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CNN Smears Reagan Legacy; Touts 'A Lot of People Who Were Suffering' Under Reagan

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:50:00 +0000

Matt Hadro

CNN's Suzanne Malveaux and Carol Costello teamed up to throw water on what they saw to be a mythical legacy of President Reagan, on Friday morning. Echoing the liberal media of the Reagan years, the duo countered Republican praise for the president by casting it as "revisionist history."

Come Again? MSNBC's Wagner Claims Reagan 'Would Be A Democrat' Today

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:18:00 +0000

Matthew Balan

Alex Wagner made an eye-popping remark on her MSNBC program on Wednesday, as she hinted that she agreed with former Obama spokesman Bill Burton's assertion that Ronald Reagan would feel out of place in today's GOP. When Burton claimed that "Reagan wouldn't have a chance in this Republican primary right now," Wagner stunningly replied, "I think he'd be a Democrat probably" [audio available here].

MRC's Top 10 Most Obnoxiously Liberal Today Show Quotes

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:08:00 +0000

Geoffrey Dickens

This week the Today show is celebrating 60 years of being on the air, and for over 20 of those years the MRC has been documenting the NBC morning show's liberal agenda. From past anchors like Bryant Gumbel blaming "right wing" talk radio for the Oklahoma City bombing and Katie Couric trashing Ronald Reagan as an "airhead," up through current anchor Matt Lauer wondering how Barack Obama would "manage the expectations" of being called "The Messiah,"

Your Weekly Out-of-Nowhere Reagan-Bashing, Courtesy of the Sunday Review

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:44:00 +0000

Former poet laureate Robert Hass claims police brutality, then explains how it's all Reagan's fault: "Another of the contingencies that came to my mind was a moment 30 years ago when Ronald Reagan's administration made it a priority to see to it that people like themselves, the talented, hardworking people who ran the country, got to keep the money they earned. Roosevelt's New Deal had to be undealt once and for all."

Clay Waters

Former poet laureate Robert Hass participated in the "Occupy Cal" campout at the University of California at Berkeley a couple of weeks ago – and in the latest example of knee-jerk left-wing Reagan-bashing in the Times Sunday Review: 'Poet-Bashing Police.'

Sunday Review: Reagan 'the Archangel of American Spiritualized Greed'

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:12:00 +0000

The Sunday Review, more left-wing every week. Contributor Harold Bloom: "Our Great Emancipator of Selfishness, President Ronald Reagan...appropriated anyway as the archangel of American spiritualized greed." Jeffrey Sachs: "We are at the end of the 30-year Reagan era, a period that has culminated in soaring income for the top 1 percent and crushing unemployment or income stagnation for much of the rest."

Clay Waters

The New York Times Sunday Review resembles the hard-left New York Review of Books more and more with every passing week. Formerly the Week in Review, the revamped Sunday Review is lighter on news analysis from liberal Times reporters and heavier on outside essays, often with a hard-left outlook.

Chris Matthews' Warped History: Ronald Reagan 'Wasn't a Social Conservative'

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:11:00 +0000

Scott Whitlock

MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Wednesday offered up bizarre, revisionist history, insisting that Ronald Reagan "wasn't a social conservative."

On HLN: Perry and Bachmann Pandering to Christian 'Fear'

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:08:00 +0000

Geoffrey Dickens

Substitute hosting on HLN's The Joy Behar Show, on Tuesday, CNN's Don Lemon prodded Jay Bakker, the son of televangelist Jim Bakker, to accuse Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann of exploiting fears of Christians as he claimed that the GOP presidential hopefuls were: "playing to a group of people who deal a lot with fear and using fear to control folks."

CBS Comes to Obama's Defense on Vacation Time After They Cue Him Up to Prognosticate on the Economy

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:03:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Just as criticism builds over President Barack Obama's plan to spend the next week-and-a-half on Martha's Vineyard while the economy flounders, the CBS Evening News came to his defense, suggesting he's been a workaholic compared to his Republican predecessors.

CNN's John King Distorts Reagan, Parrots False Claim That He Peddled Tax Hike Compromise

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:29:00 +0000

Scott Whitlock

CNN's John King on Thursday recycled the now debunked claim that, in a similar situation to the current debt ceiling debate, Ronald Reagan lobbied for a tax increase compromise to avoid an economic default. This was the fifth time in less than a week that the cable network peddled the distorted quote provided by congressional Democrats.

Video Proves Chris Matthews Totally Distorted Ronald Reagan's Position on Taxes

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:49:00 +0000

Scott Whitlock

On Wednesday's Hardball, Chris Matthews took a clip from a 24 year-old Ronald Reagan press conference and disingenuously passed it off as the Republican's take on "raising taxes to deal with the ballooning deficit."

Bozell Blasts MSNBC As Nothing More than DNC-TV; Cable Anchors Wildly Distort Ronald Reagan's Position on Taxes and Liken Him to Barack Obama

admin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:03:00 +0000

Alexandria, VA – 'At least five MSNBC anchors since Tuesday have promoted a cherry-picked House Democratic Caucus video that distorts President Ronald Reagan's position on the debt ceiling, inaccurately asserting that President Barack Obama is more in line with Reagan than the Republicans,' according to a new Media Research Center (MRC) analysis.

MSNBC Anchors Promote Democratic Ad Butchering Reagan's Debt Ceiling Address

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:04:00 +0000

Alex Fitzsimmons

At least five MSNBC anchors since Tuesday have promoted a cherry-picked House Democratic Caucus video that distorts President Ronald Reagan's position on the debt ceiling, inaccurately asserting that President Barack Obama is more in line with Reagan than the Republicans.

Chris Matthews Lies About Ronald Reagan as Way to Smear 'Terrorist' Republicans

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:47:00 +0000

Scott Whitlock

Hardball host Chris Matthews on Wednesday distorted Ronald Reagan's position on taxes in order to justify his bizarre assertion that the late President would consider the current Republican stance on the debt ceiling to be "economic terrorism."

Pelley Cites Tea Party as 'Problem' as ABC Relays 'Disgust,' Pelley Prompts Obama to Hail Reagan's Compromise 'Virtue'

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:54:00 +0000

Brent Baker

In a relatively inoffensive interview with President Barack Obama for Tuesday's CBS Evening News, anchor Scott Pelley implied the Tea Party (and maybe congressional liberals too) should be blamed for blocking a debt ceiling deal ('Isn't the problem that a large number of the Members of Congress will not follow your leadership or the Republican leadership?') and fondly recalled how 'it wasn't that lon

MSNBC: Leaning Left for 15 Long Years - A Year-by-Year Video Retrospective

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Geoffrey Dickens

On Thursday night MSNBC's cast and crew gathered in Washington D.C. to celebrate their network being on the air for 15 long years. In that time its hosts, reporters and guests have attacked conservatives and Republicans on everything from impeaching Bill Clinton and conducting a war on terrorism, up to the fight over public unions.