17 Years Ago, Clemency for Scooter Libby Drew Massive Media Ire

Rich Noyes
December 8th, 2024 9:58 AM

The media have exhibited compassion regarding President Biden's pardon for his son, Hunter, but 17 years ago, angry journalists railed against the “travesty of justice” after President Bush merely commuted the prison sentence of former White House aide “Scooter” Libby.

 

FLASHBACK: 36 Years of Media Derision & Scorn for GOP Veeps

Rich Noyes
July 7th, 2024 10:10 AM

Expect the media elite to greet Donald Trump’s new running mate with derision and scorn, because that’s what has faced (nearly) all Republican VP candidates since the Media Research Center began tracking political coverage in the 1980s.

 
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We Dug Up Decades-Old Video CNN Wants You to Forget: Clinton Is Elvis

Scott Whitlock
August 21st, 2021 12:30 PM

CNN gushing over a Democratic president didn’t start with Joe Biden or even Barack Obama. You have to go back all the way to Bill Clinton to see the birth of the cable channel’s love affair with liberal presidents. It was 20 years ago this week that CNN produced a syrupy, vomit-inducing valentine to Bill Clinton comparing him to, yes, Elvis Presley. Then-senior political analyst Bill Schneider…

 
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MSNBC Guests Flaunt Iran Deal Comparisons, Blame GOP for Partisanship

Curtis Houck
September 11th, 2015 8:08 PM
During a segment on MSNBC’s The Last Word late Thursday, all three liberal panelists spouted off on the ability of the Soviet Union to follow treaties (in context of the Iran deal), comparing the Iran nuclear agreement to Richard Nixon’s China visit, and lamenting the “partisan...political climate” Republicans have caused the deal to be implemented under. 
 

The MRC@25: Worst Media Bias of 1996

Rich Noyes
September 10th, 2012 8:08 AM

For the past week, NewsBusters has been showcasing the most egregious bias the Media Research Center has uncovered over the years — four quotes for each of the 25 years of the MRC, 100 quotes total — all leading up to our big 25th Anniversary Gala September 27. (Click here for details, including ticket information.) If you’ve missed our recounting of the worst quotes from 1988 through 1995,…