PeterJennings

Nets Concerned Over Congress' Role In Run-Up to Iraq, Now Barely Notice Obama's End-Run

3/22/2011 12:37 PM ET

The Obama administration attacked Libya after a vote of the UN Security Council, but without any congressional authorization, and apparently not even very much consultation with congressional ...

Flashback: Media Decried Voters in 1994, Argued Conservatives Had "No Mandate"

11/2/2010 3:38 PM ET

MRC's archives show a trend on nights when conservative candidates do well: smug journalists slamming "angry" or stupid voters; claims there's no mandate for conservative policies; slams that ...

Washington Post/MSNBC's Robinson Plagiarizes Peter Jennings on Electorate's 'Temper Tantrum'

9/5/2010 11:13 PM ET

The late Peter Jennings, shortly after the Republicans took control of Congress in 1994: "Imagine a nation full of uncontrolled two-year-old rage. The voters had a temper tantrum last week." ...

Never Liberal Enough: Networks Also Doubted Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Pro-Abortion Credentials in '93

5/30/2009 10:47 AM ET

This isn't the first time the networks have channeled the worries of liberal pro-abortion groups about a Democratic President's Supreme Court nominee. Sixteen years ago, President Clinton picked ...

Silent Spring for Networks on Recent Same-Sex Marriage Decisions

5/13/2009 1:00 AM ET

Nightly news programs fail to cover liberal definitions of marriage.