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NBC’s Richard Engel Slams Obama on Foreign Policy: ‘Outlining a World That He Wishes We Were’ In

curtis.houck — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 08:45:04 +0000

Curtis Houck

While NBC News was up to its usual business in praising and defending President Obama both before and after his State of the Union speech, chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel emerged as a rare voice that instead took to the liberal network’s airwaves to condemn the President’s rhetoric on foreign policy as both unrealistic and, in many cases, simply not true.

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

Step-ladder of Opportunity

julia.seymour — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:00:11 +0000

Glenn Foden

Publish Date

January 29, 2014 - 2:57pm

State of the Onion

julia.seymour — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:48:30 +0000

Glenn Foden

Publish Date

February 14, 2013 - 3:46pm

Forget Sham Spending 'Freeze,' Obama's Proposals Would Cost $70.5 Billion

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:19:52 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

President Barack Obama’s plan to “freeze” a tiny portion of the federal budget hit Washington with a “thud” Jan. 26.

Olbermann Touts Man Who Created 50 Green Jobs with Stimulus Funds

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:54:55 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

Keith Olbermann should keep a calculator on hand during his broadcasts. If he’d had one, the liberal MSNBC host of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” could have run the numbers on Jan. 27 following the State of the Union address.

Olbermann was recapping President Obama’s speech and told viewers: “Among those seated with the first lady in the gallery … a man from Arizona whose company received $99 million from the stimulus and used it to create at least 50 permanent clean energy jobs.”

MRC's Bozell Joins Fellow Conservative Leaders to Broadcast State of the Union Response by the "Voice of the People"

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:15:00 +0000

Alexandria, VA - This Tuesday, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell will unite with seven of the nation's top conservative organization - collectively representing more than 15 million Americans - to hold their own State of the Union Address in a live webcast expected to draw one of the largest viewerships in webcast history. The event is designed to give the American people a chance to respond to the President's address and declare their views and concerns of where the country is headed.

Media Ignore Contradiction between Obama's Middle Class Giveaways, Spending 'Freeze'

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:43:43 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

In an attempt to boost flagging approval ratings, President Barack Obama announced a series of initiatives aimed at helping out the middle class on Jan. 25, two days ahead of his State of the Union address.

The networks, which have protected him from public outrage for months, praised the initiative. NBC heralded the move, giving Obama credit for “getting the message” Jan. 25. CBS’s Katie Couric said the same thing that night.