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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 ...

Networks Continue Hyping Trump vs. Ramos ‘Feud’; ABC, CBS Skip Hillary Addressing E-Mail Scandal

By Curtis Houck | August 26, 2015, 9:41 PM EDT

The “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC again promoted on Wednesday night the three-round bout between 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and liberal Fusion/Univision anchor Jorge Ramos from the night before as ABC and CBS failed to note Hillary Cl ...

CBS Distorts Jeb’s Birthright Citizenship Views: ‘Ignited a New Controversy’

By Jeffrey Meyer | August 25, 2015, 10:20 AM EDT

On Tuesday’s CBS This Morning, reporter Chip Reid touted Democratic outrage over Jeb Bush’s comments over the need to crack down on“birth tourism” as evidence the Republican has “ignited a new controversy” on the issue of birthright citizenship.  After th ...

ABC, NBC Ignore Congressional Hearing on DEA Sex Parties in Colombia

By Curtis Houck | April 14, 2015, 9:21 PM EDT

On Tuesday night, ABC and NBC made no mention of a congressional hearing that took place earlier in the day addressing a scandal unveiled in a Department of Justice (DOJ) report that said Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents in Colombia had partic ...

Love Letter: CBS Reminisces Over 'New England Superstar' Ted Kennedy

By Scott Whitlock | April 1, 2015, 8:43 AM EDT

CBS's love for the Kennedy family surfaced again on Monday night as  Evening News journalists hyped the opening of a new institute in Massachusetts that is named after Ted Kennedy. Anchor Scott Pelley swooned, " Another New England superstar was ...

ABC and NBC Skip Report Detailing DEA Sex Parties Paid for by Drug Cartels

By Curtis Houck | March 27, 2015, 11:07 AM EDT

ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News ignored on Thursday night a scathing report that revealed how agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) attended so-called “sex parties” over a multi-year period while working in Colombia that were ...

CBS Promotes Idea to Put Liberals Such as Margaret Sanger on the $20

By Scott Whitlock | March 25, 2015, 3:11 PM EDT

The journalists at CBS This Morning on Wednesday promoted as uncontroversial the idea that Andrew Jackson should be removed from the $20 bill and substituted with the likes of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger or radical environmentalist Rachel C ...

Networks: Cruz Campaign Could Face Some ‘Rough Sledding’; Wants ‘No Abortion’ or ‘Gun Control’

By Curtis Houck | April 29, 2015, 3:41 PM EDT

On Monday night, the major broadcast networks devoted full segments to the announcement from Republican Senator Ted Cruz (Tex.) that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, with CBS touting how he could face “some rough sledding” if h ...

CBS Previews Ted Cruz's 2016 Bid: ‘Helped Shut Down Much of the Government’

By Jeffrey Meyer | March 23, 2015, 11:13 AM EDT

On Monday, CBS This Morning previewed Senator Ted Cruz’s 2016 presidential bid by proclaiming that he “first grabbed  the national spotlight in 2013  when he held the Senate floor  for more than 21 hours and  helped shut down much of the  government all i ...

Nets Continue to Stoke 'Major Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage' in Alabama

By Kyle Drennen | February 10, 2015, 12:08 PM EST

Following all three network evening newscasts on Monday devoting full reports to "a full blown civil rights battle" in Alabama after the state's supreme court chief justice refused to carry out a federal ruling allowing gay marriage in the ...

ABC, CBS Compare Alabama Judge Halting Gay Marriages to George Wallace Blocking School Desegregation

By Curtis Houck | April 29, 2015, 3:41 PM EDT

On Monday night, the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC each devoted a segment of their Monday evening newscasts to the news that Alabama State Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore and some local government officials chose not to carry out a federal ruling ...

Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley Compares Obama To FDR

By Jeffrey Meyer | January 4, 2015, 9:53 AM EST

President Obama’s annual Christmas vacation wraps up this weekend and on Saturday CBS Evening News did its best to promote the president’s 2015 agenda.  CBS reporter Chip Reid filed a report from Hawaii that offered no soundbites from Republicans opposing ...

Networks Have Fun with Obama Golf Outing That Forced Army Couple to Move Wedding

By Curtis Houck | December 30, 2014, 3:54 PM EST

Between Monday night and Tuesday morning, the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC covered the news that a golf outing by President Obama at a course in Hawaii forced a Army to move their wedding location after planning to have it on the 16th tee.  While they ...

MRC's Notable Quotables: Please Explain Why Republicans Suck

By Rich Noyes | April 25, 2015, 12:02 AM EDT

Now online: the November 3 edition of Notable Quotables, MRC’s bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous quotes in the liberal media. This week, CBS's Norah O'Donnell invites ultra-liberal Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren to explain & ...

CBS Continues to Push False Lib Ad Claiming GOP Cut Funding for Possible Ebola Vaccine

By Curtis Houck | October 30, 2014, 10:30 PM EDT

On Monday night, CBS News national correspondent Chip Reid continued to promote a false ad by a liberal organization that claims Republicans in Congress are responsible for cutting funding for research hoping to find an Ebola vaccine. Reid stated at the c ...