George Stephanopoulos Fawns Over Joe Biden, Then Hits Paul Ryan With V
October 17th, 2012 12:02 PM
George Stephanopoulos offered a classic case of liberal bias on Wednesday, fawning over Joe Biden and, just minutes later, grilling Paul Ryan with the Vice President's talking points. The Good Morning America host talked to the two men seeking the same job, but offered Biden this not-exactly-tough question on his debate performance: "I have to ask you about your own debate...How did you feel…
On ABC, Matthew Dowd, Donna Brazile Target Conservatives: Attacks on C
October 17th, 2012 1:09 AM
Minutes after the second presidential debate ended on Tuesday, ABC pundits Matthew Dowd and Donna Brazile brushed off the three-plus minute advantage of speaking time President Obama had over Mitt Romney under CNN's Candy Crowley's moderation. Dowd asserted that this imbalance would lead to "conservatives and Republicans attacking Candy Crowley, and when that happens, that is a sure sign that…
Networks Tout Hillary 'Falling on Her Sword' and 'Taking Blame' for Li
October 16th, 2012 12:56 PM
All three morning shows on Tuesday highlighted Hillary Clinton "falling on her sword" and "taking blame" for the growing scandal over Libya. But NBC and ABC avoided specifics. On Good Morning America, reporter Reena Ninan failed to press the Secretary of State on details concerning Barack Obama's role.
In contrast, CBS reporter Margaret Brennan pushed for details on what the administration…
Honey Boo Boo Endorses Obama
October 16th, 2012 11:16 AM
The election’s over, ladies and gentlemen.
On Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, Alana Thompson, the star of TLC's runaway hit Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, officially endorsed Barack Obama (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Whoopi Goldberg Falsely Claims Koch Warned Employees They'd Lose Jobs
October 15th, 2012 5:45 PM
As NewsBusters reported last week, Westgate Resorts CEO David Siegel recently warned his employees that he will likely have to lay people off if Barack Obama is re-elected.
With total disregard for the truth, ABC's Whoopi Goldberg on Monday's The View said it was "the president of Koch Industries" that did this (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Jake Tapper: Romney Camp Worries 'In The Tank' Media Want 'Obama Comeb
October 15th, 2012 12:31 PM
Good Morning America's Jake Tapper on Sunday actually raised the issue of media bias, highlighting that Mitt Romney operatives "generally think that the media is in the tank for President Obama." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Some of Tapper's colleagues on ABC have given Republicans good reason to believe this.
The journalist was responding to weekend GMA anchor Dan Harris's question…
SNL’s Martha Raddatz Tells Biden and Ryan ‘Don’t Try To F—k M
October 14th, 2012 11:27 AM
NBC’s Saturday Night Live began its program last night with a vulgarity that although bleeped was as obvious as the nose on Jimmy Durante’s face.
In the opening segment spoofing Thursday’s vice presidential debate, Kate McKinnon playing ABC’s Martha Raddatz channeled Samuel L. Jackson in the movie "Pulp Fiction" telling the contestants, “Don’t try to f—k me like I’m Jim Lehrer” (video…
Big Three Networks' Evening News Shows Suffering Significant Erosion F
October 14th, 2012 11:21 AM
As the presidential contest enters its final weeks, one loser is clear: the Big Three television networks' evening newscasts, home of some of the worst examples of ongoing and still influential media bias.
Chris Ariens at Media Bistro noted this on October 2 in covering the results for the week of September 24: "Leading into a presidential election, one might think the tune-in to the evening…
ABC Censors Spike Characters Calling Obama a Communist on Tim Allen Si
October 14th, 2012 9:02 AM
Michael Schneider reported about campaign plot lines showing up in network sitcoms in the October 15-21 edition of TV Guide. NBC's gay sitcom "The New Normal" had an "Obama Mama" episode, and ABC's Tim Allen sitcom "Last Man Standing" will debut in November with an Obama-fan-vs-. Romney- fan plot.
In an age in which the networks can't seem to censor anything -- and in which ABC can put on a…
Former ABC News Boss Boasts on Huff-Post: Martha Raddatz 'Won The Deba
October 13th, 2012 2:07 PM
No one was more over the top in praising ABC's Martha Raddatz as debate moderator than her colleagues at ABC. Former ABC News president David Westin -- the man so deeply biased to the left that he declared a journalist can't judge if the Pentagon is a legitimate target for a terrorist attack -- honored Raddatz on The Huffington Post with an article titled "Why and How Martha Won the Debate --…
Nets Punt on Biden's 'Planned Parenthood Cannot Perform Any Abortions
October 12th, 2012 9:44 PM
On Friday afternoon, Joe Biden lived up to his reputation for committing gaffes, not even a day after Paul Ryan zinged the Vice President over how "sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way" during Thursday's debate. At a rally in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Biden claimed Planned Parenthood "under law cannot perform any abortions." In reality, the organization is the largest…
ABC, NBC Morning Shows Decline to Fact Check Biden Whoppers
October 12th, 2012 4:38 PM
The ABC and NBC morning shows on Friday showed no interest in fact checking some of Joe Biden's misstatements during Thursday's vice presidential debate. CBS This Morning partially debunked some of Biden's claims, ignoring the Vice President's suggestion that he opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
During the debate, Biden asserted, "It came from this man [Paul Ryan] voting to put two…
ABC's Karl Hypes Biden for Not Letting Paul Ryan Get Away With 'Infamo
October 12th, 2012 12:30 PM
Good Morning America's Jon Karl on Friday touted Joe Biden's performance at the vice presidential debate, hyping that the Vice President brought up Mitt Romney's "infamous" comments about the 47 percent who don't pay income taxes. Karl concluded that Biden was "often dominant," but "maybe a little too dominant." Contrasting Barack Obama's weak performance with the tone of the VP, Karl marveled…
Stephanopoulos Initially Hedges on Biden-Ryan Clash, But Later Claims
October 12th, 2012 2:27 AM
Former Clinton administration flack and current ABC personality George Stephanopoulos slanted towards Joe Biden after Thursday night's vice presidential debate between the incumbent and challenger Paul Ryan. However, unlike his definitive pro-Democratic track record with debates, he initially wouldn't give a clear answer as to who won the match-up. Stephanopoulos trumpeted how "Joe Biden came…
