Creating a Media Culture in America Where Truth and Liberty Flourish Liberal Media Hypocrites Circle the Wagons TO PROTECT JOE BIDEN from Sexual Assault Allegation Vol. 27 • Issue 6 • June 2020 When Supreme Court nominee Brett its divisions, NewsBusters, MRCTV, Kavanaugh was grilled by the Senate and CNSNews. The issue has also been Judiciary Committee in the fall of 2018, discussed by MRC experts on television INSIDE the liberal media shredded him, accusing and radio. him of sexual assault and attempted Let’s look at how the leftist press is rape while in high school based on the circling the wagons to protect Joe Biden. PAGE 3 completely unsubstantiated claims of one Tara Reade told her story about Biden The Eight Worst person, Kristine Blasey Ford. There was on March 25, on The Katie Halper Show ‘Fake News’ Stories zero evidence to back up Ford’s allegation podcast. Yet the major liberal news of the Trump Years but the leftist press outlets reported flogged the story nothing for a PAGES 4-5 for weeks, smearing month. Finally, BITS & PIECES: Kavanaugh and his on April 30 — and NBC Frauds, family. only after the Death Wish, Now, in the MRC exposed NFL Bad! spring of 2020, a their journalistic Fox’s Filth, woman who used to malpractice Pulitzer Propaganda work for then-Sen. — the evening Joe Biden (D-Del.) news networks PAGE 6 has come forward ran stories, and accused him of Although the leftist media flogged Kristine Blasey largely slanted Tim Graham’s Nationally Ford’s false sexual assault allegation against Syndicated Column: sexual assault. The conservative Brett Kavanaugh for weeks to to protect Biden. “Who Pays for Getting accuser, Tara Reade, damage him, they have largely blacked out Tara For instance, ABC the Health of told family members Reade’s charges against the liberal Joe Biden. and NBC tried to Kim Jong Wrong?” and several friends discredit the claims at the time about the alleged 1993 inci- by noting that the Trump campaign had PAGE 7 dent. Her mother even called into CNN’s “seized” on them. MRC In the News Larry King Live that summer to discuss Also, ABC’s Mary Bruce focused on how the case in general terms, a video clip of Reade “has no record of the complaint” PAGE 8 which was culled from the MRC’s archives. she made to the Senate personnel office Although the case merits serious after the incident. Thinking About a scrutiny, the liberal media are doing all On cable, MSNBC ran a story on Charitable Gift Annuity? and they can to bury it. The huge benefit of May 1. Andrea Mitchell Reports suggest- MiniBits the doubt they instantly gave to Blasey ed it hadn’t covered the story earlier Ford is not being given to Reade. Ford because there was too much coronavirus accused a conservative Republican, news. As reporter Mike Menoli asserted, after all, and Reade is accusing a liberal “This story has really been developing Democrat. It’s grossly hypocritical, a clear slowly but steadily over the past month double standard in news coverage. against the backdrop, of course, of The MRC has documented and exposed this global health crisis that has been this liberal media hypocrisy through Continued on page 2 Continued from page 1 On May 6, the New York Times ran a commentary by feminist Linda dominating everyone’s attention.” Hershman headlined, “I Believe Tara Menoli then laughably claimed that Andrea Mitchell would have Reade. I’m Voting for Joe Biden.” been “among the first on the rope It’s worth throwing Reade under the line weeks ago trying to ask the bus, she explained, because Biden Vice President about this. But, of will do more good for women than course, he’s here in Delaware and Trump. “The cost of dismissing Tara Reade — and worse, weakening the hasn’t been able to address this.” On April 25, the MRC released a 1993 CNN Menoli and Mitchell apparently aren’t Larry King Live clip, where the mother of Joe voices of future survivors — is worth familiar with telephones or email. Biden’s accuser called in and asked about it,” huffed Hershman. The MRC documented that harassment. FNC’s Brian Flood said, “Rather Martin Tolchin, co-founder of than CNN’s team of investigative reporters, Politico and The Hill, wrote a letter between Mar. 25 and Apr. 30, Biden it was the MRC’s NewsBusters that exhumed had participated in nine “major the footage from its own vault.” to the News York Times arguing national interviews,” three of which Reade should be ignored: “I don’t were on MSNBC, one on NBC Today and one on NBC’s want justice, whatever that may be. I want a win, the Meet the Press. Yet he was not asked about Reade. In removal of Donald Trump from office, and Mr. Biden is all the interviews, Biden faced 77 questions — not one our best chance. … Suppose an investigation reveals was about Reade. damaging information concerning [Biden’s] relationship CNN finally mentioned Reade on Apr. 25. However, with Tara Reade or something else…. Should we really for that entire month, when the outlet held two town risk the possibility?” halls and one live interview with Biden, CNN never USA Today’s Susan Page asserted that Reade’s asked him about the sexual assault allegation. They allegations are a “great unfairness” because Biden, buried it. unlike Trump, is running as a “decent human being,” an For comparison, during three weeks of covering “empathetic man.” NBC’s Kasie Hunt complained that the Blasey Ford accusation, CNN managed to associate there was only “one” sexual assault claim against Biden Kavanaugh’s name with the word “rape” at least 191 — gee, only one — and added that Democrats didn’t times. have a “huge appetite” to investigate. Then came the journalistic testimonials to Biden. The New York Times actually suggested the DNC set up an “unbiased, apolitical panel” to investigate the Reade allegations. Over at Univision, Jorge Ramos devoted only two minutes and six seconds total to the Reade-Biden story. Even then, Ramos didn’t cover it until May 3, a full 39 days after Reade’s allegations went public. For comparison, during the three weeks of Blasey- Kavanaugh in 2018, Ramos presented a little over 53 minutes of coverage. On Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver devoted a whopping 26 seconds to the Reade story. With Kavanaugh, Oliver relentlessly attacked him for weeks, concluding that the “entitled monster” was likely guilty. As for Hollywood, the MRC documented and exposed at least 95 celebrities who smeared Kavanaugh as a liar, alcoholic, rapist, who deserved to have his “pesky p***s” cut off, and yet have said nothing about Biden and certainly no comforting words for Reade. The MRC is exposing liberal media hypocrisy and censorship every day. We are America’s media watchdog. You can join us in this good fight by making a donation to our non-profit organization. Please use the reply card and postage-paid envelope enclosed with this newsletter to send your most generous gift today. We look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, L. Brent Bozell III Founder and President 2 • MRC WATCHDOG • JUNE 2020 The Eight Worst ‘Fake News’ Stories of the Trump Years The liberal media are always in a hurry to make President Donald Trump look bad because they believe he is not fit for office and are willfully trying to scuttle his chances for reelection. Looking over the deleterious and often pathetic coverage of the president, NewsBusters Senior Editor Rich Noyes and his staff picked the eight worst “fake news” stories of the Trump years. Below are a few highlights from their Special Report. #1 – The Imaginary Pee Tape #4 – Donald Trump, Secret Russian Agent Ten days before inauguration, CNN pushed leaks from After Trump, at a post-summit press conference, the fraudulent Trump-Russia dossier, including the claim refused to contradict Russian President Vladimir Putin’s that Trump, on a visit to Russia, had hired prostitutes denials of election meddling, journalists concluded this to urinate on a bed was evidence that Trump President Obama had used was a Russian agent. “We during an earlier visit. No don’t know if Putin is his news organization could handler, his hero or his confirm any of this, but co-conspirator, but it’s CNN talked about the non- obviously where his loyalty existent “pee tapes” 77 lies,” claimed New York times in a mere five-day period. A later report from Times columnist Michelle Goldberg. CNN’s Brian Stelter the Justice Department’s Inspector General debunked used his program to push the absurdity: “Trump’s odd the myth of a Russian “pee tape,” and found that “the behavior with Vladimir Putin is compelling so many FBI knew early in 2017 that it was a highly dubious people to ask: ‘What does Putin have on Trump? Has story and kept Donald Trump in the dark.” Trump been compromised?’ All of those people, those experts, those reporters, they are looking at the fact pattern and seeing something strange, even sinister.” #2 – Fake News About a Flynn Deal with Mueller On Dec. 1, 2017, ABC News’ Brian Ross reported that Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn #6 – O’Donnell’s Reckless Deutsche Bank Scoop would testify that Trump ordered him to make contact On Aug. 27, 2019, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign. With irresponsibly reported that a “single source close to that “news,” the stock market dropped 300 points. Deutsche Bank has told me that Donald Trump’s loan Several hours later, Ross clarified his “report,” stating documents there that it happened during the transition and thus was just show that he has an act of policy.