Omission Bias: Univision Reports One Side Of Clinton-Powell Email Flap

Viewers of Friday's Noticiero Univision were treated to a prime example of bias by omission when the network reported only one side of the ongoing email controversy between former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and Colin Powell. By now no one should be surprised as to which side of the story was the one that actually got Univision air.
Jorge Bonilla
August 23rd, 2016 12:00 PM

Stephanopoulos Gushes Over Obama Date Film: Will Prez Like It?

Former Democratic operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos good barely restrain himself on Tuesday as he gushed over a new movie about the first date between Barack and Michelle Obama. Talking to the stars of Southside With You, he hyped the film as focusing “on one day in the summer of 1989 when Michelle and Barack Obama went out for the first time.”
Scott Whitlock
August 23rd, 2016 11:30 AM

Carville on MSNBC: Kids Will Die If Clintons Get Out of Foundation

On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, longtime DNC Strategist James Carville defended the Clinton Foundation’s dealings and suggested that its humanitarian aid should outweigh any legal or political corruption the Clintons were involved in. “What the Clinton Foundation does is take money from rich people and give it to poor people. Most people think that’s a pretty good idea,” Carville began. He then…
Kristine Marsh
August 23rd, 2016 11:12 AM

Forget Genocide! Media Obsess over Irish Abortion ‘Pilgrimage’

The genocide of Middle Eastern Christians may not be worth reporting in the eyes of the American media, but the obstacles one woman faced in terminating her pregnancy this week were certainly newsworthy. Over the past couple of days, numerous outlets—including CNN, New York Times, Time, Glamour and Cosmo—have been obsessed with the story of two Irish women who traveled to England to obtain an…
Sarah Stites
August 23rd, 2016 10:28 AM

Clinton on ABC: If Trump Told Truth About Me, I Wouldn't Have to Worry

On Monday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! , Kimmel talked to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, keeping the interview light-hearted and friendly, defending her from her critics, as he usually does. He didn’t bring up the Clinton Foundation but did bring up the newly found additional 15,000 e-mails from Clinton’s private server. Kimmel asked if she was “concerned” about the e-mails…
Kristine Marsh
August 23rd, 2016 10:06 AM

Costello Asks Guest If Trump Should Apologize for Obama ISIS Charge

On Monday's CNN Newsroom, host Carol Costello asked Texas Republican Representative and Donald Trump supporter Brian Babin whether the GOP presidential nominee should apologize for calling President Barack Obama the "founder" of ISIS as a way of reaching out to black voters. 
Brad Wilmouth
August 23rd, 2016 9:15 AM

It's True: Univision Tougher on President of Mexico Than on Hillary

If you ever wondered what Univision's news division looks like when it wants to report on scandals and hold the powerful accountable, you're in luck. Just don't expect any of that reporting to affect Democratic politicians in the United States.
Jorge Bonilla
August 23rd, 2016 8:00 AM

ABC's 'Mistresses' Lectures on Intolerance Toward Transgenders

Once again the transgender issue rears its ugly head on ABC’s Mistresses. Perhaps they feared we didn’t get the message last time because now they’re beating us over the head about what is considered offensive, bigoted, and intolerant. 
Alexa Moutevelis
August 23rd, 2016 2:22 AM

CBS Omits Details of Clinton's Pay-For-Play from E-Mail Report

With the fresh batch of newly released e-mails regarding the Clinton Foundation, thanks to a Judicial Watch lawsuit, came new revelations of strong connections with the Hillary Clinton State Department. The e-mails added more fuel to the accusations that foundation donors “payed-to-play.” Donors such as S. Daniel Abraham, the man behind Slim Fast, and the Crown Prince of Bahrain got special…
Nicholas Fondacaro
August 23rd, 2016 2:11 AM

MSNBC: ‘Why Is It So Important’ for Obama to Visit LA? It Costs Money!

While speaking on Monday afternoon to the editor of the Louisiana newspaper that’s been critical of President Barack Obama’s vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard while the Bayou State floods, MSNBC Live host Stephanie Ruhle wanted to know why it was “so important that the President” tour the devastation because “it costs a lot of money” for him to go anywhere.
Curtis Houck
August 23rd, 2016 12:33 AM

Networks Silent on Clinton Aide’s Ties to Radical Muslim Journal

A major report broke in the New York Post on Sunday that laid out top Hillary Clinton Aide Huma Abedin’s past where she worked for a radical Muslim journal. “For a decade [Abedin] edited a radical Muslim publication that opposed women’s rights and blamed the US for 9/11,” wrote the Post’s Paul Sperry. But you would never know it if you watched the “Big Three” networks ABC, CBS, and NBC on Monday…
Nicholas Fondacaro
August 22nd, 2016 11:04 PM

Pro Football Talk: Russell Wilson Moves NC Wedding Due to Bathroom Law

Pro Football Talk gleefully reported on Monday, that Russell Wilson and his fiancée Ciara decided to ditch the idea of having their wedding in North Carolina. Why is that cause for glee?
Dylan Gwinn
August 22nd, 2016 9:36 PM

CNN Deceptively Edits Conway to Promise Trump Won't Attack Personally

After being caught on Monday August 15 selectively editing video from the Milwaukee riots, by MRC’s Kristine Marsh, CNN was at it again a full week to the day later. This time they deceptively edited Trump Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway speaking on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos. In CNN Correspondent Jessica Schneider’s report on The Lead she claimed Conway promised Donald Trump…
Nicholas Fondacaro
August 22nd, 2016 6:00 PM

CNN's Camerota Badgers Pence On Free Trade, New Trump Campaign CEO

On Monday's New Day, CNN's Alisyn Camerota hounded Mike Pence over supposedly signaling he was "wrong" about supporting free trade his "entire professional and public life" due to his running with Donald Trump. Camerota wondered, "You supported TPP. You supported CAFTA. Donald Trump has said about those things that the U.S. is being taken to the cleaners by these trade deals. Which one of you is…
Matthew Balan
August 22nd, 2016 5:51 PM