Brad Wilmouth
Cross posted at the MRC's NewsBusters blog
On Friday's New Day show on CNN, nearly all panel members portrayed positively the news that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell might allow expanded background checks and more gun control to be passed in the near future in response to recent mass murders by gunmen targeting public spaces.
The liberal news network was true to form in exaggerating…
Cross posted on the MRC's NewsBusters blog
On Thursday's CNN Newsroom, as host Brooke Baldwin devoted a segment to a mentally disturbed man who assaulted a 13-year-old boy for refusing to remove his hat during the national anthem, host Baldwin and correspondent Sara Sidner suggested that President Donald Trump is to blame for inspiring the man to perpetrate the violent act.
After recalling…
On Wednesday's New Day show, CNN was still showing its transparent bias in favor of more restrictions on gun rights as gun control skeptic Congressman Brian Babin was pressed on his views while supporters of gun control were allow to give their prescriptions for more gun control with little challenge.
In the 6:00 a.m. hour of the show, co-host John Berman spoke with Congressman Babin as the…
Cross posted at the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
In the aftermath of the mass shooting at a Wal-Mart in El Paso, a number of news shows on ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, and PBS have allowed guests to misleadingly cite gun-friendly Texas's open carry and concealed carry laws to give the impression that El Paso Wal-Mart customers must have been well-armed when they were attacked, thus undermining arguments in…
Cross posted at the MRC's NewsBusters blog
On Monday's New Day, the three-hour CNN show treated viewers to a parade of one guest after another who pushed for more gun laws in reaction to the weekend's mass shootings. Even Republican-leaning guests like CNN contributor John Kasich and former Donald Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci came down on the liberal side of the issue.
No one noted that the…