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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ABC's George Stephanopoulos Knocks Rush Limbaugh for His 'Man Crush' on Chris Christie

According to Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has "a man-crush" on New Jersey's Chris Christie. The GMA host interviewed the governor on Thursday ...

CBS Blames Sarah Palin for Injecting 'Politics and Controversy' Into Tucson Shooting

At the top of Wednesday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric lamented: "The President tries to comfort a nation in mourning, but even on a rare day of unity, politics and controversy ...

Lauer to Tom DeLay: Will You Rethink Your Opposition to Gun Control Now?

Former Texas Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, on Thursday's Today show, was cornered by NBC's Matt Lauer on his anti-gun control stance, as Lauer pressed: "In the wake of...that ...

ABC Frets Over Sarah Palin's 'Loaded Term,' Includes a Clip of Keith Olbermann Bashing Her

Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Thursday fretted about Sarah Palin and the use of the term "blood libel," deeming it a "loaded term." Reporter Claire Shipman chided that "what was ...

Mitchell Finds It Relevant to Highlight on NBC How MSNBC.com Users Reject Palin's Retort

Sarah Palin's use in a video commentary of the "blood libel" phrase, against those exploiting the Tucson shooting to discredit her, inflamed journalists with NBC's Andrea Mitchell ridiculously ...

Brokaw Pontificates: Time for the Parents to Say 'Time Out,' Slams Palin

Former NBC Nighty News anchor Tom Brokaw visited the Today show set, on Thursday, to play referee, or more specifically daddy, in the debate surrounding the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords as he ...

Media Quiet Over Cancellation of JFK Drama, Cried Censorship Over Removal of Reagan Series

While journalists such as Brian Williams railed about "extortion" when CBS pulled a historically inaccurate 2003 miniseries about Ronald Reagan, there has been very little outcry over the news ...

CNN's Toobin: President Obama is 'Against Gun Control'

CNN's Jeffrey Toobin falsely claimed on Tuesday's Parker-Spitzer that Barack Obama is "against gun control." Toobin also seemed to lament that the conservative position on the Second Amendment has ...

Mitchell Praises Article Investigating Tea Party's 'White Supremacism'

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell hosted Johnson Publishing CEO Desiree Rogers on her show on Tuesday to discuss violent political rhetoric. Johnson publishes Ebony magazine, the current issue of which ...

Americans Reject Role of Politics in Shooting, CBS's Couric Still Frets Over Rhetoric

Introducing a segment on Tuesday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric acknowledged the latest CBS News poll showing that 57% of Americans do not believe heated political rhetoric had anything ...
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