http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/2139/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/howard-kurtz-ridicules-media-freak-out-sequester <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/matt-hadro">Matt Hadro</a> </div> </div> </div> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/uploads/2013-03-03-CNN-Kurtz-Cuts.JPG" style="float: right; margin: 3px;" height="135" width="240" />CNN's Howard Kurtz mocked the media – including his own network – on Sunday's <em>Reliable Sources</em> for uncritically channeling government hysteria over the sequester cuts.<br /> </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/howard-kurtz-ridicules-media-freak-out-sequester" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Budget CNN FuelEconomy Howard Kurtz Reliable Sources sequester Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:09:12 +0000 matt.hadro 42818 at http://archive2.mrc.org http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/nbcs-today-helps-sell-government-gimmick-show-obama-gets-it-high-gas-prices <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> <div style="float: right;"><img height="180" width="240" src="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-05-25-NBC-TDAY-La%20Hood.jpg" /></div><p> On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer invited on Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to tout federally mandated stickers that detail the fuel efficiency of new cars: "Another way to save money is to buy a fuel efficient car and today the federal government is unveiling new fuel economy labels that you soon will be seeing on all new cars."<br /> </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/nbcs-today-helps-sell-government-gimmick-show-obama-gets-it-high-gas-prices" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division BiasAlert FuelEconomy GasPrices liberalmediabias MattLauer NBC ObamaAdministration RayLahood Today Thu, 26 May 2011 21:57:00 +0000 37745 at http://archive2.mrc.org