CBS: Ryan Budget Opponents 'Poignant'; Touted 'Nasty' Tea Parties In 2009

Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996
Thursday April 28, 2011 @ 09:33 AM EDT

1. CBS: Ryan Budget Opponents 'Poignant'; Touted 'Nasty' Tea Parties in 2009

CBS's Early Show on Wednesday played up how opponents of Representative Paul Ryan's budget plan shouted down GOP representatives at recent town hall meetings, but downplayed them as "less than friendly," and marveled at their apparently "poignant" questions. The network, which omitted how liberal groups targeted these meetings, in 2009 had trumpeted the "nasty national shouting match" at health care town hall meetings. News anchor Jeff Glor noted how "House Republicans are back home for the first time since passing an aggressive deficit cutting plan, including the architect of that plan, Congressman Paul Ryan." Glor used the "less than friendly" label immediately before playing a clip of an unidentified protester shouting, "Ryan, stop lying!" outside a town hall meeting held by the Republican in Wisconsin, and another of a woman who directly accused him of "screwing our generation and the next generation."

2. MSNBCCCP Touts 'Reasonable' Obama on Birth Certificate, Gregory Chides 'Low-Minded' RNC Chairman

Meet the Press host David Gregory on Wednesday derided the Republican National Committee Chairman as "low-minded" for his response to the release of Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate. Jansing and Co. guest host Savannah Guthrie lauded the President for looking "like the most reasonable man in Washington." Appearing just minutes after the President completed a press conference on the release, Gregory responded to a statement by Chairman Reince Priebus which both dismissed birtherism and attacked Obama for playing up the issue. The NBCCCP host opined that the Republican operative was both "high-minded and low-minded at the same time."

3. CNN Features Kindergartner as Victim of Governor Christie's Budget Cuts

CNN's Deborah Feyerick took the offensive Tuesday and emphasized the negative effects of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's cuts to education funding. Feyerick highlighted the plight of an illiterate kindergartner from a "high risk" neighborhood as an example of the effects the budget cuts may have on students. The segment ran during the 8 a.m. EDT hour of Tuesday's American Morning on CNN. CNN featured a young girl from a "high risk" school district, who needs a literacy tutor to ensure she can read at her classmates' level. CNN then aired Trenton Public School superintendent Raymond Broach's dour reaction to the $12 million cut from the district's budget last year. "You've just made that race for some learners almost next to impossible," he told CNN.