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Big Three All Cover Carter Private E-Mail Scandal; Only CBS Omits GOP Criticism

By Ken Shepherd | December 18, 2015, 11:54 AM EST

The Big Three broadcast network evening newscasts all touched on the revelation that Secretary of Defense Ash Carter used private e-mails for government business and this well after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came under fire for exclusively ...

ABC and PBS Extol ‘Stern and Direct’ Obama Speech; ‘Struck’ by Pledge to ‘Destroy’ ISIS

By Curtis Houck | December 7, 2015, 2:07 AM EST

While NBC’s Lester Holt was wondering before President Obama’s speech Sunday night if it would “be a defining moment for this presidency,” his counterparts on ABC and PBS picked up where he left off afterward by enthusiastically praising how “struck” they ...

Scorched Earth: Networks Evening Shows Spend 15 Minutes Hyping Climate Change Agenda, Summit

By Curtis Houck | December 1, 2015, 2:37 PM EST

Seeking to boost President Barack Obama and backers of the Paris climate change summit, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC devoted on Monday night over 15 minutes of airtime across six segments touting the summit, a Discovery Channel documentar ...

ABC’s Stephanopoulos Praises Obama’s ‘Forceful Rhetoric’ on ISIS, Paris Attacks

By Curtis Houck | November 25, 2015, 1:43 PM EST

While awaiting President Barack Obama’s remarks on Wednesday concerning national security as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, ABC News chief anchor, former Clinton staffer, and Clinton Foundation donor George Stephanopoulos couldn’t help but repeatedl ...

NBC Trashes ‘Ugly’ GOP for ‘Angry Debate’ on Refugees; Hails Hillary ‘Going Against the Tide’

By Curtis Houck | November 20, 2015, 3:40 PM EST

NBC Nightly News lashed out at conservatives and Republicans on Thursday for creating an “ugly” and “angry debate” with President Obama over whether to accept Syrian refugees while gushing how Hillary Clinton was “[g]oing against the tide” of a bipartisan ...

ABC Omits Polls Showing Majority of Americans Oppose Obama on Syrian Refugees

By Curtis Houck | November 19, 2015, 10:04 AM EST

Following the Wednesday morning newscasts in which ABC, CBS, and NBC praised the “outraged” President Obama for “slamming” Republican wanting to restrict Syrian refugees in light of the Paris terror attacks, the “big three” were back on the case Wednesday ...

ABC’s Jonathan Karl to Ted Cruz: Isn’t It ‘Un-American’ to Put Restrictions on Syrian Refugees?

By Curtis Houck | November 18, 2015, 10:04 AM EST

In a combative exchange that aired on the Tuesday edition of ABC’s World News Tonight, chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl hinted to Republican Senator Ted Cruz (Tex.) that he was “un-American” for suggesting that only Syrian refugees who are Ch ...

NBC Boosts Politico's Retracted 'Fabrication' Headline on Carson's West Point Claim

By Matthew Balan | November 9, 2015, 8:26 AM EST

On Friday's NBC Nightly News, Chris Jansing touted Politico 's scoop about Dr. Ben Carson's "scholarship" claim about West Point, underlining how the liberal outlet "call[ed] Carson's story a 'fabrication.' &qu ...

NBC Minimizes Covering RNC Suspending Future GOP Presidential Debate

By Matthew Balan | November 2, 2015, 2:35 PM EST

Friday's NBC Nightly News set aside just 34 seconds of air time to the Republican National Committee suspending its planned February 2016 debate with NBC. The evening newscast surrounded this coverage with over two minutes of reporting on other 2016 ...

Journalists vs. the 'Far Right,' 'Hardline' and 'Ultra-Conservative' House GOP

By Rich Noyes | October 28, 2015, 10:05 AM EDT

Over the past four weeks, as the broadcast networks have covered the House leadership contest, reporters have gone out of their way to relentlessly paint House Republicans, especially the Freedom Caucus, as ideologues who are outside the American politica ...

ABC Bemoans Money Spent on Benghazi Committee; GOP Unable ‘to Draw Blood’ from Hillary

By Curtis Houck | October 23, 2015, 1:42 AM EDT

Suddenly worried about government spending, the Thursday edition of ABC’s World News Tonight featured anchor David Muir complaining on three separate occasions about the cost of the House Select Committee on Benghazi while chief White House correspondent ...

Networks Delighted for Hillary’s Sake at Biden’s Decision Not to Run for President

By Curtis Houck | October 21, 2015, 9:51 PM EDT

Hours after Vice President Joe Biden decided that he would not launch a presidential campaign, the major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC largely welcomed on Wednesday night Biden’s decision as it stands to benefit Democratic candidate Hillary Clin ...

Networks Hype ‘Spirited,’ ‘Unfazed’ Planned Parenthood President in Coverage of ‘Five-Hour Interrogation’

By Curtis Houck | September 29, 2015, 10:01 PM EDT

Hours after Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards testified Tuesday before the House Oversight Committee concerning the videos that have embroiled the abortion provider in scandal over the selling of aborted baby parts, the “big three” networks of ...

ABC and NBC Ignore Suspension of Obama’s Failed Rebel Training Policy in Syria

By Curtis Houck | September 29, 2015, 9:48 AM EDT

While the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC all covered on Monday night the developments at the United Nations (U.N.) and the meeting between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, it was ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News ...

NBC Hypes: 'Challenge From...Far Right' Led to Boehner's Resignation

By Matthew Balan | September 25, 2015, 11:26 PM EDT

Two journalists on Friday's NBC Nightly News played up how the supposed " far right " of the Republican Party pushed out Rep. John Boehner, who announced earlier in the day that he would be stepping down as Speaker of the House. Lester Holt ...