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On CBS, Yahoo News's Matt Bai Invokes George Wallace in Trump Discussion

By Brad Wilmouth | December 23, 2015, 8:16 AM EST

Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's CBS This Morning, Yahoo News political columnist Matt Bai brought up 1960s era segregationist Alabama Democratic governor and former presidential candidate George Wallace during a discussion of Donald Trump's po ...

NBC, CBS Eager for Brokered GOP Convention; Pushed Obama-Hillary ‘Dream Ticket’ in ‘08

By Kyle Drennen | December 17, 2015, 10:18 AM EST

Interviewing Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus on Wednesday, the hosts of both NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning pushed the idea that the 2016 Republican field was so divided that there would have to be a brokered convention to pick the ...

CBS Hounds Rubio on Gun Control: 'It Would Have Made A Difference' in Past

By Matthew Balan | December 4, 2015, 7:34 PM EST

On Friday, the CBS This Morning anchors badgered Marco Rubio on his opposition to gun control. Gayle King touted Obama's words on the issue: " The President said... that it's far too easy for people to get weapons, and that we need to figur ...

CBS’s O’Donnell Lobs Softballs to Obama on His ‘Historic Action’ to Fight Climate Change

By Kyle Drennen | December 4, 2015, 12:30 PM EST

Touting her softball Wednesday sit-down with President Obama that aired on Friday’s CBS This Morning, co-host Norah O’Donnell gushed over the commander-in-chief’s “effort to take historic action” on climate change and how that “could affect his legacy.” S ...

CBS Frets Terrorism ‘Diverting Attention’ from Climate Change

By Kyle Drennen | December 1, 2015, 2:53 PM EST

Introducing a report on Monday’s CBS This Morning about the climate change conference being held in Paris, co-host Norah O’Donnell worried that “security concerns threaten to overshadow the talks.” Correspondent Margaret Brennan followed: “The world' ...

CBS Offers Glowing Profile of Girls Trying to Join the Boy Scouts; ‘Scouting for Change’

By Curtis Houck | November 30, 2015, 8:20 AM EST

Taking its cues from Monday’s New York Times, Wednesday’s CBS This Morning offered a similarly fawning profile of some young girls in California who are “scouting for change” as they try to force the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to admit them as members as ...

ABC and NBC Ignore Iran Sentencing Washington Post Reporter Jason Rezaian to Prison

By Curtis Houck | November 24, 2015, 8:26 AM EST

Amidst all the news about gas prices and weather forecasts for this Thanksgiving week, Monday’s morning and evening newscasts on ABC and NBC found no time to mention that Washington Post reporter and U.S. citizen Jason Rezaian had been sentenced by Iran’s ...

CBS Touts Syrian Refugees 'Feeling Misjudged;' Hypes Armed Protest

By Matthew Balan | November 23, 2015, 1:10 PM EST

Manuel Bojorquez zeroed in on the plight of a Syrian refugee family in Texas on Monday's CBS This Morning, and played up how they " feel misjudged after the Paris attacks, and after Texas recently ordered volunteer organizations that help resett ...

Nets Line Up to Hit Rubio on Immigration; GOP ‘Alienating’ Hispanics

By Kyle Drennen | November 11, 2015, 10:45 AM EST

On Wednesday, all three network morning shows interviewed Florida Senator Marco Rubio following Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate and grilled him on GOP opposition to illegal immigration. On NBC’s Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie proclaimed: “One of ...

ABC, NBC Ignore Hillary Laughing at Supporter’s Call to ‘Strangle’ Carly Fiorina

By Jeffrey Meyer | November 11, 2015, 9:44 AM EST

During a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton refused to condemn a supporter of hers who said they wanted to “strangle” Carly Fiorina and instead laughed at his violent proclamation. ABC and NBC have so far ignored the story alto ...

ABC, NBC Yawn at Missouri Media Professor's Attack on Reporter; CBS Covers

By Matthew Balan | November 11, 2015, 10:08 AM EST

CBS This Morning stood out as the sole Big Three network morning newscast on Tuesday to cover a University of Missouri academic shouting down a reporter, briefly physically attacking him, and then calling people over to "get this reporter out of here ...

CBS Hosts Baffled by Putin Beating Obama for Top Spot on Forbes ‘Most Powerful’ List

By Kyle Drennen | November 4, 2015, 1:03 PM EST

On Wednesday, while discussing Forbes magazine releasing its 2015 Most Powerful list, the hosts of CBS This Morning were perplexed by Russian president Vladimir Putin beating out President Obama for the top spot, with Obama only being number three on the ...

NBC Ignores Kentucky Electing Anti-ObamaCare GOP Governor

By Jeffrey Meyer | November 4, 2015, 10:23 AM EST

On Tuesday, Kentucky voters elected Matt Bevin to be its next governor, only the second time a Republican has served this position in over 40 years, yet NBC’s Today completely ignored the story during its Wednesday morning broadcast. ABC’s Good Morning Am ...

CBS Spotlights Non-Religious Millennials Being Married By Friends

By Matthew Balan | November 3, 2015, 1:19 PM EST

Tuesday's CBS This Morning zeroed in on " how a new generation of couples relies on the buddy system for the big day " of their weddings. Gayle King pointed out how a "d ecline in religious beliefs is changing the way many Americans ar ...

CBS Hits Paul Ryan for ‘Hypocrisy’ Over Wanting Family Time

By Jeffrey Meyer | October 22, 2015, 10:47 AM EDT

During CBS This Morning ’s daily “Headlines” segment on Thursday, co-host Norah O’Donnell eagerly touted a piece by Time magazine which “reports on Congressman Paul Ryan accused of hypocrisy.”  The CBS reporter mentioned no names who accused Ryan of “hypo ...