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NBC Nightly News Admits Media Bias (But It’s Not What You Think)

By Rich Noyes | November 20, 2014, 11:25 AM EST

On Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News — a broadcast that has yet to mention the infamous comments of ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber — anchor Brian Williams conceded his profession “might be guilty” of bias in its coverage, but his admission had nothing to ...

Andrea Mitchell Hails Obama's 'Landmark' Climate Deal; Slams GOP As Anti-Science

By Kyle Drennen | November 13, 2014, 12:09 PM EST

At the top of her 12 p.m. ET hour MSNBC show on Wednesday, host Andrea Mitchell cheered President Obama "achieving a landmark climate agreement" with China to restrict carbon emissions: "I know this is going to take place over a long time, ...

NBC’s Anne Thompson Gushes Over U.S.-China Climate Deal; Frets GOP ‘Already Setting Up Roadblocks’

By Curtis Houck | November 12, 2014, 11:05 PM EST

During Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News, NBC’s chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson enthusiastically promoted the global warming agreement between the United States and China that was announced earlier in the day, but fretted that Republica ...

MSNBC Points Finger at NRA For 'Making the Ebola Crisis Worse'

By Matthew Balan | October 9, 2014, 5:23 PM EDT

MSNBC anchor Krystal Ball and NBC correspondent Anne Thompson shamelessly politicized the Ebola crisis in a Thursday op-ed on MSNBC.com. Ball and Thompson bewailed how due to " Senate dysfunction and NRA opposition, we don't have a surgeon gener ...

CBS Spotlights China's Underground Catholics as Pope Visits S. Korea; ABC, NBC Hype Francis's Car

By Matthew Balan | August 14, 2014, 4:48 PM EDT

Thursday's CBS This Morning stood out for zeroing in on the plight of Catholics in China, as it covered Pope Francis's trip to South Korea. Seth Doane noted the Pope's overflight of the communist country, and pointed out how " that ...

NBC Freaks Out Over New Climate Change Report: ‘Threat To Lady Liberty Herself’

By Jeffrey Meyer | May 20, 2014, 8:20 PM EDT

NBC Nightly News is at it again, trying to scare its audience about the impending dangers of climate change. Following two reports in early May, the Tuesday, May 20 Nightly News hyped how there’s “a new warning about some iconic American treasures includi ...

Hours Before John Paul II's Canonization, Networks Hype Priest Sex Abuse Scandal

By Matthew Balan | April 28, 2014, 8:28 PM EDT

ABC, CBS, and NBC spotlighted the issue of child sex abuse by priests on their Saturday morning and evening newscasts – twenty-four hours or less before the Catholic Church canonized Popes John XXIII and John Paul II. CBS and NBC both uncritically turned ...

Just Before Canonization, NBC Hypes John Paul II Critic Saying Many Felt 'Stomped On' During His Papacy

By Matt Hadro | April 25, 2014, 7:35 PM EDT

The Friday before the Catholic church would celebrate the canonization of two popes, NBC's Today hyped the "controversy" of the jubilant fans of Blessed John Paul II "drowning out dissent" from those who felt "stomped on" ...

Panicked NBC: 'World Must Act Now' to 'Avert Disaster' of Climate Change

By Kyle Drennen | April 15, 2014, 1:01 PM EDT

Hyping the latest alarmist global warming study on Sunday's NBC Nightly News, fill-in anchor Carl Quintanilla proclaimed: "A new U.N. report out today warns the world must act now to address climate change to avert disaster." In the report ...

NBC: Ignore Arctic Temperatures Nationwide, Global Warming is Happening

By Kyle Drennen | January 10, 2014, 10:17 AM EST

On Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson dismissed global warming skeptics pointing to record-low temperatures across the country: "As America the frozen thaws out, some want to reignite the debate ...

NBC: Polar Bears Like 'Passengers on the Titanic' Because of Global Warming

By Kyle Drennen | November 15, 2013, 9:49 AM EST

Teasing an upcoming story on Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams warned of "the habitat of the polar bears melting earlier and faster than ever" and promised "a jaw-dropping look at a way of life quickly disappearing.&q ...

NBC Hype: Pope's 'Revolutionary' Gay Comments 'Stunned the Catholic World'

By Kyle Drennen | July 30, 2013, 1:49 PM EDT

At the top of Monday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams seized on Pope Francis expressing compassion toward gay people of faith and framed the comments as a major shift for the Catholic Church: "Making history. We're on the Pope' ...

Two of Three Evening Newscasts Downplay Obama’s Global Warming Speech

By Paul Bremmer | June 26, 2013, 5:34 PM EDT

On a big day for news, two of the three major networks downplayed President Obama’s global warming speech on yesterday’s evening newscasts. ABC and CBS reduced the story to a brief anchor-read blurb, while NBC included a sound bite and a full in-studio re ...

MSNBC or MSDNC? Network Taps DNC Video Director to Produce New Show

By Matt Vespa | April 11, 2013, 6:15 AM EDT

Is it MSNBC or MSDNC?  Andrew Kirell of Mediaite reported today that the left-wing commentary network has hired the Democratic National Committee’s director of video production, Anne Thompson, to produce the network’s newest weekend show Up with Steve Kor ...

Bozell Column: Losing Patience With the Pope

By Brent Bozell | March 20, 2013, 7:08 AM EDT

Many millions of Catholics around the world were joyous with the naming of a new pope – a holy man from the Third World, no less. Even in choosing his name, Pope Francis is emphasizing a devotion to the poor, and a humility in his clothing and manners. Th ...