The threat of a government-run public option plan in health care legislation was frightening enough to spur thousands of people to attend town hall meetings across the country and voice their…
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August 19th, 2009 7:09 PM | Matthew Balan
CNN anchor Rick Sanchez accused anti-ObamaCare activists of forwarding “misrepresentations, and flat out lies in some cases” during a segment with “progressive” pastor and Obama apologist Jim…
August 19th, 2009 10:39 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Push Poll: technique in which an individual or organization attempts to influence or alter the view of respondents under the guise of conducting a poll.By that definition, it sure seems that…
August 18th, 2009 10:17 PM | Brent Baker
NBC on Tuesday night tried to turn public opposition to ObamaCare into a “split” in public opinion discovered in a new NBC News poll as Chuck Todd assessed Obama's health effort is “still in serious…
August 15th, 2009 5:31 AM | Brad Wilmouth
On Friday’s broadcast network evening newscasts, the CBS Evening News uniquely noted that Democrats in Montana had "orchestrated" a friendly environment for President Obama at a Montana town hall…
August 12th, 2009 5:06 PM | Julia A. Seymour
Town halls across the country are heating up due to concerns and confusion about health care reform. Meanwhile, the liberal media are doing their best to discredit the anger and paint…
August 11th, 2009 12:46 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
NBC's Matt Lauer, on Tuesday's "Today" show, invited on Robert Gibbs to preview Barack Obama's town hall meeting on health care and warned the White House press secretary that it could become a "…
August 9th, 2009 6:08 PM | Brent Baker
The ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts in near-unison on Friday night disparaged the anti-ObamaCare protests at town meetings held by Members of Congress as “unruly,” “nasty” and “getting ugly,”…
July 31st, 2009 6:21 AM | Tim Graham
Greg Pollowitz at NRO Media Blog found CNN anchorman Anderson Cooper sat in as a host of Live With Regis and Kelly on Wednesday, and drew hoots and Internet notice by asking Jillian Harris, the…
July 30th, 2009 12:40 PM | Tim Graham
MSNBC's First Read (with the name of NBC White House reporter Chuck Todd first on the joint byline) huffed and puffed on Wednesday that Glenn Beck should be fired by Fox News for suggesting…
July 29th, 2009 10:36 PM | Brent Baker
CBS and NBC released new polls Wednesday night which illustrated how the public is moving against President Barack Obama on health care as his overall approval, at least in the NBC survey, fell to…
July 27th, 2009 8:02 PM | P.J. Gladnick
(UPDATE: This story has been discussed by Rush Limbaugh.)
Hypocrisy alert!
A heretofore "unknown" 2004 interview with Barack Obama by leftwing radio host Randi Rhodes has just…
July 24th, 2009 9:16 PM | Brent Baker
ABC, CBS and NBC all led Friday night with President Obama’s decision to appear in the White House press room to backtrack on the fury he inflamed by presuming “stupidity” by the police in the…
July 20th, 2009 8:49 PM | Brent Baker
For the second weekday in a row, Katie Couric teased the CBS Evening News on Monday night by delivering President Obama's aggressive retorts to critics of his health plan as reporter Chip Reid…
July 19th, 2009 8:50 PM | Brent Baker
Newsweek engaged itself deeper in the battle for nationalized health care by turning over its cover story -- “We're Almost There” -- to Senator Ted Kennedy for his lengthy personal recitation of “the…
July 15th, 2009 2:11 PM | Rich Noyes
Two months ago, as President Obama was contemplating a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, many in the media elite — particularly NBC News reporters and anchors —…
July 6th, 2009 2:12 PM | Brad Wilmouth
As the broadcast network evening newscasts on Friday reported on Sarah Palin's decision to resign as Alaska's Governor, they gave little attention to the toll taken on the Governor by the onslaught…
July 4th, 2009 11:23 PM | Brent Baker
A night after NBC White House reporter Chuck Todd predicted Sarah Palin will now make fundraising appearances for GOP candidates where she'll draw in “car-wreck watchers,” Todd's colleague, NBC's…
July 3rd, 2009 8:46 PM | Brent Baker
Sarah Palin's “bombshell” holiday announcement that she will resign as Governor of Alaska managed to trump Michael Jackson as the lead on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts Friday night as NBC's…
July 2nd, 2009 6:15 PM | Mike Sargent
By this time, the NewsBusters connoisseur will have surely heard about yesterday’s unofficial celebration in the White House press briefing. Like many parties, it was somewhat louder than normal, a…
June 17th, 2009 9:45 PM | Brent Baker
“The honeymoon is coming to an end for President Obama,” NBC's Chuck Todd fretted Wednesday night in summarizing a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. “But,” Todd rebounded, “it's not personal. It…
June 5th, 2009 8:23 AM | Brad Wilmouth
The network evening newscasts on Thursday gave positive reviews to President Obama's speech in Cairo, with the NBC Nightly News the most glowingly positive, and ABC giving the most attention to…
May 30th, 2009 9:15 AM | Rich Noyes
Thursday night, as my colleague Brent Baker noted, ABC and NBC fretted that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor might not adhere to a strict liberal orthodoxy on abortion. NBC reporter Pete…
May 27th, 2009 12:24 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
NBC's Matt Lauer, on Wednesday's "Today" show greeted viewers with the following teaser: "Good morning, Supreme showdown. Republicans gear up for a fight over President Obama's nomination of Sonia…
May 26th, 2009 4:18 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
While NBC's Matt Lauer, Pete Williams and Chuck Todd all appropriately applied the liberal label to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, on Tuesday's "Today" show, Lauer did try to sell the…