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Sotomayor Flashback #3 of 3: Cloaked as 'Both Sides,' Nets Pushed 'Abortion Rights' Advocates' Concerns

Mon, 10 May 2010 18:03:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Re-post from Thursday night, May 28, 2009:

NBC and ABC on Thursday night framed stories around concerns of "abortion rights" advocates who want proof Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is on their side, but both cloaked their pieces around the proposition "both sides" of the debate are equally worried.

Sotomayor Flashback #2 of 3: On 2nd Night, CBS Decided Sotomayor No Liberal: 'Can't Be Easily Defined by Political Labels'

Mon, 10 May 2010 17:56:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Re-posted from Wednesday night, May 27, 2009:

Sotomayor Flashback #1 of 3: On First Night She Prompted More 'Conservative' Than 'Liberal' Labels

Mon, 10 May 2010 17:50:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Re-post from Tuesday night, May 26, 2009:

CNN's Sanchez Misrepresents John McCain's Words on Hispanic Outreach

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:58:00 +0000

Matthew Balan

On Monday's Newsroom program, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez misrepresented Senator John McCain's words from an interview with his colleague John King on Sunday about the GOP's outreach with Latinos. He described the Arizona Republican as recommending that "the Republican Party needs to find competent Hispanics who can fit into the party," when McCain never used the word "competent."

ABC's Greenburg: Sotomayor Not 'Liberal Activist' But 'Almost Conservative'

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Summing up Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's performance during four days of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, ABC's Jan Crawford Greenburg on Thursday night asserted "Republicans argued her views on issues like abortion and gun rights, and her controversial speeches, proved Sotomayor was a liberal activist who would rely on empathy."

CNN's Rick Sanchez Interviews 'Wise Latina' Women - at His Mom's House

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:12:00 +0000

Matthew Balan

CNN anchor Rick Sanchez devoted an entire segment on Thursday to his interviews of five "wise Latina" women from his hometown of Miami, including his own mother, about the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.

Nets, But Not CNN, Bury Sotomayor's Admission of 'Wise Latina' v 'Wise Caucasian' Disparity

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:55:00 +0000

Brent Baker

CNN's Wolf Blitzer late Tuesday afternoon characterized it as "an incredibly important exchange" and a "very, very dramatic moment" when Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor "concurred" with Senator Lindsey Graham that he would have paid a heavy price if he had ever maintained "a wise white man would make better decisions than a Latina," yet neither ABC nor NBC mentioned in their evening newscasts Sotomayor's acknowledgment about the im

CBS Again Insists Sotomayor No Ideologue; Scant Attention to Plunge in Obama's Approval

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:10:00 +0000

Brent Baker

On the first day of Senate hearings, CBS's Wyatt Andrews on Monday night again insisted Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor cannot be categorized ideologically and highlighted how "the hearing marked the first spotlight moment for former comedian, now Senator, Al Franken who cast himself as new but ready," all before anchor Katie Couric fretted "some Republicans didn't really treat her with kid gloves." Couric and Bob Schieffer squeez

Papers Play Up 'Bold' Turn to the Right at High Court, Suggest Sotomayor Can't Stop the Tide

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:10:00 +0000

Tim Graham

The Washington Post and New York Times published similar Supreme Court "analysis" pieces on their front pages Wednesday offering the theme that the court under Chief Justice John Roberts is moving boldly to the right, and the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor will have no effect on this bold shift. It sounded like two newspapers trying to cool down the controversy over judicial liberalism as the Sotomayor hearings approach.

Leary: Obama 'Greatest President in History!,' Sotomayor 'Fantastic!'

Sat, 30 May 2009 17:02:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Displaying a caricature of a celebrity enraptured by President Barack Obama, although apparently quite serious in the underlining attitude he conveye

Never Liberal Enough: Networks Also Doubted Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Pro-Abortion Credentials in '93

Sat, 30 May 2009 14:47:00 +0000

Rich Noyes

Thursday night, as my colleague Brent Baker noted, ABC and NBC fretted that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor might not adhere to a strict liberal orthodoxy on abortion. NBC reporter Pete Williams said Sotomayor's views on abortion were a "mystery," while ABC's Jan Crawford Greenburg declared "both sides in the contentious debate want to know more."

Williams Cues Up Obama to Agree: 'That's One of Those She'd Rather Have Back'

Sat, 30 May 2009 01:21:00 +0000

Brent Baker

NBC provided a platform Friday for President Obama to fire back at conservative critics of his Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, as Brian Williams cued him up to agree her comment that a Latina judge would make better decisions than a white male one, is "one of those she'd rather have back." Obama naturally agreed as NBC Nightly News aired his response for an uninterrupted two-plus minutes - an eternity on TV news.

CNN Uses Two Liberals to Bash Conservatives' 'Judicial Activist' Label

Fri, 29 May 2009 18:48:00 +0000

Matthew Balan

During a segment on Friday's American Morning, CNN correspondent Carol Costello used two liberal talking heads to cast doubt on the "judicial activist" label used by conservatives.

Cloaked as 'Both Sides,' Nets Push 'Abortion Rights' Advocates' Concerns on Sotomayor

Fri, 29 May 2009 02:41:00 +0000

Brent Baker

NBC and ABC on Thursday night framed stories around concerns of "abortion rights" advocates who want proof Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is on their side, but both cloaked their pieces around the proposition "both sides" of the debate are equally worried.

CBS Decides Sotomayor No Liberal: 'Can't Be Easily Defined by Political Labels' (with video)

Thu, 28 May 2009 03:04:00 +0000

Brent Baker

A baffled CBS.