More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Tuesday, all three network morning shows expressed shock and dismay at allegations that Facebook censored conservative political news from its supposed trending news feed. At the top of NBC’s Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie declared: “Censored by Facebook? The popular social network being accused of routinely suppressing conservative…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
At the top of NBC’s Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie proclaimed that Hillary Clinton was “not taking the bait” after Donald Trump “once again brings up her husband's past infidelities.”
In the report that followed minutes later, rather than examine the presumptive Republican nominee’s claims that the former First Lady was an “enabler” to…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Monday’s NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander framed Donald Trump’s adoption of various liberal policy positions as evidence of his “flexibility” as a candidate: “Trump showing plenty of flexibility on the issues, now open to a minimum wage increase after opposing it during the primaries. Shifting positions on taxes, too. His plan…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
Throughout the friendly White House press conference on Friday, President Obama told reporters how he wanted them to cover the 2016 campaign. Specifically, he instructed them on how he wanted them to attack Republicans in their coverage: "And what that means is that every candidate, every nominee needs to be subject to exacting standards and…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
During a White House press conference in the 12 p.m. ET hour on Friday, President Obama was treated to a series of softball questions from reporters, who repeatedly teed him up to bash Republicans and promote his liberal agenda.
Reuters correspondent Jeff Mason got the first question: “Mr. President, what's your reaction to Donald Trump…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
After largely ignoring Donald Trump’s liberal past throughout the presidential campaign, on Friday, with Trump poised to become the Republican Party’s 2016 nominee, NBC’s Today finally noticed “the once friendly relationship between the Trumps and the Clintons.”
Co-host Savannah Guthrie teased the segment: “Plus, the Clintons and the Trumps…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Thursday, all three network morning shows dutifully promoted the Obama Justice Department threatening to sue North Carolina over its transgender bathroom law and accusing the state of violating the Civil Rights Act.
On NBC’s Today, fill-in co-host Natalie Morales breathlessly proclaimed: “New fallout this morning over North Carolina’s…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
At the top of Thursday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer proclaimed: “Game on. Clinton and Trump gear up for their likely general election showdown....They’re two of the most unpopular candidates in recent history.” He then promised an examination of the flaws of both candidates: “This morning, the major obstacles facing both campaigns.”…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
Veteran Washington Post reporter and editor Bob Woodward promised that the paper would scrutinize both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton equally in the general election: "You know what's going to determinate the results? How much we find out about them. There is so much more to learn....That we don't know. So we have – I mean, our – the owner…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
Appearing on Wednesday’s CBS This Morning, Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward declared that the defeat of Ted Cruz in the Republican primary revealed that “Conservatism in America, in the Republican Party, is in a crisis. It just does not sell.” He argued that Cruz lost because “his ideas have not taken hold and they were totally…
