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Networks Obsess Over GOP Staffer 'Cyber Bullying' Obama Daughters
December 1st, 2014 1:08 PM
Between Sunday and Monday, all three broadcast networks devoted full reports to a Republican congressional staffer criticizing the Obama daughters on her personal Facebook page. On ABC's Good Morning America on Sunday, host Dan Harris proclaimed: "The online outrage over an attack on President Obama's daughters. A Republican congressional staffer posting a rant on Facebook about the way Sasha and…
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Yawn: ABC, NBC Ignore Latest ObamaCare Stumble
December 1st, 2014 12:11 PM
ObamaCare has yet another problem, but one wouldn't know it from the networks. ABC and NBC on Monday ignored a new Washington Post report finding that small businesses are not embracing the President's health care law. CBS This Morning covered the story, but only for a scant 15 seconds.
MRC's Notable Quotables: No Charges in Ferguson = Grand Jury 'Failure'
December 1st, 2014 8:44 AM
After the grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, chooses not to indict police officer Darren Wilson, NBC's Brian Williams dubs them "a failure," while as rioters burn buildings in Ferguson, Time magazine posts an essay: "In Defense of Rioting."
CBS Delighted by Cardinal's Openness on Sex Abuse, Ignores the Rest
November 27th, 2014 7:11 AM
CBS and 60 Minutes hailed Cardinal Sean O'Malley for his handling of church sex-abuse cases. The lesson here is that if a Church official is willing to criticize the Church over the topic of sex abuse, the media will fête him as a media darling no matter what he has actually done as a Church official.
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Networks Dodge Senate Dem Saying the Timing of ObamaCare Was a Mistake
November 26th, 2014 10:00 PM
In speech at the National Press Club on Tuesday, New York’s senior Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer expressed regret over how Democrats handled their large majorities following the 2008 election in passing ObamaCare when they should have focused first on economic issues to address the recession.
Since then, the remarks have received no coverage from any of the “big three” in ABC, CBS, and NBC on…
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CBS Wishes Viewers a 'Merry Marijuana' and a 'Happy Cannabis!'
November 26th, 2014 11:41 AM
Someone at CBS News is obsessed with pot. This Morning on Wednesday again touted the wonder of legalized marijuana in Colorado. Co-host Jeff Glor enthused, "...Shoppers are already hearing about Green Friday bargains. The green is for marijuana."
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ABC, NBC Ignore Latest EPA Regulations On Businesses
November 26th, 2014 10:47 AM
On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency is set to issue new regulations on ozone emissions by factories which could cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars in lost economic growth. Despite the potential harm these regulations could have to the U.S. economy, ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today ignored the story altogether on their Wednesday morning broadcasts. CBS This Morning…
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CBS, NBC Promote ObamaCare Regulation on Displaying Calories Counts
November 26th, 2014 2:43 AM
During their Tuesday evening newscasts, CBS and NBC squeezed in a few moments each to promote the newest health-related regulation set to affect Americans under ObamaCare next year in the form of additional requirements regarding the listing of calories for food and drinks at public eating establishments, vending machines, and movie theaters.
Both networks pointed out that the move was announced…
CBS Uses Ferguson to Lament Burdens on Obama Regarding Race Relations
November 25th, 2014 9:24 PM
The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley used the conclusion of its Tuesday night broadcast to lament and highlight the instances in which President Barack Obama has commented on the issue of race and how the events in Ferguson, Missouri have “tested once more” the President who has “willingly shouldered the burden of a nation fractured along racial lines” despite his “unrealistic expectations of…
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NBC Skips Latest on VA Scandal, Hypes Holiday Sales Instead
November 25th, 2014 11:47 AM
Despite a four-hour running time, NBC's Today on Tuesday completely ignored the latest developments in the still evolving Veterans Affairs scandal. ABC's Good Morning America and CBS This Morning allowed a combined 30 seconds to the news that the head of the Phoenix VA hospital has been removed.
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NBC Laments Ferguson Grand Jury ‘Failed To Come Up With Charges'
November 25th, 2014 9:55 AM
On Monday night, a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri found no probable cause to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of Michael Brown. Following the grand jury’s ruling, the “big three” (ABC, CBS, and NBC) all broke from their regular prime time programming to announce the decision. Unlike ABC and CBS, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams failed to mention any of…
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ABC-NBC-Telemundo-Univison Ignore Recovery of 30K Lost Lerner Emails
November 24th, 2014 8:25 PM
On Friday afternoon, it became known that as many as 30,000 emails belonging to former IRS official Lois Lerner that were thought to be lost had been recovered. When it came to reporting this story, however, English-language networks ABC and NBC plus Spanish-language networks Telemundo and Univision have punted on this story and offered no coverage through their Monday evening newscasts.
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‘60 Minutes’: U.S. Must Raise Taxes by ‘Hundreds of Billions’
November 24th, 2014 4:56 PM
The Obama administration has already wasted nearly $1 trillion of stimulus money that was supposed to go toward “shovel ready” construction projects and create millions of jobs. Now special interest says it needs “hundreds of billions of dollars” more to prevent an infrastructure catastrophe.
CBS’s “60 Minutes” claimed in a segment on Nov. 23 that the federal government needed to increase taxes…
'Any Way We Can Fix Fox?' Attkisson Exposes DOJ Fast & Furious Emails
November 23rd, 2014 10:08 AM
How long it would have taken from the time of its exposure for the press to have prominently reported on an email sent from the the Bush 43 White House to its Justice Department asking, "Any way we can fix the New York Times?" We can be confident that it would have taken less than a New York minute, and that saturation coverage would have continued for days.
Well, one revelation in a series of…