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LOPSIDED: Nets Push ‘Tennessee Three’ Side Over Conservatives (107-24)
MRC analysts looked at 92 minutes, 22 seconds of network evening and morning coverage of the ousting of the “Tennessee Three” from April 6 to April 13 and discovered a whopping disparity in clips with the leftist trio and their supporters overwhelming conservative Republicans by a 107 to 24 count. A 4 to 1…
SICK! Journos Blame Conservative ‘Selfish’ ‘Monsters’ for Shooting
The following are just a few of the ugliest attacks on conservatives from liberal journalists and celebrities in the last month.
Nets Spend 658 Minutes on Trump, 0 Seconds on Biden Family Corruption
Over 20 days (March 16-April 5) ABC, NBC, CBS filled their evening, morning and Sunday roundtable shows with over 658 minutes (10 hours, 58 minutes, 17 seconds) of Trump investigation coverage compared to ZERO seconds spent on Biden family corruption stories. On average, network audiences saw almost 33 minutes per day of Trump investigation…
Media Jeered Democrat Edwards’ Indictment: ‘Third World... Revenge’
The indictment of former President Trump has prompted gleeful cheers among many in the left-wing media, but a similar indictment of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards 12 years ago was jeered at the time as an “overreach” that could wind up being an “embarrassment” for the Justice Department.
Nets Spend 273 Minutes on Trump, 0 Seconds on Biden Family Corruption
Over 14 days (March 16-March 30) ABC, NBC, CBS filled their evening, morning and Sunday roundtable shows with over 272 minutes (4 hours, 32 minutes, 56 seconds) of Trump investigation coverage compared to ZERO seconds spent on Biden family corruption stories. On average, network audiences saw almost 20 minutes per day of Trump investigation…
STUDY: Networks Obsess Over 'Far Right,' Oblivious to 'Far Left'
Television broadcast networks tend to slap a “far-right” label onto anything even remotely conservative, often referring to conservative Republican of Congress, fringe conspiracy theorists, and outright domestic terrorists with identical terminology for all three. Yet these same networks refuse even to acknowledge the existence of a “far-left,” — and in fact, since the 2022 midterms, they have…
LOSING THEIR MINDS: Journos and Celebs Rage Against ‘Fascist’ DeSantis
New York Times columnist Margaret Sullivan laughably proclaimed on March 10 that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis “is just getting started with his rightwing agenda. That should worry us all, yet the media mostly fawns over him.” Sullivan added: “DeSantis enjoys glowing treatment from the mainstream press.” The claim is ridiculous on its face. The following are just some of the most…
10 Lies the Nets Are Letting Biden Get Away With
It’s not just the gaffes. President Joe Biden has a serious and well-documented problem when it comes to repeatedly telling outright lies. We at NewsBusters wanted to look at some of the most egregious fibs Biden has made just during his administration and how much time (if any) the broadcast networks devoted to knocking them down.
STOP THE LIE! Conservatives Like DeSantis Aren’t Erasing Black History
Liberal journalists and some celebrities have spent the last month depicting conservatives (who are merely paring back leftist indoctrination to K-12 kids) as racist bigots whose pushback against the woke agenda in public schools will bring harm to Black Americans. The following are some of the worst examples of leftists in the media attacking conservatives for their pushback against wokeness…
President’s Day Parade (of Quotes): Using History to Spin the News
Journalists love to use past presidents to measure today’s politicians, either to build up those who exemplify their historical liberal heroes, or to belittle conservatives with whom they disagree. Here’s a deep dive into the MRC’s archives showing how the media have used presidents from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln to JFK as talking points in today’s political battles.
The Worst of Yamiche! Alcindor Brings Her Venom to NBC Full-Time
The following are just some of the worst outbursts from Yamiche Alcindor via the NewsBusters archive.
STUDY: TV News Shields Biden From Blame Over His Inflation Disaster
A new study from the Media Research Center finds the overwhelming majority (84%) of TV news coverage of the ongoing inflation disaster failed to mention President Biden or his administration — and when reporters did discuss the President, they mostly depicted him as working to solve the problem, rather than blaming him for causing it.
SOTU Round-Up: ‘Mr. Smooth’ Biden Beats Back ‘Bitter and Rude’ GOP
The following are just some of the most absurd (post-SOTU) outbursts from liberal journos, as caught by the NewsBusters staff.
10 Brand NEW Hunter Biden Breaking Stories the Nets Are Burying
On Wednesday, Congress begins their first public hearings on President Joe Biden’s family, including his son Hunter and his ties (revealed in his infamous laptop) to foreign companies. These hearings give the broadcast networks a new opportunity to actually cover these new developments. The following are 10 brand new Hunter stories the networks have censored.