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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
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December
20
You're "absolutely delusional" to deny liberal bias,
Bernard Goldberg told ex-ABC newsman Hal Bruno
See
Story | See
Video
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December
10
CNN's Paula Zahn and Aaron Brown borrowed FNC's slogan: "We
report, you decide"
See Story |
See Video
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December
5
The 1996 story Bernard Goldberg dared to criticize which made him
persona non grata at CBS News
See Story | See
Video
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November 20
ABC showed a Dallas man telling Peter Jennings: "Nobody likes
you."
See Story | See
Video
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November 15
Access Hollywood showed Connie Chung serenading Dan Rather to a
parody of "Love & Marriage"
See Story |
See Video
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November 9
11/09: FNC's Fox & Friends highlighted the MRC's study on
ABC's focus on civilian casualties
See Story |
See Video
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November 7
On FNC's The O'Reilly Factor, the MRC's Rich Noyes discussed
ABC's biased war coverage.
See Story | See
Video
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November 7
On the Tonight Show Dennis Miller told reporters: "We
don't want to know!"
See Story | See
Video
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November 2
ABC's David Wright offered little skepticism of Taliban claims of
major civilian damage
See Story |
See
Video
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October 29
The President of ABC News now says "I was wrong" to call
the Pentagon a "legitimate" military target
See Story |
See Video
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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.
See Story | See
Video
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October 19
Wolf Blitzer read the six questions CNN submitted to terrorist Osama
bin Laden
See Story | See
Video
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October 13
Actor James Woods told Jay Leno: "I love George Bush right
now" for his response to the attacks
See Story | See
Video
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October 4
Phil Donahue's secret plan to fight Osama bin Laden, revealed on
ABC? Ban land mines.
See Story | See
Video
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September 28
Bush: Terrorist "harbors won't be safe." Rooney: "Not
too smart" since Afghanistan landlocked
See Story |
See Video
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September 25
On September 25 FNC's Brit Hume highlighted the MRC's Media Reality
Check on Peter Jennings
See Story | See
Video
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September 18
Dan Rather: "George Bush is the President....wherever he wants
me to line up, just tell me where."
See Story | See
Video
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September 4
Diane Sawyer to Anne Marie Smith's lawyer: "A Republican
vendetta of some kind? A right-wing vendetta?"
See Story | See
Video
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August 30
Oops? An ABC Sports reporter called George W. Bush the "acting
President."
See Story | See
Video
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August
27
Even a C-SPAN host was confused: "Gary Condit is a Republican,
isn't he?"
See Story | See
Video
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August
21
With Connie Chung set to interview Condit, recall her infamous 1995
encounter with Gingrich's mom.
See Story | See
Video
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August
17
CNN celebrated the convergence of Elvis's death and the birthday of
the "first rock star President."
See Story | See
Video
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August
15
...And a few minutes later Bryant Gumbel mocked his guest, mimicking
his monotone delivery.
See Story | See
Video
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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.
See Story | See
Video
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August
9
Video Classic: In '92, after Bush was asked if he'd committed
adultery, Dan Rather refused to answer.
See Story | See
Video
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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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Story | See
Video
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July 31
ABC let an ex-Bill Clinton aide interview a current one about
Clinton's life out of office.
See Story | See
Video
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July 26
As he sat with his fiancee, Diane Sawyer praised George
Stephanopoulos for being "completely non-partisan."
See Story | See
Video
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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.
See Story | See
Video
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July 18
Everybody Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton admitted she
voted for Bush and likes the tax cut.
See Story | See
Video
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July 16
In 1992 the CBS Evening News immediately ran a story on
"Oregon Republican Bob Packwood."
See Story | See
Video
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July 11
In a July 4th special Diane Sawyer skipped "by their
creator" in reading the Declaration of Independence.
See Story | See
Video
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July 10
In 1997 Walter Isaacson, CNN's new CEO, denied there's any liberal
bias.
See Story | See
Video
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July 1
Holiday Week Video: On the June 22, 1994 Late Show, Dan Rather sang
"Wreck the Old Ninety-Seven."
See Video
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June 25
The Tonight Show lampooned Dick Cheney as a heartless oil
driller.
See Story |
See Video
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June 19
Newsweek's Evan Thomas conceded that "we launder our
views through 'objective critics.'"
See Story | See
Video
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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."
See Story | See
Video
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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.
See Story |
See Video
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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."
See Story | See
Video
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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."
See Story | See
Video
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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."
See Story | See
Video
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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."
See Story | See
Video
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May 11
FNC's Brit Hume featured the MRC's study showing the networks'
global warming bias.
See Story | See
Video
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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."
See Story | See
Video
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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."
See Story | See
Video
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March 23
Bryant Gumbel: Bush has talked down the economy, so "do the
markets now miss Bill Clinton and Bob Rubin."
See Story | See
Video
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March 19
03/19: FNC showed Ted Turner claiming "we did not win the
Cold War" and "the wrong man is President."
See Story | See
Video
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February 26
ABC's This Week showed Hugh Rodham arrogantly refusing to
explain himself: "Everything that was done was
done."
See Story | See
Video
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February 12
The homeless return. Just three weeks after Clinton left office ABC
News re-discovered homelessness.
See Story | See
Video
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February 6
On Monday's Tonight Show Ted Koppel sang about emptying
the litter box: "Scoopin' poop as fast as I can."
See
Video
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February 5
"Wow." Terry McAuliffe gulped when Tim Russert challenged
him to put up $1 million if Hillary runs in 2004.
See Story | See
Video
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February 2
On Jan. 30 the MRC's Brent Bozell appeared on FNC to discuss how the
media are treating President Bush.
See Story | See
Video
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January 17
Gumbel: "Can you deny" Ashcroft "engaged in what some
would kindly call character assassination?"
See Story | See
Video
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January 12
Diane Sawyer called Katherine Harris "extremely rigid" and
pushed her to concede Gore really won.
See Story | See
Video
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January 11
01/11: CBS promoted the opposition to Ashcroft by a far left Senator
who accused him of "a political lynching."
See Story | See
Video
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Bias Videos Archive
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