BiasAlerts

Daily BiasAlerts, a product of the MRC's News Analysis Division, detail the latest instances of media bias by analyzing national media coverage of politics and policy. As of February 2015, they are no longer posted on MRC.org, but can be read on the CyberAlerts page of our NewsBusters blog.


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NBC's Gregory: GOP Just Using Oil Pipeline as 'Political Issue' to Prevent Compromise

In an interview with House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday's Meet the Press, host David Gregory blamed Republicans for blocking an extension of payroll tax cuts by supporting a new oil pipeline: ...

Time Life Photographer: Kim Jong Il's Cult Like Bush's 'Very Controlled' White House

A newly posted Time Life magazine photo montage showcased pictures of North Korea and touted photographer Christopher Morris comparing brutal dictator Kim Jong Il to the "very controlled ...

On NBC's Meet the Press, Bachmann Schools Gregory on National Debt

As Congresswoman Michele Bachmann made the point on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday that the national debt has increased dramatically under President Obama compared to under President Bush, host ...

ABC and NBC Play Up Liberal Endorsement as Boost for Mitt Romney

On Sunday, both morning and evening newscasts on ABC and NBC touted the Des Moines Register's endorsement of Mitt Romney as a boost for his campaign for President, in spite of the paper's ...

Moderating a Debate About Size of Government, Amanpour Takes the Liberal Side

In her next to last week hosting This Week, ABC's Christiane Amanpour moderated a show-long debate, touted as "The Great American Debates," devoted to the proposition: "There's Too Much ...

Tom Brokaw Warns 'Income Inequality' Could Lead to 'Class War'

Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, as he discussed the Occupy Wall Street protests, former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw warned that a "class war" could develop unless ...

In 2009, ABC's Sciutto Touted Kids Saying 'Yes, We Can!' Now He's Joined the 'Yes, We Can' Team

"After 13 years with ABC News, correspondent Jim Sciutto is leaving the network and TV news. He's moving to China where he'll be Chief of Staff to U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke," TVNewser's ...

ABC and NBC Tout Attacks on 'Bully' Joe Arpaio for 'Bigotry' and Racism

Both NBC and ABC's newscasts on Thursday highlighted outrage at the "accusations of abuse and bigotry" from "bully" sheriff Joe Arpaio. Faced with new claims from Barack Obama's Justice ...

As U.S. Leaves Iraq, NBC Proclaims: 'No Victory Celebrations, No Thank Yous' from Iraqis

At the top of Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams sadly declared: "At a ceremony in Baghdad today, the Americans lowered the flag and it was a quiet ending to a war that went bad ...

MSNBC's O'Donnell Absurdly Claims U.S. Military 'Chose' to Stay in Iraq

On Thursday's Last Word, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell seemed to attack the U.S. military as he not only absurdly suggested that it was the military, rather than the President, that "chose" to ...
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