MRC Gala/DisHonors Awards

Mhumphrey | March 19, 2009
Talk about goofy morning show hype. On the February 8, 2008 Good Morning America, ABC’s Sam Champion teased an upcoming segment: “Now to our series…
KristineLawrence | March 19, 2009
MSNBC co-anchor Chris Matthews won the MRC’s “Media Messiah Award” for declaring during coverage of the February 12, 2008 Democratic primaries that…
Mhumphrey | March 19, 2009
In an April 30, 2008 report for BBC World, correspondent Justin Webb ridiculously hyped the size of American cars. Standing next to an 18-wheel big…
KristineLawrence | March 19, 2009
Following Obama’s speech to the Democratic convention, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann gushed: “Not a sour note and spellbinding throughout.” His co-anchor…
Mhumphrey | March 19, 2009
In a December 20, 2007 interview with Barack Obama, ABC’s Chris Cuomo asked Obama this loaded question: “What do you think the bigger obstacle is for…
Mhumphrey | March 19, 2009
CNN founder Ted Turner won the MRC’s award for “Stupidest Analysis” for ludicrously declaring on PBS’s Charlie Rose, April 1, 2008, that not fighting…
KristineLawrence | March 19, 2009
To CNN’s David Gergen, Obama’s August 28, 2008 speech to the Democratic convention was “less a speech than a symphony....a masterpiece.” A nominee…
Mhumphrey | March 19, 2009
On CNN’s Larry King Live back on September 9, 2008, ABC’s The View co-host Joy Behar attacked Palin as ‘very mean to animals....Why does she have it…
KristineLawrence | March 19, 2009
ABC’s Bill Weir won the MRC’s “Obamagasm Award” for his over-the-top fawning on World News on Inauguration Day. “Can national pride make a freezing…
Mhumphrey | March 19, 2009
HBO’s Bill Maher won MRC’s “Half-Baked Alaska Award for Pummeling Palin” for pushing a crazy conspiracy on his Sept. 5, 2008 Real Time. “I’m not that…
Mhumphrey | March 19, 2009
After Palin joined the Republican ticket, Newsweek’s Howard Fineman scoffed that she took the experience issue off the table for the GOP. “Sarah…
KristineLawrence | March 19, 2009
ABC’s David Wright rolled two Democratic mythologies into one story, declaring on the January 28, 2008 World News that the Kennedys’ endorsement of…