Politics

You’re Hired! How NBC Spent 11 Years Making Trump a Household Name, Building Foundation for His Campaign

julia.seymour — Mon, 09 May 2016 14:23:21 +0000

Network Gave Billionaire Businessman 21 Times More Positive Coverage When They Were Partners

Sam Dorman

Executive Summary

Donald Trump’s rise as a presidential candidate has prompted many political observers to blame TV outlets for giving him historic amounts of free air time. While it’s true the media have overwhelmingly focused on Trump in their coverage during the current election cycle, there is another media phenomenon at play. NBC has spent more than a decade building his brand as a successful businessman of almost mythic proportion.

Bush's Fault...

julia.seymour — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:29:07 +0000

Glenn Foden

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November 25, 2015 - 3:26pm

Just for Show

julia.seymour — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:10:38 +0000

Glenn Foden

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November 13, 2015 - 9:06am

No Energy Candidates

julia.seymour — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:08:16 +0000

Glenn Foden

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November 4, 2015 - 9:05am

Big Government Fantasies

julia.seymour — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:00:05 +0000

Glenn Foden

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October 20, 2015 - 2:57pm

Going Chinese

julia.seymour — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:00:35 +0000

Glenn Foden

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September 30, 2015 - 1:58pm

Trump Coverage on Univision & Telemundo Exceeds ABC, CBS & NBC Combined

ken.oliver-mendez — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:43:32 +0000

Consistently Depicted as Racist, Enemy of Hispanic-Origin People

Ken Oliver-Mendez

Normally, the leading evening news broadcasts of the nation’s top Spanish-language television networks, Univision and Telemundo, cover U.S. political developments significantly less than their top English-language counterparts, ABC, CBS and NBC.

See No Socialism...

julia.seymour — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:41:19 +0000

Glenn Foden

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September 23, 2015 - 11:24am

CNN Prime Time Covers Trump 3X More Than All Others Combined

mike.ciandella — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:29:38 +0000

Mike Ciandella

When the GOP candidates assemble on CNN's stage Wednesday night, they will be appearing on a network that has virtually ignored most of them, while spending vast amounts of time covering the now-frontrunner, businessman Donald Trump.

— Mike Ciandella is Research Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Mike Ciandella on Twitter.

Saving the Middle Class

julia.seymour — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:17:49 +0000

Glenn Foden

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September 2, 2015 - 11:11am

Toast

julia.seymour — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:27:06 +0000

Glenn Foden

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August 19, 2015 - 11:25am

Forbes Contributor Defends Planned Parenthood in Fox Debate

julia.seymour — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:17:12 +0000

Bruce Japsen claims access to PP is necessary in ‘Forbes on Fox’ discussion about defunding.

Jack Yoest

Bruce Japsen, a Forbes contributor who writes about health care, defended the continued federal funding of Planned Parenthood’s 700 health centers. He said that people calling for defunding were essentially saying if patients “like their [Planned Parenthood] health center, they can’t keep it.”

From the Big Book of Political Animals ...

mike.ciandella — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 14:45:01 +0000

Glenn Foden

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August 5, 2015 - 10:49am

T-Mobile Posts Pro-Amnesty Ad on Social Media; Quickly Takes it Down After Backlash

mike.ciandella — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:04:41 +0000

‘Can you hear my liberal politics now?’

Kristine Marsh

Is political activism included in your phone plan?

T-Mobile seems to have no problem selling it to their current and potential customers. On Sunday, the wireless phone company added a political post on its Instagram and Twitter accounts, that seemed to advocate for illegal immigration.

— Kristine Marsh is Staff Writer for MRC Culture at the Media Research Center. Follow Kristine Marsh on Twitter.

Michael Moore Still Whining about War in New Flick

mike.ciandella — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:20:56 +0000

The Handycam Hypocrite takes on ‘the military-industrial complex.’

MRC Culture Staff

Infamous ambush documentary filmmaker and left-wing political hack Michael Moore has been secretly producing a film for the past six years. Filled with anti-American, anti-military propaganda, “Where to Invade Next” is scheduled to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September.

Though most of the details are being kept secret, Moore took to Periscope (a live-streaming Twitter subsidiary) to give fans a flavor of the movie’s content.