theft http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/12426/all en NBC Promotes Left-Wing Criminals Who Stole 1,000 FBI Documents, Likens Them to Snowden http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/nbc-promotes-left-wing-criminals-who-stole-1000-fbi-documents-likens-them-snowden <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/kyle-drennen">Kyle Drennen</a> </div> </div> </div> <p> In a fawning report on Tuesday's NBC <em>Today</em>, national investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff touted the exploits of two left-wing activists who stole a thousand FBI documents in 1971 and just confessed to the crime: "In an exclusive NBC News interview, the burglars, anti-Vietnam War activists, admit they committed the crime to expose what they believed were illegal activities by the FBI." [<em>Listen to <a href="http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/2013/2014-01-07-NBC-TDAY-Isikoff.mp3">the audio</a></em>]<br /> </p><div class='signature'><p>— Kyle Drennen is Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/kjdrennen" target="_blank">Follow Kyle Drennen on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/nbc-promotes-left-wing-criminals-who-stole-1000-fbi-documents-likens-them-snowden" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division FBI Liberals Michael Isikoff NBC theft Today vietnam Tue, 07 Jan 2014 22:28:03 +0000 kyle.drennen 45249 at http://archive2.mrc.org CNN Blames the Victim in Data Theft http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cnn-blames-victim-data-theft <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/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Crime victims can’t catch a break. “American Morning” anchor Soledad O’Brien accused TJX Cos., the parent of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, of dishonesty in the March 30 broadcast after the company had suffered a massive data theft.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “None of these companies are ever forthcoming about it,” O’Brien declared, blasting not just TJX but many others. “You always have to uncover it, investigate it, dig and dig and dig and then eventually they come up with a number which is probably a little on the low side.”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cnn-blames-victim-data-theft" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business CNN data MediaBias Soledad theft TJX Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:32:58 +0000 admin 25569 at http://archive2.mrc.org CNN Ignores Labor Union Source of Wal-Mart Shoplifting Story http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cnn-ignores-labor-union-source-wal-mart-shoplifting-story <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/ken-shepherd">Ken Shepherd</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >     CNN business contributor Andy Serwer reported on a curious policy change at Wal-Mart (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=WMT" />WMT</a>) stores: they’re giving first-time shoplifters a break for inexpensive merchandise. The story was not meant to be publicly announced and could cause an up-tick in shoplifting at the stores. Yet Serwer left out that The New York Times broke the story after being handed internal documents from an anti-Wal-Mart group funded by labor unions.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cnn-ignores-labor-union-source-wal-mart-shoplifting-story" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Labor AndySerwer CNN shoplifting stealing theft Unions Wages WakeUp Wal-Mart Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:02:56 +0000 admin 25131 at http://archive2.mrc.org