.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-26-MSNBC-regtoure_0.jpg 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 and this sort of thing, is this really evidence of global warming to see this sort of a massive storm happening here?" Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:17:00 GMT 20110828112305.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110828112305.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/MeetthePress-Bookertweet-2011-08-28-240.jpg If only George W. Bush had ordered home delivery of some pizzas during Katrina. On Meet the Press, David Gregory relayed how Newark Mayor Cory Booker delivered a few pizzas to a shelter, then Gregory marveled at the “contrast...between President Bush regretting he had a flyover of the storm zone and here's Mayor Booker personally delivering pizzas.” Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:15:00 GMT 20110826043532.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110826043532.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-26-MSNBC-MB-BashirNagin.jpg Teasing his Friday 3 p.m. ET hour show on MSNBC, anchor Martin Bashir proclaimed that he would have a special guest on to discuss incoming Hurricane Irene: "Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin joins us to explain what leaders must do to avoid the mistakes that were made six years ago." Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:27:00 GMT 20110826041350.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110826041350.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Bill_Keller_Kalb.JPG New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller thinks the Times eventually did a good job covering Obama's Rev. Wright problem: "Yes, Dems should be asked about their faith (and influences) too. We were late to Rev. Wright in '08, but we got there, and did it well." We beg to differ. Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:13:00 GMT 20110826024616.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110826024616.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-25-MSNBC-Schultz.jpg On Thursday's The Ed Show, Ed Schultz warned all the senior citizens in his audience to not be charmed by Republican Senator Marco Rubio saving Nancy Reagan from a fall because, according to Schultz, the policies of the "pretty boy" will be "downright ugly." Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:44:00 GMT 20110826122016.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110826122016.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-25-MSNBC-Bashir.jpg Despite the poor economy, MSNBC's Martin Bashir on Thursday saw only problems ahead for the 2012 GOP presidential candidates, grilling Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:15:00 GMT 20110826111845.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110826111845.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-25-MSNBC-BrewerWeisberg.jpg During Thursday's 12 p.m. ET hour on MSNBC, host Contessa Brewer, who is soon to be leaving the anchor chair, declared that moderate Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman was "trying to turn things around with a new take-no-prisoners strategy, calling out his conservative competitors for their far-right views." Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:13:00 GMT 20110825064521.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110825064521.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-23-CNN-News-Phillips tres.jpg Referencing Dick Cheney's revelation in his new memoir that he urged President Bush to bomb a Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, CNN's Kyra Phillips posed this obnoxious question to her panel: "Was Cheney even more of a hawk than we gave him credit for?" Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:39:00 GMT 20110825062104.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110825062104.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-25-MSNBC-Hardball-RonReagan240.jpg According to Hardball guest host Ron Reagan, former Vice President Dick Cheney is a "war criminal" for endorsing waterboarding. On Thursday, the son of the former President attacked, "But the fact of the matter is...[Cheney's] a war criminal. Torture is a crime and this is a guy who can't travel to Europe anymore for fear of being- ending up in the Hague." Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:10:00 GMT 20110825024154.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110825024154.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-25-NBC-TDAY-CurryGangel.jpg Thursday's NBC Today previewed an upcoming Dateline interview with Dick Cheney about his new memoir and labeled the former Vice President "controversial" three times in less than a minute. Co-host Ann Curry proclaimed him to be "one of the most controversial figures of our time." Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:37:00 GMT 20110825123520.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110825123520.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Quinones.jpg What Would You Do?, an ABC News hidden camera program that often engineers scenarios to expose the supposed bigotry of Americans, was asked on Wednesday to stop filming by the town of Greenwich, Connecticut. Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:28:00 GMT 20110825102716.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110825102716.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-23-CNN-Cafferty-GOP tres.jpg CNN's Jack Cafferty slammed the "intellectual lightweights" leading the Republican presidential field on Wednesday, wondering why their supporters "seem to be allergic to brains." Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:24:00 GMT 20110825101931.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110825101931.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-22-CNN-PiersMorgan-Huntsman tres.jpg Jon Huntsman may be the liberal media's favorite Republican candidate, and CNN's Piers Morgan did nothing to dispel that notion in a two-part puff-piece interview Monday and Tuesday. The CNN host provided plenty of softball questions and positive commentary in what seemed at times to be a campaign promotion. Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:14:00 GMT 20110825101216.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110825101216.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-23-CNN-AM-Freeman.jpg CNN anchor Carol Costello related how actor Morgan Freeman "ran into him [Obama] on the golf course and he said, he said he wanted to tell the President to quote, 'Get pissed off, get fighting mad.'" After reporting that New York Times columnist Charles Blow has written about how Obama needs to be tougher, she asked Blow what he thought about Freeman's comment. Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:08:00 GMT 20110825094756.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110825094756.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-24-MSNBC-HB-Reagan.jpg Hardball guest host Ron Reagan on Wednesday assailed Rick Santroum as a "lonely, homophobic voice shrieking in the wilderness." The liberal MSNBC anchor attacked the Republican presidential candidate for his opposition to gay rights, wondering if Santorum wanted to return to the days when husbands could beat their wives. Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:44:00 GMT 20110825071450.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110825071450.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-24-MSNBC-LW-Hayes1.jpg On Wednesday's Last Word on MSNBC, substitute host Chris Hayes blamed conservative Israelis like Prime Minister Netanyahu for the absence of peace with the Palestinians. Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:52:00 GMT 20110824051200.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110824051200.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-23-Lemon-BA.jpg Substitute hosting on HLN's The Joy Behar Show, on Tuesday, CNN's Don Lemon prodded Jay Bakker, the son of televangelist Jim Bakker, to accuse Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann of exploiting fears of Christians as he claimed that the GOP presidential hopefuls were: "playing to a group of people who deal a lot with fear and using fear to control folks." Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:08:00 GMT 20110824044446.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110824044446.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Krugman_2010.jpg Columnist Paul Krugman gets angry over a fake quote, but some of the things he has actually said about economic growth are just as bad. Three days after 9-11 he wrote that one of the possible "favorable effects" from the attacks were a "sudden" need for "some new office buildings." Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:44:00 GMT 20110824020913.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110824020913.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-23-MSNBC-HB-jansing.jpg Guest hosting for Chris Matthews on Tuesday, MSNBC's Chris Jansing derided Rick Perry, wondering if the Republican presidential candidate is "too far off even for the GOP?" Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:56:00 GMT 20110823072102.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110823072102.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-23-CNN-News-Phillips tres.jpg In two separate interviews of Republican presidential candidates, CNN's Piers Morgan exhibited an obvious contempt of Tea Party politics as well as a double standard toward moderate and conservative presidential candidates. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:16:00 GMT 20110823054530.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110823054530.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-23-CBS-TES-Crawford.jpg CBS's Jan Crawford highlighted Mitt Romney 's fortune on Tuesday's Early Show and how "wealthier candidates, like Romney...Jon Huntsman, are...hit with that nasty insult they're an elitist." Crawford did mention how that label has also been leveled at President Obama on more than one occasion, but also forwarded a myth about former President George H. W. Bush's 1992 encounter with a supermarket scanner. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:34:00 GMT 20110823043026.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110823043026.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-23-ABC-GMA-regsteph.jpg The morning shows on NBC and CBS skipped a new Gallup poll finding Barack Obama either behind or tied with his Republican challengers. Only ABC's Good Morning America mentioned the stark numbers. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:25:00 GMT 20110823010122.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110823010122.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-23-ABC-GMAlogo.jpg Liberals are "pro" and bestow rights on people. Conservatives are "anti" and negative. That's the impressions that viewers would get from watching ABC. On Tuesday, Good Morning America's Bianna Golodryga mentioned the possible presidential candidacy of George Pataki, noting the former New York governor is "pro-choice, pro-union and pro-gay rights." Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:58:00 -0400 20110822054508.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110822054508.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-20-NBC-TDAY-Welker.jpg On Saturday's NBC Today, White House correspondent Kristen Welker fawned over President Obama's 10-day excursion to Martha's Vineyard, declaring: "...his first public outing...A bookstore in Vineyard Haven where he, Malia, and Sasha bought eight books." A crowd outside the store could be heard chanting: "Four more years! Four more years!" Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:36:00 GMT 20110822052817.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110822052817.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-19-CBS-bigsign.jpg NBC has yet to cover a major shift by the Obama administration that would halt deportation of illegal immigrants who have not committed a crime. According to the Washington Times, up to 300,000 cases could be impacted by this decision. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:20:00 GMT 20110822123843.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110822123843.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-21-NBC-regmatthews.jpg On his syndicated program, Sunday, Chris Matthews slammed Rick Perry for being too "nasty" to Barack Obama. The liberal host also wondered if the fact that Perry is not a Mormon gives southerners a "permission slip" to like him. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:31:00 GMT 20110822115606.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110822115606.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-21-NBC-MTP-Guthrie.jpg In an interview with former press secretary and current Obama campaign advisor Robert Gibbs on Sunday's Meet the Press, substitute host Savannah Guthrie pushed the President from the left: "If the President thinks more should be done, if he thinks there should be more stimulus, why doesn't he just go for broke? Why doesn't he go out there and ask for it, make a case for it?" Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:51:00 GMT 20110822093022.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110822093022.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Zeleny-video-240.jpg President Barack Obama continues to benefit from a fawning media of which past Presidents could only dream, yet on Sunday’s This Week two journalists fretted he’s not getting enough credit for his accomplishments, a lack of recognition they blamed on his staff’s poor public relations efforts. (with video) Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:22:00 GMT 20110821105522.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110821105522.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/FacetheNation-Perrybook2011-08-21-240.jpg CBS’s Norah O’Donnell, filling in on Face the Nation, just couldn’t comprehend how a candidate espousing true conservative views could possibly capture the White House. Referring to Rick Perry, she demanded: “Can the Republican Party elect someone President who doesn't believe in global warming?” And: “Can you elect a Republican to the White House who thinks Social Security is a bad disease?” Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:48:00 GMT 20110821104631.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110821104631.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/AliciaWitt-FridayNightLights-2011-07-15-240.jpg Actress/singer Alicia Witt, who came to semi-fame playing Cybill Shepherd’s teenage daughter “Zoey” on the late 1990s CBS sit-com Cybill, traveled to Washington, DC this past week, which she told the Washington Examiner was her first visit to the nation’s capital since “President Obama’s inauguration, which she says made her feel more patriotic than she ever has in her life.” Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:38:00 -0400 20110819042558.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110819042558.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-19-Mitchell.jpg When NBC's Andrea Mitchell, on Friday, asked Haley Barbour if Rick Perry had to "clean up his language?" the former head of the RNC brushed back the host of MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports by subtly accusing her of engaging in typical liberal media tricks. Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:22:00 GMT 20110819022303.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110819022303.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2004-05-28-CSP-Neuharth.jpg Prompted by Newsweek’s Michele Bachmann cover picture choice, USA Today founder Al Neuharth, a pretty consistent liberal, recognized the magazine’s political agenda: “Under Tina Brown, it is an inaccurate and unfair left-wing propaganda machine.” Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:15:00 GMT 20110819011037.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110819011037.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-19-NBC-Today-regobama.jpg NBC on Friday offered a light-hearted defense of Barack Obama's vacation, justifying it by pointing out how hard it is for world leaders to take trips. Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:01:00 GMT 20110818062852.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110818062852.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-18-CNN-News-Forbes tres.jpg On Thursday, Forbes's Robert Lenzner claimed the U.S. needs a second stimulus, and CNN's financial gurus Richard Quest and Ali Velshi were content to leave him with his point. Velshi even acknowledged later that the country needs to "stimulate employment." Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:20:00 GMT 20110818035526.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110818035526.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/Timeswatch_thumb_for_NB.jpg Ashley Parker's report on Rick Perry featured six paragraphs on a global warming discussion between Perry and N.H. citizen Jim Rubens, described by Parker as a "a Republican activist and high-tech investor from Etna." But the Times left out Rubens is a consultant with a left-wing environmental group. Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:51:00 GMT 20110818035057.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110818035057.aspx http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-18-NBC-TDAY-Lauer.jpg On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer teased an upcomin