Media Matters is apparently upset with the mainstream media’s coverage of President Obama recent speech to that Joint Session of Congress.
“NBC featured nearly twice as much coverage of Wilson as Obama,” they noted. “NBC’s Nightly News provided 3 minutes and 2 seconds of coverage of Obama’s September 9 joint address to Congress, compared to almost twice as much coverage — 5 minutes and 47 seconds — of Wilson’s outburst during that address.”
NBC unfair to Obama? Now there’s a headline.
Media Matters even provided really cool charts that showed minute by minute coverage by the three main networks (ABC, NBC, CBS).
However, by our unscientific finger count, Media Matters had five front page stories focusing on Glenn Beck and none focused on The Greatest President In History.
We’re waiting for the angry statement from Obama accusing Media Matters of Glenn Beck bias. We won’t hold our breath.
Source: MediaMatters.org
– Written by Patrick Michael
This post was last modified on January 26, 2021
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What did Obama say in his speech again? I forget. All I remember is Wilson's 'you lie!'
I'm going to have to alert Media Matters about I Hate The Media.
Well isn't that precious? Although I agree with Wilson's sentiments 100% I did think it was innappropriate for him to butt into the presidents' speech -- but this makes it all worthwhile. Yea Joe Wilson -- the south will rise again!
On a separate note I was astonished to see Charlie gibson acknowlege that taking down the strategic defense system in eastern europe was hailed by Putin and shocked and dismayed our European Allies. Although he delivered it in a very deadpan way so as not to let on to the unwashed masses that this was at all significant.