http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/21655/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/nbc-isaac-obama-being-presidential-difficult-gop-convention-continue <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> <p> In a Tuesday 10 a.m. et NBC News special report on President Obama declaring a state of emergency for Gulf Coast states in the path of Hurricane Isaac, Today co-host Matt Lauer gushed:<strong> "Politics 101, you've got your opponents in Tampa and Mitt Romney's about to tell Americans why he should be elected president, if you're the president, you go out and act like the president."</strong> [<em>Listen to <a href="http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/2012-08-28-NBC-SR-LauerGregory_0.mp3">the audio</a></em>]<br /> </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/nbc-isaac-obama-being-presidential-difficult-gop-convention-continue" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Barack Obama Campaign 2012 David Gregory Hurricane Isaac Matt Lauer NBC Republican National Convention Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:20:54 +0000 kyle.drennen 41052 at http://archive2.mrc.org http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/new-york-times-drenches-itself-hypocrisy-flood-control-criticism-gop <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/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Tuesday's lead <em>New York Times</em> editorial, which cynically used the weather to make pro-Democratic political hay, also displayed the paper's galling hypocrisy on emergency natural disaster spending: "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/opinion/the-storm-again.html?ref=todayspaper">The Storm, Again – As high winds approach the gulf coast, Republicans advocate a less prepared government</a>." Perhaps they were reading old <em>New York Times</em> editorials on flood control, which questioned the wisdom of building levees in flood plains.<img src="http://www.mrc.org/sites/default/</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/new-york-times-drenches-itself-hypocrisy-flood-control-criticism-gop" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Editorials Hurricane Isaac Hurricane Katrina Hypocrisy Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:24:43 +0000 clay.waters 41042 at http://archive2.mrc.org http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/predictable-nytimes-fills-news-gap-overblown-lead-discord-among-straight-laced-gop-squares <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/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>How painfully predictable: The <em>New York Times</em> filled the news gap caused by the cancellation of Monday's events with rumors of party discord. <img src="http://www.mrc.org/sites/default/files/images/RNC.jpg.crop_display.jpg" style="float: right;" height="160" width="270" /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/predictable-nytimes-fills-news-gap-overblown-lead-discord-among-straight-laced-gop-squares" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Adam Nagourney Republican National Convention ashley parker Campaign 2012 Hurricane Isaac Jim Rutenberg Michael Barbaro Michael Shear Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:19:45 +0000 clay.waters 41041 at http://archive2.mrc.org