World News Tonight

Journalists vs. the 'Far Right,' 'Hardline' and 'Ultra-Conservative' House GOP

rich.noyes — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:07:35 +0000

Rich Noyes

Over the past four weeks, as the broadcast networks have covered the House leadership contest, reporters have gone out of their way to relentlessly paint House Republicans, especially the Freedom Caucus, as ideologues who are outside the American political mainstream.

— Rich Noyes is Research Director at the Media Research Center. Follow Rich Noyes on Twitter.

ABC’s World News Tonight Ignores Slim Prospects Obama’s 2016 Budget Proposal Will Pass

curtis.houck — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 05:01:19 +0000

Curtis Houck

Following the unveiling of President Obama’s 2016 budget proposal, two of the three major broadcast networks made time to mention the story during their Monday evening newscasts, but only in the form of short news briefs.

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

NBC Skips Obama’s George Washington Beer Gaffe; Spent Three Straight Nights on Palin’s Paul Revere Tale

curtis.houck — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:38:25 +0000

Curtis Houck

During a live interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie on Sunday, President Obama told her how, at the White House, “[w]e make beer – the first president since George Washington to make some booze in the White House.”

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

Networks Yawn at Possible Terrorist Attack on Americans in Saudi Arabia

matthew.balan — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 03:14:16 +0000

Matthew Balan

None of the Big Three networks' evening newscasts on Friday covered the shooting of an American citizen in eastern Saudi Arabia earlier in the day. A Friday item by Reuters reported that "a vehicle carrying two U.S.

— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.

English and Spanish Networks Combine to Ignore Senate Voting to Approve Keystone Pipeline

curtis.houck — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 02:33:36 +0000

Curtis Houck

The U.S. Senate took the step Thursday of approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline in a bipartisan fashion by a margin of 62-to-36, with nine Democrats joining 53 Republicans to pass it for the first time after failing to do so under the previous Congress.

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

Networks Fail to Cover WH Spokesman Refusing to Call the Taliban a Terrorist Organization

curtis.houck — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 04:07:47 +0000

Curtis Houck

During the daily White House press briefing on Wednesday, Deputy Spokesman Eric Schultz had an exchange with ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl where he declined to label the Taliban as a terrorist organization, instead insisting it's “an armed ins

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

Media Yawn at Obama and Biden Snubbing Auschwitz Anniversary; Mocked Cheney’s Appearance in 2005

curtis.houck — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 06:40:26 +0000

Curtis Houck

Tuesday marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and, naturally, the event attracted plenty of media coverage.

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

Networks Ignore Obama’s Decision to Back Down from Plan to Tax 529 College Savings Accounts

curtis.houck — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 02:19:33 +0000

Curtis Houck

In a reversal of a key proposal from his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama moved on Tuesday to drop the plan to tax 529 college-savings accounts after outcry from members of both parties and a direct appeal on Air Force One from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

Networks Combine for Two Minutes on Fall of Yemen’s Government; Spend 11 Minutes on Deflategate

curtis.houck — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 04:00:57 +0000

Curtis Houck

On Thursday night, the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC each covered the news that the United States-backed government in Yemen had fallen after rebels stormed the capital

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

ABC’s David Muir Continues Networks Fawning Over Clinton Baby; Hillary ‘Trying Her Hand at Lullabies’

curtis.houck — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:52:04 +0000

Curtis Houck

On Wednesday night, ABC’s World News Tonight and anchor David Muir restarted the media promotion of Chelsea Clinton’s new baby with Bill and Hillary Clinton as grandparents by spending 24 seconds informing viewers of the competition between Bill and Hillary for “who gets to read to Charlotte.”

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

NBC’s Chris Jansing Gushes Over ‘an Energized, Combative President’; Scolds Boehner for Inviting Netanyahu

curtis.houck — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 07:22:28 +0000

Curtis Houck

NBC News senior White House correspondent Chris Jansing did her best to provide some White House spin during Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News, hailing President Obama as “an energized, combative President” whose policies made for a “carefully choreographed, populist message with the details generally panned by Republicans.”

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

ABC’s World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News Stage Full-Fledged Cuban Tourism Infomercials

curtis.houck — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 05:00:43 +0000

Curtis Houck

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— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

ABC’s Stephanopoulos Finds It Credible Barack Obama Can Be Another Ronald Reagan

rich.noyes — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:48:31 +0000

Rich Noyes

Without laughing, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday’s World News Tonight advanced the White House hope that Barack Obama will be seen as Ronald Reagan was in 1987, as a President who rescued the economy and was rewarded by voters.

— Rich Noyes is Research Director at the Media Research Center. Follow Rich Noyes on Twitter.

ABC, NBC Cheer Obama’s Liberal Proposals in SOTU Previews; ‘Going to Play a Little Robin Hood’ with Tax Hikes

curtis.houck — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 03:02:26 +0000

Curtis Houck

Ahead of President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, the networks offered previews of his speech during their Monday evening newscasts with ABC and NBC working particularly hard to paint a rosy picture for Obama with rising poll numbers and having “redefined” the “model of how to sell the State of the Union.”

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

ABC Hypes IRS Delaying Tax Refunds, More Identity Theft Due to Lacking of Funding from Congress

curtis.houck — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 23:12:24 +0000

Curtis Houck

On Wednesday, ABC’s Good Morning America had a segment that promoted how, due to budget cuts, the IRS will be forced to “delay those refund checks,” “increase the risk of identity theft,” conduct “46,000 fewer audits,” and maintain an “IRS help line” that “is going to become much less helpful.”

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.