STUDY: PolitiFact's 8 Times as Likely to Defend Biden Than Check Him

May 4th, 2021 8:10 AM

Our new study finds that four years ago, PolitiFact offered 52 fact checks with a “Truth-O-Meter” ruling of Donald Trump in his first 100 days, while in the same period this year, PolitiFact offered just 13 fact checks of President Biden. On its website, PolitiFact splits its Biden verdicts into “Facts Checks Of Biden” and “Fact Checks About Biden.” Our review of the first 100 days shows 13…

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FLASHBACK: How the Media Hated Trump’s Addresses to Congress

April 28th, 2021 8:50 AM

The following is a look back (via the MRC’s archives) at how the media trashed Trump’s State of the Union speeches as “psychotically incoherent” tirades “full of lies” and even “dog poop.”

New MRC Poll: 3X More Voters See News Media As Easier on Joe Biden

April 26th, 2021 8:55 AM

As Joe Biden nears his 100th day in office, a new poll conducted for the Media Research Center by McLaughlin & Associates finds a plurality of voters say the news media have given the President an easier ride than his predecessors. The public’s perception of a pro-Biden bias is confirmed by a recent MRC study which found broadcast evening news coverage of the new President has been more…

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Condemning ‘Racist’ GOP for Bringing Back ‘Jim Crow’

April 20th, 2021 8:50 AM

For well over a month the media joined their allies in the Democratic Party in browbeating corporate America and the public into believing that an “immoral” and “racist” Republican Party has been waging a “holy war” to bring back “Jim Crow” laws to “torture” black Americans. The following is a compilation of the ugliest depictions of the Georgia law since its passage from lefty hosts,…

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CBS Attacks Trial Judge for Rebuking Maxine Waters’ Call to Violence

April 19th, 2021 8:49 PM

In strong comments during the closing arguments in the Derrek Chauvin trial on Monday, Judge Peter Cahill rebuked radical Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA) for calling on Black Lives Matter to be more violent if the jury returned a not guilty verdict. And like clockwork, the CBS Evening News framed Judge Cahill as the problem, even the aggressor by claiming he was “lashing…

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STUDY: Once Top Trump-Bashers, TV News Now Loves Joe Biden

April 19th, 2021 7:55 AM

For four years, the liberal media led the Left’s fierce resistance to the Trump administration, slamming the President night after night after night. Now, a new study by the Media Research Center finds the broadcast evening newscasts have executed a full flip-flop, as they aid and abet liberal President Joe Biden’s administration with mostly positive coverage.

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FLASHBACK: Republicans Are Racist for Requiring Voter ID

April 14th, 2021 9:00 AM

The following are just a few of the ugliest examples (as culled from the MRC archives) of lefty hosts and reporters labelling Republican-backed voter ID laws as racist.

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Celebs Rant Against ‘Lying, Cheating,’ Vote-Suppressing GOP ‘Bullies’

April 5th, 2021 9:35 AM

The hate the Hollywood Left has for the GOP was palpable this past month as they attacked conservatives for being a bunch of “lying, cheating” bullies who can only win elections by cheating.

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Smearing Conservatives: Shootings ‘Acceptable,’ Want Jim Crow Back

April 2nd, 2021 9:30 AM

Journalists devoted much of March attacking Republicans and conservatives as racist gun nuts who want to bring back Jim Crow laws. The following are some of the worst outbursts from liberal journalists from the last month.

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BOWLED OVER: Nets Push Anti-Gun Side Over Pro-Gun 14 to 1 in Boulder

March 29th, 2021 8:53 AM

In the aftermath of the tragic shooting in Boulder, the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks filled their morning show and evening programs with statements favoring gun control over gun rights by a ratio of roughly 14 to 1.

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DISGRACE: Evening Newscasts Devote ZERO Seconds to Portland Violence

March 15th, 2021 8:50 AM

ABC, CBS, NBC evening news anchors, reporters and producers are suppressing the Portland violence story. As they’ve devoted 0 seconds to the ongoing acts of lawlessness in the City of Roses, this year.

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STUDY: How TV News Helped Joe Biden Sell $1.9 Trillion Spending Spree

March 11th, 2021 8:55 AM

A Democratic Congress and a Democratic President just combined to pass a massive $1.9 trillion spending bill sold as a solution to the economic woes caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Thanks to a compliant media, they had an easy job of it: Instead of scrutinizing the bill’s spending choices, the broadcast networks built their coverage around its most popular provision as well as sympathetic…

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ABC Done With Cuomo’s Deaths and Harassment, All-In on Royals Drama

March 8th, 2021 8:55 PM

With two new accusers speaking out and accusing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) of sexually harassing them over the weekend, ABC’s World News Tonight refused to give the story any consideration Monday evening as they spent almost five minutes (4:52) on the British royal family’s drama dished to Oprah Winfrey.

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STUDY: TV Smothers Cuomo Nursing Home Deaths With Harassment Charges

March 8th, 2021 9:40 AM

Literally thousands of New Yorkers died in the state’s nursing homes during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, but a new Media Research Center study shows the national media are much less interested in covering that horrifying scandal than the harassment accusations against Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo.