2016 Presidential Election

Meet the Press Panel Hits GOP Over Iowa ‘Freedom Summit,’ Going ‘So Far to the Right’

jeffrey.meyer — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 18:23:21 +0000

Jeffrey Meyer

Following Congressman Steve King’s (R-IA) Iowa Freedom Summit, which hosted several potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates, the panel on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday morning happily scolded the GOPers for attending the prominent conservative gathering.

During the discussion, Helene Cooper, correspondent for The New York Times, argued that Republicans “in many, many ways are their own worst enemies. They go so far to the right in order to out-conservative everybody else.”

— Jeffrey Meyer is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Jeffrey Meyer on Twitter.

NBC’s Peter Alexander: Mike Huckabee ‘Preaching to the Party's Right-Wing’ Ahead of Possible 2016 Bid

curtis.houck — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:46:44 +0000

Curtis Houck

On Tuesday’s NBC Nightly News, NBC News national correspondent Peter Alexander reported on the current makeup of the Republican presidential field in 2016 on the heels of news that the Republican nominee in 2012, Mitt Romney, has begun reassembling his campaign staff to make a third bid for the White House.

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

Andrea Mitchell: Santorum, Huckabee, Romney Runs in 2016 Would Make Hillary and Jeb ‘Look Positively New’

curtis.houck — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:16:37 +0000

Curtis Houck

On Monday’s NBC Nightly News, correspondent and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell felt that it was appropriate to skewer three possible GOP presidential contenders in 2016 who had each run previously to argue that their presence would make possible fellow candidates Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush “look positively new.”

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

NBC Promotes Jeb Bush ‘Noting the Missteps’ of Past GOP Candidates ‘Playing Too Far to the Right’

curtis.houck — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 04:14:27 +0000

Curtis Houck

On the same evening that MSNBC’s Hardball seemed rather excited about a possible run for President in 2016 by Republican and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, NBC Nightly News was busy doing the same thing during on a news brief on Tuesday.

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

Hillary Clinton Flunks Economics

tim.graham — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:02:52 +0000

L. Brent Bozell III

Tim Graham

Liberals have this terrible and annoying habit of congratulating themselves for their intellectual heft merely because they hold liberal views. Once this arrogant notion reigns, it’s tough for liberals to acknowledge when one of their own says something so remarkably unfactual and stupid that it makes you wonder just how ignorant the liberal really is.

‘Big Three’ Sunday Political Shows Ignore Hillary Claiming Businesses Don’t Create Jobs

jeffrey.meyer — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 16:21:16 +0000

Jeffrey Meyer

During a campaign rally for Martha Coakley, Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made some controversial comments about private businesses not being job creators.

— Jeffrey Meyer is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Jeffrey Meyer on Twitter.

A Tilted CNN 'Town Hall' for Hillary: Five Questions from the Left, One from the Right

tim.graham — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:58:33 +0000

Tim Graham

When CNN held a “town hall” meeting for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, the evidence suggests it would be stacked to the Left.

— Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center. Follow Tim Graham on Twitter.

How To Interview Hillary Clinton

tim.graham — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 18:08:04 +0000

L. Brent Bozell III

Tim Graham

There are two ways to interview potential presidents. You can pepper them with tough questions, and why not? They’re going to apply for the job of Leader of the Free World. Hillary Clinton is used to the other way: Shameless pap. Softballs to be knocked out of the park.

She has been a media darling since forever. This is a typical soft pitch just offered to Hillary Clinton on national television. It came just the other day: “Mitch McConnell said at one point that 2016 will be the return of The Golden Girls.”

Hillary vs. The Truth on Benghazi

tim.graham — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:54:22 +0000

L. Brent Bozell III

Tim Graham

The liberal media consistently dismiss or condemn hearings into Obama scandals as unnecessary and rabidly partisan, and reach those conclusions before said hearings even begin. That might explain why the public doesn’t always line up with that opinion.

'Clinton News Network': CNN Puffs Up Hillary's 2016 Prospects

matt.hadro — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 22:23:35 +0000

Matt Hadro

CNN's Jessica Yellin ran a complete puff piece on Hillary Clinton's 2016 prospects on Monday, quoting Democratic Clinton allies who gushed over Clinton's promise.

"They readily point to the ways she's grown since the days then-Senator Clinton became the runner up in 2008," Yellin said of "Clinton's friends and allies." Yellin made no mention of Clinton critics or Benghazi in her report.

— Matt Hadro is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matt Hadro on Twitter.

NBC Barely Mentions RNC's Debate Boycott; CNN Drops the Story Over the Weekend

matt.hadro — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:05:48 +0000

Matt Hadro

After the Republican National Committee voted to refuse CNN and NBC from hosting 2016 GOP primary debates, NBC took two days to even mention the news before again ignoring it. In fact, CBS spent more time covering the boycott of NBC than NBC itself did.