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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NBC Blames Wildfires on 'Climate Change,' Then Accuses McCain of Using 'Tragedy for a Political Purpose'

In a report on the Arizona wildfires on Tuesday's NBC Today, correspondent Miguel Almaguer touted how "The Forest Service says this historic wildfire season is caused in part by climate change." ...

Don's 'Debate': Openly Gay CNN Anchor Hosts Dem Strategist and 'Pro-Gay Marriage' Conservative

Is this CNN's idea of objectivity? To discuss a gay marriage bill in the New York state senate, openly-gay CNN anchor Don Lemon hosted a Democratic strategist and a pro-gay marriage conservative ...

Fareed Zakaria: Today's Conservative Movement Like 'the Old Marxists,' Too Much Rooted In Abstract Ideas

CNN's Fareed Zakaria regurgitated his conservative-bashing Time magazine piece on his Sunday show Fareed Zakaria GPS. He opened up his program with the same barrage against conservatives that he ...

NBC News Twists Its Network's Pledge Censorship Into Slam at Rick Perry's Intolerance

Trying to submerge its own network's "under God" censorship into a greater narrative, Monday's NBC Nightly News managed to combine into one disjointed story the NBC Sports decision to remove ...

NYT Editor Keller Confesses: Media 'Would Recoil in Horror' from Palin Presidency, Vote for Obama 10-1

Executive Editor Bill Keller: "If the 2012 election were held in the newsrooms of America and pitted Sarah Palin against Barack Obama, I doubt Palin would get 10 percent of the vote. However ...

Tingle Watch: MSNBC Gang Goes Gaga Over GOP Candidate Jon Huntsman

While MSNBC has put most of the current crop of GOP hopefuls through the ringer, their pundits have enthused over ex-Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, using adjectives such as "impressive," "likable," ...

Jon Stewart Slams Fox Viewers as Most Misinformed, But He's the Ignorant One

In his June 19 appearance on Fox News Sunday, Comedy Central host Jon Stewart fiercely denounced Fox News as uniquely biased, and slammed the network's viewers as "the most consistently ...

On NBC's Today, 'Honest and Open' Ray Nagin Blames Racism for Slow Katrina Response

Promoting his new book, 'Katrina's Secrets,' on Monday's NBC Today, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin stood by his assertion that racism played a role in the Bush administration's response to the ...

MSNBC's President Trumpets Lefty Identity: Our Network Is the 'Place to Go for Progressives'

In an interview with the AP, MSNBC President Phil Griffin bragged about life after Keith Olbermann, touting the cable channel as "really the place to go for progressives."

Washington Post Ombudsman Undermines His Claim Paper's E-Mail Quest Didn't Prove Anti-Palin Bias

Put the lie in your lead and the truth deeper into your story, Washington Post columnist Robert McCartney relayed on Sunday in passing along advice he got from his late father. A few pages away, ...
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