The natural instincts at the broadcast network news divisions are to play up Republican scandals and controversies and bury troubling stories about Democrats. So, it’s interesting when they pick up a Democrat scandal, drive a Democrat out of office, and then drop the story like a hot potato. This is what happened with Rep. Eric […]
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BROADCAST BIAS: From space to ceasefires, networks still paint Trump as the problem
President Trump recently complained, “I get 93 percent bad publicity,” and studies from the Media Research Center, where I work, have shown time and again that evening news coverage on the broadcast networks is around 90% negative, month after month. How can that be? It’s because these networks will find something negative no matter which […]
BROADCAST BIAS: Networks downplay illegal immigrant crime, even when women are murdered
On Thursday, March 19, an 18-year-old college student at Loyola University in Chicago named Sheridan Gorman was allegedly shot dead by an illegal alien from Venezuela, Jose Medina. The networks could barely touch the story, or talk about the immigration status of the alleged shooter. CBS only spent two minutes, followed by ABC at 79 […]
BROADCAST BIAS: How networks buried a bombshell Senate hearing on Biden’s mental fitness
The legacy media cover congressional hearings based on their usual standard of newsworthiness. This is it: If they are run by Democrats and are meant to propel them to political power, they are presented as the most urgent, sober, and nonpartisan news of the day. But hearings run by Republicans to drive home a Republican […]
BROADCAST BIAS: Media’s LA riot coverage relies on a sneaky trick to look less one-sided
Democrats and their publicity partners at the broadcast TV networks have often preached about how President Donald Trump’s actions – like his pardons – are an affront to the “rule of law” in America. But when it comes to Trump’s attempt at mass deportations, the media-Democrat alliance lines up fiercely against any attempt to remove […]
BROADCAST BIAS: Media coverage of NPR lawsuit against Trump hides what public media really is
National Public Radio started out its typically partisan week by filing a lawsuit against President Donald Trump over his attempts to defund NPR and PBS. Their lawyers arrogantly argued that Trump’s actions violated the First Amendment. Somehow, freedom of speech requires conservatives to fund speech they oppose. Trump voters must fund virulently anti-Trump “journalism.” Surprisingly, […]
BROADCAST BIAS: Networks go full negative spin over tariff turbulence, steer clear of good economic news
Economic indicators in President Donald Trump’s first term presented hard facts for a lot of positive reporting before the COVID pandemic lockdowns, but that’s not what the broadcast networks presented to America. Thirty-one Dow Jones records were set between January 1, 2017 and January, 26, 2018. Overall, in 2017, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose […]
BROADCAST BIAS: NPR, PBS bosses defend outlandish spin, ABC, NBC, CBS have a crazy reaction
On Wednesday, the House DOGE subcommittee held a hearing to hold “public” broadcasting accountable for not serving the entire public that helps pay their bills. Under a barrage of Republican questions, NPR CEO Katherine Maher admitted it was a “mistake” for NPR to dismiss the Hunter Biden laptop story, expressed regret about vicious anti-Trump tweets […]
BROADCAST BIAS: Networks hide Mahmoud Khalil’s pro-Hamas message, show lots of sympathy
This week’s media cause célèbre is Mahmoud Khalil, the leader of a New York City protest group calling itself Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD). The network newscasts displayed no interest in this group’s public statements and couldn’t connect their messaging with their protest leader. On October 9, 2024, The New York Times reported CUAD marked […]
Why Teachers Need To Talk About Their Own Racial Bias
As recent protests spur tough conversations about the racial bias of police officers, a national group of educators and policy analysts is urging teachers, too, to examine their prejudices — especially in relation to school discipline. Black stud… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/06/black-white-discipline-gap_n_6425096.html