Did NBC Misrepresent Thompson as Being Opposed to Overturning Roe
March 12th, 2007 8:18 AM
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Fred Thompson, who is exploring the possibilty of a presidential candidacy, went on Fox News Sunday yesterday, strongly criticized Roe v. Wade and said the answer to it was "good judges." But on this morning's "Today," Andrea Mitchell flatly stated that Thompson doesn't want to overturn Roe. So where does Thompson stand on Roe, and how can we explain Today's…
ABC Recognizes Survival of 21-Week Baby 'May Change What People Think
February 20th, 2007 9:36 PM
ABC's World News led Tuesday night with an unusual spin, one favorable to conservatives: the survival of a baby born in Florida last October just 21 weeks and six days after conception, the least time ever spent in the womb by an infant who has survived (AP article). Anchor Charles Gibson teased: “A tiny miracle that raises big questions in the debate over abortion." Setting up his top story,…
Stephanopoulos Challenges Romney's Depiction of Mormon Theology
February 18th, 2007 9:02 AM
When's the last time you saw an MSMer dispute a politician on the tenets of his own faith? It happened today on Good Morning America when George Stephanopoulos challenged Mitt Romney's depiction of a tenet of Mormonism. Weekend GMA host Kate Snow noted to the "This Week" host that at a Mitt Romney event Friday someone called out to the candidate that he didn't "know the Lord." Snow asked…
Mitt's MSNBC Auto Da Fe: 'You Cross Your Fingers and You Lie
February 13th, 2007 8:26 PM
It's one thing for Chip Reid or David Gregory to give Mitt Romney a hard time over his abortion position change, as I documented here and here. But on this evening's Hardball, Chris Matthews took it to a fiery new level, and Pat Buchanan got into the act. Matthews: "This is like the kind of conversions you had in Spain in the old bad days where if you were Jewish, you were Christian the next…
David's Disdain: 'Is Anybody Really Going to Buy' Romney's Social-Issu
February 13th, 2007 12:39 PM
As we noted here, within minutes of Mitt Romney having announced his candidacy this morning, MSNBC, in the person of Chip Reid, branded him "far right."David Gregory has now made it a one-two punch. A bit later on MSNBC, Gregory played clips from 1994 of Romney expressing pro-choice and pro-gay rights views. Noting Romney's subsequent change to a pro-life position, Gregory expressed this…
MSNBC: Romney on 'Far Right
February 13th, 2007 9:55 AM
Everyone remembers how on the day Barack Obama announced his presidential candidacy, the MSM was awash with stories of how he is on the "far left" of social issues. Or not.Not only does Obama support partial birth abortion, as an Illinois state senator he twice voted against the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. Read the disturbing details here. Though Obama's record clearly puts him to the…
