BiasAlerts

Daily BiasAlerts, a product of the MRC's News Analysis Division, detail the latest instances of media bias by analyzing national media coverage of politics and policy. As of February 2015, they are no longer posted on MRC.org, but can be read on the CyberAlerts page of our NewsBusters blog.


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CNN Keeps Hitting Libya Fiasco While Networks Drop Story

CNN reported a new bombshell in the ongoing Libya fiasco on Monday night, while the broadcast networks made no mention of Libya all day Monday and through Tuesday morning after already ...
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Liberal Journalist Carole Simpson Laughs at Romney, Praises Obama on CNN

The day before Wednesday's presidential debate, CNN hosted liberal journalist Carole Simpson, a long-time ABC News anchor, to give her take on the event. Not surprisingly, she laughed at Mitt ...
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Not a Parody: Politico Hypes Joe Biden as a 'Sex Symbol'

Politico edged ever closer towards total parody on Tuesday with a headline that seriously wondered, "Joe Biden: Sex symbol?" Senior Washington correspondent Jonathan Allen gushed, "Joe Biden’s ...
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NBC Claims 'Awkward Stumble' for Scott Brown Admiring 'Ultra-Conservative' Justice Scalia

In a report on Tuesday's NBC Today, correspondent Kelly O'Donnell described "awkward stumbles" for Senator Scott Brown and challenger Elizabeth Warren in a Massachusetts senatorial debate on ...
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CBS Highlights Kerry's Debate Prep Help for Obama; Omits He Lost '04 Election

Talk about missing the elephant (or is it donkey?) in the room – on Tuesday's CBS This Morning, Nancy Cordes reported that Senator John Kerry is "playing Mitt Romney in mock debates" with ...
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Brooke Baldwin Dismisses Effectiveness of Media Bias Accusations

Ignoring other conservative condemnations of liberal media bias, CNN's Brooke Baldwin on Monday afternoon pulled tape of former President George H. W. Bush all the way from 1992 ranting about ...
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Reuters's Freeland Thinks Paul Ryan's Gotten 'Pretty Fabulous' Media Coverage

In an irony of ironies, a CNN roundtable on media bias featured a liberal figure of the institutional media, Chrystia Freeland, claiming that Paul Ryan has gotten "pretty fabulous treatment" ...
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David Carr in NYTimes: Conservatives Should Stop 'Tired' Whining About Liberal Bias

New York Times media reporter David Carr denies a "partisan conspiracy" on the part of the press (which no one is suggesting), but fails to truly defend his colleagues against the charge of ...
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NBC Eagerly Touts Kennedy for Congress: 'A New Generation Has Stepped Forward'

On Monday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie promoted "a congressional battle in Massachusetts featuring a very familiar name" and wondered, "Could another Kennedy be headed to Congress?" ...
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CBS Hypes Romney's 'High Negatives'; Wonders if Obama Will Be 'Competitive' or 'Cool' at Debate

Norah O'Donnell made it clear on Monday's CBS This Morning that her job as anchor is to repeat her stick-a-fork-in-Romney mantra and boost President Obama. On the issue of the upcoming debates, ...
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