MSNBC was never known for subtlety. But even for a network full of liberals, this was over the top. On September 23, 2009, then-host Ed Schultz spewed hate about Republican views on ObamaCare: “The Republicans lie! They want to see you dead! They’d rather make money off your dead corpse!”
Then-Today co-host Katie Couric was SO excited about the opportunity to bash Ronald Reagan that she mangled a statement by biographer Edmund Morris. Couric opened the September 27, 1999 Today show with this: “Good Morning. The Gipper was an airhead!” Two days later, Morris appeared on the program and shot down Couric's bogus attack: “Oh, good God, no! He was a very bright man.”
Below are Rich Noyes’s collected tweets from the 39th week of This Day in Media Bias History. To get the latest daily examples, be sure and follow Noyes on Twitter. (To see recaps of the first 38 weeks, go here.)
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