Spying

We Said We Didn't...

julia.seymour — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:46:26 +0000

Glenn Foden

Publish Date

September 17, 2014 - 1:44pm

NBC's 'Nightly News' Avoids Obama in 'Serious Legal Blow' to NSA Spying

scott.whitlock — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:49:02 +0000

Scott Whitlock

All three networks on Monday night and Tuesday morning covered the "major blow" a judge delivered by ruling that the National Security Agency's massive data collection is likely unconstitutional. Yet, NBC's Nightly News managed to mention the President only once in passing. Instead, anchor Brian Williams kept the nearly three and a half minute segment politically vague: "Privacy violation: A surprise ruling about the government's spying on the phone calls made by Americans. The question tonight, what will this change and when?"

— Scott Whitlock is Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Scott Whitlock on Twitter.

CBS Allows a Scant 21 Seconds to Revelation That NSA Is Snooping on Millions of Internet Address Books

scott.whitlock — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:55:12 +0000

Scott Whitlock

CBS This Morning on Tuesday allowed a scant 21 seconds to the newest revelations about the National Security Agency. The government organization has been secretly collecting millions of internet address books and instant message accounts from around the world, including Americans. In contrast, ABC and NBC highlighted the story in full reports and news briefs.

— Scott Whitlock is Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Scott Whitlock on Twitter.

ABC, NBC Morning Shows Ignore Obama in Spying Story; CBS Finds a 'Political Crisis' for President

scott.whitlock — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:22:50 +0000

Scott Whitlock

The ABC and NBC morning shows on Monday ignored or downplayed the role the President of the United States played in the unfolding spying scandal that broke last week. The journalists at Good Morning America never once uttered the name Barack Obama. The hosts of NBC's Today left it to their guest to question the implications for the President.

NY Times and WashPost Paint Spies for Cuba as Endearing Elderly Couple

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:35:00 +0000

Brent Baker

"She fell for his worldly sophistication" while he "admired her work helping ordinary people," gushed a front page Friday New York Times story on Gwendolyn and Kendall Myers, both charged with spying for communist Cuba for nearly 30 years.

Hypocrisy: Times Wants "To Celebrate What Worked" in British Anti-Terror Investigation

admin — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:17:00 +0000

And then, perhaps, run lead stories exposing the classified details of "what worked," thus wrecking the programs?

Clay Waters

Friday's lead editorial on the London plot opens with outrage that sounds a little contrived: "It comes like a punch to the gut, at times like these, when our leaders blatantly use the nation's trauma for political gain. We never get used to this. It never feels like business as usual.