NBC Highlights College Student Fighting for Right to Carry Gun on Camp

August 7th, 2014 11:30 AM
In a surprisingly favorable gun rights story on Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent and weekend Today host Erica Hill profiled Dartmouth college student Taylor Woolrich "in Washington D.C. speaking to a group that advocates for legal concealed guns on campus and about her desire to carry one." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Hill began the segment by declaring: "If…

Terrorists? Not in Gaza! Nets Call Hamas ‘Militants,’ ‘Fighters

August 7th, 2014 10:19 AM
With the fighting between Israel and Hamas halted – for now – it’s important to look at the role media played aiding Palestinian terrorists. Network news shows embraced a new narrative – moral equivalency. Hamas and Israel were treated as equals. Reporters and anchors almost never called Israel’s enemy Hamas a “terrorist” organization. ABC, CBS and NBC journalists referred to Hamas as “…

'Nightly News' Teases 'Tonight Show' Appearance; Still Ignores NBC Pol

August 6th, 2014 9:14 PM
For the second consecutive night, Wednesday night’s NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams continued its refusal to cover the findings in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll in which President Obama’s job approval rating hit a record low. 54 percent of Americans disapprove of how Obama is doing his job, while merely 40 percent approve in what is his lowest percentage since he took office…

NBC: 'Without Friends' In Middle East, Hamas Forced to 'Negotiate With

August 6th, 2014 3:00 PM
In a report for Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel declared that "Gazans tried to put their lives back together" during a cease-fire with Israel and said of the Palestinian terrorist group that spurred the conflict: "Hamas, after a month of punishment, realized it was nearly without friends in the region. Especially Egypt, its Arab neighbor and former ally." […

NBC Ignores Obama Disapproval at 54% in Own Poll, Yet Declares America

August 6th, 2014 11:16 AM
After NBC Nightly News completely ignored the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll on Tuesday, political director Chuck Todd appeared on Wednesday's Today to promote the survey but skipped the finding that President Obama's job approval rating sank to 40%, with 54% disapproval. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Todd framed the poll results as evidence of an "…

Only CBS Acknowledges Gov’t Missing $619 Billion From Agency Budgets

August 6th, 2014 9:53 AM
On Wednesday, August 6, USA Today reported that the federal website USASpending.gov which is tasked with tracking government money, can’t find $619 billion from different agency budgets.   Despite the government losing track of hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars, CBS This Morning was the only network morning show to cover the report on Wednesday morning. ABC’s Good Morning America and…

NBC Ignores Own Poll Showing 54 Percent of Americans Disapprove of Oba

August 5th, 2014 10:14 PM
On Tuesday, August 5, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that President Obama’s popularity reached its lowest point since he first took office in 2009. Overall, 54 percent of Americans disapprove of the job the president is doing compared to just 40 percent who approve.  Despite the record low numbers for President Obama, NBC Nightly News failed to cover its own polling…

ABC Out to Lunch on U.S. Attempt to Kindle Political Change in Cuba; C

August 5th, 2014 5:16 PM
As of Tuesday morning, ABC's morning and evening newscasts have yet to cover the Associated Press report that revealed the Obama administration's covert program in Cuba that attempted "recruit young Cubans to anti-government activism" on the communist-dominated island. The AP outlined that "over at least two years, the U.S. Agency for International Development...sent nearly a dozen neophytes…

Only CBS Mentions 'Emerging Genocide' In Iraq, NBC and ABC Ignore

August 5th, 2014 4:33 PM
On Monday night, only the CBS Evening News covered what anchor Scott Pelley described as an "emerging genocide" in Iraq. In a 48-second news brief, Pelley reported: "The Islamic army known as ISIS has seized vast territory in Syria and Iraq....Now, have a look at what they're doing to the minority Shiite Muslims....In this video, Shiite men are herded together and executed in mass graves. Here…

Anti-Semitism ‘Back to 1938,’ Networks Don’t Notice

August 5th, 2014 12:17 PM
It’s a horrible time to be a civilian in Gaza, as ABC, NBC and CBS never tire of telling audiences. But it’s not a good time to be Jewish in Europe, either – maybe not even in America. In the month since the fighting in Gaza began, anti-Semitism has been surging across Europe, as protests against the IDF offensive drop any pretense of being about Israel and turn into orgies of anti-Semitic hate…

NBC's Guthrie Tougher on Ohio Band Director Than Obama Advisor Susan R

August 5th, 2014 10:27 AM
On Tuesday's Today, Savannah Guthrie had an exclusive interview with Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice, but rather than grill the controversial administration official on a variety of international crises, the NBC host merely tossed softballs. Meanwhile, about thirty minutes later, Guthrie interrogated former Ohio State University marching band director Jonathan Waters on being fired…

Networks Hype Israel 'Under Growing Pressure': U.S. 'Appalled' By 'Dis

August 4th, 2014 4:50 PM
All three network morning shows on Monday eagerly touted the Obama administration denouncing Israel after an attack on Hamas targets in Gaza led to civilian deaths. On NBC's Today, correspondent Richard Engel proclaimed: "After another attack on Palestinians taking shelter at a U.N.-run school on Sunday, Washington issued its strongest condemnation yet of its ally. The U.S. State Department…

ABC, NBC Join CNN in Ignoring Scandal Involving NY Governor Andrew Cuo

August 4th, 2014 12:20 PM
On Monday morning, broadcast networks ABC and NBC and cable news outlet CNN continued their blackout of the investigation into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) and his shuttering of his own anti-corruption commission. Since the story broke on July 23 in The New York Times, neither one of these three news operations have covered the story. CBS This Morning, which previously reported on the…

From 2009 to 2014, Networks Have Saluted Obama on His Special Day: 'Ha

August 4th, 2014 12:05 PM
From 2009 to 2014, every year of Barack Obama's presidency, the networks have observed his birthday, often wishing him a special day. A graphic for CBS This Morning on Monday touted, "Happy Birthday, Mr. President." Co-host Charlie Rose enthused, "President Obama is waking up a year older. The President turns 53 today, but his birthday weekend began Saturday." He reiterated, "Happy birthday, Mr…