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STUDY: ABC, CNN Keep Reminding Viewers About ‘Bounty’ on Trump’s Head
September 25th, 2024 2:01 PM
Over the last 48 hours, ABC and CNN have repeatedly hyped a supposed six-figure bounty on former President Trump’s head. While even the vehemently anti-Trump MSNBC avoided sharing specifics about the bounty so as not “to encourage any sort of potential violence,” ABC and CNN apparently held no such reservations, eagerly mentioning it a combined 21 times in just two days.
NY Times Touts ABC Debate's Calm 'Factual Guardrails' Against Trump
September 12th, 2024 10:35 PM
New York Times’ media reporter Michael Grynbaum made Wednesday’s paper with the smugly confident post-presidential debate “Media Memo,” “ABC’s Matter-of-Fact Moderators Built Factual Guardrails Around Trump.” He wrote: "Using calm and authoritative tones, Mr. Muir and Ms. Davis offered a model for real-time fact-checking that has been absent from many recent presidential debates."
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Sleazy ABC Trashes ‘Disgraced’ RNC Speaker Nick Sandmann
August 24th, 2020 2:37 PM
Minutes before the kickoff of the Republican National Convention, ABC revealed they were taking notes from CNN and MSNBC on how to continue smearing Covington Catholic’s Nick Sandmann and the St. Louis McCloskeys, who are slated to speak this week. On ABC Live, White House correspondent Rachel Scott and political contributor Yvette Simpson sneered these speakers, who were victimized by the…
Meet the Press to Host Climate Change Debate Featuring a Guy Who Playe
February 15th, 2014 4:52 PM
It is a sign of the unseriousness of the mainstream media that the NBC program "Meet the Press" will be hosting a climate debate Sunday featuring a person who plays a scientist on TV.
Yes, tomorrow it is "Bill Nye the Science Guy" versus Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on NBC's "Meet the Press."
MRC's Brent Bozell Hits 'Obnoxious' Double Standard in Christie Covera
January 10th, 2014 5:58 PM
Media Research Center President Brent Bozell appeared with Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto to slam the "obnoxious" double standard in how journalists have covered Chris Christie's traffic scandal in two days, versus the scant number of stories on the Obama IRS controversy over six months.
According to Bozell, "It really goes to show you how out of control this left wing so-called news press is…
ABC's Jeremy Hubbard Hints at Conspiracy: Did Palins 'Get to' Levi Joh
July 7th, 2010 3:09 PM
World News Now co-host Jeremy Hubbard on Wednesday didn't accept the explanation that Levi Johnston has simply decided to apologize for his bad mouthing of the Palin family. The ABC anchor hinted at darker reasons: "You know, I'm a cynic. Did the Palins get to him, do you think?" [Audio available here.] (H/T to Creative Minority) Discussing Johnston's public apology in People magazine, Hubbard…
ABC Buries Harsh Kennedy Obit, One That Labels Him a ‘Failure,’ in
August 27th, 2009 4:56 PM
In the early hours of Wednesday, reporter John Donvan narrated a tough, comprehensive look at the life of Ted Kennedy, one that went so far as to assert that the Senator was sometimes "a let down, an embarrassment to his family, to his party, to himself." However, this eight and a half minute segment, which looked into Chappaquiddick, Kennedy’s cheating at Harvard and other scandals, aired at 2:…
ABC's Chris Cuomo Debates Priest Over 'Angels & Demons' – But Only O
May 18th, 2009 3:30 PM
After promoting the controversial, religion-baiting film "Angels & Demons" for a combined 19 minutes last week on "Good Morning America," ABC finally featured a Catholic priest to object to the movie. Unfortunately, the interview was relegated only to the network's website, not the ABC morning show. (Considering the four days of fawning coverage to the film's stars last week, this hardly…
PBS Ombudsman Raps Anti-Palin Wisecrack
September 19th, 2008 9:33 PM
On PBS's Web site today, ombudsman Michael Getler writes of complaints over an incident during last Sunday's pledge drive. He describes the cheap shot taken by actor Mike Farrell against vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin:According to Joseph Campbell, vice president of fundraising programs, here's what happened:
CNN's Blitzer: 'I Don't Remember' Biden's Law School Plagiarism
September 18th, 2008 10:55 PM
CNN's Chetry: 'Please Tell Me It's Not Lipstick Again
September 10th, 2008 11:40 PM
On CNN's American Morning today, White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux reported on Barack Obama's campaigning in Virginia. Afterwards, anchor Kiran Chetry had a question:CHETRY: All right. And Suzanne, what's on tap for the campaign today? And please tell me it's not lipstick again.MALVEAUX: Let's hope not. He's going to be in Norfolk, Virginia. That is in southeast Virginia, and it's home…
