The MRC@25: Worst Media Bias of 2005

September 19th, 2012 7:56 AM

Since September 2, NewsBusters has been showcasing the most egregious bias the Media Research Center has uncovered over the years — four quotes for each of the 25 years of the MRC, 100 quotes total — all leading up to our big 25th Anniversary Gala next week. Click here for blog posts recounting the worst of 1988 through 2004. Today, the worst bias of 2005: NBC’s Brian Williams equates America’…

CNN Hypes 'Tsunami' of Romney Campaign Problems

September 18th, 2012 6:32 PM
After CNN pounded away at the latest media-manufactured Mitt Romney gaffe, CNN's Brooke Baldwin remarked on Tuesday that the campaign faces a "tsunami" of "myriad issues." "Can they right this?" she questioned the Romney campaign's ability to weather the media storm, adding that they face "a tsunami, if you add up the myriad issues within the campaign." [Video below the break. Audio here.]

Soledad O'Brien Doubles Down on Romney 'Gaffes' and Asks If Campaign I

September 18th, 2012 4:21 PM
In an interview on CNN's Starting Point, Romney Campaign adviser Bay Buchanan gave an "indictment" of the media for paying more attention to a statement by a candidate than the foreign policy of the sitting President. "That's an indictment on the media, Soledad, that they would think that some little comment by the candidate is more important than a policy, an entire foreign policy of the…

CNN Punts on Obama Dereliction In Libya In Favor of Romney Tape

September 18th, 2012 11:17 AM
Just how bad is the media's track record this election season? On Monday, CNN's Anderson Cooper led his show with a manufactured Mitt Romney controversy instead of news that the U.S. may have had advance warning on deadly terrorist attacks. Here's how Cooper started his show: "On Libya, late word on what American diplomats may have been told about the threat from Muslim extremists,…

Former Romney Spokesperson Rips Media for Overlooking Obama's Policies

September 17th, 2012 5:03 PM
Former Romney spokesperson Richard Grenell called out the media on Monday for not focusing hard enough on President Obama's foreign policy record. "The media needs to start looking at policies, not just lip service from this President," he told CNN's Carol Costello. "You know, there has been criticism that Romney spoke out too early in the Middle East after 15 hours of a developing violence…

Congressman King Schools Soledad O'Brien on Obama's 'Apology Tour

September 17th, 2012 11:23 AM
CNN's Soledad O'Brien on Monday felt the need to defend Barack Obama from criticism that his policies are at least partially responsible for the recent anti-American hostilities transpiring in the Middle East and other parts of the globe. During a heated debate with Congressman Peter King (R-N.Y.) on Starting Point, O'Brien got a much-needed education on the President's "apology tour" (video…

CNN Reporter Sends Obama Donation Request Form to Twitter Followers

September 16th, 2012 9:15 AM
This appears to be the height of journalistic malpractice. On September 13, CNN political reporter Peter Hamby sent an Obama campaign donation request form to his Twitter followers:

CNN Contrasts Romney's 'Mixed Messages' With Obama Honoring Fallen Dip

September 14th, 2012 6:24 PM
In an obvious contrast between the two presidential campaigns, CNN's Jim Acosta highlighted both Mitt Romney's frivolous talk show interview and his campaign's "sharpened rhetoric" on Friday and pitted them against President Obama giving a solemn tribute to the slain diplomats from Libya. Acosta did note Romney's moment of silence for the diplomats at his campaign rally, but cast that as a "…

CNN Tees Up John Lewis to Liken Voter ID Laws to Jim Crow

September 14th, 2012 12:35 PM
Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) has said new voter ID laws reflect old Jim Crow laws, and CNN's Carol Costello played right into his outlandish rhetoric on Friday morning. "Are you kind of stunned we're talking about these kinds of things in this day and age, with your history, I mean?" Costello asked the liberal congressman of the debate over voter ID laws. He answered in the…

CNN Asks If Anti-Islam Film Director Has Blood on His Hands

September 13th, 2012 5:23 PM
Terrorists murdered an American ambassador in cold blood, and yet CNN shamelessly implied on Thursday that the makers of an anti-Islam movie might have blood on their very hands. "Do you and Mr. Bacile feel that you have any blood on your hands as a result of the violence?" correspondent Brian Todd asked a consultant for the film, Steve Klein. Anchor Don Lemon reported that the movie "may…

Bloomberg’s Soda Ban Passes, After Steady Stream of Media Attacks on

September 13th, 2012 3:45 PM
Soda was demonized by the media and food police groups for years, long before New York City’s Board of Health voted Sept. 13, overwhelmingly approving Michael Bloomberg’s controversial ban on certain sizes of soda. The act, which Bloomberg claimed “will save lives,” will prevent the “sale of sweetened drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces, smaller than the size of a common soda…

Ari Fleischer Slams Media 'Double Standard' on Foreign Policy

September 13th, 2012 12:44 PM
GOP strategist Ari Fleischer set the record straight about the media infatuation with Mitt Romney's statements on the embassy attacks. On Wednesday's Anderson Cooper 360, he called out the media's "double standard" and defended Romney's criticism of the Obama administration. "Debates about foreign policy are an absolute vital part of our democracy and I don't know why the media is rushing to…

Romney Adviser Hammers CNN Anchor Over 'Silly Question

September 12th, 2012 4:46 PM
After the press belittled Mitt Romney over the politics of his statements on Tuesday's embassy attacks, CNN's Don Lemon continued asking redundant questions about process to the Romney campaign's foreign policy adviser on Wednesday. "[Y]ou want to talk about a process issue," Richard Williamson lectured Lemon. "Because the White House doesn't want to talk about substance. It wants to talk…

On 9/11 Anniversary, Cairo Mob Invades U.S. Embassy, Removes Flag, Fli

September 11th, 2012 6:13 PM
Earlier today, an angry Cairo mob stormed the U.S. embassy, ripped down the American flag, and flew in its place a black al Qaeda banner. The mob is reportedly angered about a documentary film that supposedly offends Muslim religious sensibilities with critiques of the Prophet Muhammad. While CNN and Fox News have both mentioned the developing story, MSNBC has not as of the time of this…