Dayhoff Soundtrack: MRC Alert: NBC's Andrea Mitchell Regrets Republicans Lack 'Courage' to Raise Taxes

Monday, May 23, 2011

MRC Alert: NBC's Andrea Mitchell Regrets Republicans Lack 'Courage' to Raise Taxes

Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996
Monday May 23, 2011 @ 09:41 AM EDT

1. NBC's Andrea Mitchell Regrets Republicans Lack 'Courage' to Raise Taxes
NBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Sunday conceded “Paul Ryan has shown considerable guts” with his Medicare plan, but she declared liberal Democratic Congressman Chris Van Hollen is “correct that nobody on the Republican side is showing any courage on the tax front. And unless taxes are part of the mix,” NBC’s chief foreign correspondent insisted in repeating the standard media refrain, “every grown-up knows” a deficit solution cannot be achieved. The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson soon picked up the liberal agenda, regretting “Republicans will not talk about tax increases” while Democrats, supposedly, “talk about a lot of budget cuts.”

2. George Stephanopoulos Badgers GOP Candidate; Four Years Ago, ABC Was Gentle With Dems
Good Morning America co-anchor George Stephanopoulos conducted a confrontational interview with possible Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman on Friday, challenging the moderate governor from the right on spending and on the former Utah governor's praise of Barack Obama. Stephanopoulos highlighted Huntsman's work for the Obama administration as ambassador to China: "The President is also a person, a particular person, President Barack Obama. You wrote to him saying, calling him a 'remarkable leader.' Do you stand by that?" After the Republican dodged, Stephanopoulos even followed up: "Do you believe he's a remarkable leader and are you in sync with his foreign policy?"

3. ABC Mocks GOP Candidates as Making Comedians 'Happy'
On Sunday’s World News, ABC correspondent David Kerley mocked the current field of GOP presidential candidates as making comedians “happy” as he recounted that polls show many Republicans are not satisfied with the choices available so far.

4. CNN's Costello Dedicates Whole Segment to Defending Obama from the Left
While President Obama has been hit by black leftists for failing to help unemployed African-Americans, CNN anchor Carol Costello offered an impassioned defense of the president Friday morning, framing most every question to cast Obama in the best light possible. Hosting the liberal Columbia University professor Mark Lamont Hill, a self-proclaimed "leading hip-hop generation intellectual," Costello repeatedly sought to generate pity for the president. "Aren't we expecting a little too much of him?" Costello pouted during the 10 a.m. EDT hour.

5. Media Slammed 'Bitch' Angle's Ad, Now Silent When Ryan Shown Throwing Granny Off Cliff
Anyone who was watching certain news outlets on Thursday probably heard almost nothing about one of the most offensive political advertisements in recent memory. That's because most major networks have largely failed to cover a video portraying Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan as literally throwing grandma off a cliff. While ABC, MSNBC, and CNN continue to ignore the left-wing attack ad, these same outlets wasted no time excoriating Sharron Angle's controversial immigration ad during the 2010 cycle.

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