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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Brian Williams Relitigates Bush v Gore, Pushes Breyer to Elaborate on Irreparable Harm

On Monday, NBC anchor Brian Williams brought viewers back to the Left's ten-year-old grudge, cuing up Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to agree: "Do you think Bush v Gore hurt the credibility ...

NY Times Hit Piece on John Boehner's 'Especially Deep' Ties to 'Lobbyist Friends' Ignores Donations to Dems

The week after Obama went after Rep. John Boehner by name, the New York Times obliges with a Sunday front-page hit piece on the Republican leader's "especially deep" and "especially tight ties" ...

Matthews Admits: Maybe I Was Smart Not to Run for Office This Year

Well you have to give Chris Matthews credit for admitting the obvious. On Monday's Hardball, as he overlooked the bad environment for Democrats this midterm season, Matthews appeared grateful he ...

CBS: Eric Holder 'Ignoring Political Pressure;' Given 'Hero's Welcome' After Bush 'Cronyism'

In a puff piece on Attorney General Eric Holder on CBS's Sunday Morning, correspondent Rita Braver praised his professionalism: "...ignoring political pressure is Holder's constant message as he ...

MSNBC's Wolffe Repeats Debunked Newsweek Claim of Koran Flushed Down Toilet by Guantanamo Interrogators

On Friday's Countdown show, MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe, formerly with Newsweek, referred to the debunked story that was retracted by Newsweek in May 2005 which had incorrectly claimed ...

Amanpour Uses ABC's This Week to Continue Her Crusade to Smear America as Islamophobic and Tout Rauf's Cause

ABC's Christiane Amanpour used Sunday's This Week to again shame Americans for their intolerance and Islamophobia as she railed against the ignorance of too many Americans, provided a friendly ...

Chris Matthews Panel Sees Name 'Barack Hussein Obama' as 'Net Plus' in U.S. Relations w/ Muslim World

On Sunday's syndicated Chris Matthews Show, after host Matthews asked if electing a President whose middle name was "Hussein" had "opened a door to better relations with the Arab and Islamic ...

ABC's Richard Clarke Suggests Obama Inauguration Speech Helped Make America Safer

On Saturday's Good Morning America on ABC, during a discussion of the recent controversies over the Ground Zero mosque and the possibility of Koran burning in Florida, after anchor Dan Harris ...

CBS: U.S. Muslims 'Feel Like Strangers in Their Own Country'

Filling in for anchor Katie Couric on Thursday's CBS Evening News, Early Show co-host Harry Smith introduced a report on opposition to building mosques in some areas of the country: "...they feel ...

At Last: A Use For the New York Times in Print

A New York Times contributor to the Home section recommends using newspapers along with compost to kill garden weeds. Is publisher Arthur Sulzberger (who says the Times will eventually no longer ...
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