"So much of what you say just grabs people like me, because it sounds like Bobby Kennedy. It sounds like the ’60s at its absolute best."
"We are declaring a Reverend Wright-free zone....Is that okay with you?"
"Quietly, but clearly with great passion, he walked the listener through a remarkable exploration of race from both sides of the color divide, from both sides of himself."
"At issue now, a video of a sermon given by Barack Obama’s minister....We’re running it because — like it or not, legitimate or not — it has become an issue."
"You can see it in the crowds. The thrill, the hope. How they surge toward him." And that, of course, is just the media.
"(Obama) has to go up against the establishment, which would be Republican, and he has to figure out a way to get a fair vote if he’s the nominee in those red states."
ABC's George Stephanopoulos, glowingly describing Barack Obama's trip abroad and what it will mean for his presidential campaign: "Better than they could have imagined."
"It sort of goes against your core to say that as a reporter." I guess. If you were a reporter. Or had a reporter's core.
CBS "Evening News" praised the return of once anti-universal health care couple Harry and Louise, and incorrectly reported the ad pairing has "changed sides" in the debate. August 19, 2008.
NBC's Tom Costello has been one of few reporters to give nuclear energy a fair shake in mainstream coverage. July 19, 2008.
The CBS "Evening News" -- and many other network news show -- has virtually ignored the potential benefits of increasing nuclear energy, even when they featured prominent anti-nuke activists.…
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell discussed the potential effect of the "fairness doctrine" on Web sites with the Business & Media Institute and Eyeblast.tv on Aug. 12.
And ABC reports on the network's own global warming poll ignored some numbers that suggest Americans aren't buying into the hype. Aug. 9, 2008.
The CBS 'Evening News' predicted the death of suburbia based on 15-year-old doom-and-gloom predictions. Aug. 7, 2008.
CNN correspondent Allan Chernoff criticized oil company profits in an "American Morning" segment Aug. 1, 2008.
"Good Morning America" featured a report from the liberal, anti-business Center for Science in the Public Interest aimed at restaurants kid's menus. Aug. 4, 2008.
"World News" anchor Charles Gibson noted that, contrary to an April "World News" report, synthetic turf fields do not contain harmful levels of lead. July 30, 2008.
Business & Media Institute Vice President Dan Gainor talked about network coverage of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as oil prices, on the July 30, 2008, CBN "Newswatch."
CNN's Allan Chernoff was one of few journalists not to report the inflated statistic that 2 million Americans would benefit from the increased minimum wage. The real number is much smaller. From…
The CBS "Evening News" delivered a hit piece on payday lenders July 28, 2008.
Business and Media Institute Assistant Editor Nathan Burchfiel criticized media sensationalism over the emergency landing of a Qantas jet July 25.
ABC "Good Morning America" reporter David Muir exaggerated the danger of an emergency landing for a Qantas flight on July 25.