MSNBC co-anchor Chris Matthews won the MRC’s “Media Messiah Award” for declaring during coverage of the February 12, 2008 Democratic primaries that listening to Barack Obama speak, “I felt this…
Following Obama’s speech to the Democratic convention, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann gushed: “Not a sour note and spellbinding throughout.” His co-anchor Chris Matthews agreed: “In the Bible they talk…
To CNN’s David Gergen, Obama’s August 28, 2008 speech to the Democratic convention was “less a speech than a symphony....a masterpiece.”
A nominee for the “Media Messiah Award” at the MRC’…
ABC’s Bill Weir won the MRC’s “Obamagasm Award” for his over-the-top fawning on World News on Inauguration Day. “Can national pride make a freezing day fell warmer?” Weir gushed. “From above, even…
ABC’s David Wright rolled two Democratic mythologies into one story, declaring on the January 28, 2008 World News that the Kennedys’ endorsement of Obama means “today, the audacity of hope had its…
Barack Obama’s election on November 4, 2008, brought out this fawning from MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann: “You’ve seen those videotapes of Walter Cronkite the night that man landed on the moon for the…
The MRC's President Brent Bozell appears on Fox and Friends to discuss the MRC's annual Best of Notable Quotable awards for the most outrageous liberal media bias.
CNN Meterologist scoffs at the idea that man can alter the climate; Expert suggests global cooling looming.
CBS’s “The Early Show” included a statement in its report Dec. 18 on the auto industry from “auto industry analyst,” Dan McGinn, who said letting the big three fail “would be like 10 Katrinas…
"The Biz Flog," for Dec. 17 takes a look at the Auto CEOs flying to Washington in private jets. Turns out the business aviation industry is upset they are being drug through the mud behind autos…
The CBS Early Show hosts Julie Chen, Harry Smith, Maggie Rodriguez and Dave Pierce display the GQ cover of a mostly naked Jennifer Aniston.
Carol Browner, was named by President-elect Barack Obama as the “czar” on climate and energy policy in the White House, an appointment CNBC’s Joe Kernan was wary of on “Squawk Box,” Dec. 11.
Vice President for the Business & Media Institute, Dan Gainor, spoke with Gretchen Carlson, host of “America’s News HQ,” about the decline of media and particularly newspapers.
“Talk about too big to fail,” said managing editor of Time Richard Stengel on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Dec. 4, who was on the program promoting the latest cover story for the magazine entitled, “The…
It turns out the media predictions for Black Friday turned out to be wrong. "The Biz Flog" for Dec. 3 takes a look at how wrong.
On "The Early Show, Lansing, Mich., Mayor Verg Bernero said, "You know this is a sure description to go from recession to depression if you allow this auto industry, our manufacturing prowess, to…
"The Biz Flog" for Nov. 26 asks takes on the phrase "too big to fail." First, it was Fannie and Freddie, then AIG, then the auto industry and now Citibank.
Fox Business Network anchor Alexis Glick is frustrated by the way the government’s $700 billion financial bailout is being used, and suggested on “Money for Breakfast” Nov. 21 that it was…
Pulitzer-Prize winning author and professor of history at Stanford University David M. Kennedy told Bloomberg radio Nov. 18 that the current financial crisis bears no comparison to the Great…
"The Biz Flog" for Nov. 19, takes a look at the media's new interest in hedge funds. Congress is looking into more regulation for these types of funds.
FBN Anchor Alexis Glick said the Treasury Department’s move away from their original plan to buy up troubled mortgages “Doesn’t make sense” and was “actually pretty outrageous,” on “The Early Show…
Lawmakers and the transition team for the Obama administration are discussing the prospects of a bailout for the auto industry.
Democratic Governor Jon Corzine of New Jersey, who has pushed for an additional economic stimulus package to the tune of $300 billion to support infrastructure projects, might be Treasury…
CNBC’s “Squwak Box” was skeptical over the future of opinionated cable news Nov. 4 if Sen. Barack Obama won the presidential election over Senator John McCain.
CNBC’s Erin Burnett told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that although the markets might get a boost from a Senator John McCain win, Wall Street was predicting that Senator Barrack Obama will win the…