GMA’s Champion Joins Leftist Laurie David to Promote Global Warming
April 9th, 2007 1:25 PM
On Monday’s "Good Morning America," weatherman and left-wing environmental activist Sam Champion took his global warming lobbying to the next step. Champion appeared at Southern Methodist University in Texas with liberal celebrity activist Laurie David and noted anti-Bush singer Sheryl Crow for the start of the "Stop Global Warming College Tour." It’s rather amazing that ABC is allowing on-air…
ABC Gives Sharpton Imus Platform; No Mention of Rev's Racial Controver
April 9th, 2007 12:55 PM
If George Allen turned up on Good Morning America to protest an incident of alleged anti-white bigotry, what are the odds the GMA host wouldn't mention Allen's macaca moment? I'd say they'd be a Dylanesqe "Love Minus Zero."But when GMA aired a clip this morning of Al Sharpton expressing his outrage over Don Imus' recent comments about the Rutgers women basketball players, not a discouraging word…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: March 31 to April
April 7th, 2007 11:45 AM
"Just Because You’re Getting Married, Doesn’t Mean You Need Electricity" Members of the media are working environmental bias into the oddest segments. "Good Morning America" weatherman Sam Champion reported this week on the trendy new concept of "green weddings." According to Mr. Champion, "more and more Americans" are embracing ideas such as not using electricity during their wedding and holding…
During ‘Arctic Cold’ April, GMA Hypes Global Warming Study on Earl
April 6th, 2007 12:37 PM
On Friday’s "Good Morning America," weatherman and liberal environmental activist Sam Champion hyped a new global warming study released on April 6. The ABC anchor also featured a representative from a left-wing environmental group and failed to identify the organization’s political slant. Only minutes after reporting on the "arctic blast" of unusually cold temperatures that much of the country…
GMA Calls Hillary’s Fundraising ‘Historic,’ But Wants Source of
April 3rd, 2007 4:26 PM
When Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced she had taken in $26 million in campaign donations on Monday, "Good Morning America" focused on the "historic," "staggering," and record shattering nature of the total. But on Tuesday, April 3, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney received only suspicion over his equally impressive announcement of a $23 million fund-raising…
GMA Portrays Rosie vs. O’Reilly As Celebrity Feud; Ignores 9/11 Cons
April 3rd, 2007 12:10 PM
On Tuesday’s "Good Morning America," the ABC program featured a segment on the growing feud between "View" host Rosie O’Donnell and FNC anchor Bill O’Reilly. Although reporter Taina Hernandez did highlight some of Ms. O’Donnell’s more extreme statements, the segment mostly portayed the back-and-forth as simply a celebrity squabble. And one topic that GMA left out? Any reference to Rosie’s recent…
GMA’s Champion: Support Environmentalism at Your Wedding
April 2nd, 2007 3:37 PM
On Monday’s "Good Morning America," ABC weatherman Sam Champion again promoted the liberal environmental agenda. This time, he hosted a segment on the phenomena of green weddings that, according to Champion, "more and more Americans" are embracing. Additionally, the piece featured footage of such an event. One of the participants in this green wedding just happened to be an employee of the…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: March 24 to
March 31st, 2007 11:00 AM
Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh. This week, the Media Research Center celebrated 20 years of busting news bias. At the annual MRC 20th Anniversary Gala, Conservative legend Rush Limbaugh brought down the house with his closing speech on the success of the alternative media. Welcome to Hillary TV: All Hillary, All The TimeOn Monday, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received a gift from "Good Morning…
Why Are Cartoons Harder on Clinton Than ABC's 'Good Morning America
March 30th, 2007 6:50 PM
On Monday, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) got a "town hall" meeting with a hand-picked audience on "Good Morning America."But the royal treatment Clinton receives in the mainstream media isn't shared by even some staunch liberals who make ink in the nation's newspapers everyday. Including at least one who pays the bills with the cartoonist's pen, generally liberal artist and blogger Darrin Bell…
GMA Anchor to McCain: Would You Prefer Hillary or Obama to Win in
March 28th, 2007 12:38 PM
On Wednesday’s "Good Morning America," co-anchor Chris Cuomo interviewed GOP presidential candidate John McCain. In the piece, Cuomo quoted a congressional colleague who called the Arizona Senator’s position on Iraq "arrogant and self delusional." The ABC host also wondered if McCain needed "rose colored glasses" to see progress in the war and prompted the ‘08 contender to choose which Democrat…
GMA Devotes 26 Minutes to Hillary Clinton Town Hall Infomercial
March 26th, 2007 5:14 PM
Who says the long sound bite is dead? According to an MRC analysis, "Good Morning America" devoted over 26 minutes of its two hour time slot on Monday to a fawning town hall meeting with Senator Hillary Clinton.