Study: TV News Is Obsessed With Trump-Russia Probe

Rich Noyes
June 27th, 2017 8:50 AM

A Media Research Center study of every broadcast network evening newscast in the five weeks since the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller on May 17 found a whopping 353 minutes of airtime devoted to the Russia probe, or 55 percent of all coverage of the Trump presidency during those weeks. The study also found one-third (34%) of the networks’ Russia coverage was based on anonymous…

 
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ABC, CBS Omit Win for Religious Liberty in the Supreme Court

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 27th, 2017 12:25 AM

When the Supreme Court of the United States released its latest batch of rulings on Monday, most eyes were on the court allowing partial implementation of the President’s travel ban on six Middle Eastern countries. The Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) spent a lot of time hyper focusing on that ruling and the CBO report of the Senate health care bill. There was also a big win for…

 
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ABC, NBC Still Claiming Senate Bill Cuts Medicaid, CBO Says Otherwise

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 26th, 2017 10:23 PM
On Monday, the often inaccurate Congressional Budget Office released its report with the latest analysis of the health care bill recently released by Senate Republicans. First impressions: There was a lot for the liberal media to make hay with. In addition to running with the misleading figure of the number of uninsured, ABC and NBC both continued to push the fake news story of there being…
 
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ABC, NBC Ignore Trump Signing New VA Reform Bill into Law

Curtis Houck
June 26th, 2017 2:57 PM
For a media wallowing in the toxic political culture, one would think Friday’s bill signing of a massive overhaul at the scandal-ridden Department of Veterans Affairs (V.A.) would provide a chance to show that Washington has accomplished something. Alas, it was not to be as ABC and NBC refused to directly cover this bipartisan achievement for the Trump administration.
 
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CBS, NBC Ignore Democrat Cheering He's ‘Glad’ Scalise ‘Got Shot'

Curtis Houck
June 23rd, 2017 10:26 PM
In Friday’s edition of liberal media double standards, the CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News saw no reason to cover new audio out of Nebraska in which a state Democratic Party official used an expletive to proclaim he’s “glad” Republican Congressman Steve Scalise (La.) “got shot” on June 14.
 

Sick! No Criticism on Nets for Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Blood Money’ Attack

Geoffrey Dickens
June 23rd, 2017 1:01 PM
So much for those calls for civility in the wake of the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise. On Thursday, Democratic Senator and progressive hero Elizabeth Warren disgustingly accused the Republicans of funding their health care bill with “blood money” and  “paying for tax cuts with American lives.”  Surely the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks would condemn such language in this new era of civility…
 
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CBS Ignores Dems Blaming Pelosi for Georgia Defeat, ABC Brushes Over

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 21st, 2017 10:39 PM

In the wake of the Democrats' humiliating defeat in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District Tuesday night, members of the party were in a rush to cast blame on someone. And for many Democrats that blame fell on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Even with the loud calls for new leadership, CBS News decided to omit them from their reporting Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, ABC’s coverage simply…

 

Bozell & Graham Column: Joy Reid's Immoral Moment

Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
June 20th, 2017 10:42 PM

America was stunned when Jared Loughner pulled out a gun at a Tucson supermarket parking lot in 2011 and shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the head at point-blank range and killed six others. No one recalls any TV pundit wondering whether the people should root for Giffords to survive -- or anyone with the gall to imply her head wound was “self-inflicted.” That was not the case with the shooting…

 
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CBS Skips Over Russian Fighter Harassing U.S. Reconnaissance Jet

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 20th, 2017 10:30 PM
High in the sky over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, a United States Air Force spy plane was subjected to extremely dangerous maneuvers by a Russian fighter pilot. According to reports, at one point the Russian jet was roughly five feet away from the wing tip of the U.S. plane. The provocative encounter was reported by both ABC and NBC during their evening news broadcasts later that evening. But on…
 
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CBS Omits Details From Castile Police Shooting Trial

Brad Wilmouth
June 19th, 2017 6:01 PM
As the three broadcast network evening newscasts on Friday informed viewers that former Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez was found not guilty of committing manslaughter last year against black motorist Philando Castile, CBS conspicuously omitted two facets of the case that help explain why he was acquitted. More than a year ago, Castile was tragically shot to death by Officer Yanez after…
 
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Pelley: D.C. Attack on Congressmen Was 'to Some Degree Self-Inflicted'

Tom Blumer
June 18th, 2017 8:44 PM
Thursday evening, CBS's Scott Pelley, who officially ended his tenure as the network's Evening News anchor the following evening, told viewers that "It's time to ask whether the attack on the United States Congress Wednesday was foreseeable, predictable and, to some degree, self-inflicted." It's clear from Pelley's subsequent commentary that his answers to all three elements are "Yes." It's…
 
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CBS Admonishes GOPers for Criticizing Dem 'Hostility' After Shootings

Brad Wilmouth
June 16th, 2017 5:45 PM
On Thursday's CBS Evening News, as Nancy Cordes filed a report with the latest on the aftermath of the Steve Scalise shooting, the CBS correspondent made a point of highlighting Democratic criticisms of Republicans New Gingrich and New York Rep. Chris Collins for complaining about "hostility" and "rhetoric" coming from the far left. Cordes notably did not mention that Rep. Collins had already…
 
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Nets Downplay Criticism of Obama from Father of North Korea Hostage

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 15th, 2017 9:43 PM
Americans were appalled Thursday to learn the medical condition North Korea left American Otto Warmbier in while he was in their custody. In a press conference, his father, Fred Warmbier, had stark criticism for the Obama administration. “Do I think the past administration could have done more? I think the results speak for themselves,” he said. And during their evening broadcasts, ABC and CBS…
 
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Class: Nets Avoid Pushing Gun-Control In Wake of Scalise Shooting

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 15th, 2017 12:42 AM
The Washington, D.C. area and political junkies around the country were left in a state of shock Wednesday, in the wake of the horrific attack on Congressional Republicans at a baseball field. As would be expected, the shooting dominated the evening broadcasts of the Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC). But in a pleasant twist, all three avoided pushing the liberal talking points for gun-…