ABC Picks Rabid Universal Health Care Fan for Primetime Special
June 15th, 2009 1:08 PM
ABC News announced on Monday that Dr. Tim Johnson, a longtime advocate for government-run health care, will be participating in a primetime special on the subject, airing on June 24 and being broadcast from the White House. The doctor, who has aggressively lobbied in support of universal health care for over 15 years, will also appear on that day's Good Morning America, a show that will feature…
ABC Highlights Panetta Charge That Cheney Wants More Terror Attacks
June 14th, 2009 10:39 PM
On World News Sunday, ABC News anchor David Muir read a brief story relaying to viewers an attack on former Vice President Cheney by CIA Director Leon Panetta which appeared in the New Yorker magazine. In the interview, Panetta suggested that Cheney may desire to see terrorists hit America again for his own benefit. Muir recounted:
George Will Tells Dirty Little Secrets of Universal Healthcare
June 14th, 2009 4:57 PM
As President Obama tours the country advancing his universal healthcare initiative, there are some dirty little secrets that he and his minions in the media don't want Americans to know.On Sunday, George Will during the panel discussion on ABC's "This Week," exposed some inconvenient truths about this controverial subject that would likely change much of the public's view if they were regularly…
Joy Behar: We Never Liked Rev. Wright
June 11th, 2009 2:18 PM
With recent anti-Semitic remarks, Whoopi and Joy finally condemned Reverend Wright, while Joy ludicrously denied ever supporting President Obama’s former pastor. On the June 11 edition of "The View," Joy Behar logically concluded Wright is indeed an anti-Semite and even branded the reverend "evil." When Elisabeth Hasselbeck noted such comments are on par with Wright’s past ravings, Behar…
ABC Features Sotomayor's Brother to Tout Salsa-loving Judge
June 10th, 2009 12:17 PM
"Good Morning America's" Claire Shipman on Wednesday conducted a fawning, mostly content-free interview with Supreme Court pick Sonia Sotomayor's brother about his sister's love for Salsa dancing, among other light topics. The ABC reporter asked Juan Sotomayor only one question on the substance of the nominee's comments that a "wise Latina" judge would come to a better conclusion than a white man…
Saccharine Shipman Soothes Sotomayor Sibling
June 10th, 2009 8:43 AM
WARNING: Viewing the accompanying video could cause a dangerous rise in blood-sugar levels.When Clarence Thomas was approaching his confirmation hearings, we all remember the touching, sentimental segments the networks ran on his challenging childhood. Or not.On today's GMA, ABC's Claire Shipman took a sentimental stroll down memory lane with Dr. Juan Sotomayor, Sonia's likable younger brother…
Comedian on 'Today' Show Trashes Sarah Palin: She's 'Very Much Like He
June 9th, 2009 12:52 PM
VH1 comedian Chuck Nice appeared on Tuesday's "Today" show and compared Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to the sexually transmitted disease herpes. He mocked, "But, Sarah Palin to the GOP, this is what I've got to say, she is very much like herpes, she's not going away." [Audio available here] The "Best Week Ever" contributor amazingly preceded his comments by instructing the show's hosts and his…
Evan Thomas: Obama Is a 'Brave,' 'Great Teacher' Who 'Stands Above' Us
June 8th, 2009 2:44 PM
Newsweek editor-at-large Evan Thomas appeared on this weekend's edition of Inside Washington and lauded President Obama as a "brave," "great teacher" who "stands above everybody." These comments were only slightly less hyperbolic than a gushing assertion on Friday's Hardball. On that program, the journalist cooed, "I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s…
Nightline: Faith-based Movies Rise Above Hollywood Heavyweights
June 8th, 2009 1:42 PM
What was the highest-grossing independent film of 2008?"Milk?" "Slumdog Millionaire?" Woody Allen's "Vicky Christina Barcelona?"How about a Christian-themed movie called "Fireproof?"If you're surprised, the idea that ABC's "Nightline" would not only point this out, but also do a segment on Friday evening dealing with the rise in faith-based films from what they referred to as "Godlywood" might be…
ABC: Abortion Broadcasting Company
June 8th, 2009 1:11 PM
ABC gave pro-abortion advocates free advertising last night with its "World News Sunday." During the report, an abortionist unequivocally stated that late-term abortion is "really a miscarriage of a stillborn fetus." Anchor Dan Harris framed Steve Osunsami's segment as a look at why doctors risk their lives to perform abortions given the "constant threat" of violence they face, as evidenced…
ABC’s Shipman: Sotomayor Is No ‘Elite Liberal Judicial Philosopher
June 7th, 2009 6:00 PM
On Sunday’s This Week roundtable, ABC national correspondent Claire Shipman tried to argue that it would be “very hard” for Republicans to label Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a liberal. “When you look at Sotomayor's record and look at the cases, it's very hard for people to make the case that she's a typical, you know, elite liberal judicial philosopher,” Shipman declared.That was too…
Stephanopoulos Doesn't Ask Hillary If Obama Has Marginalized Her
June 7th, 2009 12:06 PM
When it was announced that Hillary Clinton was going to give her first Sunday interview since becoming Barack Obama's Secretary of State to her husband's former advisor George Stephanopoulos, nobody envisioned a hard-hitting exchange.However, as he tossed the softest of softballs at his guest, the "This Week" host mysteriously avoided asking any questions about Clinton's future political…
Chris Cuomo: Link Terror to Israeli/Palestinian Fight and People Might
June 4th, 2009 2:36 PM
"Good Morning America's" Chris Cuomo reported live from Egypt on Thursday and speculated to the son of Egypt's President that if Americans "understood the link to the Palestinian/Israeli situation, they might understand terrorism differently." Covering Barack Obama's speech to Muslims in the region, the ABC News anchor earlier labeled the address one "that is going to be talked about for a long…