More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Friday, NBC’s Today lambasted Republicans for daring to oppose President Obama on the process of accepting Syrian refugees into the U.S. Co-host Savannah Guthrie proclaimed: “Defying the President, the House on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to impose stringent new screening rules.”
In the report that followed, correspondent Peter Alexander declared: “...on the topic of Syrian refugees, it is Republicans on the campaign trail who have really gone on the offensive with some of the toughest language yet....more fearmongering and heated rhetoric.”