BiasAlerts

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CBS Reporter Recites Media Bias Critique on Cain Coverage

On Monday's Early Show, CBS's Jan Crawford spotlighted conservative criticism of the broad media coverage of the Herman Cain sexual harassment charges. Crawford stated that Cain's "testy exchange" ...

NYT: OWS Troublemakers Merely Fringe, But Tea Party 'Responsible for the Behavior of People'

The New York Times today: "Many protesters say the lawless visitors constitute a tiny fringe and are not representative of the movement....the criminal and antisocial elements are a small ...

Defensive Networks Devote 84 Stories to Herman Cain Scandal, Hit Him for 'Lashing Out'

From Friday night through Sunday morning, the big three networks devoted an additional 21 reports to the Herman Cain sexual harassment story, bringing the networks' grand total to 84 in one week.

Gingrich Schools NBC's Curry on Liberal Media Obsession with Cain Controversy

Appearing on Monday's NBC Today, Newt Gingrich took co-host Ann Curry to task for grilling him on allegations against Herman Cain: "...when the news media goes and finds an anonymous report about ...

ABC Highlights Pakistani Complaints Against U.S. Drone Attacks on Terrorists

On Sunday's World News on ABC, correspondent Nick Schifrin filed a report recounting complaints by Pakistanis that CIA drone attacks that have successfully killed high-profile terrorist figures ...

Amanpour, Agreeable with Pelosi, Pushes Boehner Repeatedly from Left to Raise Taxes

ABC's Christiane Amanpour, on Sunday's This Week, hit House Speaker John Boehner repeatedly from the left to raise taxes, a hostile, political agenda-driven approach she failed to apply a month ...

ABC Skips Corzine Resignation, CBS and NBC Avoid Democratic Label

ABC's World News this week failed to mention that former New Jersey Democratic Senator Jon Corzine is mired in a scandal involving $600 million in missing funds from the financial firm MF Global. ...

Media Onslaught Continues: 63 Stories on Herman Cain in Just Over Four Days

The unrelenting network coverage of the Herman Cain sexual harassment story continued on Thursday and Friday with an additional 13 stories. That brings the total number of reports to a staggering ...

NBC's Lauer Spends Half of Interview Pestering Michele Bachmann About Herman Cain

In an interview with Michele Bachmann on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer's first four questions pushed Bachmann to comment on the Herman Cain controversy: "As the only woman in this race, I ...

ABC Skips Subpoena of Obama E-mails on Solyndra Funding

Thursday's World News on ABC skipped the congressional decision to subpoena White House emails related to the Solyndra solar energy company that went into bankruptcy after receiving tax dollars. ...
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