By NB Staff | February 22, 2011 | 4:12 PM EST

The liberal media have virtually ignored the scandal of medical doctors handing out fraudulent sick notes to labor union protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, NewsBusters senior editor Tim Graham noted on yesterday's "Your World with Neil Cavuto."

What's more, while the media have been quick to portray Wisconsin public sector employees as victims, media outlets have ignored the perspective of parents who have been inconvenienced by the teachers' sick-out, the Media Research Center director of media analysis told substitute host Stuart Varney:

By NB Staff | August 2, 2010 | 1:20 PM EDT
"You're talking about brainwashing, when by a 10-to-1 margin, they [the broadcast media] attack Arizona," Media Research Center (MRC) founder Brent Bozell told Sean Hannity on the "Media Mash" segment on the July 30 "Hannity" program.

The NewsBusters publisher was commenting on an MRC study that found in a 3-month survey [April 23 - July 25] of the three broacast networks, that of 120 stories Arizona immigration law stories aired, 77 were negative compared to just 8 positive and 35 neutral. Additionally, there was a roughly 2-to-1 disparity [ 216 to 107] when it come to anti- vs. pro-SB1070 comments on those news stories.

"Here's the reality of the situation: the American people by 10-to-1 want border security. So the media are doing the exact opposite of what the American people want," Bozell concluded.

For the full segment's MP3 audio, click here. To watch the segment, click here to download the WMV video file or click the play button in the embed above.

By NB Staff | May 10, 2010 | 11:48 AM EDT
On the May 8 "Fox News Watch", panelist Jim Pinkerton referred to Tim Graham's May 6 Media Reality Check study entitled &quo
By Jeff Poor | March 20, 2010 | 8:13 PM EDT

Is The Washington Post playing favorites with causes that inspire people to exercise their First Amendment rights and take to the streets to protest? When it comes to opposition to Democratic efforts to reform health care versus opposition to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it appears so.

In a March 20 Washington Post story headlined "Obama delivers plea to 'help us fix this system,'" Ben Pershing, Paul Kane and Lori Montgomery suggested House Democrats were gaining momentum in their pursuit of the 216 votes needed to pass health care reform legislation, despite "hundreds" of "tea party" protesters rallying outside the U.S. Capitol. (h/t Amanda Carpenter)

"Outside the Capitol, hundreds of 'tea party' protesters rallied against the legislation, jeering Democratic lawmakers as they passed and holding signs reading 'We'll Remember in November' and 'Revolution,' Pershing, Kane and Montgomery wrote.

By Jeff Poor | November 14, 2009 | 12:28 PM EST

Sarah Palin's new book "Going Rogue" is set for release on Nov. 17 and with that will likely come a media blitz of epic proportions. However, based on the cover of the Nov. 23 issue of Newsweek, someone felt a response was warranted.

The wizards of smart at Newsweek took an image from a shoot of Palin that originally appeared in Runner's World magazine for the cover and splashed the headlines, "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah?" and "She's Bad News for the GOP - and For Everybody Else, Too."

Mike Allen of Politico previewed the cover in the Nov. 14 edition of his "Playbook." In it, he included these comments from Newsweek editor John Meacham who blamed Palin for Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., struggles with his conservative base in South Carolina. One of those struggles for Graham was his acknowledgment that climate change is a manmade phenomenon in need of a so-called "compromise," And that backlash is somehow former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's fault:

By NB Staff | October 16, 2009 | 12:06 PM EDT

<p><img src="http://media.eyeblast.org/newsbusters/static/2009/10/2009-10-15-FNC-FF-G... vspace="3" width="240" align="right" border="0" height="157" hspace="3" />Yesterday evening, Fox News Channel's <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/bios/talent/molly-henneberg/" target="_blank">Molly Henneberg</a> filed a story on how some media outlets fell for unsubstantiated quotes attributed to radio talk show legend <a href="/people/radio/rush-limbaugh" target="_blank">Rush Limbaugh</a>.</p><p>NewsBusters's own Tim Graham was featured briefly in Henneberg's &quot;Special Report&quot; story.</p><p>We've included a transcribed portion below:</p>

By NB Staff | June 24, 2009 | 11:54 AM EDT

<div style="float: right"><object width="240" height="194"><param name="movie" value="http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/eyeblast.swf?v=Gd4zvkIr4z&amp;c1=0xCE4717&... name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/eyeblast.swf?v=Gd4zvkIr4z&amp;c1=0xCE4717&... allowfullscreen="true" width="240" height="194"></embed></object></div>While  network news anchors such as <a href="/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2009/06/23/smiths-truth-power-obama-whats-bo" target="_blank">CBS's Harry Smith</a> are still gooey in love with President Obama, the White House correspondents for the networks are a little tougher on the chief executive, MRC's Tim Graham told Fox News's Bill O'Reilly on his June 23 program. [audio <a href="http://media.eyeblast.org/newsbusters/static/2009/06/2009-06-23-FNC-ORei... target="_blank">available here</a>]<blockquote><p>TIM GRAHAM: I think there's always been a difference between the guys in the White House press room who are trying to nail down the inconsistencies in what Obama is saying, trying to nail down his campaign promises, and the Harry Smiths and the Brian Williamses and the Diane Saywers. </p><p>There's really a disconnect, really, between the White House reporters who, for the most part are a little tougher on a daily basis and then the anchors who have been just yeah, beyond the, just [having] that dreamy look.</p><p>BILL O'REILLY: I agree with that. The anchors are obviously pro-Obama almost across the board. </p></blockquote>

By NB Staff | June 3, 2009 | 11:56 AM EDT

<div style="float: right"><object width="240" height="194"><param name="movie" value="http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/eyeblast.swf?v=ydaGkU4zSU&amp;c1=0xFB9006&... name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/eyeblast.swf?v=ydaGkU4zSU&amp;c1=0xFB9006&... allowfullscreen="true" width="240" height="194"></embed></object></div>Appearing on the June 3 &quot;America's Newsroom&quot; program, Graham discussed Newsweek economics columnist Robert Samuelson's gripe that the media's &quot;Obama infatuation is a great unreported story of our time.&quot;  <p>Samuelson &quot;is a reasonable guy&quot; who &quot;has got to know that we've had years of pro-Obama bias, and certainly in the pages of his own magazine, where there are syrupy pictures of Barack and/or Michelle almost weekly,&quot; Media Research Center (MRC) Director of Media Analysis Tim Graham told &quot;America's Newsroom&quot; host Bill Hemmer. [<a href="http://media.eyeblast.org/newsbusters/static/2009/06/2009-06-03-FNC-Grah... target="_blank">audio available here</a>]</p><p>Graham added: </p><blockquote>

By NB Staff | December 29, 2008 | 4:30 PM EST

Praise the Lord and pass the video clips!

By NB Staff | December 10, 2008 | 4:37 PM EST

"This is a pattern we've seen for many years, especially when it comes to scandal. We call it drop the (D). You see stories like this [Blagojevich]," all the time NewsBusters Senior Editor Tim Graham told FNC's Neil Cavuto. While some print outlets just bury the Democratic label deep within an article, "a lot of times on television we're not seeing that [the party label] at all. We've seen that in the Blagojevich coverage. You could have watched CBS today and not found a single mention," that the indicted Illinois Governor is a Democrat, Graham added. [download video here] [audio here]

Graham, the MRC's Director of Media Analysis, appeared on the December 10 "Your World" program to discuss the stark contrast between how the media ignore or downplay party labels for Democrats in trouble with the law, while trumpeting the Republican party affiliation of GOPers in legal or ethical hot water.

By NB Staff | September 19, 2008 | 12:45 PM EDT

"Throughout the long primary campaign, NBC was just embarrassing," MRC Director of Media Analysis Tim Graham told Bill O'Reilly in a segment aired on the September 18 "O'Reilly Factor" about the network's pro-Obama bias in the presidential campaign.

The Fox News host opened the segment featuring thewhy the peacock channel had drawn "the ire of the McCain campaign"

"Brian Williams did two interviews with Barack Obama where his idea of a tough question" for the freshman senator from Illinois "was to show the latest adoring Time or Newsweek cover and ask Obama what his late mother would have thought," the NewsBusters Senior Editor added.

For video of the interview, click on the embedded video at right. An audio version is available here.

By NB Staff | September 9, 2008 | 1:18 PM EDT

"The idea to make these guys [Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews] news anchors, I don't know who came up with this idea. It's sort of like people who believe if you add water you get sea monkeys. It just doesn't make any sense that you can add water and make an objective news anchor," NewsBusters Senior Editor Tim Graham quipped on the September 9 "Fox & Friends" program. [audio version here]

Graham questioned in particular the notion that Olbermann once told President Bush "to shut the hell up" on his "Countdown" program.

Co-host Brian Kilmeade asked the MRC's Director of Media Analysis if MSNBC's decision to remove Olbermann and Matthews as co-anchors of election coverage was too little too late: