On April 6, NBC announced that Meredith Vieira, a host of ABC's
The View, in
September will succeed Katie Couric as co-host of the
Today show.
In picking Vieira, NBC chose a journalist with a record of liberal views on many
contentious issues. Below is a collection of MRC reports on her issued after her
selection.
CyberAlert,
April 6:
"New Today
Co-Host an Anti-War Protester: 'War Built on Lies'"
NewsBusters blog:
"Meredith Vieira: Liberal on Sex Ed, Roe v. Wade, the Clintons"
CyberAlert ,
April 7
"Vieira Reiterates Anti-War View, Pledges to Keep It Off Air"
CyberAlert ,
April 10:
"Ex-CBS & MSNBC Exec: Vieira Faces 'Challenge' to Her Credibility"
Bozell column:
"Meredith Vieira, Anchor/Protester"
CyberAlert, April 12
"Vieira Denies Any Political Agenda, Then Shows She Has One on War"
CyberAlert, April 27:
"Vieira 'Peeved' at Bush, Holds Him Responsible for Gas Prices"
(with video)
CyberAlert, May 15:
"Vieira Buys Gas 'Crisis' Hype; Befuddled by Concept Minimum Wage Could 'Hurt'
the Poor"
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The "entire pretext for war," Vieira
declared on the June 17, 2004 The View, was "built on lies"
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On the August 30, 2004 The View, Vieira
talked about marching in an anti-war protest |