The MRC's Collection of Media Bias Caught on Tape

December -- Paula Zahn; Aaron Brown; and Bernard Goldberg
November -- Peter Jennings; Connie Chung; and the MRC's Rich Noyes
October -- Phil Donahue; Wolf Blitzer; and James Woods
September -- Brit Hume on MRC Study; Dan Rather; and Diane Sawyer
August -- Bryant Gumbel; Newt Gingrich's mother; and Gary Condit
July -- Dan Rather; Diane Sawyer; and CNN's CEO Walter Isaacson
June -- Goldberg vs. Rather; Newsweek's Evan Thomas
May -- FOX News features MRC Study; Brian Williams; and Dan Rather
April -- Bill Maher curses President Bush
March -- Ted Turner and Bryant Gumbel
February -- Ted Koppel; Tim Russert; and MRC President Brent Bozell
January -- Sawyer interviews Katherine Harris; Gumbel attacks Ashcroft

• December 20
  You're "absolutely delusional" to deny liberal bias, Bernard Goldberg told ex-ABC newsman Hal Bruno
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• December 10
  CNN's Paula Zahn and Aaron Brown borrowed FNC's slogan: "We report, you decide"
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• December 5
  The 1996 story Bernard Goldberg dared to criticize which made him persona non grata at CBS News
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• November 20
  ABC showed a Dallas man telling Peter Jennings: "Nobody likes you." 
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• November 15
  Access Hollywood showed Connie Chung serenading Dan Rather to a parody of "Love & Marriage"
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• November 9
  11/09: FNC's Fox & Friends highlighted the MRC's study on ABC's focus on civilian casualties
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• November 7
  On FNC's The O'Reilly Factor, the MRC's Rich Noyes discussed ABC's biased war coverage.
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• November 7
  On the Tonight Show Dennis Miller told reporters: "We don't want to know!"
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• November 2
  ABC's David Wright offered little skepticism of Taliban claims of major civilian damage
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• October 29
  The President of ABC News now says "I was wrong" to call the Pentagon a "legitimate" military target
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• October 24
  After video of injured Afghans, ABC's Dan Harris prompted a doctor to say he's "angry" at the U.S.
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• October 19
  Wolf Blitzer read the six questions CNN submitted to terrorist Osama bin Laden
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• October 13
  Actor James Woods told Jay Leno: "I love George Bush right now" for his response to the attacks
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• October 4
  Phil Donahue's secret plan to fight Osama bin Laden, revealed on ABC? Ban land mines.
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• September 28
  Bush: Terrorist "harbors won't be safe." Rooney: "Not too smart" since Afghanistan landlocked
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• September 25
  On September 25 FNC's Brit Hume highlighted the MRC's Media Reality Check on Peter Jennings
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• September 18
  Dan Rather: "George Bush is the President....wherever he wants me to line up, just tell me where."
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• September 4
  Diane Sawyer to Anne Marie Smith's lawyer: "A Republican vendetta of some kind? A right-wing vendetta?"
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• August 30
  Oops? An ABC Sports reporter called George W. Bush the "acting President."
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• August 27
  Even a C-SPAN host was confused: "Gary Condit is a Republican, isn't he?"
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• August 21
  With Connie Chung set to interview Condit, recall her infamous 1995 encounter with Gingrich's mom.
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• August 17 
  CNN celebrated the convergence of Elvis's death and the birthday of the "first rock star President."
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• August 15 
  ...And a few minutes later Bryant Gumbel mocked his guest, mimicking his monotone delivery.
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• August 15 
  Bryant Gumbel cut off and insulted a DA who tried to defend a death sentence by recounting the crime.
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• August 9 
  Video Classic: In '92, after Bush was asked if he'd committed adultery, Dan Rather refused to answer.
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• August 2
  Bill Maher charged that Ken Starr deserves "a little bit of guilt" if Gary Condit got rid of Chandra Levy. 
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• July 31
  ABC let an ex-Bill Clinton aide interview a current one about Clinton's life out of office. 
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• July 26
  As he sat with his fiancee, Diane Sawyer praised George Stephanopoulos for being "completely non-partisan." 
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• July 23
  Rather dismissed the Levy story as unproven, but last year he falsely blamed the GOP for an anti-Gore leak. 
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• July 18
  Everybody Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton admitted she voted for Bush and likes the tax cut. 
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• July 16
  In 1992 the CBS Evening News immediately ran a story on "Oregon Republican Bob Packwood." 
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• July 11
  In a July 4th special Diane Sawyer skipped "by their creator" in reading the Declaration of Independence. 
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• July 10
  In 1997 Walter Isaacson, CNN's new CEO, denied there's any liberal bias. 
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• July 1
  Holiday Week Video: On the June 22, 1994 Late Show, Dan Rather sang "Wreck the Old Ninety-Seven."
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• June 25 
  The Tonight Show lampooned Dick Cheney as a heartless oil driller. 
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• June 19 
  Newsweek's Evan Thomas conceded that "we launder our views through 'objective critics.'" 
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• June 12 
  Bernard Goldberg revealed that since his 1996 op-ed on liberal bias, Dan Rather has "never spoken to me." 
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• May 25
  An unbiased Dan Rather. On 5/22 The Early Show unveiled a waxed Rather for Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. 
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• May 25
  On MSNBC former CBS reporter Bernard Goldberg discussed how the anchors "don't even know what liberal bias is." 
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• May 22
  In a 1993 interview the new top editor of the New York Times complained "the Reagan years oppressed me." 
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• May 18
  Reporting on a runaway train, Dan Rather imitated its whistle: "So it was woo-woo and good-bye train." 
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• May 15
  Dan Rather on Bill Clinton: "I think he's an honest man...I think at core he's an honest person." 
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• May 11
  FNC's Brit Hume featured the MRC's study showing the networks' global warming bias. 
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• May 9
  Brian Williams bemoaned criticism of Janet Reno who said she likes to "walk in the grass in my bare feet." 
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• May 4
  NBC's Matt Lauer recounted how "I'm sexed up...the lion has sprayed me and marked his territory all over me." 
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• April 2
  ABC's Bill Maher insulted President "Drinking McDumb Ass" Bush as "a lying sack of [bleep]." 
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