Liberal Media Tilt Convention Coverage Against Conservatives — Again It Is an Ironclad Principle
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TM Vol. 23 • Issue 9 • September 2016 Liberal Media Tilt Convention Coverage Against Conservatives — Again It is an ironclad principle. When the the GOP convention was a “festival of liberal media cover the Democratic hating Hillary tonight, this brewing up and Republican Party conventions of almost a witch-like ritual tonight.” MRC Headquarters • Reston, VA every four years they automatically Matthews even trashed Gold Star tilt their coverage to favor the liberals mother Patricia Smith, whose son was and castigate the conservatives. Their killed in Benghazi. “I don’t care what INSIDE so-called “news reports” reveal how that woman up there, the mother shamelessly partisan our political has felt, her emotions are her own,” reporters truly are. he railed. Unveiling the left’s true PAGE 3 The 2016 conventions were no excep- hatred, GQ writer Nathaniel Friedman MRC Blankets Philly tion, as we documented and exposed tweeted, “I don’t care how many and Democrat Convention with round-the-clock analysis from children Pat Smith lost, I would like to With ‘Don’t Believe The NewsBusters, MRCTV, CNSNews.com, beat her to death.” Liberal Media!’ Message MRC Culture, MRC Action and social PAGES 4-5 media. MRC spokesmen BITS & PIECES: were also interviewed GOP Must Die, about the convention Hail Obama! spin on numerous talk You Can’t Say That! radio shows and televi- MSNBC, Clueless, He’s Crazy, Say It! sion programs. We’ve seen this pattern so many times. PAGE 6 The leftist media Nationally Syndicated always complain about Column by Brent Bozell the “negative” tone and Tim Graham: during the Republican MRC research about the liberal media’s biased coverage of the ‘Wikileaks Reveals conventions. They Democratic National Convention was discussed on numerous news Media/DNC Collusion’ outlets, including Fox & Friends, The O’Reilly Factor, Varney & Co., always find them Hannity, the Drudge Report, and the Rush Limbaugh Show. to be overflowing PAGE 7 with acrimony, even hatred from “Beat her to death”? Seriously? No MRC in the News conservatives. This year was true to one in the liberal media condemned form. They couldn’t stomach the idea Friedman’s call to murder the mother PAGE 8 that someone would say mean things of a Navy SEAL killed while protecting Minibits of Liberal about Hillary Clinton. his fellow Americans. Media Bias; and Get Your On NBC, liberal icon Tom Brokaw Further trashing of conservatism Tickets for the MRC’s lamented the GOP was trying to “work came from MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow 2016 Gala and up a big hate for Hillary.” CBS’s Bob who speculated that Trump’s policies Dis Honors Awards Schieffer complained that Clinton had are “a gateway drug” to the racist been accused of everything, including KKK. Maddow has never claimed that “the diphtheria epidemic.” MSNBC the policies of Clinton are a gateway propagandist Chris Matthews fumed that Continued on page 2 The TM 2 Watchdog SEPTEMBER 2016 Continued from page 1 Republicans in prime time at drug to full-blown state- the DNC. controlled socialism. As In addition to Chris for Chris Christie’s speech, Matthews and GQ’s Nathaniel MSNBC’s Matthews smeared it Friedman condemning as “bloodthirsty” and “blood- Gold Star mother Patricia curdling.” Smith, MSNBC’s Steve Benen The Democratic convention lectured, “RNC manipulates was filled with attacks on the pain of grieving mother conservatives and Trump. for partisan gain.” Numerous speakers there Yet when Gold Star father On Fox’s Your World, MRC President Brent Bozell details Khizr Khan spoke about his labeled Trump a con-man how the liberal media misreported Donald Trump’s who “cheats students, cheats remarks about the 2nd Amendment to paint him as deceased son at the DNC investors, cheats workers.” He dangerous yet mostly ignored the fact that the father and repeatedly attacked of an Islamic terrorist attended a Hillary Clinton rally. “rejects science” and would Donald Trump, the same take America “back to the dark Steve Benen declared, “Khizr days when women died in back Khan’s words won’t soon be alleys.” He was someone who forgotten.” promoted “racial hatred” and The liberal media loved hate in their heart,” and was Khizr Khan and milked his “making America hate again.” story for days. As the MRC Hatred, anyone? documented, Khan received MRC analysis of the 50 times more coverage networks and MSNBC and CNN than Patricia Smith. No showed that they blasted the leftist “journalists” said the Republicans for negativity 63 DNC was “manipulating the times at the GOP convention, Fox’s Bill O’Reilly cites the Media Research Center and its pain of a grieving father for but “reporters” only made data on the grossly lopsided coverage the liberal media partisan gain.” The liberal gave to Goldstar Parent Khizr Khan versus the nearly media ran the Khan story 5 — 5! — negative comments non-existent coverage of Goldstar Parent Patricia Smith. about the Democrats at their into the ground, and they’re convention. That’s a 12-to-1 discrepancy. still yakking about it. The Clinton News Network demonstrated its bias As yours truly told Fox’s Your World, “For those another way, by showing only three GOP videos pro- keeping score at home, that’s 50 times more negative duced and aired at their convention, but then broad- coverage of Donald Trump than Hillary Clinton. How cast and commented on 18 of the videos presented in the world can this press be saying that it’s showing by the Democrats at their convention. CNN gave the any modicum of fairness in this campaign?” Democrat videos more than 60 minutes of coverage. Two weeks of network coverage with this dramatic, The GOP videos? 14 minutes. The three videos that pro-left tilt underlines why the media’s credibility is were shown were three that did not attack Democrats. in the toilet. They’re not even trying to be fair. They But other videos that did skewer Democrats over Fast are vested entirely in the success of the left. & Furious and Benghazi — CNN refused to air them. This is why the work of the MRC is so important: to During the first night of the GOP convention, CBS’s document, expose, and neutralize liberal media bias. Charlie Rose interviewed Hillary Clinton in primetime, If the American people are not given the facts, the allowing her to deride her opponents. Rose asked if truth, they cannot make rational decisions, especially Trump is “the most dangerous man ever to run for in the governance of our republic. president of the United States?” Clinton dutifully You can help the MRC battle liberal media bias replied, “I believe that.” by subscribing to our daily news briefs, e-mail During the Democrat convention, CBS did not bother alerts, Facebook and Twitter pages, and by making a to interview any Republicans so they could criticize donation. We need courageous conservatives in the Hillary Clinton. MSNBC interviewed five Democrats in fight. Give us a call today (571-267-3500). We look prime time during the RNC. But they interviewed zero forward to speaking with you. Sincerely, The Media Research Center participates in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). L. Brent Bozell III MRC’s CFC number is 12489. Founder and President The TM SEPTEMBER 2016 Watchdog 3 H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H MRC Blankets Philly and Democratic National Convention With ‘Don’t Believe The Liberal Media!’ As we did at the GOP convention in Cleveland, the Media Research Center flooded Philadelphia and the Democratic National Convention with the simple and powerful message, “Don’t Believe The Liberal Media!” This message is vital in helping to stop the leftist media from rigging the election. The “Don’t Believe The Liberal Media!” directive is also central to the MRC’s Tell The Truth! 2016 campaign, and it certainly was seen and heard in Philadelphia. As MRC President Brent Bozell said in a report, “The Media Research Center was not going to allow the media to coronate Hillary without a fight. We intended to show all of America their role in propping up, promoting, and defending the most corrupt person to ever receive a major party’s nomination. “Our message about left-wing news bias was everywhere in Philadelphia and the media could The Media Research Center flooded the not get away from it. We were on billboards, Democratic National taxicabs, in ads, on sidewalks, newspapers, on Convention in radio and on television. We are making an impact; Philadelphia with ‘The Don’t Believe the MRC is winning this counter-offensive.” The Liberal Media!’ For the Democrats’ convention, the MRC message. purchased six massive billboards at strategic locations between the airport and the arena, and around the arena, which read: “Don’t Believe The Liberal Media!” and “Dear Hillary, We have your back. Love the media.” There were 100 jumbo stickers (two-foot square) placed on sidewalks outside hotels and restaurants and along major streets. In addition, the MRC ran 21,760 airings of a 30-second ad in taxicabs highlighting examples of the liberal media praising Hillary Clinton. Also, there were large “Don’t Believe The Liberal Media!” signs on top of 175 taxicabs. Stories about the MRC campaign were published in The Washington Post, Tampa Bay Times, Newsmax, the Washington Times, The Blaze, on Fox News, and on the Drudge Report. Brent Bozell was interviewed on Fox’s Cavuto and CBN News. NewsBusters Editor Tim Graham was interviewed on The Blaze, American Family Radio, and numerous other radio stations, as were MRC Research Director Rich Noyes and News Analyst Kyle Drennen.