Alexandria, VA - NBC has chosen Meredith
Vieira to replace the departing Katie Couric on the Today show.
Vieira has a long record of liberally biased reporting, having
touted her participation in anti-Iraq-war marches, accusing
conservative critics of wrapping “themselves in the flag” and being
“like McCarthy,” and boasting of her anti-capital punishment
beliefs. Media Research Center President Brent Bozell issued the
following statement concerning the hiring of Vieira:
“NBC promises to poison Americans’ mornings
with liberal bias by hiring Meredith Vieira,” said Bozell. “She
is not bashful about her disgust of the Bush administration and her
anti-war stance. She even declared in 2004 that ‘everything’s been
built on lies. Everything! I mean the entire pre-text for war.’ How
can NBC consider her a credible journalist when she spouts anti-war
propaganda?”
“Ms. Vieira is a megaphone for the liberal
cause and will continue the drumbeat of unbalanced reporting in the
mornings over at NBC. At a time when trust in the news media is at
an all-time low, NBC continues to turn a deaf ear to their own
prejudices,” Bozell concluded.
For more information on Meredith Vieira, visit
www.MRC.org.
