ABC Lectures Rick Santorum: Stop Wasting Your 'Political Capital' and

April 4th, 2012 12:20 PM
Good Morning America analyst Matt Dowd on Wednesday lectured Rick Santorum to "get out" and stop wasting "any little bit of political capital he has left." Depending on which count one looks at, Mitt Romney is currently 489 delegates short of the nomination. That fact didn't stop Dowd from making his point clear. Over four sentences, he used the phrase "get out" four times, pronouncing, "I…

Crude ABC: Ann Romney Zipper Comment Is 'Begging to Be Taken Out of Co

April 3rd, 2012 11:38 AM
Good Morning America's John Berman on Tuesday again proved his ability to be crude, adding a zipper sound effect to a quote by Ann Romney. Sounding like a fifth grade boy, Berman derided the wife of the presidential candidate, insisting that "unexpected comments from Ann Romney...just begged to be taken out of context." Berman played a clip of Mrs. Romney on a radio show in which she…

ABC’s Avila Slimes Mother Whose Son Died from E Coli

April 2nd, 2012 3:52 PM
ABC News senior correspondent Jim Avila has a new target for his “pink slime” crusade – a mother whose 6-year-old son died from E coli. Avila, whose coverage has targeted Beef Products, Inc., went after the company’s supporters at an Iowa press conference. At the same time, one beef maker has had to file for bankruptcy protection as a result of the media assault. “AFA Foods, a company that…

Jake Tapper Tosses Softballs to Clinton, ABC Spikes Obama's Bad Week a

April 2nd, 2012 12:40 PM
Good Morning America offered another typical softball session with Bill Clinton on Monday to promote his latest Global Initiative meeting, but since using George Stephanopoulos might seem too obvious, they sent normally aggressive Jake Tapper to lob the softballs. Oddly, the questions that might actually be defined as news were edited out of the ABC program and left to a much smaller audience…

Van Jones: Romney Should Pick Condi Rice as VP and 'Watch the Obama Ca

April 1st, 2012 6:32 PM
When the Roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week Sunday predictably turned to who Mitt Romney should pick as his running mate if he seals the Republican presidential nomination, former Obama green jobs czar Van Jones made an interesting observation. "You want to do something bold, put Condoleezza Rice on the ticket and watch the Obama campaign go crazy" (video follows with transcript and…

ABC Not Sure Whether Death Threats In Trayvon Martin Aftermath 'Going

March 31st, 2012 10:01 AM
Is it right to make death threats against George Zimmerman and his family?  ABC News isn't sure. In a Good Morning America segment today on the Trayvon Martin case, as an ABC reporter spoke from Sanford, Florida, this graphic was displayed across the bottom of the screen: "ARE DEATH THREATS GOING TOO FAR?" Video and screencap after the jump.

Behind the Scenes: The Lefty PR Group That Stokes Consumer Fear of BPA

March 29th, 2012 4:14 PM
The science against BPA isn’t very convincing, yet the left-wing onslaught from environmental groups, activist scientists and the media has convinced many consumers that soup cans, soda bottles and plastic storage containers are going to make them sick. In the case of BPA, perception and reality are far different, but false perceptions can still cost businesses millions -- or put them out of…

Eye on Culture: The Crusade Against Faith

March 29th, 2012 2:43 PM
“Thousands of atheists, agnostics and other non-believers turned out in the US capital on Saturday to celebrate their rejection of the idea of God and to claim a bigger place in public life,” wrote Agence France-Press of the “Reason Rally” on the National Mall March 24, 2012. The Reason Rallyers carried crucifixes with profane statements on them, and signs like “So many Christians, so few…

Nothing to See Here: ABC Totally Skips Any Mention of Obamacare's Bad

March 29th, 2012 12:10 PM
The Obama administration suffered another bad day in the Supreme Court, Wednesday, leading many to wonder if all of the President's health care law will be entirely scrapped. ABC's Good Morning America on Thursday responded to this with silence, totally ignoring the story. GMA co-host George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday referred to the case as "historic," but apparently lost interest a day…

ABC, NBC Note Plight of Dissidents in Cuba During Pope's Visit

March 29th, 2012 9:14 AM
As the broadcast network evening newscasts recounted Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Cuba, ABC's Christiane Amanpour on World News and NBC's Andrea Mitchell on the NBC Nightly News both noted reports that dissidents had been detained and prevented from meeting the Catholic leader, while the CBS Evening News failed to mention their plight.

Network Morning Shows Greet Trouble for 'Historic' Obamacare With Scan

March 28th, 2012 12:22 PM
Barack Obama's health care law ran into a legal buzz saw at the Supreme Court, Tuesday. So, how did the network morning shows on Wednesday cover the "historic" case? They mostly ignored it. Over two hours, ABC's Good Morning America allowed just two minutes. Reporter Jon Karl hyped an Obamacare loss as win-win for the President. He insisted it would be a "rallying cry for liberals" and that "…

ABC Hyperventilates: 'Sour' Santorum 'Lashes Out' and 'Goes to War' Wi

March 27th, 2012 12:24 PM
The journalists at Good Morning America on Tuesday appeared shocked that a "sour" Rick Santorum dared to aggressively oppose a New York Times reporter, hyperventilating that the Republican presidential candidate has gone to "war against the media." Former Democratic operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos insisted that the "wear and tear of a long, tough campaign" is beginning to…

ABC: Crusade Against Beef Costs 600 Jobs

March 27th, 2012 11:07 AM
Some journalists aren’t content with covering the news; they have to make it, too. That’s been ABC’s strategy as the network has led the charge against USDA-approved beef. That agenda has put at least 600 jobs in jeopardy as the targeted company suspended operations in three separate plants. ABC’s Jim Avila has been out in front of the issue, repeatedly calling the beef “pink slime,” a…

Screw Objectivity! ABC's Josh Elliott: 'I'm Proud to Work at a Place T

March 26th, 2012 5:04 PM
Sometimes journalists just come right out and say it: Appearing at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Awards, Saturday, ABC News anchor Josh Elliott gushed over media subjectivity: "I'm proud to work at a place that believes in advocacy journalism!" Elliott, who reads the news for Good Morning America, fawned over the liberal gay rights group: "I will never be in a…