On Wednesday's CBS This Morning , Nancy Cordes trumpeted the passage of Senate Democrats' temporary fiscal cliff fix by the House as a " big bipartisan victory ", immediately after pointing out that " the votes were about two-to-one Democratic in favor of the bill ." Cordes also hyped how the bill is "a milestone , finally settling a decade-long debate over the Bush-era tax cuts," despite the fact the bill raises tax rates on top earners. The correspondent also likened Congress to a teenaged student: " Well, if this was high school, you'd say they turned in the assignment... continue reading
ABC News, the same network which falsely linked the Tea Party to a mass killing in Colorado , on Wednesday ignored an alleged connection between Occupy Wall Street and a wealthy New York City couple apparently planning a terrorist spree. Instead, a Good Morning America journalist referred to the investigation as a "preppy terror case." The New York Post on Monday reported that Morgan Gliedman and her boyfriend, Aaron Greene, have been arrested after a vast number of guns, bombs and the "Terrorist Encyclopedia" were found in their home. According to the Post , the two are "the privileged daughter... continue reading
On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News , hours before the House of Representatives approved a deal to avert the fiscal cliff, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd wrung his hands over Republican opposition to the lopsided legislation that increased taxes and offered no spending cuts: "I think we're in the last throes of sort of the typical theatrics that have become the norm for Washington over the last couple of years. And there is going to be a few more shenanigans before the night is over." [ Listen to the audio ] That was in response to fill-in anchor Kate Snow... continue reading
“Every year a conservative watchdog organization, the Media Research Center, names the worst reporters of the year,” Fox NewsWatch host Jon Scott announced, ending Saturday afternoon’s show with clips from the MRC’s “ Best Notable Quotables of 2012: The Twenty-Fifth Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting .” He explained “votes were cast by some of the best and brightest in the business, including a few NewsWatch panelists.” Indeed, Cal Thomas and Jim Pinkerton were judges . Scott listed the nominees for “ The Obamagasm Award ” and “ The Audacity of Dopes Award for the Wackiest Analysis of the... continue reading
Time magazine’s Joe Klein can’t get his basic biographic facts straight, but he’s sure the “fiscal cliff” impasse should be blamed on Grover Norquist on Rush Limbaugh for leading a conservative culture “removed from reality” and “extreme in the most egregious way.” On CBS’s Face the Nation , after Peggy Noonan regretted how President Barack Obama allows “dreadful enervating dramas” while Ronald Reagan was big enough to make deals with Speaker Tip O’Neill, Klein sputtered: “When Ronald Reagan was President, Grover Norquist was in diapers and Rush Limbaugh was a disc jockey, I think, in St. Louis.” He proceeded to... continue reading
The second runners-up quotes in the MRC’s “ Best Notable Quotables of 2012: The Twenty-Fifth Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting .” As announced in a CyberAlert Special last week, the awards issue was posted, with videos, on Monday, December 17, but Wednesday, yesterday and today - the last weekdays of the year - MRC.org’s BiasAlert and corresponding CyberAlert e-mail newsletter will run the winning quotes followed on succeeding days by the runners-up. The page linked above also has links for the text of the entire issue in MS Word or WordPerfect formats. You can also download a colorful... continue reading
Both NBC and CBS on Thursday morning covered the outrage over a New York newspaper publishing the names and addresses of gun permit holders in two counties. ABC made no mention of the controversy, however. "A suburban New York City newspaper is in the middle of a big controversy this morning after it put up online the names and addresses of everyone with a gun permit," reported CBS This Morning co-host Jeff Glor. "Call it a battle between the First and Second Amendments," said NBC News correspondent Katy Tur on the Today show. Both the Today show and CBS This... continue reading
CNN's Carol Costello threw liberal characterizations and talking points at the NRA's President, David Keene, on Thursday morning. Keene repeatedly had to deflect criticisms that the NRA is out of touch with most Americans during a lengthy 15-minute grilling. Costello resorted to sharing smears of the NRA from her Facebook page. " And many, many comments said, 'Why is the NRA crazy? Why are they, like, out of touch with reality?' A lot of people said – why do you think that people say those things about the NRA? " she asked Keene. [Video below. Audio here .] Costello also... continue reading
The first runners-up quotes in the MRC’s “ Best Notable Quotables of 2012: The Twenty-Fifth Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting .” As announced in a CyberAlert Special last week, the awards issue was posted, with videos, on Monday, December 17, but following tradition, yesterday, today and Friday - the last weekdays of the year - MRC.org’s BiasAlert and corresponding CyberAlert e-mail newsletter will run the winning quotes followed on succeeding days by the runners-up. The page linked above also has links for the text of the entire issue in MS Word or WordPerfect formats. You can also download... continue reading
ABC News had to wait two weeks to get on air Barbara Walters’ interview with the Obamas -- and then the network’s evening newscast decided to focus on her asking Barack and Michelle Obama about their sex life. “An ABC News exclusive,” fill-in World News anchor David Muir teased, “Barbara Walters at the White House, asking Michelle Obama if she’ll run for office next. And a personal question, too.” Viewers were then treated to a clip of Walters with the Obamas: “How do you keep the fire going?” The two laughed as Mrs. Obama giggled: “That’s a good question!” Audio:... continue reading