GMA’s Weatherman Scolds Viewers For Contributing to Global Warming
April 18th, 2007 3:28 PM
On Wednesday’s "Good Morning America," Sam Champion, ABC weatherman and liberal environmentalist, escalated his campaign to encourage Americans to fight global warming. In addition to lecturing viewers about their contribution to climate change, he, once again, engaged in identification bias. Champion’s segment featured a representative from the Natural Resources Defense Council, a liberal…
GMA Provides Hyperbolic Report on ‘Moderate’ Global Warming Estima
April 17th, 2007 3:16 PM
On Saturday’s "Good Morning America," correspondent Christianne Klein hyped this past weekend’s global warming rallies by reporting hyperbolic and misleading information on the subject of rising sea levels. Reporting from lower Manhattan before a gaggle of environmental activists, she said of the protesters, "Now, where they will stand represents where the Manhattan coastline could be if the sea…
ABC News to Present Massive Push For Left-Wing Environmental Action
April 13th, 2007 11:34 AM
During Thursday’s "Good Morning America," ABC ran a promo previewing a day-long push for liberal environmental action. The event, which takes place on April 20, will encompass ‘Good Morning America,’ ‘Nightline’ and ‘World News.’ The ad’s narrator promises a "call to action," and notes that the proceedings be hosted by GMA’s Diane Sawyer and will culminate in a hour long special at 10pm: ABC ad…
Diane Dishes But Can't Take: Sawyer Accuses Larry Elder of 'Attacking
April 13th, 2007 7:58 AM
Touchy, touchy! Diane Sawyer is in the business of dishing out tough questions and challenging people's answers. But when a guest on today's "Good Morning America" politely corrected her on a First Amendment matter, the GMA host was quick to accuse him of "attacking" her.Los Angeles-based radio talk show host Larry Elder was Diane's guest, in to discuss the Imus matter. Sawyer introduced him…
'GMA' Features Segment on Man Sharpton Falsely Labeled a Rapist
April 12th, 2007 5:42 PM
On Thursday’s “Good Morning America,” reporter Kate Snow hosted a segment on whether the Duke lacrosse players will be able to get their reputations back. In so doing, she discussed Reverend Al Sharpton’s role in falsely accusing New York prosecutor Steven Pagones of raping then 15-year-old Tawana Brawley in 1987. Though this segment was not specifically related to the unfolding Don Imus story,…
GMA’s Champion Joins Leftist Laurie David to Promote Global Warming
April 9th, 2007 1:25 PM
On Monday’s "Good Morning America," weatherman and left-wing environmental activist Sam Champion took his global warming lobbying to the next step. Champion appeared at Southern Methodist University in Texas with liberal celebrity activist Laurie David and noted anti-Bush singer Sheryl Crow for the start of the "Stop Global Warming College Tour." It’s rather amazing that ABC is allowing on-air…
ABC Gives Sharpton Imus Platform; No Mention of Rev's Racial Controver
April 9th, 2007 12:55 PM
If George Allen turned up on Good Morning America to protest an incident of alleged anti-white bigotry, what are the odds the GMA host wouldn't mention Allen's macaca moment? I'd say they'd be a Dylanesqe "Love Minus Zero."But when GMA aired a clip this morning of Al Sharpton expressing his outrage over Don Imus' recent comments about the Rutgers women basketball players, not a discouraging word…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: March 31 to April
April 7th, 2007 11:45 AM
"Just Because You’re Getting Married, Doesn’t Mean You Need Electricity" Members of the media are working environmental bias into the oddest segments. "Good Morning America" weatherman Sam Champion reported this week on the trendy new concept of "green weddings." According to Mr. Champion, "more and more Americans" are embracing ideas such as not using electricity during their wedding and holding…
During ‘Arctic Cold’ April, GMA Hypes Global Warming Study on Earl
April 6th, 2007 12:37 PM
On Friday’s "Good Morning America," weatherman and liberal environmental activist Sam Champion hyped a new global warming study released on April 6. The ABC anchor also featured a representative from a left-wing environmental group and failed to identify the organization’s political slant. Only minutes after reporting on the "arctic blast" of unusually cold temperatures that much of the country…
GMA Calls Hillary’s Fundraising ‘Historic,’ But Wants Source of
April 3rd, 2007 4:26 PM
When Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced she had taken in $26 million in campaign donations on Monday, "Good Morning America" focused on the "historic," "staggering," and record shattering nature of the total. But on Tuesday, April 3, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney received only suspicion over his equally impressive announcement of a $23 million fund-raising…