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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60 Minutes Does Fawning Profile of Ground Zero Mosque Backers, Bashes Opponents

In a Sunday 60 Minutes story that gave a glowing portrayal of the real estate developer and imam behind the Ground Zero mosque, CBS anchor Scott Pelley also used the opportunity to smear opponents ...

Jake Tapper Hits Dems for Playing the 'Fear Card,' CBS, NBC Silent on Alan Grayson's Military Smear

Only Good Morning America's Jake Tapper on Monday highlighted an attack from the liberal Alan Grayson that his Republican opponent "doesn't love this country." CBS's Early Show and NBC's Today ...

Amanpour Rues Lack of Appreciation for Obama's 'Amazing' Achievements, Then Slams 'Bizarre' & 'Fringe Quality' of GOP Candidates

Interviewing David Axelrod on Sunday's This Week, Christiane Amanpour asked him to explain why "people don't appreciate some of the amazing legislative agenda" that Barack Obama has ...

NBC Finds Most Americans Oppose Repeal of ObamaCare, But CBS Reports 'Just 30%' Favor ObamaCare

Sunday's Today show on NBC and Sunday Morning on CBS presented seemingly contradictory polling results on how much ObamaCare is supported by the American public, although both seemed to be citing ...

In CBS Commentary, Sci-Fi's McGibney Attacks Ben Stein as 'Greedy,' 'Doesn't Care About' Poor

On CBS's Sunday Morning show, a week after conservative actor and economist Ben Stein's commentary in which he criticized the drive to increase taxes on the already overtaxed wealthy, a liberal ...

The New York Times' Conveniently Timed Front-Page Fretting About GOP Fundraising Groups

Friday's front-page expose was only the latest in a series of front-page stories hammering Republican fundraising groups - and seemingly only Republican fundraising groups - as a promising ...

ABC and CBS Butt Heads Over GOP 'Pledge to America'

Covering the GOP's "Pledge to America" Thursday night, CBS's Nancy Cordes cast it as pro-Tea Party, "littered with references to the Constitution and promises to reduce the federal debt." But ...

Joe Scarborough Hints He Would Like to See Bill Clinton Run Again for President ' If Only It Were Constitutional

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ' who when a Republican congressman voted to impeach Bill Clinton ' seems to believe that a former President should be able to legally run for office again after taking "a ...

ABC Runs White House Produced Pro-ObamaCare Video as "News"

On Thursday's World News, ABC ran as a "news" item an excerpt from a White House-produced video of President Obama taking a phone call from a cancer patient who, Sawyer informed viewers "is now ...

ABC's Bianna Golodryga Goes Undercover to 'Expose' Secret Muslim Bias in America

ABC on Friday did its best to find secret discrimination against Muslims, sending Good Morning America's Bianna Golodryga undercover in a hijab (Islamic head covering). Yet, despite the misleading ...
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