ABC, CBS and NBC Turn a Blind Eye to ObamaCare Setbacks

April 9th, 2013 9:56 AM

For the past couple of weeks there has been a steady drip of bad news for ObamaCare, but you wouldn't know it if you only get your news from the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks. From a Society of Actuaries report that determined premium costs will shoot up thanks to a thirty-three percent average increase in claims; to thirty-three Senate Democrats joining Republicans in voting to repeal an…

NBC's Lauer Parrots 'White House's Argument' to Curb Gun Rights

April 8th, 2013 5:44 PM
Following an one-sided report on Monday's NBC Today about the push for more gun restrictions, which touted Democratic Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy dismissing the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre as a "clown at the circus," co-host Matt Lauer lamented: "There does seem to be a disconnect...90% of the Americans, when asked about expanding background checks say, 'Yes, we're in favor…

NBC Hopes for Chelsea Clinton Political Run, 'Following in the Footste

April 8th, 2013 4:11 PM
At the top of Monday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer eagerly promoted the possibility of Chelsea Clinton, currently an NBC News special correspondent, one day running for office: "Following in the footsteps? Chelsea Clinton opens up in a rare interview about her mom's presidential ambitions, while leaving the door open for her own run for office." In the later report, designed to increase…

NBC Uses Margaret Thatcher as 'Perfect Segue' to Promote Hillary Clint

April 8th, 2013 1:02 PM
Appearing on Monday's Today, Abby Huntsman, daughter of former presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, offered kind words eulogizing Margaret Thatcher: "What we know about Margaret Thatcher is she's a woman with so much courage...She really sticks to her convictions, and that's rare today. I think she really paved the way for women in politics....her legacy will be remembered forever." [Listen to…

NBC Remembers Margaret Thatcher as 'Loved and Loathed,' 'Deeply Contro

April 8th, 2013 11:12 AM
As news broke of the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Monday morning, Today co-host Matt Lauer turned to correspondent Michelle Kosinski in London, who proclaimed Thatcher was "Known as the Iron Lady and for her conservative politics, she was also quite controversial during that time for reducing the power of the trade unions." [Listen to the audio or watch the video…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer: Obama’s Sequester Fearmongering Caused Hiring S

April 7th, 2013 2:04 PM
CNBC’s Jim Cramer made a statement on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday that likely shocked the host as well as the other liberal media members involved in the discussion. After David Gregory mentioned Friday’s lousy unemployment report, Cramer said, “This is stunning. Stunning. And I think a lot of it had to do with fearmongering” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Networks Ignore Obama's False Claim About 'Fully-Automatic Weapon' Use

April 6th, 2013 1:40 PM
The Big Three networks' Friday morning newscasts all highlighted the "backlash" over President Obama's "best-looking attorney general in the country" compliment of California's Kamala Harris. But in addition to ignoring First Lady Michelle Obama's recent "single mother" gaffe, as of Saturday morning, ABC, CBS, and NBC have yet to report on the President's erroneous claim about the use of an…

Anderson Cooper: ‘When I Was Seven or Eight I Fell in Love With Robb

April 6th, 2013 11:41 AM
Anderson Cooper on NBC’s Late Night Friday told a childhood story that he never would have relayed on national television until recently. “When I was seven or eight, I fell in love with Robby Benson.”

WSJ Slams Sweetheart Tax Break that New York Cobbled Together for NBCU

April 5th, 2013 7:08 PM
When Jimmy Fallon replaces Jay Leno at NBC's The Tonight Show, the show will move back east to New York City, to be broadcast from network headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The move makes financial sense for the network in part because the state of New York worked out a sweetheart tax deal for NBCUniversal to execute such a move. In essence, the long suffering taxpayers of New York State…

NBC's Lauer Frets: Gay Athletes Staying in Closet 'Says Something Abou

April 5th, 2013 6:03 PM
On Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer accused American society of being intolerant of gay athletes: "There are no openly gay players, but there are lots of gay athletes in major sports, and the fact that they still feel as if they'll be ostracized if they come out is – says something about the times we're living in." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Lauer made the…

Big Three Spotlight 'Backlash' Over President Obama's Compliment; Omit

April 5th, 2013 4:34 PM
ABC, CBS, and NBC's Friday morning shows all devoted air time to President Obama labeling California Attorney General Kamala Harris "the best-looking attorney general in the country" at a fundraiser on Thursday. Unsurprisingly, a panel on NBC's Today tried to explain away the remark. Willie Geist asserted, "I think he [Obama] was making a joke." CBS This Morning's Norah O'Donnell was tougher on…

Leno: 'My Leaving the Show Has Nothing to do With Baby My Housekeeper

April 5th, 2013 11:28 AM
Jay Leno continues to have fun with his looming departure from NBC's Tonight Show. In a series of jokes about the subject during Thursday's opening monologue, Leno quipped, "My leaving the show has nothing to do with the baby my housekeeper had a couple of weeks ago."

Networks All Adopt Obama's Talking Points: President Is Expressing 'So

April 4th, 2013 12:37 PM
All three networks on Wednesday and Thursday parroted the exact same talking points from the White House, touting Barack Obama for expressing "solidarity" with struggling workers by taking a five percent pay cut. The President made the move, which amounts to a minuscule $1700 a month, in the wake of sequestration. On Good Morning America, Josh Elliott trumpeted, "[Obama] says he wants to show…

NBC Touts 'Sweeping Gun Control' in Connecticut, National 'Call to Act

April 4th, 2013 11:52 AM
On Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie heralded that Connecticut had "approved some of the tightest gun control legislation in the country as President Obama is pushing for tougher laws nationwide." The headline on screen proclaimed: "Tough New State Gun Laws; Connecticut Governor to Sign Sweeping Gun Control Bill." In the report that followed, White House correspondent Kristen…