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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At Correspondents' Dinner, Biden Quips They're Obama's 'Base'

Recycling a theme which President Barack Obama used last year at media dinners, that shows self-awareness of how journalists are allies, headlining Wednesday night's Radio and Television ...

Competitors See FNC's Baier as 'Contentious' with Obama While ABC Devotes Full Story to Obama's NCAA Picks

CBS and NBC, which have delivered very friendly interviews with President Barack Obama (link below the jump to examples), on Wednesday night characterized Bret Baier's sit-down with Obama for the ...

Double Standard: Networks Hyped GOP E-mailer Mark Foley, Minimized Democratic Groper Eric Massa

With a disparity of five-to-one, the same network morning and evening news programs that displayed an eager interest in Mark Foley's E-mail scandal minimized the groping and tickling of Democrat ...

CBS Charged Anti-ObamaCare Protesters Acted in 'Ugly' Manner, But Politico Found Them 'Polite' and 'Boring'

CBS's Chip Reid tried to discredit anti-ObamaCare protesters, claiming the Tea Party activists "tried to lobby undecided Democrats. At times, it got ugly." But Politico relayed "staff members for ...

Kelly O'Donnell Advances NBC News Company Line On Obamacare Poll

NBC's Kelly O'Donnell, on Wednesday's Today, advanced the NBC company line on the results of a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll on Obamacare as she reported "Americans are evenly divided." ...

NBC Poll Finds ObamaCare Seen as 'Bad Idea' by 12 Point Margin, Squelched by Nightly News

By a 12 point margin, those asked, in a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey, called "Barack Obama's health care plan" a "bad idea" (48 percent) over a "good idea" (36 percent.) Yet, NBC ...

In 'Angry' and 'Nasty' Atmosphere, CBS's Reid Contends Anti-ObamaCare Protesters 'Got Ugly'

Based on some mild and indiscernible shouts by people in a hallway outside the office of a House member, CBS's Chip Reid on Tuesday night tried to discredit anti-ObamaCare protesters, claiming "at ...

Jack Cafferty: Pelosi 'Beyond Sleazy' For Endorsing Slaughter Solution

On Tuesday's Situation Room, CNN's Jack Cafferty returned to targeting Nancy Pelosi, this time for endorsing the controversial "Slaughter Solution" to passing ObamaCare through the House of ...

Matthews: Unlike MSNBC and CNN 'There's Absolutely No Debate' on Fox News

Last night it was the Republican Party that was caught in the crosshairs of Chris Matthews, which he accused of being too "narrow." Well on Tuesday's Hardball, the MSNBC host turned his sights on ...

David Barstow's NYT Hit Piece on Tea Party Wins Left-Wing Journalism Award

New York Times investigative reporter David Barstow's paranoid February 16 front-page piece on an Idaho chapter of the Tea Party movement won a left-wing foundation's monthly journalism award.
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