Jobless Numbers Jump; Watch Bias ABC's Gibson Spin Stats from 1982 vs
Unemployment rose again in September, to 9.8 percent, with 263,000 jobs lost according to Bureau of Labor Statistics release. That followed months of positive economic coverage from the networks and begs the question: how with the network news spin that tonight? The network news media have been manipulating bad jobs reports in Obama's favor since March as the unemployment rate rose from 8.1…
ABC’s Claire Shipman Tosses Softballs to Jimmy Carter at ‘Incredib
ABC’s Claire Shipman on Thursday fawned over Jimmy Carter, celebrated his 85th birthday and the "incredible" presidential library bearing his name. Offering few tough questions, the Good Morning America correspondent instead thrilled, "This is really incredible. I mean, the center looks amazing."Appearing with Carter and wife Rosalynn in Atlanta, Georgia, she completely ignored the Democrat's …
BMI’s Seymour: Networks Coverage of Unemployment ‘13 Times More Ne
BMI's Julia A. Seymour appeared on today's Fox Business Live with Stuart Varney to discuss the discrepancy in media coverage of unemployment under Presidents Reagan and Obama. Author of BMI's latest study, "Networks Flip-Flop on Jobs," Seymour explained her findings: We looked specifically at seven months of coverage in 1982 and again in 2009 that had very similar periods of unemployment…
ABC’s de Nies Prognosticates: Not ‘a Dry Eye in the House’ for M
Good Morning America correspondent Yunji de Nies on Thursday touted White House talking points when she highlighted Michelle Obama’s pitch for the 2016 Olympics to be in Chicago. De Nies parroted, "We're told there won't be a dry eye in the house by the time she's done." She was "told" this? Was she also told that the First Lady would "bring down the house" or that "Michelle will hit a home run…
1982, 2009: Networks Find Identical Unemployment Numbers 'Good ' News
Unemployment is currently at a 26-year-high of 9.7 percent and expected to continue rising. The last president to govern with such high unemployment was President Ronald Reagan.
But in 1982, when unemployment was rising similarly to the way it has in 2009 the network news media were merciless quoting attacks from Democrats, union leaders and the unemployed to attack Reagan's "sadistic" fiscal…
ABC’s Tim Johnson Finds Yet Another Way to Lobby for Government Heal
On Wednesday’s Good Morning America, co-host Diane Sawyer and Dr. Tim Johnson touted the treatment members of Congress get as an example of the unfairness of the health care system. Sawyer speculated, "The question is continually raised, in this land of equal opportunity, should all Americans have, do all Americans deserve the same access to health care that members of Congress have?" Johnson, a…
Day Two of ABC’s Polanski Coverage: ‘Hunted’ Director Subject to
ABC’s Good Morning America on Tuesday America continued to raise questions about the arrest of Roman Polanski in Europe, spinning the case as a "31 year-old prosecutorial obsession." According to reporter Nick Watt, the film director has "been hunted since 1978." The network correspondent observed that Polanski, who is wanted for child rape and was detained in Switzerland, "has some powerful…
The View's Whoopi Goldberg on Polanski: 'It Wasn't Rape-Rape
The View's Whoopi Goldberg yesterday offered the most outrageous and despicable defense of child rapist and Hollywood director Roman Polanski yet: "It wasn't rape-rape." That's right. Goldberg tried to claim that Polanksi drugging and having sex with a thirteen year old girl, who repeatedly uttered 'no' to the predator, does not qualify as 'actual' rape (video embedded below the fold).…
ABC Touts European Outrage Over Polanski Arrest; Sawyer: It’s an
Hosts and reporters on Monday's Good Morning America hyperventilated about the arrest of fugitive Roman Polanski. Co-anchor Diane Sawyer worried that the detention of the director accused of child rape has created a "true international incident." Co-host Robin Roberts played up the supposed complexity of situation, referring to the event as an "international chess game."Reporter Nick Watt fretted…
ABC: Adultery is Bad but Christian Arguments Against it are 'Intolera
Adultery did not fare well during a September 24 "Nightline" broadcast about the issue, but that didn't keep ABC's Cynthia McFadden from asking an evangelical pastor if he felt "a little intolerant" for his conservative views on the subject. McFadden moderated a debate that tried to answer the question, "Are we born to cheat?" but appeared to mock Pastor Ed Young's responses whenever she…
Michael Moore: Nobody's Got Obama's Back on Health Care
On September 25, "The View's" Sherri Shepherd asked Michael Moore, "How do you feel about Obama's health care plan?" Moore responded, "Aw, geez. I feel so bad for this guy. I mean - I - ya know, he's out there all alone; nobody's got his back. The other side they're out there angry, organized."Nobody's got his back? Really? Let's take a look at the numbers. In August, the Business & Media…
ABC Serves Up 'Family' with PC Message
For all that critics have hailed ABC's "Modern Family" for its non-stereotypical portrayal of a gay couple, the show itself is stereotypical Hollywood propaganda. "Modern Family," filmed in a mock-documentary style, examines the lives of three couples from one family. Patriarch Jay (Ed O'Neill) is married to a much-younger, feisty Colombian woman. His daughter Claire is married to Phil who…
Behar: Socialism Makes Denmark Happiest Country
“In Denmark – my favorite country – they are the happiest people in the world,” declared Joy Behar on “The View” September 23. They’ve come a long way since Hamlet.Why are the Danes so contented? Could it be all that Havarti and herring? The satisfaction of knowing that their ancestors plundered and pillaged the entire North Atlantic? No. According to Behar, the Danes wear the smile of socialism…
