http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/11625/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/williams-harangues-christie-krugman-left-pleads-more-spending-couldnt-you-find-money <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/brent-baker">Brent Baker</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><img height="178" width="240" src="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2010-10-21-NBC-NN-WilliamsChristie.jpg" /></div><p>Brian Williams touted New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as a "star" on "the rise" in the Republican Party before adding a "however" and haranguing him from left over his opposition to massive spending for a new tunnel from his state to New York, reciting as an oracle the criticism from far-left New York Times columnist Paul Krugman without ever identifying the source of the supposed wisdom beyond "the op-ed page of the New York Times."</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/williams-harangues-christie-krugman-left-pleads-more-spending-couldnt-you-find-money" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division BiasAlert BrianWillims ChrisChristiem liberalmediabias NBCNightlyNews NewJersey Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:26:00 +0000 36836 at http://archive2.mrc.org