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Nets Hailed Jenner Gender Switch; Hits NAACP Leader's Race Switch
June 12th, 2015 4:42 PM
While all three broadcast networks hailed Bruce Jenner for choosing to switch genders and become Caitlyn Jenner just one week ago – devoting 48 minutes to the story in three days – on Friday, those same networks were aghast that Spokane, Washington NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal had chosen to identify herself as black despite being white.
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Flashback: ABC's Botched Global Warming Predictions for 2015
June 12th, 2015 7:30 AM
New York City underwater? Gas over $9 a gallon? A carton of milk costs almost $13? Welcome to June 12, 2015. At least those were the wildly-inaccurate predictions made by ABC News exactly seven years ago. Appearing on Good Morning America in 2008, Bob Woodruff hyped Earth 2100, a special that pushed apocalyptic predictions of the then-futuristic 2015.
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Nets Skimp on Obama Admin’s Plan to Force Diversity in Neighborhoods
June 11th, 2015 8:19 PM
The major broadcast networks refused to take notice on Thursday night of plans by President Obama and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to force the diversification of American neighborhoods and particularly those mainly consisting of wealthy Americans. With the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC on the sidelines, the FNC's pecial Report offered a full segment on the regulations…
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ABC Ignores Hillary's Expanding Donor Scandal
June 11th, 2015 11:17 AM
ABC's Good Morning America on Thursday ignored a new report indicating that Hillary Clinton's favors for donors to her family's foundation go back to her days as a U.S. Senator. CBS This Morning allowed 42 seconds on the Clinton Foundation scandal in general, but didn't specifically mention the new allegations. "Former President Bill Clinton is defending his family's charity and rejecting…
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ABC, NBC Continue to Ignore Proposed EPA Regulations on Airplanes
June 11th, 2015 9:23 AM
On Thursday morning, ABC and NBC continued their blackout of the Obama administration’s plan to use the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the airline industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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Networks Punt on EPA Announcing Plans to Regulate Airplane Emissions
June 11th, 2015 1:02 AM
For the third time in just under three weeks, the major broadcast networks ignored news related to the Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the latest news coming on Wednesday that the agency has announced its goal to regulate aircraft emissions in a similar fashion that it does for automobiles and powerplants. FNC's Special Report and the PBS NewsHour, however, found…
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ABC and CBS Skip Obama Criticism in Covering Return of Troops to Iraq
June 10th, 2015 9:14 PM
Following news on Wednesday that the Obama administration will send 450 additional U.S. troops back to Iraq to help train the Iraqi military against ISIS, ABC’s World News Tonight and the CBS Evening News chose to exclude any criticism of the Obama administration’s ISIS policy while NBC Nightly News made multiple critical points about the administration as Richard Engel declared: “It’s hard to…
The Climate Conference Networks Hardly Acknowledge
June 10th, 2015 2:26 PM
Gathering to protest carbon emissions often makes the evening news. But when hundreds gather to hear scientists from various disciplines argue that global warming isn’t the dire threat the media claim ... crickets.
Heartland Institute’s Tenth International Conference on Climate Change is happening June 11 and 12, 2015, in Washington, D.C. Policymakers, scientists and other experts will speak on…
Networks Treat 'Ice Age' and Cooling As Punchlines, Not Possibilities
June 10th, 2015 2:02 PM
Although it is nearly summer and people are taking trips to the beach, the brutal winter is not quite forgotten. In Boston, the dingy remains of former 75-foot snow piles could still be found after Memorial Day, according to The Washington Post.
Much of the country suffered from severe cold and snow during a winter that also spawned significant ice cover of the Great Lakes: 85 percent as of Feb…
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ABC, NBC Yawn at ISIS Gains in Libya; CBS Omits Mention of Obama Admin
June 9th, 2015 8:51 PM
On Tuesday night, the news that the ISIS had seized the Libyan city of Sirte received zero coverage on the evening newscasts of ABC and NBC while CBS devoted an entire segment to ISIS’s new gains, but neglected to mention or lay blame for the instability at the feet of Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration. While NBC offered no coverage on ISIS all together, ABC had a full report about the…
Washington D.C. Gay Pride Parade Sponsored by Local ABC News Station
June 9th, 2015 3:12 PM
In case you were wondering why gay pride parades often end up on your local news channel but religious and conservative ones do not, it could be because the gay parades are being sponsored by your local news station.
That’s what happened here in the nation’s capital. The local ABC News station, WJLA on channel 7, is listed under the Rainbow sponsorship level for the largest annual gay pride…
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NBC, ABC Morning Shows: Forget G7 Foreign Policy, Look at This Photo!
June 9th, 2015 12:09 PM
Despite President Obama making the stunning admission at the G7 Summit on Monday that the U.S. still lacks a “complete strategy” to combat ISIS, NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America ignored the news on Tuesday. Instead, both network morning shows promoted a social media meme about a photo of Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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GMA Hypes a Daredevil 'at Top of His Game,' Slams Other Stunts
June 9th, 2015 11:22 AM
Good Morning America is not a serious news show. But even by the loose standards of ABC, the program's journalists set a new standard for cynicism. On Tuesday, hosts both hyped a reckless daredevil and later condemned such people. At 7:15am, news reader Amy Robach enthused, "One daredevil is surely at the top of his game! Take a look at his latest stunt. He's the first person in the world to…
MRC Study: TV News Protects Obama from His ISIS Failures
June 9th, 2015 9:11 AM
In May, as ISIS terrorists captured the cities of Ramadi and Palmyra, and with FBI warnings of hundreds of radicalized sympathizers here in the U.S., ABC, CBS and NBC devoted a combined 84.5 evening news minutes to ISIS. Despite the dour news, viewers heard virtually no criticism of President Obama’s handling of the terror group — just 43 seconds in a pair of NBC Nightly News stories, or less…
