NY Post: George Stephanopoulos Frustrated Over Tabloid Obsession at GM

April 7th, 2014 6:27 PM
According to the New York Post, Good Morning America co-anchor George Stephanopoulos is unhappy with his show's tabloid obsession. Stephanie Smith of Page Six on Monday wrote that Stephanopoulos "is concerned about the softer direction of 'GMA' — and the addition of yet more entertainment personalities."  Smith added, "insiders told us Stephanopoulos has already made clear that he wants to do…

Twice in 24 Hours, ABC Touts Pro-Gay Cracker Ad; Network Assailed Mozi

April 7th, 2014 12:45 PM
Twice in just 24 hours, Good Morning America on ABC hailed a graham cracker company for supporting gay rights in an ad and standing up against "hate" and "bigots" who called for a boycott. Yet, it was just last week that the same program touted the "game changing" firing of a tech company CEO who supported traditional marriage. The network even used video footage to compare the executive to the…

Media Crisis: 'Has David Ortiz Ruined the Presidential Selfie for the

April 7th, 2014 11:21 AM
On Monday morning, NBC, ABC, and CBS all found an excuse to cover Obama's selfie with Red Sox player David Ortiz one more time, expressing their collective fear that the White House may ban selfies with the commander-in-chief. On NBC's Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie fretted: "Has David Ortiz ruined the presidential selfie for the rest of us?" [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the…

ABC Uses Footage of Hateful Westboro Baptist to Slime CEO Who Opposes

April 4th, 2014 11:05 AM
According to Good Morning America's Linzie Janis, a CEO who made a donation in opposition to gay marriage is the same as the hateful members of the Westboro Baptist Church. On Friday, Janis reported on Brendan Eich, the former head of the tech company Mozilla. Eich was ousted after liberal groups found out that in 2008 he made a $1000 donation to support Proposition 8 in California. As  …

All Three Networks Tout Bill Clinton on Kimmel, Ignore Question About

April 3rd, 2014 12:46 PM
Despite a tragic shooting at Fort Hood, a major Supreme Court ruling and developments on Benghazi, all three morning shows on Thursday devoted time to Bill Clinton's discussion of aliens on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Yet, NBC's Today, ABC's Good Morning America and CBS This Morning ignored a profoundly dumb question from the comic regarding Clinton running for vice president. [See video of the question…

98 Percent of Networks' Jobs Stories Ignore High Black Unemployment

April 3rd, 2014 10:58 AM
There is a jobs crisis in the U.S. that is going virtually unnoticed by the broadcast networks. The unemployment rate for African Americans towers over the national average, upsetting conservatives and liberals. In spite of bipartisan outrage, the three broadcast networks gave just 10 seconds combined to the black unemployment rate around the monthly jobs reports in the past year. Liberal Rev…

Networks Promote President's ObamaCare Trash Talk, Leave Out Republica

April 2nd, 2014 12:15 PM
While ABC, NBC, and CBS all hyped President Obama slamming Republican opposition to ObamaCare during his Tuesday "victory lap" in the White House Rose Garden, the network coverage that evening and Wednesday morning did not include a single GOP sound bite on the topic. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] On Tuesday's ABC World News, White House correspondent Jon Karl…

NBC Hypes 'Late Surge' to Make ObamaCare Deadline, Allows a Mere 22 Se

April 1st, 2014 11:50 AM
All three morning shows on Tuesday hyped an "eye-popping" surge on the final day of ObamaCare sign-ups, but NBC's Today minimized the latest problems for those attempting to meet the deadline. Despite two segments on the topics, the four-hour program covered this angle for a scant 22 seconds.  In contrast, Jon Karl on ABC's Good Morning America threw cold water on the celebration. Ignoring co…

ABC and CBS Drop the Ball: Take an Hour to Notice ObamaCare Website Cr

March 31st, 2014 3:40 PM
While Monday's NBC Today began its 7 a.m. ET hour coverage of the ObamaCare enrollment deadline by noting the healthcare.gov website had crashed yet again, it took an hour for ABC's Good Morning America and CBS This Morning to notice the malfunction and mention it in their reporting. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Good Morning America's initial coverage was…

CBS Frets Over 'Tough' Abortion Law Being Upheld, Skips What Ruling Ac

March 28th, 2014 4:10 PM
While the CBS Evening News on Thursday and Good Morning America on Friday allowed mere seconds to explain a court ruling upholding "tough" "new abortion restrictions" in Texas, only Fox News fully detailed what the decision and law actually do. [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Evening News guest anchor Sharyn Alfonsi briefly informed, "A federal appeals court today upheld Texas' new abortion…

Networks Cheer ObamaCare 'Sign-Up Surge' as 'Milestone,' Ignore Lack o

March 28th, 2014 3:42 PM

On Thursday evening and Friday morning, ABC, NBC, and CBS all touted a "surge" in sign-ups for ObamaCare ahead of Monday's March 31 deadline. What none of the networks mentioned was that the percentage of young, healthy enrollees was still short of the minimum necessary to sustain the health care law. On ABC's World News on Thursday, anchor Diane Sawyer hailed the enrollment numbers as an "…

Networks Hype Obama's 'Special Bond' With the Pope, Downplay Disagreem

March 27th, 2014 2:45 PM
Thursday's network morning shows tripped over themselves in their rush to fawn over President Obama meeting Pope Francis for the first time at the Vatican. At the top of ABC's Good Morning America, co-host Robin Roberts touted how the President "feels a special bond with the Pontiff." On NBC's Today, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd spoke of an "ideological comfort level" between the…

Networks Parrot White House Spin That Latest ObamaCare Delay Due to 'S

March 26th, 2014 10:56 AM
On Wednesday, all three network morning shows repeated the White House line that the reason for delaying the March 31 ObamaCare enrollment deadline was due to a last-minute "surge" of people signing up. In a 20-second news brief on NBC's Today, fill-in news reader Tamron Hall announced "a reprieve this morning for people who've been trying to sign up for ObamaCare," before noting that "the…

CBS Adopts Left-Wing Spin on ObamaCare Contraception Mandate: Women's

March 25th, 2014 12:10 PM
On Tuesday's CBS This Morning, co-host Gayle King adopted liberal spin on the ObamaCare contraception mandate being challenged in the Supreme Court: "It pits the rights of a woman's access to contraception against a company's religious freedom." That description of the case was nearly identical to the false framing of the issue in Monday's New York Times. [Listen to the audio or watch the video…