Media Research Center President Brent Bozell condemned the relentless attacks on Donald Trump’s cabinet picks and also journalists who, at the same time, are ignoring the radical statements and connections of potential Democratic National Committee Chairman Keith Ellison. Appearing on the Fox Business Channel, Friday, Bozell explained, “There's a reason why, by ten to one, the American people believe the news media are is in for the Democratic Party. It's because they're in the tank for the Democratic Party.”
Talking about a new study by the Media Research Center finding that the networks are ignoring the controversies surrounding Congressman Ellison, Bozell offered, “Deep ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Number two, a defender and promoter of Louis Farrakhan. Number three, he's not only suggested George Bush and 9/11, he's also likened the rise of Donald Trump to the rise of Adolf Hitler.”
The MRC president concluded, “It comes to the point where the American people say enough of this. This is why they rejected the media so strongly this year in the presidential campaign.”
A transcript of the Intelligence Report segment is below:
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Intelligence Report
11/18/16
2:16pm ETTRISH REGAN: A new Media Research Center study is exposing the blatant bias of the left-wing national media. Since Sunday night, the big three networks have devoted 41 minutes and 46 seconds of coverage to Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon. Seventy four percent of which was negative. By comparison, there were only two minutes of coverage on Congressman Keith Ellison, the man running or thought to be in line for chairman of the DNC. And none of that coverage was negative. So let me share with you what we know about Keith Ellison. Mr. Ellison has been accused of having ties to radical Islam, the Muslim brotherhood. He has actually implied that President Bush was behind 9/11 and has spoken out against Israel, calling it an apartheid state.
Now while I understand it is important to look into anyone that may have the President’s ear, we also need to ask why is the scrutiny so one sided? Why is no one in the media, save us, willing to take a hard look at Keith Ellison and the potential new head of the Democratic National Committee? Joining me right now from the Media Research Center, the organization that did this full study, Brent Bozell. Brent is looking at it. Brent I get that the media wants to do a deep dive of anyone around Trump, as they should. But what I don’t get is why aren't they subjecting the other side to a similar level of scrutiny?
BRENT BOZELL: You know, Trish, there's a reason why, by ten to one, the American people believe the news media are is in for the Democratic Party, it's because they're in the tank for the Democratic Party. This is nothing new. This is something we've seen for 30 years. This goes back to Reagan. With every Reagan appointee, it was a scorched Earth. Just repeating any rumor, any story you heard anywhere. Look at these attacks on Steve Bannon. I was telling Neil Cavuto this yesterday. Google Steve Bannon and white supremacists and what you’ll find is all sorts of stories about him and white supremacism. The only thing that's missing is a lick of evidence. It’s all the media talking to each other and pushing this. Jeff Sessions today. Somebody dredges up some accusation made years and years ago by somebody who called him a racist with no evidence behind it. It’s this kind of —
REGAN: Yeah and he denied those allegations and some he said, others were taken out of context. But nobody necessarily wants to hear that side. When you look at what the media has called Steve Bannon, they said white supremacist, extremist, racist anti-Semitic. They look at some of the comments made on the Breitbart site, that gets them quite riled up. You know, you look at Keith Ellison. Tell us about Keith Ellison. What is it that people need to know about Representative Ellison who could well take over the Democratic National Committee?
BOZELL: What do we need to know? Deep ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Number two, a defender and support — promoter of Louis Farrakhan. Number three, he's not only suggested George Bush and 9/11, he's also likened the rise of Donald Trump to the rise of Adolf Hitler. He also believes that Israel is an apartheid state.
REGAN: By the way, Brent, I heard that a lot. I want to jump in on that, because I heard that one a lot from not only Keith Ellison but actually some mainstream media sources, quite a few of them and think that that was one that. You know, it's like it crosses a line at some point that this has just become too acceptable to say that Donald Trump and his supporters represent what we saw in Nazi Germany, my goodness! I mean, that's when you know things have crossed the line and you're at point of no return.
BOZELL: Well, this is — you're in the realm of the absurd. But they really do believe this. This is why college students are being given hot cocoa by their professors because they are really, really upset and crying about this. So they're likening him, I'm surprised he hasn't been likened to Satan yet. I imagine that's coming soon.
REGAN: I think that has come out. I think Hillary Clinton might have done that. It was very much good versus evil, right? And it’s okay for mainstream media to say this.
BOZELL: Yeah, Trish. Your point is absolutely right, you should do a deep dive, you should cover these people. But number one, look at facts and look at them honestly. And stop reporting anything kind of scuttlebutt that you found 30 years ago. And number two, be consistent on it. Such inconsistency for decades. If you look at one position after another, whether it was Ronald Reagan, George Bush 43, George Bush 41. This is a classic attack, attack, attack. And, and Trish, here's the important thing, personal attacks. They're all personal smears, and it comes to the point where the American people say enough of this. This is why they rejected the media so strongly this year in the presidential campaign.
