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WatchdogThe t h e m r c ’ s m o n t h l y m e m b e r s ’ r e p o r t CREATING A MEDIA CULTURE IN AMERICA WHERE TRUTH AND LIBERTY FLOURISH Vol. 18 • Issue 8 • August 2011 Liberal Media Attack Conservative Michele Bachmann Because She’s A Threat to Obama and Liberal Agenda Like Sarah Palin, Congresswoman Barack Obama. Ask yourself if you’ve MRC Headquarters • Alexandria, Va Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is a strong, ever seen anything close to this when it conservative leader. She knows the comes to liberals. INSIDE issues well and she doesn’t flinch when Back in spring 2010, as Tea Party- attacked by her enemies. backed candidates were gearing up for She is a complete contradiction of the fall’s elections, left-wing radio host PAGE 3 MRC to NBC: the liberal narrative of women, just like Mike Malloy railed, “You know Michelle Fire Employees Who Clarence Thomas is a con- Bachmann, this fruitcake Removed ‘Under God’ from tradiction of the liberal from — no, that gives the Pledge of Allegiance ethos about black men. fruitcakes a bad name Hence, as they still do to — this half-ass, this half- PAGE 4 Thomas and Palin, the lib- wit, this jerk-wad from Bits & Pieces: eral media relentlessly at- Minnesota.” GOP ‘Terrorism,’ He’s a Democrat? tack and smear Bachmann, Then, after criticizing Liberal ‘Mess,’ Not Right, and they will never stop. the Christian-based health Pleasing Obama And now that she’s clinic that Bachmann’s running for president, the husband operates for ac- PAGE 6 Brent Bozell’s Nationally attacks are relentless. cepting Medicaid paients, Syndicated Column: Character assassination Malloy fired again at Conservative Michelle Jon Stewart vs. Fox Facts Michele: “You phony-ass is the solution for the lib- Bachmann is a complete eral media when it comes broad! … Skank!” PAGE 7 contradiction of the to conservatives. As we liberal narrative of The liberal media said MRC in the News have predicted and docu- women, which is why the nothing about Malloy’s PAGE 8 mented at the Media Re- liberal media relentlessly foul remarks. Nor did they attack and smear her. Help Us Expose search Center, the liberal say a word when HBO’s Bill George Soros media will tar conservatives to no end, Maher, around the same time, said that do whatever it takes to neutralize their Republican Party men “look on Michele influence, especially in the political are- Bachmann and Sarah Palin as, you know, na. Truth, honor, professionalism — none MILFs. And I agree — they’re morons I’d of this matters. like to forget.” (MILF actually stands for With Bachmann, the journalistic as- Mothers I’d Like to F---.) saults are more vicious than anything On election night 2010, MSNBC’s we’ve seen in the past. The liberal me- Chris Matthews interviewed Bachmann dia are in a frenzy, saying anything to but didn’t like what he was hearing, so cut her down and kill her effectiveness. he said, “Congresswoman Bachmann, Let’s look at some of the most outra- are you hypnotized tonight? Has geous examples of media bias against someone hypnotized you? Because no www.MRC.org this female conservative who dares to matter what I ask you, you give the challenge liberalism and its quasi-god Continued on page 2 The 2 Watchdog AUGUST 2011 Continued from page 1 same answer. Has someone put you in a trance tonight?” man on the grassy knoll. I put out a press release on Does anyone seriously think that Matthews would July 12, stating, “The broadcast networks are guilty of ever say that to a liberal member of Congress? giving undeserved credibility and attention to a story The next day, Matthews’ MSNBC colleague Ed that is stupid and silly. Schultz barked, “And psycho-talk sister Michele “This Bachmann hit piece was reported by ABC World Bachmann, well, she brought crazy to a new level on News and ABC’s Nightline last night and perpetuated our network last night talking to by ABC’s Good Morning America Chris Matthews. and NBC’s Today show this Around the same time, the Min- morning. It’s nothing more than neapolis City Pages was reporting a swipe at a leading conservative that Bachmann “keeps on spouting presidential candidate by an batshit craziness,” while the on- anti-Christian gay activist, but line Daily Beast (now partners with the media’s overreaction has Newsweek), called Bachmann “a made the clinic out to be guilty bomb-throwing provocateur gener- of a crime. ally regarded as too extreme to be “How can we rely on these taken seriously.” ABC’s World News broadcast a fatuous networks to bring us actual news Then in January 2011, Chris Mat- non-story about a Christian clinic run when they cannot even function thews labeled Bachmann a “balloon by Marcus Bachmann, hyperventilating as proper investigative journal- head” who didn’t merit being on that, among other things, the clinic ists, instead opting to highlight the national stage and needed to helps gays go straight. stupid attacks on conservative “go home to grade school.” presidential candidates?” On HBO’s Real Time with Bill The bottom line is we can’t Maher, left-wing actress Janeane rely on them. When it comes to Garafolo ranted that Tea Party conservatives, the liberal strat- people are “clearly white power egy is character assassination — movements” being “led by to smear, belittle, discredit, de- the Glenn Becks, the Michelle stroy. All conservatives, not just Bachmanns, the Rush Limbaughs.” Bachmann, will be treated this Since Bachmann announced she way. was running for president, the lib- Recall that Sarah Palin was eral media attacks, as documented NBC Today’s Matt Lauer was shocked dismissed by CBS’s Bob Scheiffer by the MRC, have escalated. that the Christian clinic run by Michelle as “an amusement.” And the Bachmann’s husband encourages prayer On June 28, ABC World News and counsels gays, in a story stressing that fake conservative David Brooks went after her. Reporter Jonathan this was damaging to homosexuals. maligned her, telling ABC’s This Karl described Michele as “a fringe Week, “She’s a joke. I mean, I candidate,” and told her, “Mike Murphy, a Republican just can’t take her seriously.” strategist, said that you have a better chance of landing As we go to press, Bachmann is running second in on Jupiter than becoming president.” most polls. Some “joke.” ABC never said anything like that to the unknown The liberal media can’t and won’t take conservatives and less-experienced Barack Obama in 2008. seriously, which is why we diligently labor to document, The Washington Post ran a hit piece on Bachmann expose, and neutralize their bias. We expose the lies on July 6, written by Jason Horowitz. In that set up, and present the truth through our various divisions: Horowitz provided details about Marcus Bachmann’s NAD, BMI, NewsBusters, TimesWatch, MRC TV and clinic that, among other things, counsels homosexuals CNSNews.com. And we never hold our ground. We are who want to leave that deathstyle. always moving forward, taking the fight to the enemy, Because going straight is a no-no for liberals, for that is the way to win. We will never give in. Horowitz painted Michele as a Christian zealot on an Sincerely, anti-gay crusade. He mocked the clinic’s therapy as “praying away the gay.” He also implied that only ignorant hillbillies are opposed to the joys of sodomy. From that smear, an army of liberal media re- L. Brent Bozell III reported the story ad nauseum, as if they’d ID’d the Founder and President The AUGUST 2011 Watchdog 3 MRC to NBC: Fire Employees Who Removed ‘Under God’ From the Pledge of Allegiance The Media Research Center has called upon NBC to fire the bigoted employees who removed the words “under God” from a video of children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance that was broadcast at the opening of the U.S. Open Golf Championship on June 19. The Pledge clip — minus the words “under God” The Pledge of Allegiance montage broadcast — twice — during — was actually aired twice at the beginning of the the opening of the U.S. Open Golf Championship featured program. Right after the outrage happened, countless children reciting the pledge but deliberately excluded the phrase “under God.” The MRC has called upon NBC to fire the Americans called into their local NBC affiliates to bigoted employees responsible for the God-less pledge video. complain and also expressed their disgust at the network’s anti-God editing by posting comments on guilty of deliberately giving aid and comfort to religious Facebook and Twitter. bigots,” said Gainor. Three hours later in the program, NBC lamely tried “The Media Research Center will be sending letters to apologize with host Dan Hicks stating, “Regrettably, to leaders of the top Christian denominations in the a portion of the Pledge of Allegiance that was in that country, calling on them to hold NBC’s feet to the fire feature was edited out. It was not done to upset and demand the network fire those responsible,” he anyone, and we’d like to apologize to those of you continued. who were offended by it.” In addition, the MRC prepared its own Pledge of Yet Hicks and NBC didn’t tell viewers what portion Allegiance video to protest NBC’s religious bigotry, was omitted (“under God”), making the apology and announced a new petition by the Citizens meaningless. Against Religious Bigotry (CARB) coalition to hold The MRC responded quickly with a statement from NBC accountable for its actions.

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