BiasAlerts

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ABC, CBS and NBC Morning Shows Bypass Obama's Gaffes on Jay Leno

Barack Obama delivered one gaffe after another in his August 6 interview with Jay Leno, but the networks that usually mock every mistake or slip of the tongue made by Republicans ignored the ...
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ABC Ignores Anthony Weiner's Mocking of GOP 'Grandpa' at AARP Event

ABC's Good Morning America, which first covered the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal by ignoring that the politician was a Democrat, did grow to embrace the tawdry aspects of the story. Yet, the ...
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Networks Hype Obama on Leno, But Skip This Whopper: 'We Don't Need a Huge Government'

Some comments are so unbelievable, one would think even liberal journalists would be forced to challenge them. However, even though all three morning shows on Wednesday covered Barack Obama's ...
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WashPost's Henderson Sees 'Raucous' GOP 'Freelance Artists' Playing to 'Overwhelmingly White' Districts

On Tuesday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, after host Al Sharpton complained that House Speaker John Boehner's refusal to condemn birtherism feeds an inability to compromise with President Obama, ...
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MSNBC's Schultz Slams George Will for 'Racist' Attack on Detroit, 'Blam[ing] Black People'

On Saturday's The Ed Show on MSNBC, host Ed Schultz went ballistic over conservative columnist and ABC commentator George Will blaming Detroit's bankruptcy on cultural problems, and charged that ...
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CNN's Label Game: GOP 'Pragmatists' Oppose Gov't Shutdown, While 'Purists' Will Risk It

For CNN, "purist" Republicans are daring to shut down the government to defund Obamacare while those Republicans trying to dissuade them are "pragmatists." New Day co-host Kate Bolduan ...
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Chris Matthews's Understatement of the Century: MSNBC 'Agrees With [Obama] Sometimes'

Hardball anchor Chris Matthews on Tuesday unleashed a massive understatement. Talking about the Republican National Committee and Chairman Reince Priebus's decision to boycott NBC if the network ...
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MSNBC's O'Donnell Distorts O'Reilly, Touts 'Proof' Out-of-Wedlock Birth Not So Bad

On Monday's The Last Word on MSNBC, host Lawrence O'Donnell claimed to present "proof" that FNC's Bill O'Reilly was wrong in his July 22 comments on race to warn about the negative effects of ...
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Poor Obama? CBS Touts Study Showing Obama Most-Joked About; Skips Decades of Anti-GOP Barbs

On Tuesday, CBS This Morning pounced on a new study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) showing that President Obama is now the butt of more jokes on late night TV than any other ...
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NBC Promotes New Kennedy Book, Author Claims 'Medical Reason' for JFK's Infidelity

Setting up an interview on Tuesday's NBC Today with author Christopher Andersen about his new book on President Kennedy's final days, co-host Savannah Guthrie began with a gauzy introduction: ...
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