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Nets Devote 21 Minutes to Walker, Downplay Radical Warnock

October 5th, 2022 12:27 PM

The media-backed October surprise is finally here. In the 24 hours since the liberal Daily Beast posted an accusation that Georgia Republican senatorial candidate Herschel Walker paid for an abortion in 2009, the ABC, CBS and NBC morning and evening newscasts devoted almost 21 minutes to hyping the allegations. 

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WORRY: Press Fret at What ‘Conservative Super Majority’ Will Do Next

October 3rd, 2022 12:30 PM

The networks and cable channels on Monday greeted the new term of the Supreme Court with worry, fretting about the “super majority of conservatives” and what they might do as a follow-up to overturning Roe v. Wade. Suddenly, ditching precedent is seen as worthy of warning viewers about. When the Court overturned precedents in favor of liberals, it wasn’t such a concern. 

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NBC Wonders: Are We in a Recession? Who Cares! It’s Tough Out There!

September 30th, 2022 4:24 PM

Amid their non-Hurricane Ian coverage on Friday, NBC’s Today and the 3rd Hour of Today returned to a recent liberal media trend in defending the Biden administration by dismissing the reality that the country’s in a recession. This time, they wondered if it “matter[s] when everything you buy everyday is more expensive” and “it doesn’t feel good out there.” Of course, nowhere…

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Nets Refuse to Mention What Biden Was Up to as Hurricane Wreaked Havoc

September 29th, 2022 4:40 PM

Hurricane Ian has, for good reason, consumed the news cycles this week in light of its record devastation across southwest Florida, but in the midst of their substantial coverage, the broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC have refused to mention President Biden chose to attend a Democratic Governors Association (DGA) fundraiser on Wednesday night as billions of dollars in damage were being…

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Biden Gaffe Watch: What They’re Covering Instead of Cringe Moment

September 29th, 2022 11:17 AM

Joe Biden Gaffe Watch: Day #2. As we noted on Wednesday night, the networks avoided the cringe-inducing moment when the President asked where a recently deceased Congresswoman was wondering, “Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie?” All three…

Bystander President: Nets Let Biden Escape Blame for Fentanyl Crisis

September 22nd, 2022 9:00 AM

A devastating drug crisis is sweeping across the open southern border and wreaking havoc across the country. But while the network newscasts are covering the fentanyl epidemic, there has been almost no mention of culpability for Joe Biden, the man in charge of the immigration policy leading to the crisis. MRC analysts reviewed every fentanyl story on the network morning and evening newscasts…

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‘New Twist’; Nets Celebrate Lefty Sheriff's Criminal Probe of DeSantis

September 20th, 2022 12:26 PM

The major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC have spent days bellyaching and screeching about Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) sending flights of less than 50 illegal immigrants to ultra-liberal Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, so it was only natural Tuesday that their morning shows would be ebullient over a far-left Texas sheriff launching a criminal investigation of DeSantis.

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Nets MELT DOWN Over DeSantis Flights Causing a ‘Humanitarian Crisis’

September 16th, 2022 4:30 PM

Friday morning’s network news programs featured the third set of newscasts kvetching and screeching about how the liberal elite’s beloved Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts was beset with a “humanitarian crisis” of just under 50 illegal immigrants, who were turned into “pawns” thanks to “an audacious stunt” from Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL).

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Nets SEETHE Over ‘Inhumane’ DeSantis Playing ‘Politics’ With Illegals

September 15th, 2022 1:25 PM

On Thursday, CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today were nearly apoplectic over Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) sending two flights of illegal immigrants Wednesday to the rich, white, and liberal Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, calling it “inhumane” behavior “us[ing]” so-called “migrants” to play “politics” and overwhelm such a “great, great place.”

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'This Is A Win,' ABC, NBC Praise Biden For Avoiding Rail Strike

September 15th, 2022 11:23 AM

President Biden managed to clear the lowest of bars in the early morning hours on Thursday morning when railway companies and unions reached a tentative agreement to avoid a strike that would have devastated the economy. For ABC White House correspondent Mary Bruce on Good Morning America and her NBC counterpart Peter Alexander on Today, not epically failing constituted a…

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'Positive Spin': Nets Isolate Biden From Blame for Inflation Report

September 14th, 2022 5:49 PM

While each took a different approach, the major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC worked Wednesday to isolate President Biden from blame for the pitiful August inflation report showing it came out to 8.3 percent (when the predicted number was 8.1 percent) with energy, food, and rent still soaring. Instead, some of them trumpeted Biden’s “positive spin” and that he’s “not worried about”…

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NBC’s Marathon Interview with Jill Biden Was as Dumb as You’d Expect

September 13th, 2022 4:47 PM

Spread out across two hours and clocking in at ten minutes and 21 seconds of coverage (excluding teases), NBC’s Today and 3rd Hour of Today kissed up to First Lady Jill Biden thanks to co-host Sheinelle Jones as they hugged and discussed the late Queen Elizabeth II, Biden’s partnership with Pintrest to reward teachers, the upcoming White House wedding for Naomi Biden (…

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Morning Nets Largely Ignore Devastating 8.3% Inflation Spike

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September 13th, 2022 3:32 PM

The NBC, CBS and ABC morning news shows largely ignored a devastating report showing that inflation rose again in August. The report looms ahead of President Joe Biden’s scheduled remarks today, where he will likely tout his so-called “Inflation Reduction Act.”

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Which Party? Nets Leave One KEY Detail in Murder of Las Vegas Reporter

September 8th, 2022 1:00 PM

On Wednesday afternoon, Clark County, Nevada Public Administrator and Democratic Party official Robert Telles was arrested in connection with the death of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German following a series of stories German had penned about what sources told him was an abusive culture in Telles’s official and an inappropriate relationship with a colleague. Of course…