Articles

Media Research Center

CBS’s Pelley Hails Trilogy of Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy and Now Barack Obama

Does journalistic insistence on catapulting President Barack Obama into historic greatness and relevance know no bounds? CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley on Tuesday night insisted ...
Media Research Center

CNN Panel Whitewashes Media Bias on Gay Marriage; 'In the Middle'

Sunday's Reliable Sources was absurdly generous to the media for their coverage of the same-sex marriage debate. Gay activist John Aravosis ridiculously claimed that the press is "in the middle" ...
Media Research Center

ABC Ignores Own Scoop; Skips Latest on Fort Hood Victims Being Denied Purple Hearts

It's not often that media outlets ignore their own scoops, but that's what ABC is doing. The network has (thus far) relegated to its website the latest details on the decision by the Obama Defense ...
Media Research Center

CBS Trumpets Caroline Kennedy as 'Representative of the Best In American Culture'

CBS again paid homage to Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday's CBS This Morning as they hyped her possible nomination to be the next ambassador of Japan. During her report, Jan Crawford featured liberal ...
Media Research Center

NYT Pitches Sunny Harry Reid as Force on Gun Control, Downplays His Burial of Assault Weapons Ban

Ugh. Jennifer Steinhauer on the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: "Mr. Reid remains an enigma of sorts in Washington, a quiet force whose voice is often barely audible, who skips Sunday talk ...
Media Research Center

Robert Redford Loves Stephanopoulos's Fawning Over His '60s Radicals Film: 'You Ought to Be on the Marketing Team!'

George Stephanopoulos was so enthusiastic towards Robert Redford and his sympathetic new film about an ex-1960s radical that the actor enthused, "You ought to get on the marketing team!" The aging ...
Media Research Center

Krugman Credits Cali's Comeback to Fighting 'Fanatical' Conservatives on Tax Hikes

California is making a comeback, says New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, and you'll never guess why: "Unemployment in California remains high, but it’s coming down -- and there’s a ...
Media Research Center

1000 Days Away from Iowa, Andrea Mitchell Hypes Hillary Run

NBC's Andrea Mitchell, on Tuesday's Today show, got a very early start on hyping Hillary Clinton for President as she touted Clinton as a "star attraction." Acting more like a talent agent ...
Media Research Center

The Planet is Doomed No Matter What

Earth Day: ‘ecological footprint’ game ironically predicts resource depletion even for extremely eco-conscious.
Media Research Center

Trip Gabriel's Hostile Trip to a 'White, Ethnic' Enclave of Pennsylvania 'Insensitive' to Illegal Immigrants

New York Times reporter Trip Gabriel sniffs the air in a former Pennsylvania coal town that was among the first to try and "make life difficult for illegal immigrants": "Hazleton evokes the ...