The MRC published MediaWatch as a monthly newsletter from 1988 through March, 1998, when it switched to bi-weekly production. The MRC ceased publication of MediaWatch in May of 1999 in order to concentrate resources on more timely analysis on our Web site.
MediaWatch was dedicated to documenting liberal bias in reporting by reviewing news coverage of political and current events by the television networks, newspapers and weekly news magazines. Features included a monthly Study or Review, brief NewsBites, the Janet Cooke Award dissecting the most biased story of the month, the Revolving Door which tracked those moving between media and politics and On the Bright Side, a look at an unusually balanced story presenting facts ignored by the rest of the media.
Loving the Children's Defense Fund; NewsBites: Going Nowhere Fast; Revolving Door: Time's FOB; Reporters Hound Clinton on Political Missteps, But....; "Uneducated" Conservatives?; Cheers to Sam ...
Networks Select One "Year of the Woman" Over Another; NewsBites: Clinton Tilt; Revolving Door: Too Randy; Post-Election Economic Numbers Embarrass Negative Media; Post-Election Gushing; Martin's ...
Selective Post-Debate Truth Squads; NewsBites: Mandate for What?; Revolving Door: Clinton's Network Help; Networks Say "Extreme" GOP Convention at Fault; Bush Loss is Reagan's Fault; NBC's Ross ...
Watching the Ad Watchers; NewsBites: Attacks off Limits?; Revolving Door: Democratic Revolver Sees Bias; Markle Foundation Funds Slanted Campaign Coverage; Media Still Defend Aspiring First Lady; ...
Network TV Convention Disparities; NewsBites: Rather Reveals All?; Revolving Door: Clinton's NPR Connection; Media Accuracy Patrol Only Shoots At GOP; Praised Cuomo, Attacked Conservatives and ...
Networks Coddle the Democrats; NewsBites: Eleanor Tingles; Revolving Door: On Board for Gore; Equally Kind and Gentle Coverage in Houston; Convention Reporting Usually Favors Democrats; All for ...
Great Society Landslide; NewsBites: Rather Rich; Revolving Door: Dukakis at the White House; Once Again, Reporters Have No Time for Balance; Additional Attacks on the Human Race; Hume vs. Houston ...
Favoring "Abortion Rights"; NewsBites: No Homeless Hype; Revolving Door: Brown Bombast; Looting a Rational Response to a Decade of Greed; Blackmail and Intimidation of Sources: OK with PBS; ...
