ABC, NBC Play Moral Midgets for Access to Charlie Sheen

March 5th, 2011 7:12 AM
The saddest media bias on display this week was the desperate hunger and thirst for that slice of Ratings Heaven known as Charlie Sheen's Continuing Moral Collapse. He's been All Access Charlie, granting high Nielsens wherever he goes, speaking of how he is High on Himself and "bi-winning" with his two "goddesses" camped at his abode. Network interviewers have tried not to alienate their guest…

ABC Skips Conservative Voices for Stories on Olbermann Suspension, Mos

November 8th, 2010 4:33 PM
During four days of coverage, ABC skipped the conservative perspective while reporting on Keith Olbermann's suspension. The network also used the liberal label only once. Good Morning America covered the story on Saturday and Monday and never used the word. Friday's Nightline briefly highlighted the story. Anchor Bill Weir referred to Olbermann as MSNBC's "liberal star" and someone who has "…

GMA Questions Appropriateness of ‘Skimpy Bikini’ PSA Yet Shows Cli

September 24th, 2009 12:38 PM

Media Let Culture Wars Cloud 'American Idol' Win

May 21st, 2009 3:47 PM
After the winner of "American Idol" is crowned, the appropriate action is to congratulate the newly crowned Idol on his success. Yet on May 21 media focus was clearly elsewhere. That day, reports on all three networks' morning broadcasts, marveled at how Kris Allen beat Adam Lambert and gave unusual attention to contestants who did not win, but are still successful, leaving little doubt that…

'Good Morning America' Attacks Victoria's Secret with Faulty Bra Lawsu

November 17th, 2008 10:58 AM
Victoria's Secret, the well-known lingerie retailer, is being sued by a woman who claims the company's bra had formaldehyde in it and made her "utterly sick." ABC's "Good Morning America" ran a segment Nov. 11 focusing on that 37-year-old Ohio woman, Roberta Ritter. "Victoria's Secret - certainly one of the world's most recognizable brands," anchor Diane Sawyer said. "And this morning, though,…

ABC Again Touts Tale of Man Who 'Kept His Female Reproductive Organs

July 23rd, 2008 4:47 PM
"Good Morning America" on Wednesday continued to aggressively promote the story of the pregnant "man," featuring the show's sixth story since March 26. Once again, GMA co-host Chris Cuomo confusingly described the story of Thomas Beatie, a woman who took testosterone and had her breasts removed in a gender reassignment surgery in order to become a man. On Wednesday, Cuomo explained, "The pregnant…

ABC Promotes Pregnant 'Man' Four Times in Two and a Half Months

June 9th, 2008 3:58 PM
On Monday's "Good Morning America," for the fourth time in just two and a half months, the ABC program featured a segment on the so-called pregnant man, Thomas Beatie. Since first reporting the story on March 26, GMA has been fascinated with the case of the woman who had surgery to become a man, but kept her reproductive organs and is now having a child. On Monday's show, reporter Ryan Owens…

ABC Touts One-sided, Positive Take on Pregnant 'Man

April 4th, 2008 12:50 PM
On Friday's "Good Morning America," for the second day in a row, and the third time in a little over a week, the ABC program promoted the story of a transgendered man who is having a baby via artificial insemination. At no time did GMA feature any guest to challenge or question the psychological ramifications for a child who was born from a pregnant "father." [Audio available here]During the…