Surprise: CBS Notices De Blasio's 'Very Liberal Campaign'; ABC, NBC Ou
November 6th, 2013 5:07 PM
In a move as rare as finding a four-leaf clover, Norah O'Donnell actually disclosed on Wednesday's CBS This Morning that New York City Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio ran a "very liberal campaign". Jeff Pegues also noted how the "52-year-old liberal" is a "proponent of...taxing the wealthy". The program was also the sole Big Three morning newscast to underline de Blasio's political ideology, and…
'Moving to the Middle': Networks Push 'Crushing' Win for Christie Vs
November 6th, 2013 12:59 PM
The three morning shows on Wednesday announced that a "crushing victory" for Chris Christie in New Jersey will force the Republican Party to "move to the middle" against Tea Party "firebrands." According to CBS This Morning's Chip Reid, Christie hoped for a big win to "show that Republicans who favor consensus over ideological purity can win – even in blue states like New Jersey." [See…
Study: Networks Ignore Gay Rights Movement's Threat to Businesses
November 6th, 2013 10:07 AM
Even though gay marriage advocates often say those marriages won’t hurt others, business owners have been finding out that isn’t true. Companies, especially wedding-related ones, from several states have been sued and harassed for holding onto religious convictions.
The concept of "gay rights" has trampled religious liberty, but the network news media haven’t noticed. In fact, when Family…
ABC Touts Jon Karl Going 'Toe-to-Toe' With White House Over Website's
November 5th, 2013 5:26 PM
ABC's World News on Monday night continued to highlight the network's exclusive that Barack Obama knew there was no real alternative to the ObamaCare website, even as he pushed options like mail and calling the hotline. Yet, on Good Morning America, the network's content-free morning show, the revelations were ignored.
World News anchor Diane Sawyer touted the story as all "about what the…
Jay Carney Mocks ABC's Jon Karl for Daring to Question Misleading Comm
November 4th, 2013 5:47 PM
A frustrated Jay Carney on Monday excoriated ABC's Jon Karl for exposing the fact that signing up for health care via phone or mail is just as difficult as signing up by the website. Karl began by quoting the President suggesting in late October that "you can bypass the website and apply by phone or in person." The journalist highlighted newly acquired memos admitting that "at the end of the…
Newly Obtained E-Mails Show Lerner Gave Tea Party Tax Info to FEC, Big
November 4th, 2013 4:00 PM
On October 31 the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard reported the following: “The Internal Revenue Service shared highly confidential tax information of several Tea Party groups in the IRS scandal with the Federal Election Commission, a clear violation of federal law, according to newly obtained emails. The public watchdog group Judicial Watch told Secrets Thursday that it was former scandal…
Surprise: GMA Commits Journalism, Exposes 'Frustrating' 'New Troubles
November 4th, 2013 11:59 AM
After offering sympathetic coverage to the disastrous roll-out of the ObamaCare website, ABC on Monday actually uncovered "new troubles" and alerted viewers to misleading comments by the White House. Near the top of Good Morning America on Monday, co-host George Stephanopoulos trumpeted, "ABC News has obtained copies of internal administration memos revealing for the first time that…
Peggy Noonan: ‘ObamaCare Has Just Been a Disaster. I’ve Never Seen
November 3rd, 2013 12:13 PM
Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan had some more harsh words for the pathetic rollout of ObamaCare Sunday.
Appearing on ABC’s This Week, Noonan said, “It has just been a disaster. I’ve never seen a story quite like this” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
ABC and NBC Sympathize With Sebelius For 'Falling on Her Sword' Agains
October 31st, 2013 12:00 PM
ABC and NBC journalists on Wednesday and Thursday hailed Kathleen Sebelius as "falling on her sword" and "taking responsibility" for the ObamaCare website debacle. On World News, reporter Jim Avila complained about the Sebelius grilling as a "rude grandstand" and a "three hour circus of a congressional hearing." He dismissed it as "official finger pointing day on Capitol Hill."
Yet, on…
ABC Wakes Up to ObamaCare 'Lie,' But Knocks Americans' 'Cheap, Underpe
October 30th, 2013 12:32 PM
The journalists at Good Morning America on Wednesday conceded that Barack Obama may have "misled the public" on the health care law, that "some call it a lie." But at the same time, reporter Jim Avila helpfully told viewers that Americans would be only be losing "cheap, underperforming insurance." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Anchor George Stephanopoulos introduced the story on Kathleen…
Oh Horror! Liberal Media's Top Five Free-Market Monsters
October 30th, 2013 12:04 PM
As Halloween approaches, many people devour scary stories and the annual celebration of fear. But the media doesn't reserve frightening tall tales for October, they promote fear all year long, especially over the dangers of climate change, guns and those who promote free-market capitalism.
Media outlets, along with the left, promote widespread fear of many individuals who disagree with them.…
1 Year Later: Media Link Climate Change, Sandy Every Single Time
October 29th, 2013 4:41 PM
During the 2008 banking crisis, then-Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel famously said, “Never allow a crisis to go to waste.” The broadcast networks certainly followed his advice when reporting on Hurricane Sandy since the storm became a hurricane one year ago, hitting the New Jersey coast on Oct. 29.
Network reporters and experts have repeatedly claimed that the storm was either caused or…
Hurricane Sandy Relief: Networks Attack GOP, But Mention Pork Only
October 29th, 2013 2:10 PM
Striking the Northeast on Oct. 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy tragically devastated communities causing an estimated $50 billion in damages. By the end of January 2013, a relief bill was passed for Sandy aid, after the bill was delayed because of wasteful spending.
House Republicans opposed a pork-ridden $60 billion Senate bill ($10 billion higher than damage estimates) and chose not to vote on it…
NBC Gives Only 21 Seconds to Scoop That Obama Knew People Would Lose H
October 29th, 2013 11:53 AM
Near the end of the fourth story on Monday's NBC Nightly News, White House correspondent Peter Alexander managed to squeeze in a mention of the network's scoop that the Obama administration knew for years that millions of people would be kicked off of their current health insurance plans because of ObamaCare, despite the President's repeated assurances to the contrary. [Listen to the audio]…