This Week

Stephanopoulos Grossly Understates ABC Attention to Limbaugh/Fluke, Cl
March 8th, 2012 6:06 AM
When FNC's Bill O'Reilly brought up "ABC News's coverage of this Rush Limbaugh/Fluke situation" on Wednesday's The O'Reilly Factor, guest George Stephanopoulos not only misled FNC viewers about ABC coverage by focusing only on how much time his weekday edition of Good Morning America devoted to the story while ignoring other ABC shows like World News and the weekend edition of GMA, but he even…

NBC’s Gregory Frets Romney Missed ‘Sister Souljah Moment’ to Den
March 4th, 2012 5:08 PM
No love on the Sunday morning television talk shows for Rush Limbaugh, not even a mild defense as the unifying theme was disappointment in Mitt Romney for not denouncing the leading national conservative talk radio host. “The problem with Rush Limbaugh,” NBC News White House correspondent Savannah Guthrie complained in pretending to care about the fate of Republicans, “is that he re-framed the…

Gingrich Schools Stephanopoulos: 'I'll Be Glad to Swap History Credent
March 4th, 2012 1:47 PM
In today's "Don't Bring a Knife to a Gunfight" segment, ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Sunday once again failed miserably in a battle of wits with Newt Gingrich.
After the This Week host claimed past experience has shown long primary battles "[mean] that party loses in the general election," the former Speaker of the House marvelously responded, "George, I'll be glad to swap history…

Diane Sawyer 'Couldn't Believe' Santorum Challenged JFK on Separation
February 27th, 2012 8:43 PM
In the wake of new sexual revelations concerning John F. Kennedy and a nineteen-year-old White House intern, you would think media members would shy away from putting the former president on a pedestal concerning his religious beliefs.
Yet there was ABC World News anchor Diane Sawyer Monday telling George Stephanopoulos of his previous day's interview with Republican presidential candidate…

Current TV's Granholm: 'Blaming the President for High Gas Prices is L
February 26th, 2012 4:18 PM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, America's media have recently taken it upon themselves to make sure the soaring price of gas does not reduce Barack Obama's chances of getting reelected in November.
Doing her part Sunday was Current TV's Jennifer Granholm who actually said on ABC's This Week, "I think blaming the president for high gas prices is like blaming Rudy Giuliani for 9/11" (video…

Will on Lin-Sanity: 'Nice to See Harvard Produce Someone Who’s Not a
February 19th, 2012 1:22 PM
When asked his opinion of New York Knicks basketball sensation Jeremy Lin, George Will said on ABC's This Week Sunday, "It’s nice to see Harvard produce someone who’s not a net subtraction from the public good" (video follows):

Lou Dobbs: 'It’s Awfully Nice' of the Media 'To Help Everyone Unders
February 19th, 2012 12:51 PM
Fox Business Network's Lou Dobbs issued a truly delicious smack down to America's press Sunday.
In the midst of a lengthy discussion about the so-called “Contraception Controversy” on ABC's This Week, Dobbs said, "It’s awfully nice of the national media and the Democratic Party to help everyone understand the dangers of Rick Santorum" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary…

Dick Morris Accuses George Stephanopoulos of Being a 'Paid Democratic
February 13th, 2012 10:45 PM
Former Clinton adviser Dick Morris on Monday accused ABC’s George Stephanopoulos of being a “paid Democratic hitman.”
Appearing on Fox News’s Hannity, Morris also said Stephanopoulos was “under orders” to ask Mitt Romney all those contraception questions during ABC’s January 7 Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Washington Post’s Ignatius Hails Obama’s Nimble Contraception Poli
February 12th, 2012 3:26 PM
“I was struck looking at this,” Washington Post columnist and former foreign editor David Ignatius expressed on ABC’s This Week in admiring how Barack Obama on Friday adjusted the contraception mandate, hailing “the ability to do a do-over quickly” since the administration was not “done deaf” and “they did make changes and this is now a policy that you can defend.”
Unaddressed, how it’s just…

Network Newscast Blackout of Mandate on Catholics Continues, But Sunda
February 6th, 2012 9:53 AM
The broadcast network evening and morning newscast blackout, of the Obama administration plan to force health insurance offered by Catholic charities and hospitals to cover sterilization, abortion-inducing drugs and contraception without a co-pay, continued over the weekend, yet the ABC and NBC Sunday morning talk shows took up the topic.
Meanwhile, the media double standard in ignoring the…

Laura Ingraham and George Will Face Off About GOP Race on ABC’s ‘T
January 29th, 2012 1:33 PM
Conservatives must have thought they died and went to heaven when the Roundtable segment of ABC’s This Week began Sunday.
There were syndicated columnist George Will and talk radio’s Laura Ingraham facing off on the state of the Republican presidential race (video follows with transcript and commentary):

MRC Study: The Real State of the Union, Big Three Networks Covering Up
January 23rd, 2012 3:34 PM
By many measures, Barack Obama has left the State of the Union in tatters, but the liberal media, led by the highly rated Big Three network (ABC, CBS, NBC) news shows, have attempted to cover up those holes in the Union by mostly ignoring the Obama administration’s greatest failings. From record numbers of people on food stamps, to the administration’s support of failed energy companies while…

TV Pundits, Left and Right, Insist Gingrich Cannot Win, Would Drag Dow
January 22nd, 2012 3:28 PM
Given his high unfavorable rating, Newt Gingrich “cannot win a national election,” MSNBC’s very liberal host Lawrence O’Donnell insisted early Saturday night when it became clear Gingrich would win the South Carolina primary, “it’s impossible.” O’Donnell’s assessment, however, is held beyond left-wingers animating MSNBC shows.
Saturday night, Fox News veteran Brit Hume asserted: “…

Will Smacks Down Vanden Heuvel: When Obama Speaks Against Crony Capita
January 22nd, 2012 1:41 PM
George Will on ABC's This Week Sunday had a truly epic smack down on the perilously liberal editor of the perilously liberal magazine The Nation.
After Katrina vanden Heuvel waxed rhapsodic about President Obama at next week's State of the Union address laying out "a vision for a different economy, one that is not about crony capitalism, but is about a democratic capitalism that lifts all…