More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. All three network morning shows on Monday continued to hype the Friday indictment of Texas Governor Rick Perry but none of the broadcasts mentioned prominent liberals like Obama adviser David Axelrod or Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz coming to Perry's defense and dismissing the charges as politically motivated.On NBC's Today,…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. In an interview with the director of a Boston drug rehabilitation center on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer worried about the impact media coverage of legalized marijuana was having on America's youth: "You know, if you're a teenager, a young adult, and you're watching the news and you're hearing more and more stories about the…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.On Thursday, the hosts of CBS This Morning interrogated former NBC and CNN journalist Campbell Brown and prominent liberal attorney David Boies over their effort to reform the public education system by eliminating a union sacred cow, teacher tenure. Co-host Norah O'Donnell began the segment by proclaiming: "This could be a watershed moment for…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.As NewsBusters reported on Tuesday, CNBC's chief Washington correspondent John Harwood observed on Squawk Box that the world "blowing up" on President Obama's watch would be a "big problem" for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016. Appearing on the show again on Wednesday, Harwood divulged that the Clinton team contacted him about…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.On Wednesday's CBS This Morning, fill-in co-host Jane Pauley offered a news brief on NSA leaker Edward Snowden adorning the cover of Wired
magazine draped in an American flag, prompting a gasp of disgust from
fellow co-host Norah O'Donnell, who wondered: "Are there going to be
tomatoes thrown at newsstands?"
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. On Wednesday, NBC's Today devoted a nearly four-minute segment to promoting a fawning interview that Wired magazine conducted with NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Despite introducing the story by labeling Snowden as "the man U.S. officials have called a traitor and a coward," co-host Willie Geist went on to proclaim: "Out from the shadows...in…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. Appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning, the business network's chief Washington correspondent John Harwood acknowledged that President Obama's failed foreign policy would be an obstacle to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential ambitions: "...her independent credential running for president is that she was President Obama's secretary of…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.On Today, White House correspondent Chris Jansing noted that "the President arrived here to Martha's Vineyard to a barrage of Republican criticism." She explained: "They want the U.S. to be more aggressive in Iraq. And in fact, they suggest that if that doesn't happen, President Obama is risking another 9/11."Jansing quickly parroted…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. Of the three network morning shows on Friday, only NBC's Today made any mention of President Obama being criticized over his slow response to the terrorist group ISIS taking over Iraq. Co-host Savannah Guthrie raised the issue to chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd: "Listen to the President last night, his reluctance to get into Iraq is…
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. On Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie noted a restaurant in Minnesota that found "a unique way to offset the added expense" of the state hiking its minimum wage: "The Oasis Café is now including a 'minimum wage fee' on bills. You see it right there on the bill. Totals 35 cents....the cafe's owners say this wage hike is going to…
