election

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.

Colbert Continues Attacking Right, Lampoons Trump

dan.gainor — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:48:11 +0000

Parodies announcement speech from a trash can.

Sarah Stites

So much for Stephen Colbert pretending he’s anything other than a die-hard liberal. Colbert welcomed businessman Donald Trump by lampooning his announcement speech from a trash can.

$4.5 Million Up In Smoke: How Billionaire Steyer’s Anti-Koch Ads Flopped

mike.ciandella — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:17:55 +0000

NextGen’s 7,637 attack TV spots show how not to run a hate campaign.

Mike Ciandella

Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer has had a really bad year.

He failed to get other left-wing donors to join his crusade to make climate change the No. 1 election issue. Then he wasted nearly $75 million backing liberal candidates. Four out of the seven politicians he and his NextGen Climate Action group backed lost. And the few races where liberals won owed little or nothing to Steyer’s bizarre and sometimes inaccurate campaign ads.

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

No Mandate for Conservatives After Election Sweep; GOP Now Needs to Ditch Tea Party & Talk Radio

rich.noyes — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:08:04 +0000

Vol. 27, No. 22

Formatted PDF Version

Denying Mandate for Conservatives After Election Sweep

Shellacked

julia.seymour — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 19:06:37 +0000

Glenn Foden

Publish Date

November 12, 2014 - 2:05pm

ABC, NBC Ignore Economy as Voters’ Top Concern in Post-Election Analysis

julia.seymour — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 16:23:29 +0000

Exit polls showed economy weighing on voters' minds, but networks ignored it in 84 percent of stories.

Joseph Rossell

The Republican “wave” in the Nov. 4, 2014, midterm elections had many reasons, but at least one was dissatisfaction with the economy. While, the three broadcast networks acknowledged the elections were bad for Democrats, they mostly ignored the economy and its impact on the election.

Instead, now that Republicans hold a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate, the networks have chosen to preach bipartisanship.

ReLeaf

julia.seymour — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:45:06 +0000

Glenn Foden

Publish Date

November 5, 2014 - 10:41am

Food Stamps Crisis Ignored in Nearly 98% of Network Stories

julia.seymour — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:04:51 +0000

Networks shield Obama and attack conservatives during election year.

Joseph Rossell

The American food stamps program has experienced “unprecedented” and “unsustainable” growth under President Barack Obama according to experts, but the broadcast news media have virtually ignored this bad news this election year.

$6.4 Million from Soros Behind Legal Battles for 3 Conservative 2016 Contenders

julia.seymour — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:19:51 +0000

Liberal billionaire funds groups trying to get potential presidential candidates recalled, indicted.

Mike Ciandella

The media should be reporting on this, but they consistently ignore it.

Legal battles against state governor’s with higher political aspirations keep cropping up. But looking deeper into attacks on Republican governors from Texas, Wisconsin and Louisiana reveals George Soros’ checkbook was behind it all – but the news media aren’t about to point that out.

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

'Moving to the Middle': Networks Push 'Crushing' Win for Christie Vs. Tea Party 'Firebrands'

scott.whitlock — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:38:28 +0000

Scott Whitlock

The three morning shows on Wednesday announced that a "crushing victory" for Chris Christie in New Jersey will force the Republican Party to "move to the middle" against Tea Party "firebrands." According to CBS This Morning's Chip Reid, Christie hoped for a big win to "show that Republicans who favor consensus over ideological purity can win – even in blue states like New Jersey." [MP3 audio here.]

— Scott Whitlock is Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Scott Whitlock on Twitter.

Not a Shock: 'Independent' Washington Post Endorses Democrats in 20 of 27 Races

scott.whitlock — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:06:57 +0000

Scott Whitlock

The Washington Post, which touts itself as "an independent newspaper," endorsed Democrats in 20 out of 27 races leading up to election day in Virginia. In the three statewide races, the paper's editorial board supported liberal Democrats Terry McAuliffe, Ralph Northam and Mark Herring for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, respectively. In 17 of 24 state delegate races, the paper favored the Democratic candidate.

— Scott Whitlock is Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Scott Whitlock on Twitter.

PBS's ‘Moyers & Company’ Publishes Lefty Voting Guide

dan.gainor — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:07:48 +0000

Series of articles entitled ‘What Matters Today‘ with questions, answers that favor Obama.

Mike Ciandella

PBS’s “Moyers & Company” released a series of articles in which his writers answer a question that “matters today” to answer. Both the selection and wording of the questions and the answers provided by Moyers’s staff strongly favor President Obama over challenger Mitt Romney.

Just in Time for Election, Media Forecast Falling Gas Prices

julia.seymour — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:22:26 +0000

Journalists continue to make predictions about gas prices despite being consistently wrong.

Liz Thatcher

Up or down, the media often hype changing gas prices, in spite of a long track record of incorrect predictions. But the most recent forecast stands to benefit media favorite: President Barack Obama.

In recent months, all three broadcast news networks and the USA Today have offered predictions ahead of the presidential election, saying prices would be much lower by late November: after the election.

Bozell: Media Rigging 2012 Election, Worst Liberal Bias In 25 Years

mrc.marketing — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:26:47 +0000

Over 20 Conservative Leaders including Rush Limbaugh, Ed Meese, Mark Levin and Tony Perkins Call on Public to Tune out the Liberal Media!

ALEXANDRIA, VA –Media Research Center President Brent Bozell, along with more than 20 conservative leaders and media personalities, has publicly called out the liberal media for their deliberate and calculated attempts to rig the 2012 presidential election in favor of Barack Obama.

Bozell and Conservative Leaders Call on Public to Tune out the Liberal Media!

mrc.marketing — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:08:28 +0000

More than 20 Prominent Conservative Leaders Call on Public to Tune out the Liberal Media!

An Open Letter to the Biased News Media: