Saturday Plugs for Newly Web-Posted Material: Media Missed Gore Gay Shift; This Week's MagazineWatch Plus: Jeff Jacoby's Nemesis to Appear Sunday on C-SPAN > "Media Out to Lunch on Gore's Big Gay Shift: ABC, CBS, NBC Ignore Gore's Changing Stand for Gay 'Civic Unions' In MTV/Time Youth Forum." The September 29 Campaign 2000 Media Reality Check by the MRC's Tim Graham, on how the networks ignored how Al Gore, at the MTV forum on Tuesday, went further on gay unions than did the Democratic platform, is now online thanks to Webmaster Andy Szul: http://www.mediaresearch.org/realitycheck/2000/20000929.asp For the Adobe Acrobat PDF version,... continue reading
Winnie's Story "Totally Genuine"; Bush "Scare Tactic" in Calling Gore Liberal; Gumbel Avoided Lieberman's Two-Faced Promises 1) Making it so, Tom Brokaw Thursday night admired how Winnie Skinner's plight has turned into "more than 15 minutes of fame." Jim Avila insisted: "Her neighbors say her story is totally genuine." She lives in a house, but he claimed that drug companies aren't doing enough to "take this great grandmother off the streets." And how does she afford a Tommy Hilfiger jacket? 2) NBC's David Gregory warned that Bush employed "a scare tactic" when he branded "the Vice President an old style... continue reading
Woman's Plight: "Wow, "It Resonates"; Drug Company Profiteering; Unexcited About Bush Lead in Polls; Only FNC Noted Gore Gay Gaffe -- Extra Edition 1) ABC, CBS and MSNBC eagerly hyped the Gore issue agenda promoted by an elderly woman at a Gore event who claimed she has to pick up cans along roadsides to pay for her prescriptions. ABC's Terry Moran enthused about her "poignant" story: "This is the way campaigns are supposed to work. A candidate, a voter and a big issue." MSNBC's Chip Reid: "Wow, is it resonating." 2) ABC's Good Morning America brought the can collecting woman... continue reading
ABC & NBC Morning Shows Hype Pro-Gore Tale of Can-Collecting Widow; "A Simple, Sweet Story" of "Indomitable Spirit" -- Back to today's CyberAlert 1) Picking up on last night's stories celebrating 79-year-old Winifred Skinner, NBC's Jim Avila brought to Today "a simple, sweet story, driving home what for seniors is shaping up as a cornerstone issue." And she was "embraced by her country's Vice President." 2) ABC's Good Morning America interviewed Skinner live about her plight. Charles Gibson opened the program: "Outrage over the cost of prescription drugs in America has a new face today. How will the drug companies... continue reading
Focus on Bush's Michigan Troubles; ABC & NBC Relayed Gore's False Medicare Charges, Corrected by FNC and MSNBC -- Extra Edition 1) Polls now put George W. Bush ahead of Al Gore, but Tuesday night ABC and CBS focused on how Bush is behind in Michigan. ABC showcased a Republican woman who proclaimed "a stronger connection with Al Gore" because he's for stricter gun control. Jim Wooten concluded that "about the last thing on anybody's mind is change." 2) Tuesday night FNC and MSNBC corrected Al Gore's false charges about Gingrich's desire to "cut" Medicare and MSNBC corrected the claim... continue reading
Back to today's CyberAlert The September 26 edition of MediaNomics: -- Oil Announcement Was Opportunity For Both Good and Bad Journalism: ABC Bought the Gore Spin; Russert Caught Richardson -- CBS Evening News Broadcasts Unbalanced Claims From Liberal Activists: Distorted on Electrical Deregulation and Genetic Taco Terror Below is the text of the two articles in the latest edition of MediaNomics from the MRC's Free Market Project (FMP), which documents what the media tell Americans about free enterprise. Both were researched and written by FMP Director Rich Noyes. To read these online and to see the RealPlayer video which accompanies... continue reading
Pro-Bush "Politicization" of Military; Gore Not Asked About E-Mail & Fabrications; Geraldo Popped Out of Cake for Walters 1) Policy night on ABC and CBS with stories on the Gore and Bush plans for Medicare and education. ABC failed to criticize the tone of Al Gore's charge that Bush "supported Newt Gingrich's assault on Medicare." 2) Instead of exploring why so many retired military officers have rejected Gore and are backing Bush, CBS News saw the military's political preferences as a nefarious development. Dan Rather warned about the "increasing politicization of the military." 3) FNC's Brit Hume on Monday night... continue reading
Clayson Played Oprah to Bush; Washington Post Took Up Pro-Gore Bias; Guests "Not Illegal" & Hume's Retort 1) CBS's Jane Clayson played Oprah, asking George Bush: "Without talking policy, what would you say to women about the kind of person that you are?" On CNN Tucker Carlson argued that those who rely on Oprah "are exactly the people who shouldn't vote." 2) Front page Washington Post story: "Over the past month, many conservatives, Republican voters and even some journalists themselves have concluded that the mainstream media are tilting heavily toward Vice President Gore." 3) The public and even Democratic political... continue reading
Sleep-Over List Spiked by ABC & CBS; NBC Praised Oil Release; Poll: Media Less Fair to Bush 1) ABC and CBS ignored the White House sleep-over list Friday night. NBC's Andrea Mitchell found that donors were awarded with seats to state dinners. FNC reported Hillary gave one couple an overnight as a payoff for donating. CNN downplayed any impropriety: "Only about one guest in four contributed anything and the First Lady's ten biggest donors were not on the guest list." And did guest Rick Kaplan, ex-CNN President, give $2,000? 2) NBC welcomed the Gore-Clinton oil release plan. Tom Brokaw called... continue reading
Bush: "Pawn of the Oil Industry"; NBC Caught Up on Gore Gaffes; Pro-Gore Media Bias Admitted; Geraldo Demands Apology -- Extra Edition 1) ABC's Terry Moran decided Gore welcomes the debate over tapping the strategic oil reserve if only "to point out" that Bush and Cheney "hail from the oil industry." But Gore's plan was mostly derided Thursday night as political and ineffective. Two CBS reporters couldn't agree whether the move would reduce oil prices. 2) NBC Nightly News caught up with two Gore gaffes the show had ignored when initially revealed. Claire Shipman cited the "blowup on the issue... continue reading