CBS Devotes A Mere 13 Seconds to Gosnell Trial Development; ABC, NBC P
April 24th, 2013 2:01 PM
For the first time in over a week, CBS covered the murder trial of abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell on Wednesday's CBS This Morning. But instead of a full report, as on April 15, Norah O'Donnell read a news brief that lasted just 13 seconds on the trial judge dismissing three of the murder charges against the Philadelphia physician [audio available here; video below the jump].
ABC's Good…
NBC, ABC Ignore a Blistering House Report Placing Blame for Benghazi o
April 24th, 2013 12:21 PM
NBC and ABC completely skipped a scathing new report that singles out Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for blame after the September 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. CBS, in contrast, offered full reports on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Evening News anchor Scott Pelley announced, "House Republicans fired off a blistering report today criticizing former Secretary of State Hillary…
CBS Trumpets 'Out of Touch' Mark Sanford's 'Rough Week'; Touted 'Real
April 23rd, 2013 3:51 PM
Norah O'Donnell spotlighted former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's "troubles with his ex-wife" on Tuesday's CBS This Morning, and asserted that the disgraced Republican "seemed a little bit out of touch" after running a political ad "saying it's been a tough week for him after...what the people in Boston have gone through."
By contrast, O'Donnell's co-anchor, Charlie Rose, played up…
Networks: All Quiet on the Gosnell Front
April 23rd, 2013 8:58 AM
Well that didn’t last long. In fact, it barely happened at all. After a month of ignoring the trial of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortionist accused of murdering one woman and seven infants, it looked like the media had been shamed into covering the story.
Barely. Even after the most gruesome detail in a trial full of them came out – a baby who survived an abortion “swimming” in a…
Gayle King Plays Up Columnist's Fear of 'Backlash' Against Muslims; He
April 22nd, 2013 4:01 PM
On Monday's CBS This Morning, open liberal Gayle King ballyhooed a guest's fear that Americans might target Muslims in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. The news host thought it was "very important" to point out Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen's "concern about a backlash", and quoted Cullen's assertion that "these two don't speak for Muslims any more than I speak for overweight Irish…
'Amazing Race' Contestant: ‘Rush Would Be Really Upset With Me Missi
April 22nd, 2013 10:01 AM
There was a moment on CBS's reality show Amazing Race Sunday that's guaranteed to put a smile on conservative faces.
Not only did the contestant currently in first place admit to being a "cigar-chomping, Republican conservative," he also said, "Rush would be really upset with me for missing" a question about Ronald Reagan (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Lesley Stahl: ‘We're All Going To End Up Wearing Burqas
April 21st, 2013 2:52 PM
CBS’s Lesley Stahl made a comment Sunday that in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing might give many Americans chills.
During a discussion about that horrific event on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show, Stahl said, “We're all going to end up wearing burqas” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
'60 Minutes' and '48 Hours' Twitter Accounts Hacked, Sent Anti-Obama M
April 21st, 2013 11:52 AM
The Twitter accounts of CBS's 60 Minutes and 48 Hours have been hacked and suspended.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, before the suspension, anti-Obama messages were sent:
CBS Overwhelmingly Sides With Pro-Gun Control Voices 11-2 After Senate
April 18th, 2013 3:55 PM
CBS lined up gun control supporters on Wednesday's CBS Evening News and Thursday's CBS This Morning. Chip Reid and Major Garrett played 11 soundbites from President Obama and other Democrats, as well as family members of the Newtown massacre victims. The only gun rights supporter that the two correspondents could find was Chuck Grassley. Reid played two clips from the Republican senator during…
As Britain Says Goodbye, Networks Tout Ugly Attacks on 'Polarizing
April 17th, 2013 12:24 PM
In the days leading up to Margaret Thatcher's funeral on Wednesday, the three networks repeatedly hyped hateful, ugly attacks on the former Prime Minister of Britain, describing her as a "polarizing," "divisive" figure. On Rock Center, his low-rated Friday night show, Brian Williams explained that it was "sad, but necessary to report" that, while Americans may like Thatcher, "It's been a harsh…
CBS Ends Blackout on Gosnell Trial, Spotlights How 'Firestorm' Went 'V
April 15th, 2013 1:13 PM
CBS finally ended their on-air coverage blackout of the Kermit Gosnell murder trial on Monday's CBS This Morning, airing two segments on the story a month after opening arguments began. Jan Crawford acknowledged that the Gosnell case "has received little national news coverage". Meanwhile, ABC and NBC's morning and evening newscasts continued to ignore the ongoing legal proceedings against the…
Snortworthy Myth: 'Conservative' Media Almost as Culpable as Broadcast
April 14th, 2013 11:10 AM
One of the more bizarre memes propagated by the proabort left about the trial of Kermit Gosnell, who "faces 43 criminal counts, including eight counts of murder in the death of one patient, Karnamaya Monger, and seven newborn infants," is that Fox News has been almost as negligent in covering the story and the trial as the Big Three broadcast networks, and that conservative media in general…
Congressman Cites Bozell, MRC in Calling Out Media on Gosnell
April 12th, 2013 1:58 PM
The networks continue to censor the horrors revealed in abortionist doctor Kermit Gosnell’s trial, but some members of the House of Representatives haven’t kept silent – and they cited the Media Research Center.
On April 11, Representative Chris Smith, R-NJ, demanded accountability from the national media. He began his speech on the floor, asking, “Mr. Speaker, will the decades-long major…