Robert Dallek http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/22750/all en NYT Leans Heavily on Questionable '90 Percent' of People Who Favor Background Checks http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-leans-heavily-questionable-90-percent-people-who-favor-background-checks <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>On the front page of Tuesday's <em>New York Times</em>, Michael Shear and Peter Baker pushed a questionable gun control statistic while analyzing President Obama's failure to convince the Senate to pass background checks for gun purchases&nbsp; "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/us/politics/in-gun-bill-defeat-a-president-who-hesitates-to-twist-arms.html?ref=todayspaper">In Gun Bill Defeat, a President Who Hesitates to Twist Arms</a>."</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-leans-heavily-questionable-90-percent-people-who-favor-background-checks" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch 90 Percent Barack Obama Gun Control Mark Begich Michael Shear Peter Baker Robert Dallek Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:36:51 +0000 clay.waters 43299 at http://archive2.mrc.org CBS Trumpets Caroline Kennedy as 'Representative of the Best In American Culture' http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/cbs-trumpets-caroline-kennedy-representative-best-american-culture <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/matthew-balan">Matthew Balan</a> </div> </div> </div> <p> <img style="float: right;" src="http://www.mrc.org/sites/default/files/images/2013-04-02-CBS-Crawford_large.JPG" alt="Jan Crawford, CBS News Correspondent; Screen Cap From 2 April 2013 Edition of CBS This Morning | MRC.org" height="134" width="240" />CBS again paid homage to Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday's <em>CBS This Morning</em> as they hyped her possible nomination to be the next ambassador of Japan.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/cbs-trumpets-caroline-kennedy-representative-best-american-culture" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Barack Obama Caroline Kennedy cbs CBS This Morning Jan Crawford Robert Dallek Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:00:17 +0000 matthew.balan 43073 at http://archive2.mrc.org