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NBC Cheers End of Catholic Church’s ‘Ironclad Grip on Irish Society’

August 23rd, 2018 12:33 PM

Ahead of Pope Francis visiting Ireland in the coming days, NBC’s Today show offered a nasty hit piece on the Catholic Church that cheered the nation moving left on issues like gay marriage and abortion. The segment also highlighted liberal critics of the Church rooting for the religious institution’s demise.

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Nets Applaud ‘Historic’ Irish Abortion Vote as ‘Women’s Rights’ Win

Culture
May 29th, 2018 2:56 PM

Women matter, but only if they’re already born – at least according to the networks on Ireland’s recent abortion vote. On Friday, May 25th, Ireland voted to repeal the country’s Eighth Amendment that banned abortion. In many of their segments, the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) framed the repeal as a win for “women’s rights” against a “highly restrictive” law.  

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CBS Eager for ‘Seismic Cultural Shift’ in Ireland With Abortion Vote

May 25th, 2018 10:53 AM

On Friday, CBS This Morning co-host Norah O’Donnell introduced a report on voters in Ireland heading to the polls to decide whether or not to repeal the nation’s pro-life amendment banning abortions except when the mother’s life is at risk, touting: “A historic referendum in Ireland today could relax that country’s strict anti-abortion laws.”

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Brit Host: Don’t Want to Lecture, But Trump Caters to White Christians

June 6th, 2017 4:37 PM

CBS’s Late Late Show host James Corden doesn’t want to lecture you Americans. As a Brit, he knows that “I didn’t grow up in America.” Yet, he does want you to know that Donald Trump is just trying to cater to “white Christians.” Appearing on CBS This Morning, the entertainer began with humility. Given the fact that he’s from England, Corden noted, “ I think it would be foolish to feel like I…

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ABC Skips Possible Terror Attack at Ariana Grande Concert in England

May 22nd, 2017 9:00 PM

Not long before two of the Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) were set to begin broadcasting their evening news programs on Monday, an apparent explosion or series of explosions rocked a concert arena in Manchester, England. Both ABC and CBS start their programs just after 6:30 PM, but only CBS managed to fit the terrible breaking news into their show while it was in progress. But ABC did…

Five-To-One: Networks Prefer Any Word Other Than ‘Terrorist’

Culture
August 18th, 2016 2:21 PM

This June was marked by a wave of radical Islamic terrorist attacks – in Turkey, in Orlando, in a Paris suburb, in Israel, and elsewhere around the world. As the bodies piled up and nations were gripped with grief and rage, broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) did their best to call the horror anything other than the work of terrorists.

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Overrule Britannia! 88% of Evening News Shows Hype Brexit 'Regret'

Business
June 27th, 2016 4:49 PM

Democracy is all well and good, until the outcome of a popular vote is unpopular with the liberal media. The people of the United Kingdom voted on June 23, to leave the European Union. The  broadcast news programs tried their own veto, focusing heavily on voter “Bregret” and anger in the three nights following the vote. 

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Nets Cover Gorilla Death 6x More Than ISIS Christian Beheading

Culture
June 2nd, 2016 6:38 PM

It’s the very definition of absurdity: the networks have covered the death of one gorilla more than the deaths of 21 Christians beheaded by ISIS for their faith.

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CBS Touts London's First Muslim Mayor: Won After 'Facts Trumped Fear'

May 9th, 2016 7:29 AM

On Saturday's CBS This Morning, correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti ran a report celebrating the election of London's first Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, as he portrayed conservative critics as exploiting "fear." Without trying to explain what critics were supposedly wrong about, Vigliotti suggested that his opponents were spreading misinformation as he declared that, "in the end, facts trumped fear…