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 Uses October Snow Storm to Push Global Warming

On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams followed a story on the late October northeast snow storm by ominously proclaiming: "Everybody out east said the same thing about this freak ...

Networks Hit Cain Story 50 Times in Less Than Four Days; Ignored Clinton Scandals

Over a period of just three and a half days, NBC, CBS and ABC have developed an insatiable hunger for the Herman Cain sexual harassment story, devoting an incredible 50 stories to the allegations ...

NBC's Curry Sees Doom for GOP in 2012 in Wake of Herman Cain Controversy

At the top of Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry reported on Herman Cain's campaign blaming Rick Perry for dredging up sexual harassment allegations against the Republican front-runner and ...

CNN Scolds Cain for 'Melee' with Press, Airs Footage All Afternoon

When Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain briefly raised his voice at reporters on Wednesday and his staff moved them aside, CNN reported the incident hour after hour in the afternoon as ...

Ex Newsweek Editor: GOP Candidates Are 'Advertising Their Ignorance'

Former Newsweek editor Howard Fineman appeared on Wednesday's Hardball to mock Republican presidential candidates as simplistic. He exclaimed, "But, they're advertising their ignorance, is what ...

Jan Brewer Slams Media for Using 'Race Card' to 'Shut Down the Debate' on Illegal Immigration

While being grilled by co-host Ann Curry on Wednesday's NBC Today on Arizona's illegal immigration law causing racial discrimination, Governor Jan Brewer hit back and declared: "I believe truly ...

Networks Continue to Hype Herman Cain 'Firestorm'; 12 More Stories in 24 Hours

The network evening newscasts on Tuesday and the morning shows on Wednesday continued to hype the Herman Cain "firestorm," creating 12 more stories in less than 24 hours. Good Morning America's ...

Chris Matthews Speculates Herman Cain Sexually Harassed Women While Drunk

Appearing on Wednesday's NBC Today, MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews urged Herman Cain to admit to sexually harassing women and even predicted what the Republican front-runner might say: "I ...

Big Three Nets Omit Corzine's Party ID as Feds Investigate His Firm

On Tuesday, the morning shows of the Big Three networks omitted the party affiliation of Jon Corzine as they reported on the federal investigation into his brokerage firm, something that even the ...

NYT Editor 'Alarmed' at 'Right Wing' Pushback on Cain Story, Whines About Willie Horton Ad

Andrew Rosenthal, another Times liberal still whining about the Willie Horton ad: "...it was the Republicans who perfected the art of injecting racial fears into modern-day politics (remember ...
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