ABC and NBC Celebrate Anniversary of Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal

December 22nd, 2011 8:31 AM
The day before the one-year anniversary of the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, both ABC's World News and the NBC Nightly News on Wednesday took the time to celebrate the first time that a same-sex couple won the U.S. Navy's lottery that allows their welcome home kiss to be featured as the first photographed kiss. ABC substitute anchor George Stephanopoulos read a short item on the subject:  

As U.S. Leaves Iraq, NBC Proclaims: 'No Victory Celebrations, No Thank

December 16th, 2011 11:34 AM
At the top of Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams sadly declared: "At a ceremony in Baghdad today, the Americans lowered the flag and it was a quiet ending to a war that went bad not long after its spectacular start." While Williams stressed the "high cost" of the war, citing figures of dead and wounded, the report that followed ignored accomplishments in the conflict. Chief…

NBC's Brian Williams Labels Iraq War a 'Tragic and Prolonged Slog

December 15th, 2011 12:53 PM
Opening NBC's Nightly News on Wednesday, anchor Brian Williams touted the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq as an Obama administration accomplishment while slamming the war effort itself: "The President promised they'd be out by New Year's Eve and here they come....The war started with the event somebody called 'shock and awe' and it became a tragic and prolonged slog." In the report that…

NBC's Ann Curry to Joe Biden: With No WMD, Can U.S. 'Claim Victory' in

December 1st, 2011 5:06 PM
In an interview with Vice President Joe Biden in Iraq aired on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry depicted the war effort there as a failure: "In a war that was started to protect the world from weapons of mass destruction that were never found, can the United States claim victory?" [Audio available here] Biden agreed with Curry as he took a jab at the Bush administration: "We're not…

NBC's Ann Curry in Baghdad: 'U.S. Brings Its Divisive Eight-Year War i

November 30th, 2011 12:58 PM
In a live report from Baghdad on Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry described her arrival to the country with Vice President Biden: "Security is heavy amid an uptick in violence as the U.S. brings its divisive eight-year war in Iraq to an end. The Vice President timed his trip to the last days of America's war in Iraq." Later in the report, Curry listed the cost of the war: "Eight…

ABC Highlights Pakistani Complaints Against U.S. Drone Attacks on Terr

November 7th, 2011 6:58 AM
On Sunday's World News on ABC, correspondent Nick Schifrin filed a report recounting complaints by Pakistanis that CIA drone attacks that have successfully killed high-profile terrorist figures residing in Pakistan have also resulted in civilian deaths and injuries. With the words "A Young Man's Plea" displayed on screen next to him, anchor David Muir introduced the piece:

Fox's Chris Wallace Hits Santorum from Left on Gays in Military

October 9th, 2011 10:37 PM
On today's Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace devoted the last five minutes of a 13-minute interview to sparring with Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, as the Fox host challenged the former Pennsylvania Senator for his opposition to gays serving openly in the military. After playing a clip of Santorum from a recent debate arguing against the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell,…

MSNBC's O'Donnell Accuses Herman Cain -- Who Worked for the Navy -- of

October 7th, 2011 10:05 AM
UPDATE AT END OF POST: O'Donnell evaded draft with college deferment. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell had quite a heated battle on Thursday's "The Last Word." During one segment, after O'Donnell besmirched his guest for not enlisting for military service during the Vietnam War despite having worked for the Department of Navy as a ballistics…

ABC, NBC Highlight Obama's Attack on GOP Over Boos in Audience

October 4th, 2011 8:39 AM
The ABC and NBC morning and evening newscasts on Sunday gave attention to President Obama's attack on the Republican presidential candidates for not scolding a couple of audience members who booed a gay solder asking a question at a recent debate. Monday's "Special Report with Bret Baier" on FNC noted that Obama has his own history of standing by without condemning inappropriate comments at…

Joy Behar Baits Biden to Slam GOP Candidates on The View

September 27th, 2011 6:41 PM
In an interview with Vice President Joe Biden, ABC's The View co-host Joy Behar brought up rogue crowd members at a recent GOP debate who booed after a gay soldier asked a question of the candidates. After Biden condemned the action, Behar slammed the Republican candidates for not rebuking the audience members. "I thought it was reprehensible," Biden said of the booing, to which Behar added "…

WaPo Publishes Another Gauzy Story on Gay Soldiers Celebrating End of

September 26th, 2011 1:06 PM
The end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) is almost a week-old story, but the Washington Post is still busy churning up gushy human interest stories about gay and lesbian soldiers who are coming out of the closet. "After end of ban, acknowledgment at last," reads the headline on page B3 of the September 26 edition of the paper. "Gay service members' partners celebrate repeal of 'don't ask,…

CNN Whacks Debate Crowd, Hypes Chelsea Clinton's Future Political Care

September 23rd, 2011 11:59 AM
Liberals watching CNN Friday morning would have been pleased by the "Political Buzz" segment that targeted Republicans for criticism and hyped the possible political career of Chelsea Clinton. CNN reported that the "crowd" at Thursday's GOP debate booed a gay soldier serving in Iraq. From the video they provided of the incident, it was clear that a couple of rogue crowd members booed the man…

WashPost Celebrates End of DADT with 34-paragraph Story Largely Devoid

September 21st, 2011 10:26 AM
For the second day in a row, the Washington Post celebrated the end of the 18-year-old "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, this time with a front-page center-column story that opened with the tale of a soldier who videotaped and posted to YouTube the phone call in which he announced to his father that he was gay:

No Critics Allowed: Big Three Nets Trumpet 'Historic' End to 'Don't As

September 20th, 2011 2:53 PM
The Big Three networks unequivocally celebrated the end of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy as a "historic moment" on their Tuesday morning programs. CBS's "Early Show" turned to a discharged Air Force major who pushed for further recognition of same-sex couples by the military. NBC's "Today" brought on a homosexual playwright to promote his one-man movie on the policy. ABC's "GMA…