Category: Media
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MSNBC Delights in Ad Denigrating Cheney: 'Brutal, But He Deserves It,' 'Rather Undeniable'
Late Wednesday afternoon, MSNBC's David Shuster and Chris Matthews made clear their agreement with the message of a new ad from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) which ridicules former Vice President Dick Cheney's past judgments and thus proclaims him “WRONG” on the value of enhanced interrogation techniques, with Shuster declaring “he deserves” the “brutal ad” which makes, Matthews decided, an “obvious” and “undeniable” point.
Source: http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090902091448.aspx
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Only ABC Highlights the Scope of How Fast Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling
Of the three morning shows, only ABC’s Good Morning America on Wednesday highlighted just how quickly and severely Barack Obama’s approval ratings have fallen.
Source: http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090902042808.aspx
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ABC Uses California Fires to Tout Homeowner Who 'Would Gladly Pay More Taxes'
ABC's World News, which has twice in the past few months rued how it's too hard to raise taxes in California, on Tuesday night used one homeowner's appreciation, for the firefighters battling the wild fires threatening his house near Los Angeles, to tout how “he would gladly pay more taxes.”
Source: http://www.mrc.org/public/default.aspx
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Gay Video Parody of Miley Cyrus: Disney Shrugs, MSNBC Applauds
Cyrus, Disney OK with Fire Island film; MSNBC says it shows 'growth' and smart business.
Source: http://www.mrc.org/public/default.aspx
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NBC Frets Over Filling Kennedy's 'Void,' Skips How He and Democrats Created It
With “Filling the VOID” as the on-screen heading, Monday's NBC Nightly News, without any consideration for how Massachusetts Democrats blocked the Governor's interim appointment power, fretted over the loss to Democrats of Ted Kennedy's Senate seat as a health care vote approaches.
Source: http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090901122315.aspx
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Kennedy: A Case Study in Liberal Myth-Making
Covering Senator's Death, Reporters Chose to Celebrate Big Government Activism Rather than Debate It
Source: http://www.mediaresearch.org/realitycheck/realitycheck/2009/...
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Sheehan More Consistent Than Media: She Protests Bush and Obama, Media Only Bush
On a Sunday evening in August four summers ago the NBC Nightly News devoted its “In Depth” segment to how Cindy Sheehan was “single-handedly bringing the Iraq debate to Mr. Bush’s doorstep” with her protest in Crawford, Texas.
Source: http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090831111745.aspx
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Video: Watch Ad Banned by ABC and NBC
Leading the Fight to Stop Obama Care
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEHl_RhpMh8
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ABC, NBC Won't Air Ad Critical of Obama's Health Care Plan
The refusal by ABC and NBC to run a national ad critical of President Obama's health care reform plan is raising questions from the group behind the spot -- particularly in light of ABC's health care special aired in prime time last June hosted at the White House
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/27/abc-nbc-refuse-ai...
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ABC and NBC Resist Vindicating Cheney, But Hayes Finds Proof EIT's 'Effective'
ABC's Brian Ross and NBC's Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday night each listed some al Qaeda plots uncovered via CIA interrogations, but both balked when it came to vindicating former Vice President Dick Cheney on whether “enhanced interrogation techniques” (EITs) led to information which prevented attacks.
Source: http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20090825091144.aspx