Brad Wilmouth

a News Analyst
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NBC Presses Santorum on Abortion, Contraception, and Electability

As GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum appeared as a guest on Thursday's Today show on NBC, substitute co-host Savannah Guthrie focused on the former Pennsylvania Senator's views on abortion ...

CBS Hypes 'Second Thoughts' About Alabama Law on Illegal Immigration

Wednesday's CBS Evening News featured a report by correspondent Mark Strassmann playing up the reservations that some are having about the new law to strictly enforce immigration laws in Alabama.

ABC's Vargas Asks if Gingrich is 'Fit to Be President'

On Tuesday's Good Morning America on ABC, during an interview with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, substitute host Elizabeth Vargas singled out GOP presidential candidate ...
NBC Touts Obama

NBC Touts Outdated Poll Showing Obama Approval Up, Downplays More Recent Figure

The NBC Nightly News on Tuesday hyped recent Gallup Daily Tracking Poll numbers from Monday showing a slight improvement in President Obama's approval/disapproval numbers after House Republicans ...

Ex-Newsweek's Fineman Sees 'Megalomania' in Gingrich, Obama 'Political Fortune' Has 'Risen'

Appearing as a guest on Monday's Today show on NBC, the Huffington Post's Howard Fineman - also of MSNBC and formerly of Newsweek - hyperbolically referred to "megalomania" in GOP presidential ...

CBS's Cordes Blames Tea Party for No 'Remarkable Pieces of Legislation'

On Sunday's Face the Nation on CBS, after asserting that in past years divided government "produced some really remarkable pieces of legislation," correspondent Nancy Cordes blamed Tea Party ...

NBC Relays Palestinian 'Propaganda' from Bethlehem During Christmas

On Saturday's NBC Nightly News, as he recounted Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, correspondent Martin Fletcher relayed Palestinian complaints about Israel.

ABC's Walters Contrasts Obama Marriage with Gingrich Marital Problems

During her interview with President and Mrs. Obama on Friday's 20/20, ABC's Barbara Walters made a point of contrasting GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's history of marital problems with ...

NBC: 'Obama Scores a Win for Some 160 Million Workers'

As NBC co-anchor Amy Robach teased Saturday's Today show, she described the Republican House's passage of the Senate compromise to extend the payroll tax cut as President Obama scoring "a win for ...

Evan Thomas Suggests McConnell Not Normally 'the Good Guy'

On Friday's Inside Washington on PBS, Politico's Evan Thomas took a jab at Senate Republican Leader Mitch Mcconnell, suggesting that he is normally not "the good guy."

CBS Forwards Reid's 'Lecture' of GOP and His Hope They 'Learned a Lesson'

On Friday's CBS Evening News, correspondent Sharyl Attkisson included a clip of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid directing a "lecture" at and blaming House Republicans for delaying the payroll ...

CBS Team Laughs at House GOP 'Cave,' ABC Plays Up Republican Defeat

As the broadcast network morning newscasts on Friday all reported on House Republicans backing down on a temporary extension of the payroll tax cut, the CBS team on The Early Show saw humor in the ...

ABC and NBC Celebrate Anniversary of Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal

Both ABC's World News and the NBC Nightly News on Wednesday took the time to celebrate the first time that a same-sex couple won the U.S. Navy's lottery that allows their welcome home kiss to be ...

Schultz Derides GOP 'Fearmongering' on Iran As Panetta Hints at Military Strike

On Monday's The Ed Show, MSNBC host Ed Schultz accused Republican presidential candidates of "fearmongering" on the issue of the danger posed by a nuclear Iran.

ABC and NBC Play Up Liberal Endorsement as Boost for Mitt Romney

On Sunday, both morning and evening newscasts on ABC and NBC touted the Des Moines Register's endorsement of Mitt Romney as a boost for his campaign for President, in spite of the paper's ...

Tom Brokaw Warns 'Income Inequality' Could Lead to 'Class War'

Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, as he discussed the Occupy Wall Street protests, former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw warned that a "class war" could develop unless ...

MSNBC's O'Donnell Absurdly Claims U.S. Military 'Chose' to Stay in Iraq

On Thursday's Last Word, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell seemed to attack the U.S. military as he not only absurdly suggested that it was the military, rather than the President, that "chose" to ...

Tom Brokaw: President Clinton Thought Saddam Hussein Had WMD

Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw recounted some of the rationale behind why the Bush administration believed that Saddam Hussein ...

Behar and Goldberg See Racism When Gingrich Talks of Helping Poor

Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's Joy Behar Show on HLN, after complaining about Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's proposal to provide school children with work experience and the ...

ABC Highlights Attacks on Gingrich from Republicans Without Labeling Moderates

On Sunday's World News on ABC, correspondent David Kerley filed a report highlighting anti-Newt Gingrich comments from a number of Republicans who used to serve in the House of Representatives ...