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Jabbing Jindal: The Media’s Worst Attacks on the Louisiana Governor

By Geoffrey Dickens | June 24, 2015, 10:10 AM EDT

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s expected jump into the 2016 GOP presidential nomination race is bound to be met by skepticism, if not an outright dismissal, by the liberal media if their reaction to his 2009 State of the Union response and his advocacy ...

Selling Socialism: The Media's Campaign for ObamaCare

By Geoffrey Dickens | March 22, 2012, 2:33 PM EDT

Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of ObamaCare, but if the media were the judges, the Court would rule 9-0 in favor of it. During its coverage of the health care debate, the liberal press never permitted questions a ...

CBS Omits Bill Ayers Context of Obama Clip Used in Romney Ad

By Matthew Balan | November 23, 2011, 5:35 PM EST

CBS's Early Show on Wednesday boosted a claim by Democrats that a recent Mitt Romney ad takes a line from a 2008 speech by then-candidate Barack Obama out of context. However, CBS noted at that time that Obama was using that line to counter a McCain ...

Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez Fired From CBS Early Show

By Kyle Drennen | November 30, 2010, 2:51 PM EST

A major staff shakeup has occurred on the CBS Early Show. Starting January 3, current co-hosts Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez, along with weatherman Dave Price, will all be replaced. Saturday Early Show co-host Chris Wragge and the broadcast's curr ...

CBS Early Show Frets Over 'Passenger Gridlock,' Glosses Over TSA Civil Liberties Abuses

By Alex Fitzsimmons | November 23, 2010, 12:24 PM EST

"Early Show" co-host Maggie Rodriguez today glossed over the TSA's use of intrusive pat-downs while drilling down on the potential for "gridlock" if distressed passengers cause "chaos" this weekend over the enhanced secu ...

NBC Offers Soft Spin on Invasive TSA Screenings, ABC, CBS Highlight 'Outrage,' 'Probing Hands'

By Scott Whitlock | November 22, 2010, 2:52 PM EST

NBC's Today on on Monday offered the most sympathetic take on the growing outrage over invasive pat downs being conducted at airports by the Transportation Security Administration. While ABC highlighted "outrage" and CBS observed how some f ...

CBS Early Show Declares Auto Bailout A Success, Celebrates 'GM's Big Comeback'

By Kyle Drennen | November 18, 2010, 4:20 PM EST

At the top of Thursday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith cheered the public trading of General Motors stock as evidence that Obama administration's bailout of the auto industry had worked: "GM's big comeback. In a stunning turnarou ...

MRC's Bozell Addresses Media's Closing Campaign Pitch: Bashing the Tea Party

By NB Staff | November 1, 2010, 2:44 PM EDT

NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center president Brent Bozell appeared on last night's special Sunday edition of "Hannity" to address what's easily become the liberal media's closing campaign tactic for liberal Democrats: ...

Only ABC Notes Racial Element in Pressuring Meek to Quit Florida Senate Race

By Kyle Drennen | October 30, 2010, 9:24 AM EDT

On Friday, the CBS Early Show and NBC's Today avoided any discussion of the Democratic Party's racial insensitivity in trying to get black Florida senate candidate Kendrick Meek to drop out of the race. On ABC's Good Morning America, co-hos ...

CBS Relays Dem Claims of ‘Dangerous’ & ‘Extreme’ GOP, NBC Sees Tea Party Hurting Other Republicans

By Brad Wilmouth | October 24, 2010, 11:32 PM EDT

On Friday morning, after airing a full report on the Democratic strategy of painting Republican candidates as "dangerous" and "extreme," CBS’s The Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez seemed surprised when Republican guest Eric Cantor ...

CBS's Smith Labels Bill O'Reilly 'Bloviator-in-Chief' Over 'View' Appearance

By Kyle Drennen | October 15, 2010, 4:40 PM EDT

 On Friday's CBS Early Show, after news reader Erica Hill reported on Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's heated Thursday appearance on ABC's 'The View,' co-host Harry Smith proclaimed O'Reilly to be "the bloviater-in-chi ...

CBS 'Early Show' Praises Perez Hilton for Giving Up Bullying, But Promoted It In the Past

By Kyle Drennen | October 14, 2010, 4:45 PM EDT

At the top of Thursday's CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez declared that vicious gossip monger Perez Hilton "makes nice....with so much bullying going on he doesn't want to be a bully himself anymore." While the report that foll ...

CBS: Christine O'Donnell 'Grilled' on 'History of Controversial Comments'

By Kyle Drennen | October 15, 2010, 10:36 AM EDT

At the top of Thursday's CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez teased an upcoming report on Wednesday's Delaware Senate debate by proclaiming: "U.S. Senate candidate and tea party favorite Christine O'Donnell is grilled in her first ...

CBS's Rodriguez: 'Undignified' Obama 'Offering No Evidence' of GOP Taking Foreign Money

By Kyle Drennen | October 11, 2010, 9:50 PM EDT

Grilling Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell on Monday's CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez questioned President Obama attacking Republicans over unproven claims of accepting foreign campaign donations: "Why did he spend so much time talking ...

CBS's Jarvis Laments Lack of 'Political Will' for More Stimulus, Cheers Government Intervention in Economy

By Kyle Drennen | October 6, 2010, 4:44 PM EDT

Appearing on Wednesday's CBS Early Show, business correspondent Rebecca Jarvis expressed disappointment in the lack of a new stimulus package, but hoped for other government action: "...while the government doesn't necessarily have the poli ...