Media Bias News Alerts - Page 9

August 19, 2016

BIAS ALERT: Washington Post buries Iran 'ransom' story, despite one of its reporters being involved

The State Department admitted Thursday it postponed a $400 million payment to Iran in January until a group of Americans held in the country was released -- but not all media outlets saw it as a big story.

August 19, 2016

Bias Alert: NBC laments sad picture of Syrian boy, but leaves out US role in civil war

NBC gave worthy coverage to the heartbreaking photo of a shell-shocked and injured Syrian boy this week, but the Peacock network made no mention of President Obama’s foreign policy failures that have allowed the Assad regime, ISIS and Al Qaeda to turn the nation into a bloodbath over the last five years.

August 18, 2016

BIAS ALERT: Media that ripped Bush on Katrina ignores Obama on La. flooding

President George W. Bush was torn to shreds in 2005 by mainstream media commentators for his initial response to Hurricane Katrina – yet President Obama’s detached response to the recent Louisiana floods has been met with resounding silence from those same outlets.

August 18, 2016

Bias alert: Twitter bans Breitbart bad boy, but not ISIS-linked London loudmouth

The Twitterverse must have more to fear from a gay conservative than a fire-breathing ISIS recruiter if the social media giant’s treatment of a pair of prolific and provocative posters is to be reconciled.

August 17, 2016

Chris Matthews: Get 'excited' about Clinton campaign, or 'don't vote'

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews has a striking message for disaffected Democrats: Get “excited” about Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the possibility of the party controlling Washington, or “don’t vote.”

August 16, 2016

Trump backers 'morally tainted,' Clinton fan Cokie Roberts tells MSNBC

Anyone supporting Donald Trump is “morally tainted,” ABC and NPR commentator Cokie Roberts declared Tuesday, while making no mention of possible ethical dilemmas facing backers of Hillary Clinton.

August 15, 2016

NYT story on Manafort's Russia ties omits reporting on Clinton's Moscow speech

The New York Times published an extensive report Monday examining Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s work for a pro-Russian party in Ukraine – but despite pointing to it as a “rising issue” in the presidential campaign, glossed over its own past reporting on the Clintons’ Russian connections.

May 2, 2016

Bias Alert: NY Times under fire for ‘scoop’ on Rubio traffic citations

The New York Times was being accused of a hit-and-run Friday after swerving at Sen. Marco Rubio with a detailed expose of sorts -- on his family's traffic violations.

December 23, 2015

Andrea Mitchell: 'Woman of color' blocked from secretary of state bad for GOP

It didn't take long for NBC's Andrea Mitchell to turn Susan Rice's withdrawal from the secretary of state-stakes into a racial issue. 

October 15, 2015

'Not one of us': ESPN commentator slams RGIII as ‘cornball brother’

Apparently not everyone is a fan of RGIII.