BiasAlerts

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ABC's Klein Adopts Euphemism 'Investments' to Refer to Obama Spending Proposals

On the January 23 World News Sunday, ABC News Senior Washington Editor Rick Klein used President Obama's euphemism for spending as "investments" as he and anchor Dan Harris discussed how ...

Bloomberg's Carlson Accuses Lieberman of 'Violating Every Democratic Principle,' He 'Broke Iraq, Let Him Go Fix It'

On Friday's Political Capital, during a discussion of Democratic-turned independent Senator Joe Lieberman's retirement, Bloomberg's Margaret Carlson took a shot at him as she charged that he ...

Schieffer Dismisses ObamaCare Repeal as 'Waste of Time,' Amanpour Baffled by Tea Party: 'What on Earth Do They Mean By That?'

Two signs Sunday morning of how the Washington press corps are dismissive and befuddled by the Tea Party. On This Week, they flummoxed Christiane Amanpour: "What on earth do they mean by that?" On ...

Olbermann Signs Off from MSNBC's Countdown for Last Time

On Friday's Countdown show on MSNBC, host Keith Olbermann announced that tonight's episode would be his last, and spent a few minutes near the end of the show saying goodbye. He mentioned a number ...

Parker Defends Rep. Cohen: He Wasn't 'Necessarily' Comparing GOP to Nazis

On Thursday's Parker-Spitzer, CNN's Kathleen Parker acted as an apologist for Rep. Steve Cohen's uncivil comparison between Republicans and Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels: "He was talking about ...

MSNBC: Rep. Cohen Compares Mike Pence to Goebbels, No Challenge From Ed Schultz

On MSNBC's Ed Show on Thursday, despite initially regretting his comparison of Republicans to Nazis, Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen later doubled down: "[Indiana Congressman] Mike Pence talked ...

Christiane Amanpour Spins JFK Assassination as 'Relevant' to 'Political Atmosphere' of Today

According to ABC's Christiane Amanpour, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is "eerily relevant" to the attempted killing of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords less than two weeks ago. ...

Couric Frets 'Damage' and 'Threat' to ObamaCare, Relies on Ex-Clinton Acolyte Cloaked as Health Expert

In the guise of a status report on ObamaCare, Katie Couric derided GOP efforts to repeal it. She pleaded to give it a chance as she rationalized "the law is vulnerable because of the complex way ...

Lawrence O'Donnell Blasts Boehner, Limbaugh But Gives Pass to Nazi-invoking Democrat

NBC's failure to cover the Democratic congressman who compared Republicans to Nazis on the House floor trickled down to MSNBC Wednesday, as anchor Lawrence O'Donnell neglected the story in favor ...

MSNBC's Tamron Hall: Part of Business Community Has 'In Some Ways Demonized' Obama Administration

Tamron Hall was joined by her MSNBC colleague Dylan Ratigan on the January 19 edition of News Nation in condemning some members of corporate America for the way they have "demonized" the Obama ...
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