EleanorClift http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/1931/all en Clift's 9/11 Regret: It Sparked Our 'Obsessive Focus' on Terrorism http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/clifts-911-regret-it-sparked-our-obsessive-focus-terrorism <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/geoffrey-dickens">Geoffrey Dickens</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><iframe src="http://www.mrctv.org/embed/105525" width="300" height="169" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <p>Of all the major regrets she could have about 9/11, Newsweek's Eleanor Clift whined that the attacks on that tragic day sparked this nation's <strong>"Obsessive focus on terrorism." </strong>As part of a panel retrospective on 9/11, aired on the syndicated McLaughlin Group over the weekend, Clift complained that George W.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/clifts-911-regret-it-sparked-our-obsessive-focus-terrorism" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division BiasAlert EleanorClift GeorgeW.Bush JohnMcLaughlin liberalmediabias RichLowry Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:47:00 +0000 38134 at http://archive2.mrc.org Clift Slapped Down By Tim Carney: Obama Will Talk to Eva Longoria But Not Arizona Gov. Brewer http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/clift-slapped-down-tim-carney-obama-will-talk-eva-longoria-not-arizona-gov-brewer <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/geoffrey-dickens">Geoffrey Dickens</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><img height="180" width="240" src="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-05-15-Clift.jpg" /></div><p> On this weekend's McLaughlin Group Newsweek's Eleanor Clift used the occasion of Barack Obama's immigration speech to opine that <strong>Hispanics "know which side, which party is on their side" </strong>and implied it's not the GOP as she declared Republican Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona has<strong> "negative attitudes" </strong>towards them.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/clift-slapped-down-tim-carney-obama-will-talk-eva-longoria-not-arizona-gov-brewer" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division BarackObama BiasAlert EleanorClift EvaLongoria JanBrewer liberalmediabias RosarioDawson TimCarney Mon, 16 May 2011 21:00:00 +0000 37694 at http://archive2.mrc.org Newsweek's Clift: U.S. Won't Face Greek Debt Tragedy 'Because We Can Print Money' http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/newsweeks-clift-us-wont-face-greek-debt-tragedy-because-we-can-print-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/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >We all probably knew the sentiment of the American left for just not getting the entire Tea Party movement concept, but this statement ought to cement that notion.</p> <br /> <p >On the July 18 broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” host John McLaughlin asked his panelists what the long-term implications of national debt could be for the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/newsweeks-clift-us-wont-face-greek-debt-tragedy-because-we-can-print-money" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Economy Bushtaxcuts currency debt debtcrisis EleanorClift Greece MortZuckerman Newsweek PatBuchanan TeaParty Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:00:31 +0000 admin 27175 at http://archive2.mrc.org Newsweek's Clift Mocks GOP Women's Pro-Life Views as 'So Yesterday' http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/newsweeks-clift-mocks-gop-womens-pro-life-views-so-yesterday <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/geoffrey-dickens">Geoffrey Dickens</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><div style="float: right;"><div style="float: right;"><object height="194" width="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/eyeblast.swf?v=XdaGaGZuyt&amp;c1=0x8CA2B9&amp;c2=0x385E87&amp;a=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/eyeblast.swf?v=XdaGaGZuyt&amp;c1=0x8CA2B9&amp;c2=0x385E87&amp;a=0&amp;sm=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="194" width="240"></embed></object></div></div></div><div style="float: right;"></div><p>Newsweek's Eleanor Clift, on this weekend</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/newsweeks-clift-mocks-gop-womens-pro-life-views-so-yesterday" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division BiasAlert CarlyFiorina EleanorClift liberalmediabias MegWhitman MonicaCrowley Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:16:00 +0000 36225 at http://archive2.mrc.org Newsweek's Clift: 'I Heard Nothing But Rave Reviews' for Obama's Apology Speech http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/newsweeks-clift-i-heard-nothing-rave-reviews-obamas-apology-speech <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/rich-noyes">Rich Noyes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><img src="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2009-06-07-McLaughlin-Clift.jpg" height="180" width="240" /></div><p><i>Newsweek</i>'s Eleanor Clift seemed flabbergasted on this weekend's McLaughlin Group as fellow panelists Pat Buchanan, Monica Crowley and Mort Zuckerman all criticized President Obama's speech to Muslims in Cairo. Perhaps reflecting the mindset of her <i>Newsweek</i> colleagues, Clift exclaimed: "<b>Until I came on this set, I heard nothing but rave reviews for this speech. I feel like I'm in a total parallel reality</b>."<br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/newsweeks-clift-i-heard-nothing-rave-reviews-obamas-apology-speech" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division BarackObama BiasAlert EleanorClift liberalmediabias McLaughlinGroup Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:01:00 +0000 34729 at http://archive2.mrc.org Newsweek's Clift Blames Capitalism for Woes Facing Obama http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/newsweeks-clift-blames-capitalism-woes-facing-obama <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/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>It’s a response that might incite laughter, as it did from conservative pundit Monica Crowley and MSNBC paleocon talker Pat Buchanan. According to Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift, the current problems facing the country and President Barack Obama are due to capitalism.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Clift, appearing on the syndicated April 26 “The McLaughlin Group” gave Obama high marks for his first hundred days and said Republicans were misguided for attacking the growth of the size of government.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/newsweeks-clift-blames-capitalism-woes-facing-obama" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Government EleanorClift McLaughlinGroup MonicaCrowley Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:45:41 +0000 admin 26825 at http://archive2.mrc.org Savaging Sarah Palin http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/savaging-sarah-palin <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/l-brent-bozell-iii">L. Brent Bozell III</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >When MSNBC's Chris Matthews suggested in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Denver</st1:place></st1:city> that Barack Obama earned his present elevation in American politics, unlike “showcase appointments” like Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, he reminded the world of the peculiarity of liberalism. John McCain's selection of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate underlined it. Liberals find no joy when Republicans select women or minorities for top positions. They are all fraudulent traitors to their own apparent group interests. Conservative blacks aren't really black.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/savaging-sarah-palin" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture Education abc BillWeir ChrisMatthews CNN EleanorClift GoodMorningAmerica JohnRoberts MSNBC Newsweek SarahPalin Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0000 admin 28099 at http://archive2.mrc.org