Network Coverage of 'Scathing' Benghazi Report Doesn't Mention Obama's

January 16th, 2014 11:24 AM
While NBC, ABC, and CBS all covered the new Senate Intelligence Committee report blaming the Obama administration for security failures leading up to the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack, none of the coverage on Wednesday's evening newscasts or Thursday's morning shows mentioned President Obama by name. At the top of Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams announced: "...a scathing…

It's the End of the World as ABC Knows It, Spinning Another Story as

January 15th, 2014 4:33 PM
 Spinning liberal-friendly stories as the end of the world is a popular thing at ABC. Good Morning America's Jim Avila on Wednesday hyped the scandal involving Chris Christie as "traffic armageddon," a hyperbolic term the network loves. On Saturday, Avila mentioned the "four-day traffic armageddon." [See video of both below. MP3 audio here.] As the sequester set in on April 22, 2013, co-…

Vapid ABC Thrills Over 'Revealing,' 'Elegant' Michelle Obama and Her E

January 15th, 2014 12:05 PM
On the same day that the latest report on the terrorist attack in Benghazi was released, the journalists at Good Morning America chose to obsess over an "exclusive first look" at People magazine's "revealing" interview with Michelle Obama. Focusing on the scoop, lifestyle anchor Lara Spencer on Wednesday gushed, "So honest on a range of topics, including her take on plastic surgery and Botox.…

Jimmy Kimmel Savages ObamaCare and Uninformed Young People Who Support

January 15th, 2014 11:08 AM
As NewsBusters has been reporting for months, late night comics have been tearing the atrocious rollout of ObamaCare apart. Conceivably the best job done to date was by ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel who during his opening monologue Tuesday evening absolutely savaged the law whilst ridiculing the uninformed young people in this country that have ignorantly supported something that clearly harms them (…

A Gloating Chris Matthews: 'Only' Christie Could Have Beaten Hillary i

January 14th, 2014 5:36 PM
  A gloating Chris Matthews on Tuesday appeared on The View and labeled the wounded Chris Christie as the "only" candidate who could have beaten Hillary Clinton in 2016. The Hardball anchor sneered, "That's why you're left with Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. They're not going to be elected president of the United States." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Speaking of Christie, Matthews pronounced…

Saturday GMA Devotes 10x More Coverage to De Blasio's Pizza Faux Pas T

January 13th, 2014 5:12 PM
Some important ObamaCare news broke late on Friday when the Obama administration announced it was dropping CGI, the contractor that built the inept healthcare.gov website, and replacing it with technology consulting firm Accenture. On top of that, on Friday, the Republican-led House passed a bill -- with a substantial number of Democrats joining in -- to partially address security concerns…

Nightline Lets Democrats Open Fire on Christie, Touts 'Alleged Abusive

January 10th, 2014 5:06 PM
ABC's Nightline let New Jersey Democrats pile on the Chris Christie controversy and take shots at the Republican governor, on Friday's show. Anchor Dan Harris hyped the nasty gossip and asked if Christie's political future was over.   "Democrats in Trenton, the state capitol, clearly see an opening," Harris touted. He added that "Democrats, including Christie's former opponent, Senator…

Update: Now 44 Times More TV Coverage of Christie's Traffic Scandal Th

January 10th, 2014 1:24 PM
In less than 48 hours, ABC, CBS and NBC deluged viewers with coverage of Chris Christie's traffic jam scandal, devoting a staggering 88 minutes to the story. In comparison, these same news outlets over the last six months have allowed a scant two minutes for the latest on Barack Obama's Internal Revenue Service scandal. The disparity in less than two days is 44-to-one. [See a chart below.]…
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'Bachelor' Host Spars With Whoopi on Christie: 'Liberals Are Foaming A

January 9th, 2014 3:16 PM

ABC’s “The View” joined the media mob in taking on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Host Whoopi Goldberg opened the show by stating that Christie was holding a press conference over “a top aide who allegedly conspired to shut down lanes and cause crippling traffic jams on the George Washington bridge as political retribution for not supporting the governor.” What Goldberg did not expect as she…

Networks Torch Christie for Lane Closures, But Ignored Obama Admin's C

January 9th, 2014 3:01 PM
The same network evening news shows that ignored vindictiveness by the Obama administration during October's government shutdown were up in arms Wednesday over New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's "Bridgegate" and the possible tarring it could give his image. NewsBusters already counted 17 times more network coverage of Christie's controversy than of Obama's IRS scandal in the past six months…

Outrage! Obama Donor Picked to Head IRS Scandal Investigation, Big Thr

January 9th, 2014 1:26 PM
After months of stonewalling the Justice Department finally named someone to head the investigation into the IRS-Tea Party scandal - and it's an Obama donor. So far ABC, CBS and NBC have yet to mention what Darrell Issa called “a startling conflict of interest.” In fact the Big Three networks have almost completely stopped covering the IRS scandal investigation altogether. Since July 1, ABC…

There's Already 17 Times More Coverage on Christie Scandal Than in Las

January 9th, 2014 1:00 PM
  In less than 24 hours, the big three networks have devoted 17 times more coverage to a traffic scandal involving Chris Christie than they've allowed in the last six months to Barack Obama's Internal Revenue Service controversy. Since the story broke on Wednesday that aides to the New Jersey governor punished a local mayor's lack of endorsement with a massive traffic jam, ABC, CBS and NBC…

Networks Play Up Robert Gates's 'Devastating Critique' of Obama, Biden

January 8th, 2014 7:36 PM
ABC, CBS, and NBC ballyhooed former Defense Secretary Robert Gates's attacks on President Obama and other high government officials on their Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning newscasts. NBC's Brian Williams and CBS's Norah O'Donnell also trumpeted the former Cabinet official's "devastating critique" of the President in his upcoming memoir. All three networks also played up Gates's self-…

Liberal Politics Ignored, Yellen’s Gender the Focus of Network Cover

January 8th, 2014 2:57 PM
Janet Yellen was confirmed as Federal Reserve Chairman on Jan. 6, but in spite of becoming one of the most powerful bankers in the world, the broadcasts networks continued to ignore her left-wing views. Instead of discussing Yellen’s support for fiscal stimulus and regulatory efforts, ABC, CBS, and NBC focused exclusively on her gender in recent news reports. In the first 24 hours following…