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ABC Skips WashPost Smear on Cruz Girls; CBS, NBC Excuse It as a ‘Feud,’ Part of ‘Increased Scrutiny’

By Curtis Houck | December 24, 2015, 12:37 AM EST

The morning after Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes published (then unpublished) an illustration depicting Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s daughters as toy monkeys, calling them “fair game” since they appeared in a campaign ad, ABC’s Goo ...

Networks Block Out Over 10 Minutes for Harping on Trump’s Comment About Hillary Losing in 2008

By Curtis Houck | December 23, 2015, 2:05 AM EST

Just over two weeks after the major network evening newscasts spent 24 minutes obsessing on December 8 over Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims entering the U.S., the three programs returned on Tuesday night to devote ten and a half minutes to Trump’s ...

Todd Pushes Ryan to Denounce Ingraham, Levin; Hounds Him on How He’ll Cooperate with Obama

By Curtis Houck | December 21, 2015, 9:00 AM EST

Appearing exclusively on Sunday’s Meet the Press, Chuck Todd repeatedly pressed Speaker Paul Ryan to denounce conservative radio talk show hosts Laura Ingraham and Mark Levin over their criticism of the recently-passed omnibus bill and Todd demanded to kn ...

Best Bet to Beat Hillary? Mika Says It's Trump

By Mark Finkelstein | December 18, 2015, 12:26 PM EST

The polls might currently be suggesting something else, but Mika Brzezinski's view on which Republican has the best shot at beating Hillary Clinton might surprise you. On today's Morning Joe, Mika said "If you want someone to beat Hillary C ...

On MSNBC, Ron Fournier Slams 'Disgusting' GOP Debate, Sees 'Dog Whistling'

By Brad Wilmouth | December 17, 2015, 10:36 AM EST

Appearing as a guest in the final segment of Wednesday's MTP Daily on MSNBC, Ron Fournier of the National Journal slammed the previous night's GOP presidential debate as "disgusting" as he claimed to see "dog whistling" and & ...

Chuck Todd Smears Scalia: ‘I Couldn’t Help But Think of Al Campanis’

By Brent Baker | December 13, 2015, 5:11 PM EST

Seemingly unable to tell the difference between a man who affirmatively asserted racist assumptions about the physical abilities of a whole race and a man doing his job by pressing lawyers about a contention in a brief, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd ...

Kerry: 'For The Most Part' We Know Who's Coming Into Our Country

By Mark Finkelstein | December 13, 2015, 2:41 PM EST

Ain't that reassuring?... On today's  Meet the Press,  John Kerry told Chuck Todd that  "for the most part"   we know who's entering our country.  Kerry's statement came after he boasted about  the Obama admin's "hu ...

Andrea Mitchell Compares Trump and George Wallace Voters, 'I've Seen This Before'

By Brad Wilmouth | December 12, 2015, 11:37 PM EST

On Friday's Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC, as guest and NBC host Chuck Todd attempted to psychoanalyze Donald Trump supporters, host Mitchell compared Trump voters to those who supported segregationist Alabama Democratic Governor George Wallace in ...

Obsession: Network Evening Shows Spend 24 Minutes on Trump’s Muslim Ban

By Curtis Houck | December 10, 2015, 9:09 AM EST

Acting as though the latest news the war against ISIS, new developments in the Hillary Clinton scandal or any other story barely existed, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC devoted a whopping 24 minutes and three seconds of their Tuesday evenin ...

NBC's Todd Spins Poll: Most Americans Fear Islam Because of 'Lack of Familiarity'

By Brad Wilmouth | December 9, 2015, 12:47 AM EST

Appearing as a guest on MSNBC Live with Kate Snow, NBC Meet the Press host Chuck Todd tried to explain away a poll showing that most Americans have a negative view of Islam by chalking it up largely to a "lack of familiarity" with the religion, ...

Notable Quotables: Prayer = 'Meaningless Platitudes' from 'Cowards'

By Rich Noyes and Scott Whitlock | December 7, 2015, 9:05 AM EST

Now online: the December 7 edition of Notable Quotables, MRC’s bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous quotes in the liberal media. This week, the media double down on Obama's anti-gun agenda and mock those who offer prayers as "cowards&q ...

NBC’s Lester Holt: Will Obama’s Speech ‘Be a Defining Moment for His Presidency?’

By Curtis Houck | December 6, 2015, 8:26 PM EST

Seconds before President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday night, NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt gave viewers a quick preview with Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd and wondered to Todd if the speech will mark “a defining mo ...

MSNBC’s Most Pressing Concern? ‘Fear’ and ‘Anti-Muslim Rhetoric’

By Scott Whitlock | December 4, 2015, 5:18 PM EST

With the unfolding news that Wednesday’s mass shooting in California was, in fact, terrorism, the main concern on MSNBC appears to be an anti-Muslim backlash by Americans and politicians. On Friday, Andrea Mitchell lectured, “In the midst of a political c ...

Chuck Todd Shudders at Coming ‘Islamophobia’ – ‘It’s Going to Get Ugly’

By Michael McKinney | December 3, 2015, 4:11 PM EST

MSNBC Live with Tamron Hall had Chuck Todd on for two segments related to the terrorist attack in San Bernardino on Wednesday. When confronted with the idea that this could be terrorism, as many labeled the Colorado Springs shooting, Todd hesitantly said, ...

Nets Hit GOP Guests with Charges of 'Hateful Rhetoric' by Abortion Opponents

By Brad Wilmouth | November 29, 2015, 11:33 PM EST

On all three broadcast network Sunday talk shows, hosts pressed some of their GOP guests by forwarding a quote from Planned Parenthood complaining that "hateful rhetoric" from abortion opponents had contributed to the shooting attack on Planned ...