Univision Reporter Blatantly Misstates Hispanic Media Surrogate Ratios

Media bias manifests itself in a number of ways. More often than not, bias is self-evident when examining the framing of a story. On other occasions, bias presents when determining which facts are presented and which are cast aside, brushed over, or omitted. And sometimes, bias is revealed via a gross misrepresentation of fact. Today we will examine a glaring instance of the latter.
Jorge Bonilla
July 27th, 2016 8:00 AM

Atlantic Writer Claims Hillary’s High Negatives Are Signs of Sexism

Things got wild on CNN Tonight in the wee hours of Wednesday morning following Hillary Clinton officially becoming the Democratic Party’s nominee for president. During a discussion about how Clinton should have handled the Benghazi situation and her high negatives, Donald Trump supporter Kayleigh McEnany point out her series of scandals, “I think there's a reason that 68 percent of voters don't…
Nicholas Fondacaro
July 27th, 2016 4:23 AM

Joy Reid: ‘Hillary Clinton Is Going to Teach Us’ a Lesson on Sexism

While the early Wednesday morning portion of MSNBC’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) coverage wasn’t quite the spectacle it was from the day before, AM Joy host Joy Reid provided two noteworthy instances denouncing Hillary Clinton critics as sexist who complain about her not wearing skirts and predicted that she’s “going to teach us” a lesson about sexism by the end of the election. 
Curtis Houck
July 27th, 2016 3:07 AM

ABC Cheers: ‘Set Politics Aside’ for Hillary’s ‘Epic’ ‘Milestone’

There was no holding back on ABC’s Nightline, Tuesday. Host Juju Chang celebrated Hillary Clinton’s “epic” “milestone” and oddly suggested that the nomination of the liberal Democrat is a victory for “setting politics aside.” Chang opened the show by cheering, “Making history. It's official....  The epic moment, a milestone for women.” 
Scott Whitlock
July 27th, 2016 1:59 AM

CNN Delighted by ‘Workaholic Do-Gooder Chick’ Depiction of Hillary

Following former President Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic Nation Convention Tuesday evening CNN’s America’s Choice 2016 panel was overcome with exuberance from his words. “First of all, let's just stipulate, this guy's one of a kind,” David Axelrod proclaimed with delight, “There's nobody else who can turn an auditorium like this into as intimate a place as he did tonight.” Almost every…
Nicholas Fondacaro
July 27th, 2016 12:57 AM

Nets Cheer ‘Happy Tears’ for Hillary as She 'Shatters' Glass Ceiling

The networks on Tuesday night cheered the floor of the Democratic National Convention being “covered with shards of glass” as Hillary Clinton prompts “historic,” “happy tears.” ABC opened live coverage of the 10pm hour with triumphant music and an announcer who proclaimed, “Right now, here in the City of Brotherly Love, you're looking at history... The political glass ceiling, shattered.” 
Scott Whitlock
July 27th, 2016 12:47 AM

Nets Applaud ‘Vintage’ Bill Clinton; Like Hearing a 'Story at a Bar'

On Tuesday night, the major broadcast networks were quick to laud former President Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) as “heartwarming” and “the most important speech of his life” featuring “vintage Bill” that was akin to him “telling a family story at bar or around the dinner table at a holiday.”  
Curtis Houck
July 27th, 2016 12:35 AM

ESPN Analyst Rips Michael Jordan for Not Calling Cops Racists

ESPN’s Around the Horn is fast becoming the incubator for every unhinged, crackpot leftist theory that the unhinged, crackpot leftist sports network wants to initiate.
Bruce Bookter
July 26th, 2016 10:18 PM

DNC v. RNC: Van Jones Prefers When Dems Exploit Mothers' Grief

On Tuesday, the second day of the Democratic National Convention, a group of African-American women spoke called The Mothers of the Movement. The women are mothers whose children have been killed by police and gang violence. CNN commentator Van Jones had nothing but praise for mothers on Anderson Cooper 360, “A powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful witness.” “Can you imagine losing your child…
Nicholas Fondacaro
July 26th, 2016 10:17 PM

At Dem Convention, Dan Rather Remembers the ‘Magic’ of ‘Slugger’ Obama

Though Dan Rather has been reduced to uploading Facebook videos, don’t think he’s lost his liberal bias. The disgraced ex-CBS News journalist reported live from the 2016 Democratic National Convention and on Tuesday and reminisced about the greatness of Barack Obama. Flashing back to the Democrat’s 2004 debut, he began, “Hello Facebook followers... [Conventions] are pageant. But sometimes, they…
Scott Whitlock
July 26th, 2016 10:14 PM

MSNBC Touts ‘Profound’ BLM Mothers; Trashed Smith for Ruining RNC

Right on cue, Tuesday night’s MSNBC coverage of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) heaped effusive praise on a team of Black Lives Matter mothers whose sons died in police-involved shootings as a “profound experience” for those in attendance just eight days after they trashed Patricia Smith over a speech about her son’s death in the 2012 Benghazi terror attack.
Curtis Houck
July 26th, 2016 10:10 PM

Sharp Contrast in Univision Coverage of Pence, Kaine Rollouts

These past two weeks, Univision viewers have witnessed two strikingly different approaches to the initial coverage dedicated to the two major party candidates for Vice President of the United States, Indiana Governor Mike Pence and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.
Edgard Portela
July 26th, 2016 9:21 PM

NBC's Mitchell Touts Mrs. Obama's 'So Compelling' DNC Speech

On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, Andrea Mitchell trumpeted the "almost universal praise" for Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention. Mitchell played up how Mrs. Obama's words brought "people to tears about her husband's place in American history," and spotlighted how "even an unlikely source, Donald Trump...'thought she did a very good job.'" She later claimed that the…
Matthew Balan
July 26th, 2016 9:11 PM

Jubilant ABC Repeatedly Obsesses Over ‘Tears of Joy’ for Hillary

Forgoing much of its regularly scheduled segments to cover live the official nomination of Hillary Clinton for president Tuesday night at the Democratic National Committee (DNC), ABC’s World News Tonight repeatedly harped in the most jittery mood possible about the DNC hall being in “tears” at Clinton becoming the first woman to be a major party’s presidential nominee. 
Curtis Houck
July 26th, 2016 8:23 PM