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CNN Covers Sex Abuse Case Against Obama 'Friend,' As Big Three Censor Story
ByMatthew BalanCNN stood out on Sunday and Monday for actually covering the sex abuse charges against Terry Bean, a "major fundraiser for President Obama," as correspondent Erin McPike labeled him....
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Rudy Rebukes Dyson's 'White Supremacy' Jab: 'I Said the Same Thing' Obama Said
ByMatthew BalanRudy Giuliani fired back at Michael Eric Dyson on CNN's New Day on Tuesday for the MSNBC analyst's "white supremacy" attack on the former New York City mayor.— Matthew Balan is a News...
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CNN Wonders If Ferguson Prosecutor Should 'Overrule the Grand Jury'
ByMatthew BalanTwo CNN anchors channeled the supporters of Michael Brown's family on Tuesday's Early Start, as they played up how St. Louis County, Missouri Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch...
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CNN: 'Slow News Cycle' Led to Media Hype About 'Cyber-Bullying' GOP Staffer
ByMatthew BalanOn Monday's At This Hour, CNN's Brian Stelter brushed aside a regular conservative critique about the media – that the press has a double standard about covering controversial remarks...
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CNN's Lemon Wonders If 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' is A 'False Narrative'
ByMatthew BalanOn Monday's CNN Tonight, Don Lemon refreshingly pointed out a problematic component of the Ferguson protests. During a discussion on the controversy surrounding the several St. Louis...
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ABC, NBC Hype 'Explosive''Torture' Report; Omit Its Partisan Origin
ByMatthew BalanOn Monday, ABC and NBC's morning newscasts both touted the upcoming congressional report on the CIA's post-9/11 interrogation techniques as "explosive" and "damning." However, neither...
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Don Lemon Spars With Tavis Smiley Over Obama's Handling of Race
ByMatthew BalanDon Lemon rushed to President Obama's defense on Monday's CNN Tonight, after guest Tavis Smiley attacked the Democrat from the left over supposedly not doing enough to help blacks....
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CNN's Cooper Hounds NYC Police Union Head About 'Inherent Bias' on Race
ByMatthew BalanCNN's Anderson Cooper forwarded common liberal talking points on race on the Monday and Tuesday editions of his program.— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center....
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NBC and ABC Tout Democrats''Anger' at Budget Bill; Omit GOP Complaints
ByMatthew BalanThe Wednesday editions of NBC Nightly News and ABC's World News Tonight both spotlighted many Democratic lawmakers' objections to portions of a proposed budget compromise in Congress.—...
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Carol Costello: Campus Rape Issue Takes 'Ugly Turn' With Lena Dunham Critics
ByMatthew BalanCarol Costello, who got a kick out of the assault on Bristol Palin, lamented on Thursday's CNN Newsroom that "the national conversation surrounding sexual assault on campus has taken...
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ABC, NBC Yawn at Crackdown on Hong Kong Democracy Protests; CBS Offers 20...
ByMatthew BalanCBS This Morning was the sole Big Three morning newscast on Thursday to report that the police in Hong Kong cleared out the main camp of pro-democracy protestors in the former British...
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CBS, NBC Tout Hill Staffers''Powerful' Protest; Omit 'False Narrative' of...
ByMatthew BalanFriday's CBS This Morning and NBC's Today both spotlighted the walk-out protest on Thursday of a group of congressional staffers, who gave the "hands up, don't shoot" gesture of the...
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Ferguson Protesters Dominate CBS's 'Young Adults' Panel on Race
ByMatthew BalanCBS Evening News's liberal bias was blatant on Friday, as their "young adults" panel discussing the issue of "the excessive use of force by police – especially against minorities" was...
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UVA Student on CNN: Rolling Stone Writer Had An 'Agenda'
ByMatthew BalanOn CNN's Reliable Sources on Sunday, University of Virginia student Alex Pinkleton revealed how Rolling Stone's Sabrina Rubin Erdely, who wrote the disputed Rolling Stone story on...
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Ed Schultz: Cuba Move is Obama's 'Tear Down This Wall, Mr. Castro' Moment
ByMatthew BalanEd Schultz one-upped colleague Chuck Todd on his MSNBC program on Wednesday.— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.read more
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Gergen: Obama's 'Most Significant' Foreign Policy Achievement is Climate Change
ByMatthew BalanOn Wednesday, David Gergen ranked a supposed foreign policy accomplishment of President Obama higher than the killing of Osama bin Laden during CNN's special coverage of the Democrat's...
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Financial Times Rips 'Stupid' French Magazine for 'Baiting' Muslims
ByMatthew BalanTony Barber, associate editor for the Financial Times, slammed the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo mere hours after Islamic terrorists killed 12 people at its main office in...
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MSNBC Guest Equates Jerry Falwell Suing Hustler to Paris Attack
ByMatthew BalanOn Wednesday's Now With Alex Wagner on MSNBC, Eric Bates raised the specter of censorship by Christian conservatives during a panel discussion on the past Muslim backlash against...
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CNN's Cuomo Stumbles, Labels French Islamist 'African-American'
ByMatthew BalanCNN's Chris Cuomo made a "colorful" gaffe on Friday's @ This Hour, as he reported live from Paris, France. Minutes after police stormed both sites where Islamists had barricaded...
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NBC Boosts Obama's 'Ambitious' College Plan; Touts His 'Generosity'
ByMatthew BalanFriday's NBC Nightly News enthusiastically promoted President Obama's proposal to provide "free" community college education, to the tune of $60 billion over ten years.— Matthew Balan...
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Muslim Journalist Blames Fox News for 'Unfair Burden on Islam' to Denounce...
ByMatthew BalanAhmed Shihab-Eldin attacked Fox News and others on Monday's @This Hour on CNN for placing "an unfair burden on Islam," particularly in the wake of Islamist terrorist attacks.— Matthew...
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CNN Religion Editor: France's Treatment of Muslims Akin to Ferguson
ByMatthew BalanCurtis Kalin of CNSNews.com (a division of the Media Research Center) spotlighted how CNN religion editor Daniel Burke likened French society's treatment of Muslims to the situation in...
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CNN Barely Covers Release of Gitmo Detainees; Airs 19-Second Brief
ByMatthew BalanAs of 6 pm Eastern on Thursday, CNN has devoted just 19 seconds of air time to the release of five prisoners from Guantanamo Bay detention facilities – a news brief during the New Day...
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Ashley Judd Goes 'Cuckoo' for Hillary: 'Most Overqualified Candidate We've...
ByMatthew BalanLeft-wing actress Ashley Judd likened Hillary Clinton to two Founding Fathers during a Friday interview with Larry King for online channel Ora. Judd gushed, "Obviously, I love Hillary...
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Networks Yawn at Possible Terrorist Attack on Americans in Saudi Arabia
ByMatthew BalanNone of the Big Three networks' evening newscasts on Friday covered the shooting of an American citizen in eastern Saudi Arabia earlier in the day. A Friday item by Reuters reported...
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