MRC's Notable Quotables: No Charges in Ferguson = Grand Jury 'Failure'

December 1st, 2014 8:44 AM
After the grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, chooses not to indict police officer Darren Wilson, NBC's Brian Williams dubs them "a failure," while as rioters burn buildings in Ferguson, Time magazine posts an essay: "In Defense of Rioting."
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CBS, NBC Promote ObamaCare Regulation on Displaying Calories Counts

November 26th, 2014 2:43 AM
During their Tuesday evening newscasts, CBS and NBC squeezed in a few moments each to promote the newest health-related regulation set to affect Americans under ObamaCare next year in the form of additional requirements regarding the listing of calories for food and drinks at public eating establishments, vending machines, and movie theaters. Both networks pointed out that the move was announced…
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NBC Laments Ferguson Grand Jury ‘Failed To Come Up With Charges'

November 25th, 2014 9:55 AM
On Monday night, a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri found no probable cause to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of Michael Brown. Following the grand jury’s ruling, the “big three” (ABC, CBS, and NBC) all broke from their regular prime time programming to announce the decision. Unlike ABC and CBS, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams failed to mention any of…

Obama Awards Medal of Freedom to Supporter & Former NBC Anchor Brokaw

November 25th, 2014 2:17 AM
President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 18 individuals on Monday afternoon with one of them being former NBC Nightly News anchor and reliably liberal supporter Tom Brokaw. During Monday’s NBC Nightly News, current anchor Brian Williams used two teases and a segment by NBC/MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell to hype the ceremony. In one tease, Williams touted Brokaw’s big day at…
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CBS, NBC: ‘Campaign-Style Fervor’ for Obama ‘Chastising' GOP in Vegas

November 22nd, 2014 12:29 AM
The evening following President Barack Obama’s announcement of his executive action on illegal immigration, major broadcast networks CBS and NBC sought to carry water for the President on Friday night as he made a trip to a Las Vegas high school to promote his move that would allow millions of illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. Between two reports total from the CBS Evening News …
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NBC Nightly News Admits Media Bias (But It’s Not What You Think)

November 20th, 2014 11:17 AM
On Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News — a broadcast that has yet to mention the infamous comments of ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber — anchor Brian Williams conceded his profession “might be guilty” of bias in its coverage, but his admission had nothing to do with liberals and conservatives. Instead, Nightly News devoted nearly two minutes (1 minute, 56 seconds) to a study showing media bias in…
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CBS, NBC Parrot WH Argument on Past Precedent for Executive Amnesty

November 19th, 2014 10:38 PM
On Wednesday night, CBS and NBC promoted the White House talking point that previous presidential actions on immigration gives President Barack Obama the proper legal authority to enact executive amnesty the evening before a primetime address to the nation on the topic.  At no point during the coverage on either network did their reporters mention that this justification is being used despite…
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ABC, NBC Omit Mention of Vulnerable Dem in Failed Keystone Senate Vote

November 19th, 2014 12:11 AM
While all three major broadcast networks covered the failed vote in the U.S. Senate to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline on Tuesday night, ABC and NBC neglected to mention that political motivations were behind the vote to aid the reelection efforts of vulnerable Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana that will take place on December 6.  After previously being held up in the Senate for…
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Brian Williams = 'If Walter Cronkite and Jon Stewart Had A Baby'

November 14th, 2014 9:50 AM
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame Thursday night and received an introduction from rock star Bruce Springsteen, who proclaimed: "To paraphrase a friend of mine, if Walter Cronkite and Jon Stewart had had a baby, and if due to the ongoing controversy over same-sex marriage they had to abandon that baby on the New Jersey Turnpike, and it grew up to…
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NBC Finally Covers GOP Taking 53rd Senate Seat With Win in Alaska

November 12th, 2014 11:54 PM
Major broadcast network NBC broke its silence and joined fellow networks ABC and CBS on Wednesday night in covering the news that the Alaska Senate race has been called with Republican challenger Dan Sullivan being declared the winner over Democratic incumbent Senator Mark Begich. NBC Nightly News aired a 23-second news brief on the election result, which gives the GOP at least 53 Senate seats…
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NBC’s Thompson Hypes U.S.-China Climate Deal; Frets GOP ‘Roadblocks'

November 12th, 2014 10:44 PM
During Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News, NBC’s chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson enthusiastically promoted the global warming agreement between the United States and China that was announced earlier in the day, but fretted that Republicans were “already putting up roadblocks if congressional action is needed.” Anchor Brian Williams hyped that it was “[a] surprise announcement” …
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Nets Ignore Far-Left Agenda of 'Fringe' Mob's Attack on U.S. Sailors

November 12th, 2014 9:30 PM
ABC, CBS, and NBC's evening newscasts on Wednesday glossed over the radical left-wing ideology of the Turkish protesters who assaulted three U.S. sailors in Istanbul earlier in the day. ABC's Martha Raddatz reported that the "the attackers [are] members of an ultra-nationalist group called the Turkish Youth Union, angry at what it calls 'American imperialism.'" NBC's Brian Williams underlined…
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ABC, NBC Ignore Economy as Voters' Top Issue in Post-Election Analysis

November 12th, 2014 11:53 AM
The Republican “wave” in the November 4, 2014, midterm elections had many reasons, but at least one was dissatisfaction with the economy. While, the three broadcast networks acknowledged the elections were bad for Democrats, they mostly ignored the economy and its impact on the election. Instead, now that Republicans hold a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate, the…
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NBC Channels Obama & Points to Low Turnout for GOP 'Wave' in Midterms

November 11th, 2014 10:24 PM
On Tuesday, NBC Nightly News channeled President Barack Obama from the day after the midterm elections and pointed to the low voter turnout for the election that saw Republicans gain control of the United States Senate as well as make additional gains in the House of Representatives. In a news brief, anchor Brian Williams highlighted the latest turnout estimate for “last week’s wave election for…