BiasAlerts

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CNN 'Developing Story': 'Is Cain the Anti-Women Candidate?'

Seeking to breathe new life into the political damage of unproven sexual harassment charges against Herman Cain, CNN's Lisa Sylvester presented viewers with a "developing story" in the 4 p.m. hour ...

CNN Guest Compares OWS to Boston Tea Party

CNN guest and "community organizer" Sally Kohn compared the Occupy Wall Street movement to the Boston Tea Party on Wednesday's American Morning. When asked about "fair criticisms" of the movement ...

CBS to Bachmann: Why Attack Newt for Cooperating With Pelosi?

On Wednesday's Early Show, CBS's Erica Hill pressed Rep. Michele Bachmann during an interview about her attack on Newt Gingrich for his notorious 2008 commercial with Nancy Pelosi on climate ...

Liberal Mayors Continue to Rail Against Occupiers; Reporters Now Highlight Crime, Squalor

Now that Democratic mayors have turned on the Occupy Wall Street crowd, several media outlets have adopted a more critical tone, highlighting crime and squalor at such protests. A front-page ...

NBC Hypes Cain's Pause on Libya as 'Disqualifying Moment,' Dismisses Obama's 'Lazy' Remark

On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry asked chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd about Herman Cain's long pause when answering a question about Libya: "How much do you think this new ...

Flashback: CNN's Lothian Also Tossed Obama a Softball at Presser Last Year

CNN's White House correspondent Dan Lothian made headlines with his ridiculous softball question to President Obama on Sunday. However, as NewsBusters has documented, Lothian has posed such a soft ...

CNN Offers Sympathetic Look at Occupy DC's 'Rules and Regulations'

On Tuesday afternoon's Newsroom, CNN ran a positive segment on Occupy D.C. at Freedom Plaza and touted the protest's "rules and regulations." In what could have passed for an advertisement for the ...

CNN Asks Protester If OWS Rivals Civil Rights Movement

CNN's Poppy Harlow asked an Occupy Wall Street protester on Tuesday if the movement was "at that scale" of the civil rights movement, and if the cause was "as important" as civil rights.

MSNBC's Chris Matthews Slimes: Problem With the GOP Is 'They Hate So Much'

MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews isn't one for subtlety. On Tuesday's show he summarized the problems with the 2012 GOP presidential field as this: "They hate....They hate so much they are not in the ...

CBS Boosts Tucson Survivor's Testimony to Promote Gun Control

CBS's Erica Hill tossed softballs at a survivor of the Tucson shooting and the executive director of a pro-gun control group on Tuesday's Early Show, just hours before they were due to speak at a ...
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