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ABC and NBC Punt on News Two Hillary E-Mails Are 'Top Secret'

August 11th, 2015 9:07 PM
On Tuesday night, ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News ignored a new development in the growing Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal with news just prior to the newscasts that two of Clinton’s e-mails were found to have been “top secret” by the intelligence community’s inspector general. Meanwhile, the CBS Evening News was only able to scour together a 27-second news brief on the story while…
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NBC's Mitchell Hypes Hillary's Attack on Marco Rubio, GOP Generally

August 10th, 2015 8:57 PM
While all three broadcast evening newscasts tonight noted Hillary Clinton's reaction to Donald Trump's offensive comments regarding Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and her menstrual cycle, NBC gave considerable attention to Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton's attempt to exploit the Trump kerfuffle in order to attack all Republican presidential candidates as anti-woman.
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NBC Skips Brutal Murder By Illegal Immigrant With Prior Arrests

August 10th, 2015 12:30 PM
NBC on Sunday and Monday ignored the news that another illegal immigrant with past arrests has been charged for murder. In contrast, CBS and ABC both highlighted Victor Martinez Ramirez allegedly raping and killing Marilyn Pharis, a 64-year-old woman. On CBS This Morning, Christine Johnson explained, "Martinez Ramirez was arrested six times in the last 15 months, but he was never convicted of a…
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NBC’s Mitchell: Hillary ‘One of the Beneficiaries’ of GOP Debate

August 9th, 2015 12:43 PM
On Sunday’s Meet the Press, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell eagerly declared Hillary Clinton one of the big winners of last week’s Republican presidential debate. The MSNBC host/NBC News correspondent insisted that because “the e-mail controversy was not really explored very adequately by the questioners, and also because of this focus on gender, [Hillary Clinton] is one of the beneficiaries of what …
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Chuck Todd: GOP Worried Trump’s Comments ‘Will Bleed’ Into the Party

August 9th, 2015 9:13 AM
Appearing on Sunday’s Today, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd did his best to play up supposed fears among those within the Republican Party that Trump’s controversial comments will “bleed” into the GOP and hurt them in 2016.
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CBS, NBC, Spanish Nets Ignore Navy's Plan for Armed Guards At Centers

August 7th, 2015 9:21 PM
ABC's World News Tonight was the sole broadcast network evening newscast on Friday to cover the U.S. Navy's announcement that it would soon position armed guards outside its off-base reserve centers. CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News, along with Univision and Telemundo's evening news programs, ignored this change in policy. ABC's David Muir noted that "the decision follows the deadly shooting…
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NBC’s Lauer Spends Interview Pestering Rubio About Trump

August 7th, 2015 9:02 AM
On Friday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer spent a three-minute interview with Florida Senator Marco Rubio grilling the Republican presidential candidate on an opponent’s debate performance: “Donald Trump refused to rule out a third-party run. He says he's using it as leverage to make sure the party treats him well. Sounds like a bit of a threat to me. How does that impact the way you and other…
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ABC Ignores 5 p.m. GOP Debate; CBS Omits Carly’s Line on Trump/Clinton

August 6th, 2015 8:36 PM
On Thursday’s network evening programs, ABC’s World News Tonight was the only newscast to make no mention of the 5:00 p.m. EDT debate between the bottom seven Republican presidential contenders ahead of the 9:00 p.m. EDT event featuring the top ten candidates. In addition, the CBS Evening News skipped Carly Fiorina’s attack on fellow candidate Donald Trump for his phone call with Bill Clinton. 
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Liberal Nets Mourn Loss of Jon Stewart: 'Trusted,' 'Profound' 'Beacon'

August 6th, 2015 11:57 AM

The three liberal networks on Thursday mourned the loss of Jon Stewart's Daily Show, hyping the comedian as a "trusted," "profound" "beacon" who became a "true 21st century anchor." Never directly identifying Stewart's left-wing slant, Good Morning America's Chris Connelly offered the most effusive praise: "Along the way, for many millennials and for the media elite, Stewart came to be…

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Matt Lauer: ‘On Us’ to Cover ‘Substance’ Not ‘Sizzle’ of GOP Debate

August 6th, 2015 10:39 AM
In a rare acknowledgment of media responsibility, on Thursday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer declared that it was up to the press to properly cover the first Republican presidential debate: “...that idea of substance versus sizzle, one-liners versus issues. That's on us tomorrow as well. We’ve got to make sure that we cover what they talk about, the issues as opposed to those one-liners.”
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ABC, NBC Move on from News on Hillary's Server to Cover Cecil the Lion

August 6th, 2015 1:54 AM
After all three major broadcast networks covered on Wednesday morning news that the FBI is investigating Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server, ABC and NBC moved on from it by the time their evening newscasts rolled around to instead award nearly two minutes to the Cecil the lion story. Joining ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News in the blackout of this development was Spanish-…
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Nets Cheer 'Defiant' Obama's 'Sweeping' Iran Speech 'with Fiery Words'

August 5th, 2015 9:48 PM
On Wednesday night, the major broadcast networks came out in full force to praise a “defiant” President Barack Obama for having made a “sweeping speech with fiery words” on the Iran nuclear deal that included the President following some in the media by comparing Iranian hardliners to Republicans against the deal (even though some Democrats are opposed to it as well). Hanging on to Obama’s every…

One Year Later: How the Media Spun Ferguson Falsehood

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August 5th, 2015 2:32 PM
One year ago this Sunday, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot during a struggle with then police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. Immediately after Brown was killed, protests and misinformation spread throughout Ferguson and across America, but not without the media’s help. Brown’s friend claimed Brown had his hands up and was facing away from Wilson when Wilson shot and killed him. “…
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Flashback: The Media’s Goofy Liberal Questions to Past GOP Debaters

August 5th, 2015 1:59 PM
The 2016 presidential debate season officially begins Thursdy night. A look back at the last several GOP presidential primary battles finds that, even though these debates are supposed to be for the benefit of GOP primary voters, journalists — especially those working for liberal news outlets — will hit them with left-leaning questions aimed at fulfilling an anti-conservative media narrative.